AUTHORS (A-Z) Recommended Books Only (7.0 & Above)

Authors A-Z (Recommended Books)

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Rating Title Author Genre Sub Genre(s) Country Year
9.0 Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States Kenneth JacksonKenneth Jackson Non-Fiction testHistory, Sociology United States
9.0 We Have Always Lived in the Castle Shirley JacksonShirley Jackson Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
8.5 The Sundial Shirley JacksonShirley Jackson Fiction testScience Fiction United States
7.5 The Know It All: One Man's Humble Quest to Become the Smartest Person in the World A.J. JacobsA.J. Jacobs Non-Fiction testHumor United States
8.5 Aftermath: Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich, 1945-1955 Harald JahnerHarald Jahner Non-Fiction testHistory Germany
8.5 Popular Crime: Reflections on the Celebration of Violence Bill JamesBill James Non-Fiction testTrue Crime, History United States
9.0 Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories From History and the Arts Clive JamesClive Jamesb Non-Fiction testEssays, Biography United Kingdom
8.5 Daisy Miller Henry JamesHenry Jamesc Fiction testGeneral United States
9.0 The Turn of the Screw Henry JamesHenry Jamesc Fiction testGeneral, Mystery/Crime United States
9.0 What Maisie Knew Henry JamesHenry Jamesc Fiction testGeneral United States
7.5 The Bostonians Henry JamesHenry Jamesc Fiction testGeneral United States
9.5 The Ambassadors Henry JamesHenry Jamesc Fiction testGeneral United States
9.5 The Wings of the Dove Henry JamesHenry Jamesc Fiction testGeneral United States
8.5 The Portrait of a Lady Henry JamesHenry Jamesc Fiction testGeneral United States
8.5 The Complete Stories: 1898-1910 Henry JamesHenry Jamesc Fiction testShort Stories United States
7.0 Washington Square Henry JamesHenry Jamesc Fiction testGeneral United States
8.0 Death in Holy Orders P.D. JamesP.D. Jamesd Fiction testMystery/Crime United Kingdom
8.0 The Children of Men P.D. JamesP.D. Jamesd Fiction testMystery/Crime United Kingdom
8.0 Shroud for a Nightingale P.D. JamesP.D. Jamesd Fiction testMystery/Crime United Kingdom
7.0 The Lighthouse P.D. JamesP.D. Jamesd Fiction testMystery/Crime United Kingdom
7.0 Talking About Detective Fiction P.D. JamesP.D. Jamesd Non-Fiction testLiterary Studies, Reference United Kingdom
7.5 Sightlines: A Conversation with the Natural World Kathleen JamieKathleen Jamie Non-Fiction testTravel/Adventure, Science/Nature Scotland
9.0 The True Deceiver Tove JanssonTove Jansson Fiction testGeneral Finland
7.5 A Winter Book Tove JanssonTove Jansson Fiction testShort Stories Finland
9.5 The Summer Book Tove JanssonTove Jansson Fiction testGeneral Finland
7.5 Fair Play Tove JanssonTove Jansson Fiction testGeneral Finland
7.0 Pictures from an Institution Randall JarrellRandall Jarrell Fiction testGeneral United States
7.0 Dice: Deception, Fate, and Rotten Luck Ricky JayRicky Jay Non-Fiction testGambling/Games United States
7.5 Jay's Journal of Anomalies Ricky JayRicky Jay Non-Fiction testOther United States
9.0 Waiting Ha JinHa Jin Fiction testGeneral China
7.5 We Move Gurnaik JohalGurnaik Johal Fiction testShort Stories United Kingdom
7.5 Fiskadoro Denis JohnsonDenis Johnson Fiction testGeneral United States
8.0 Angels Denis JohnsonDenis Johnson Fiction testGeneral United States
7.5 The Largesse of the Sea Maiden Denis JohnsonDenis Johnson Fiction testShort Stories United States
7.0 At the Mouth of the River of Bees: Stories Kij JohnsonKij Johnsonb Fiction testShort Stories, Science Fiction United States
7.0 Bad Seed: The Biography of Nick Cave Ian JohnstonIan Johnston Non-Fiction testMusic, Biography United Kingdom
8.5 The Known World Edward JonesEdward Jones Fiction testGeneral United States
8.0 Blues People: Negro Music in White America LeRoi JonesLeRoi Jonesb Non-Fiction testMusic, History United States
8.0 Mister Pip Lloyd JonesLloyd Jonesc Fiction testGeneral New Zealand