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100 Books Worth Reading
There are too many variables to allow us to organize the list below by quality, so we are arranging it by publication date.
You will love some and hate others, but one thing is certain, you will learn from all.
Title | Author | # of Pages | Pub Year |
|---|---|---|---|
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida | Shehan Karunatilaka | 386 | 2022 |
The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida | Shehan Karunatilaka | 386 | 2022 |
Demon Copperhead | Barbara Kingsolver | 560 | 2022 |
The Nickel Boys | Colson Whitehead | 213 | 2019 |
The Nickel Boys | Colson Whitehead | 213 | 2019 |
In the Distance | Hernan Diaz | 256 | 2017 |
In the Distance | Hernan Diaz | 256 | 2017 |
The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1) | Viet Thanh Nguyen | 371 | 2015 |
The Sympathizer (The Sympathizer, #1) | Viet Thanh Nguyen | 371 | 2015 |
The Orphan Master's Son | Adam Johnson | 443 | 2012 |
The Orphan Master's Son | Adam Johnson | 443 | 2012 |
My Brilliant Friend | Elena Ferrante | 331 | 2011 |
Salvage the Bones | Jesmyn Ward | 273 | 2011 |
Salvage the Bones | Jesmyn Ward | 273 | 2011 |
My Brilliant Friend | Elena Ferrante | 331 | 2011 |
Elena Knows | Claudia Piñeiro | 143 | 2007 |
A Thousand Splendid Suns | Khaled Hosseini | 372 | 2007 |
A Thousand Splendid Suns | Khaled Hosseini | 372 | 2007 |
Elena Knows | Claudia Piñeiro | 143 | 2007 |
The Road | Cormac McCarthy | 241 | 2006 |
The Road | Cormac McCarthy | 241 | 2006 |
Half of a Yellow Sun | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | 433 | 2006 |
Half of a Yellow Sun | Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie | 433 | 2006 |
Never Let Me Go | Kazuo Ishiguro | 288 | 2005 |
Never Let Me Go | Kazuo Ishiguro | 288 | 2005 |
The Kite Runner | Khaled Hosseini | 371 | 2003 |
Middlesex | Jeffrey Eugenides | 529 | 2002 |
Middlesex | Jeffrey Eugenides | 529 | 2002 |
Atonement | Ian McEwan | 351 | 2001 |
Atonement | Ian McEwan | 351 | 2001 |
The Feast of the Goat | Mario Vargas Llosa | 475 | 2000 |
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay | Michael Chabon | 639 | 2000 |
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay | Michael Chabon | 639 | 2000 |
The Feast of the Goat | Mario Vargas Llosa | 475 | 2000 |
Disgrace | J.M. Coetzee | 220 | 1999 |
Disgrace | J.M. Coetzee | 220 | 1999 |
Interpreter of Maladies | Jhumpa Lahiri | 198 | 1999 |
The Savage Detectives | Roberto Bolaño | 577 | 1998 |
The Savage Detectives | Roberto Bolaño | 577 | 1998 |
American Pastoral | Philip Roth | 432 | 1997 |
American Pastoral | Philip Roth | 432 | 1997 |
Fight Club | Chuck Palahniuk | 224 | 1996 |
Fight Club | Chuck Palahniuk | 224 | 1996 |
Blindness | José Saramago | 349 | 1995 |
Blindness | José Saramago | 349 | 1995 |
The Remains of the Day | Kazuo Ishiguro | 276 | 1989 |
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1) | Ken Follett | 976 | 1989 |
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1) | Ken Follett | 976 | 1989 |
The Remains of the Day | Kazuo Ishiguro | 276 | 1989 |
Beloved | Toni Morrison | 291 | 1987 |
Beloved | Toni Morrison | 291 | 1987 |
Misery | Stephen King | 370 | 1987 |
Misery | Stephen King | 370 | 1987 |
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) | Orson Scott Card | 324 | 1985 |
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1) | Larry McMurtry | 960 | 1985 |
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West | Cormac McCarthy | 351 | 1985 |
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) | Orson Scott Card | 324 | 1985 |
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1) | Larry McMurtry | 960 | 1985 |
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West | Cormac McCarthy | 351 | 1985 |
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) | Margaret Atwood | 311 | 1985 |
Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1) | William Gibson | 288 | 1984 |
The House of The Spirits | Isabel Allende | 442 | 1982 |
The Color Purple | Alice Walker | 304 | 1982 |
The House of The Spirits | Isabel Allende | 442 | 1982 |
The Color Purple | Alice Walker | 304 | 1982 |
Midnight’s Children | Salman Rushdie | 647 | 1981 |
Midnight’s Children | Salman Rushdie | 647 | 1981 |
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy | Douglas Adams | 193 | 1979 |
If on a Winter's Night a Traveller | Italo Calvino | 260 | 1979 |
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) | Douglas Adams | 193 | 1979 |
If on a Winter's Night a Traveller | Italo Calvino | 260 | 1979 |
Song of Solomon | Toni Morrison | 338 | 1977 |
Song of Solomon | Toni Morrison | 338 | 1977 |
Feliz Ano Novo | Rubem Fonseca | 176 | 1975 |
The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2) | Michael Shaara | 345 | 1974 |
The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2) | Michael Shaara | 345 | 1974 |
Angle of Repose | Wallace Stegner | 569 | 1971 |
Angle of Repose | Wallace Stegner | 569 | 1971 |
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | Maya Angelou | 289 | 1969 |
Portnoy's Complaint | Philip Roth | 289 | 1969 |
Slaughterhouse-Five | Kurt Vonnegut Jr. | 285 | 1969 |
Portnoy's Complaint | Philip Roth | 289 | 1969 |
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings | Maya Angelou | 289 | 1969 |
Slaughterhouse-Five | Kurt Vonnegut Jr. | 285 | 1969 |
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? | Philip K. Dick | 258 | 1968 |
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? | Philip K. Dick | 258 | 1968 |
One Hundred Years of Solitude | Gabriel García Márquez | 417 | 1967 |
One Hundred Years of Solitude | Gabriel García Márquez | 417 | 1967 |
Dune | Frank Herbert | 658 | 1965 |
Stoner | John Williams | 292 | 1965 |
Stoner | John Williams | 292 | 1965 |
Dune | Frank Herbert | 658 | 1965 |
The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath | 294 | 1963 |
The Bell Jar | Sylvia Plath | 294 | 1963 |
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest | Ken Kesey | 325 | 1962 |
A Clockwork Orange | Anthony Burgess | 240 | 1962 |
Pale Fire | Vladimir Nabokov | 246 | 1962 |
A Clockwork Orange | Anthony Burgess | 240 | 1962 |
Pale Fire | Vladimir Nabokov | 246 | 1962 |
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest | Ken Kesey | 325 | 1962 |
The Slave | Isaac Bashevis Singer | 320 | 1962 |
The Slave | Isaac Bashevis Singer | 320 | 1962 |
Butcher's Crossing | John Williams | 274 | 1960 |
To Kill a Mockingbird | Harper Lee | 323 | 1960 |
To Kill a Mockingbird | Harper Lee | 323 | 1960 |
Butcher's Crossing | John Williams | 274 | 1960 |
In Cold Blood | Truman Capote | 343 | 1959 |
In Cold Blood | Truman Capote | 343 | 1959 |
On the Road | Jack Kerouac | 307 | 1957 |
On the Road | Jack Kerouac | 307 | 1957 |
Grande Sertão: Veredas | João Guimarães Rosa | 624 | 1956 |
Grande Sertão: Veredas | João Guimarães Rosa | 624 | 1956 |
Long Day’s Journey into Night | Eugene O'Neill | 179 | 1956 |
Long Day’s Journey into Night | Eugene O'Neill | 179 | 1956 |
The Lord of the Rings (Middle Earth, #2-4) | J.R.R. Tolkien | 1216 | 1954 |
Lord of the Flies | William Golding | 182 | 1954 |
The Lord of the Rings (Middle Earth, #2-4) | J.R.R. Tolkien | 1216 | 1954 |
Lord of the Flies | William Golding | 182 | 1954 |
Fahrenheit 451 | Ray Bradbury | 194 | 1953 |
Casino Royale (James Bond, #1) | Ian Fleming | 192 | 1953 |
Casino Royale (James Bond, #1) | Ian Fleming | 192 | 1953 |
Fahrenheit 451 | Ray Bradbury | 194 | 1953 |
East of Eden | John Steinbeck | 620 | 1952 |
East of Eden | John Steinbeck | 620 | 1952 |
The Old Man and the Sea | Ernest Hemingway | 96 | 1952 |
Invisible Man | Ralph Ellison | 610 | 1952 |
The Old Man and the Sea | Ernest Hemingway | 96 | 1952 |
Invisible Man | Ralph Ellison | 610 | 1952 |
The Caine Mutiny | Herman Wouk | 537 | 1951 |
The Catcher in the Rye | J.D. Salinger | 277 | 1951 |
The Catcher in the Rye | J.D. Salinger | 277 | 1951 |
The Caine Mutiny | Herman Wouk | 537 | 1951 |
The Martian Chronicles | Ray Bradbury | 182 | 1950 |
1984 | George Orwell | 368 | 1949 |
1984 | George Orwell | 368 | 1949 |
Cry, the Beloved Country | Alan Paton | 316 | 1948 |
All the King's Men | Robert Penn Warren | 439 | 1946 |
Pavilion of Women | Pearl S. Buck | 316 | 1946 |
All the King's Men | Robert Penn Warren | 439 | 1946 |
Pavilion of Women | Pearl S. Buck | 316 | 1946 |
Animal Farm | George Orwell | 141 | 1945 |
Animal Farm | George Orwell | 141 | 1945 |
Ficciones | Jorge Luis Borges | 178 | 1944 |
The Razor’s Edge | W. Somerset Maugham | 314 | 1944 |
The Razor’s Edge | W. Somerset Maugham | 314 | 1944 |
The Stranger | Albert Camus | 80 | 1942 |
The Stranger | Albert Camus | 80 | 1942 |
Native Son | Richard Wright | 504 | 1940 |
Native Son | Richard Wright | 504 | 1940 |
The Grapes of Wrath | John Steinbeck | 479 | 1939 |
The Grapes of Wrath | John Steinbeck | 479 | 1939 |
And Then There Were None | Agatha Christie | 264 | 1939 |
And Then There Were None | Agatha Christie | 264 | 1939 |
The Yearling | Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings | 513 | 1938 |
Brave New World | Aldous Huxley | 166 | 1932 |
Brave New World | Aldous Huxley | 166 | 1932 |
Viper’s Tangle | François Mauriac | 234 | 1932 |
Viper’s Tangle | François Mauriac | 234 | 1932 |
The Sound And The Fury | William Faulkner | 386 | 1929 |
The Sound And The Fury | William Faulkner | 386 | 1929 |
All Quiet on the Western Front | Erich Maria Remarque | 296 | 1928 |
All Quiet on the Western Front | Erich Maria Remarque | 296 | 1928 |
The Trial | Franz Kafka | 181 | 1925 |
The Trial | Franz Kafka | 181 | 1925 |
A Passage to India | E.M. Forster | 158 | 1924 |
A Passage to India | E.M. Forster | 158 | 1924 |
Ulysses | James Joyce | 925 | 1922 |
Ulysses | James Joyce | 925 | 1922 |
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | James Joyce | 329 | 1916 |
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | James Joyce | 329 | 1916 |
The Metamorphosis | Franz Kafka | 201 | 1915 |
The Metamorphosis | Franz Kafka | 201 | 1915 |
The Call of the Wild | Jack London | 172 | 1903 |
The Call of the Wild | Jack London | 172 | 1903 |
Heart of Darkness | Joseph Conrad | 94 | 1899 |
Heart of Darkness | Joseph Conrad | 94 | 1899 |
Dracula | Bram Stoker | 488 | 1897 |
Dracula | Bram Stoker | 488 | 1897 |
Hunger | Knut Hamsun | 227 | 1890 |
The Picture of Dorian Gray | Oscar Wilde | 272 | 1890 |
The Picture of Dorian Gray | Oscar Wilde | 272 | 1890 |
Hunger | Knut Hamsun | 227 | 1890 |
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1) | Arthur Conan Doyle | 123 | 1887 |
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1) | Arthur Conan Doyle | 123 | 1887 |
The Possessed | Fyodor Dostoevsky | 768 | 1872 |
The Possessed | Fyodor Dostoevsky | 768 | 1872 |
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass | Lewis Carroll | 239 | 1871 |
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass | Lewis Carroll | 239 | 1871 |
Crime and Punishment | Fyodor Dostoevsky | 671 | 1866 |
Crime and Punishment | Fyodor Dostoevsky | 671 | 1866 |
Jane Eyre | Charlotte Brontë | 532 | 1847 |
Jane Eyre | Charlotte Brontë | 532 | 1847 |
Frankenstein | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley | 282 | 1818 |
Frankenstein | Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley | 282 | 1818 |
Pride and Prejudice | Jane Austen | 279 | 1813 |
Pride and Prejudice | Jane Austen | 279 | 1813 |
Macbeth | William Shakespeare | 128 | 1623 |
Macbeth | William Shakespeare | 128 | 1623 |
King Lear | William Shakespeare | 338 | 1605 |
King Lear | William Shakespeare | 338 | 1605 |
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