Recommended Books A-Z

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

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Rating Title Author Sort descending Genre Sub Genre(s) Country Year
8.0 Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our DecisionsPredictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions Dan ArielyAriely Non-Fiction testEconomics/Finance, Psychology United States
9.0 PeregrineThe Peregrine J.A. BakerBaker Non-Fiction testScience/Nature United Kingdom
7.5 Puzzle Palace: Inside the National Security Agency, America's Most Secret Intelligence OrganizationThe Puzzle Palace: Inside the National Security Agency, America's Most Secret Intelligence Organization James BamfordBamford Non-Fiction testPolitics United States
9.0 Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor DungPsychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung Lester BangsBangs Non-Fiction testMusic, Essays United States
7.5 Platte RiverPlatte River Rick BassBass Fiction testShort Stories United States
8.0 Power Of Delight: A Lifetime In Literature: Essays 1962-2002The Power Of Delight: A Lifetime In Literature: Essays 1962-2002 John BayleyBayley Non-Fiction testEssays, Literary Studies United Kingdom
7.5 Prince of Minor Writers: The Selected Essays of Max BeerbohmThe Prince of Minor Writers: The Selected Essays of Max Beerbohm Max BeerbohmBeerbohm Non-Fiction testEssays United Kingdom
7.5 Poisoned Chocolates CaseThe Poisoned Chocolates Case Anthony BerkeleyBerkeley Fiction testMystery/Crime United Kingdom
8.0 Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned from the Market's Perfect StormThe Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned from the Market's Perfect Storm Robert BrunerBrunerm Non-Fiction testEconomics/Finance, History United States
9.0 PossessionPossession A.S. ByattByatt Fiction testGeneral United Kingdom
9.0 Postman Always Rings TwiceThe Postman Always Rings Twice James M. CainCain Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
7.5 Paradigms Lost: Images of Man in the Mirror of ScienceParadigms Lost: Images of Man in the Mirror of Science John CastiCasti Non-Fiction testScience/Nature United States
7.0 PlaybackPlayback Raymond ChandlerChandler Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
7.0 Propaganda and the Public MindPropaganda and the Public Mind Noam ChomskyChomsky Non-Fiction testPolitics, Journalism/Media Studies United States
7.5 Paris VagabondParis Vagabond Jean-Paul ClebertClebert Fiction testGeneral France
7.0 Politics of Anti-SemitismThe Politics of Anti-Semitism Alexander CockburnCockburn Non-Fiction testPolitics United States
7.0 Pursuit of the Millennium: Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical Anarchists of the Middle AgesThe Pursuit of the Millennium: Revolutionary Millenarians and Mystical Anarchists of the Middle Ages Norman CohnCohn Non-Fiction testHistory, Religion United States
7.0 PoetThe Poet Michael ConnellyConnelly Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
8.0 PostmortemPostmortem Patricia CornwellCornwell Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
7.5 PromiseThe Promise Robert CraisCrais Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
7.5 Pleasures and Sorrows of WorkThe Pleasures and Sorrows of Work Alain de Bottonde Botton Non-Fiction testSociology, Business/Management United Kingdom
8.0 PersonaePersonae Sergio de la Pavade la Pava Fiction testGeneral United States
7.5 Plum IslandPlum Island Nelson DeMilleDeMille Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
8.5 Pickwick PapersPickwick Papers Charles DickensDickens Fiction testGeneral United Kingdom
7.5 Play It As It LaysPlay It As It Lays Joan DidionDidion Fiction testGeneral United States
7.0 Pilgrim at Tinker CreekPilgrim at Tinker Creek Annie DillardDillard Non-Fiction testScience/Nature
8.5 PledgeThe Pledge Friedrich DurrenmattDurrenmatt Fiction testMystery/Crime Switzerland
9.5 Philosophy of Modern SongThe Philosophy of Modern Song Bob DylanDylan Non-Fiction testMusic United States
7.0 Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. FeynmanThe Pleasure of Finding Things Out: The Best Short Works of Richard P. Feynman Richard FeynmanFeynman Non-Fiction testScience/Nature United States
8.5 Presentation of Self in Everyday LifeThe Presentation of Self in Everyday Life Erving GoffmanGoffman Non-Fiction testPsychology Canada
9.5 Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. GrantPersonal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant Ulysses S. GrantGrant Non-Fiction testAutobiography/Memoir, History United States
7.0 Pelican BriefThe Pelican Brief John GrishamGrisham Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
7.5 Panic Rules!: Everything You Need to Know about the Global EconomyPanic Rules!: Everything You Need to Know about the Global Economy Robin HahnelHahnel Non-Fiction testEconomics/Finance United States
7.0 PossibilitiesPossibilities Herbie HancockHancock Non-Fiction testMusic, Autobiography/Memoir United States
9.0 Pictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of HollywoodPictures at a Revolution: Five Movies and the Birth of Hollywood Mark Harris 2Harrise Non-Fiction testFilm/TV/Theater United States
7.0 People Who Knock on the DoorPeople Who Knock on the Door Patricia HighsmithHighsmith Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
7.5 Paul Simon: The LifePaul Simon: The Life Robert HilburnHilburn Non-Fiction testMusic, Biography United States
8.5 Prepared for the Worst: Selected Essays and Minority ReportsPrepared for the Worst: Selected Essays and Minority Reports Christopher HitchensHitchens Non-Fiction testPolitics, Essays United Kingdom
8.0 Paranoid Style in American PoliticsThe Paranoid Style in American Politics Richard HofstadterHofstadter Non-Fiction testPolitics United States
8.0 Personal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New ContinentPersonal Narrative of a Journey to the Equinoctial Regions of the New Continent Alexander von HumboldtHumboldt Non-Fiction testScience/Nature, Travel/Adventure France
8.5 Popular Crime: Reflections on the Celebration of ViolencePopular Crime: Reflections on the Celebration of Violence Bill JamesJames Non-Fiction testTrue Crime, History United States
8.5 Portrait of a LadyThe Portrait of a Lady Henry JamesJamesc Fiction testGeneral United States
7.0 Pictures from an InstitutionPictures from an Institution Randall JarrellJarrell Fiction testGeneral United States
7.0 Perfect CrimeThe Perfect Crime Henry KaneKane Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
9.0 Pet SemataryPet Sematary Stephen KingKing Fiction testHorror United States
9.0 Peddling Prosperity: Economic Sense and Nonsense in the Age of Dininished ExpectationsPeddling Prosperity: Economic Sense and Nonsense in the Age of Dininished Expectations Paul KrugmanKrugman Non-Fiction testEconomics/Finance United States
9.5 Perfect SpyA Perfect Spy John le Carrele Carre Fiction testMystery/Crime United Kingdom
9.0 PachinkoPachinko Min Jin LeeLeeb Fiction testGeneral United States
7.5 Power of Persuasion: How We're Bought and SoldThe Power of Persuasion: How We're Bought and Sold Robert LevineLevine Non-Fiction testPsychology, Business/Management United States
8.0 Premonition: A Pandemic StoryThe Premonition: A Pandemic Story Michael LewisLewis Non-Fiction testPolitics, Medicine United States
7.0 Passion According to G.H.The Passion According to G.H. Clarice LispectorLispector Fiction testGeneral Brazil
8.5 Philosopher or Dog?Philosopher or Dog? Joaquim Maria Machado de AssisMachado de Assis Fiction testGeneral Brazil
9.0 Positively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of PokerPositively Fifth Street: Murderers, Cheetahs, and Binion's World Series of Poker James McManusMcManus Non-Fiction testGambling/Games, Autobiography/Memoir United States
9.0 Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of PunkPlease Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk Legs McNeilMcNeil Non-Fiction testMusic, History United States
8.5 Pine BarrensThe Pine Barrens John McPheeMcPhee Non-Fiction testScience/Nature United States
7.5 Pierre; or, The Ambiguities Pierre; or, The Ambiguities Herman MelvilleMelville Fiction testGeneral United States
7.5 Power EliteThe Power Elite C. Wright MillsMills Non-Fiction testSociology, Politics United States
7.0 Place For UsA Place For Us Fatima Farheen MirzaMirza Fiction testGeneral United Kingdom
8.0 Purple AmericaPurple America Rick MoodyMoody Fiction testGeneral United States
10.0 Pale FirePale Fire Vladimir NabokovNabokov Fiction testGeneral Russia
10.0 PninPnin Vladimir NabokovNabokov Fiction testGeneral Russia
7.0 Passions and ImpressionsPassions and Impressions Pablo NerudaNeruda Non-Fiction testEssays Chile
8.0 Presidential Power and the Modern PresidentsPresidential Power and the Modern Presidents Richard NeustadtNeustadt Non-Fiction testPolitics United States
7.0 Pit: A Story of Chicago (The Epic of the Wheat)The Pit: A Story of Chicago (The Epic of the Wheat) Frank NorrisNorris Fiction testGeneral United States
8.0 Poor Mouth: A Bad Story About the Hard LifeThe Poor Mouth: A Bad Story About the Hard Life Flann O'BrienO'Brienb Fiction testGeneral Ireland
9.0 Parliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. GovernmentParliament of Whores: A Lone Humorist Attempts to Explain the Entire U.S. Government P.J. O'RourkeO'Rourke Non-Fiction testPolitics, Essays United States
9.0 Puttermesser PapersThe Puttermesser Papers Cynthia OzickOzick Fiction testGeneral United States
7.5 Personal DaysPersonal Days Ed ParkPark Fiction testGeneral United States
7.5 People Who Eat Darkness: The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished From the Streets of TokyoPeople Who Eat Darkness: The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished From the Streets of Tokyo Richard Lloyd ParryParry Non-Fiction testTrue Crime United Kingdom
7.5 People vs. Alex CrossThe People vs. Alex Cross James PattersonPatterson Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
7.5 Paper Lion: Confessions of a Last-String QuarterbackPaper Lion: Confessions of a Last-String Quarterback George PlimptonPlimpton Non-Fiction testSports, Autobiography/Memoir United States
7.0 Priceless: The Myth of Fair Value (and How to Take Advantage of It)Priceless: The Myth of Fair Value (and How to Take Advantage of It) William PoundstonePoundstone Non-Fiction testEconomics/Finance United States
7.5 Prisoner's Dilemma: John von Neumann, Game Theory, and the Puzzle of the BombPrisoner's Dilemma: John von Neumann, Game Theory, and the Puzzle of the Bomb William PoundstonePoundstone Non-Fiction testEconomics/Finance, Biography United States
7.0 Pattern for PanicPattern for Panic Richard S. PratherPrather Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
8.0 PeddlerThe Peddler Richard S. PratherPrather Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
8.5 Pedigree: How Elite Students Get Elite JobsPedigree: How Elite Students Get Elite Jobs Lauren RiveraRivera Non-Fiction testSociology, Self-Help United States
7.0 Praise the Human SeasonPraise the Human Season Don RobertsonRobertson Fiction testGeneral United States
7.0 Portnoy's ComplaintPortnoy's Complaint Philip RothRoth Fiction testGeneral United States
9.0 Plot Against AmericaThe Plot Against America Philip RothRoth Fiction testGeneral United States
8.0 Portraits from MemoryPortraits from Memory Bertrand RussellRussell Non-Fiction testPhilosophy, Biography United Kingdom
7.5 Problems of PhilosophyThe Problems of Philosophy Bertrand RussellRussell Non-Fiction testPhilosophy United Kingdom
7.5 Power: A New Social AnalysisPower: A New Social Analysis Bertrand RussellRussell Non-Fiction testPhilosophy, Politics United Kingdom
9.0 Pastoralia: StoriesPastoralia: Stories George SaundersSaunders Fiction testShort Stories United States
8.0 Political Education: Coming of Age in Paris and New YorkA Political Education: Coming of Age in Paris and New York Andre SchiffrinSchiffrin Non-Fiction testAutobiography/Memoir, Journalism/Media Studies United States
7.0 Paradox of Choice: Why More Is LessThe Paradox of Choice: Why More Is Less Barry SchwartzSchwartz Non-Fiction testEconomics/Finance United States
7.5 Psychology of the Stock MarketPsychology of the Stock Market G.C. SeldenSelden Non-Fiction testEconomics/Finance, Psychology United States
7.0 PedigreePedigree Georges SimenonSimenon Fiction testMystery/Crime France
7.0 Powers of MindPowers of Mind Adam Smith - aka George GoodwinSmithb (Goodwin) Non-Fiction testPsychology United States
7.0 Passions: Emotions and the Meaning of LifeThe Passions: Emotions and the Meaning of Life Robert SolomonSolomon Non-Fiction testPhilosophy United States
7.0 Permanent Midnight: A MemoirPermanent Midnight: A Memoir Jerry StahlStahl Non-Fiction testAutobiography/Memoir United States
9.0 Plunder SquadPlunder Squad Richard StarkStark Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
7.5 Private PartsPrivate Parts Howard SternStern Non-Fiction testAutobiography/Memoir, Film/TV/Theater United States
9.0 Places In BetweenThe Places In Between Rory StewartStewart Non-Fiction testTravel/Adventure, Autobiography/Memoir United Kingdom
7.5 Prime Green: Remembering the SixtiesPrime Green: Remembering the Sixties Robert StoneStoneb Non-Fiction testAutobiography/Memoir, Essays United States
9.0 Plot It YourselfPlot It Yourself Rex StoutStout Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
8.0 Pulphead: EssaysPulphead: Essays John Jeremiah SullivanSullivan Non-Fiction testEssays United States
7.0 Platinum Producer’s Life in MusicA Platinum Producer’s Life in Music Ted TemplemanTempleman Non-Fiction testMusic, Autobiography/Memoir United States
7.0 Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman, 1955-1967 Hunter S. ThompsonThompsonb Non-Fiction testAutobiography/Memoir, Literary Studies United States
10.0 Pop. 1280Pop. 1280 Jim ThompsonThompsonc Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
8.5 Presumed InnocentPresumed Innocent Scott TurowTurow Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
9.5 ProfilesProfiles Kenneth TynanTynan Non-Fiction testEssays, Film/TV/Theater United Kingdom
9.5 Picked-Up Pieces: EssaysPicked-Up Pieces: Essays John UpdikeUpdike Non-Fiction testEssays, Literary Studies United States
7.0 Palace of LoveThe Palace of Love Jack VanceVancec Fiction testScience Fiction United States
8.0 Prompt & Utter Destruction: Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs Against JapanPrompt & Utter Destruction: Truman and the Use of Atomic Bombs Against Japan J. Samuel WalkerWalker Non-Fiction testHistory, Politics United States
9.0 Pale KingThe Pale King David Foster WallaceWallaceb Fiction testGeneral United States
7.5 Put Out More FlagsPut Out More Flags Evelyn WaughWaugh Fiction testGeneral United Kingdom
7.5 Put a Lid On ItPut a Lid On It Donald WestlakeWestlake Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
8.5 Pity Him AfterwardsPity Him Afterwards Donald WestlakeWestlake Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
8.5 Pick-UpPick-Up Charles WillefordWilleford Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
9.5 Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and PowerThe Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, and Power Daniel YerginYergin Non-Fiction testHistory, Politics United States
7.0 Perfect CrimeA Perfect Crime A YiYi Fiction testMystery/Crime China
7.0 Prisoner of HeavenThe Prisoner of Heaven Carlos Ruiz ZafonZafon Fiction testGeneral Spain