Recommended Books A-Z

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

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Rating Title Sort descending Author Genre Sub Genre(s) Country Year
8.5 Rabbit at RestRabbit at Rest John UpdikeUpdike Fiction testGeneral United States
8.5 Rabbit is RichRabbit is Rich John UpdikeUpdike Fiction testGeneral United States
9.5 Rabbit ReduxRabbit Redux John UpdikeUpdike Fiction testGeneral United States
9.5 Rabbit, RunRabbit, Run John UpdikeUpdike Fiction testGeneral United States
9.0 Rachel PapersThe Rachel Papers Martin AmisAmis Fiction testGeneral United Kingdom
7.5 Rackety RaxRackety Rax Joel SayreSayre Fiction testGeneral United States
8.5 Radical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak CatchersRadical Chic & Mau-Mauing the Flak Catchers Tom WolfeWolfe Non-Fiction testSociology, Essays United States
8.0 Radicalism of the American RevolutionThe Radicalism of the American Revolution Gordon WoodWoodb Non-Fiction testHistory, Politics United States
8.0 Rage in HarlemA Rage in Harlem Chester HimesHimes Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
8.0 RainmakerThe Rainmaker John GrishamGrisham Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
8.0 Random Acts of Senseless ViolenceRandom Acts of Senseless Violence Jack WomackWomack Fiction testScience Fiction United States
8.0 Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble and Coming of Age in the BronxRandom Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble and Coming of Age in the Bronx Adrian Nicole LeBlancLeBlanc Non-Fiction testSociology United States
8.0 Random Walk down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful InvestingA Random Walk down Wall Street: The Time-Tested Strategy for Successful Investing Burton MalkielMalkiel Non-Fiction testEconomics/Finance United States
8.0 Rare Coin ScoreThe Rare Coin Score Richard StarkStark Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
8.0 Rationalism in Politics and Other EssaysRationalism in Politics and Other Essays Michael OakeshottOakeshott Non-Fiction testPhilosophy, Politics United Kingdom
8.5 Razor's EdgeThe Razor's Edge W. Somerset MaughamMaugham Fiction testGeneral
7.0 Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah PalinThe Reactionary Mind: Conservatism from Edmund Burke to Sarah Palin Corey RobinRobin Non-Fiction testPolitics, Philosophy United States
7.0 Reading Style: A Life in SentencesReading Style: A Life in Sentences Jenny DavidsonDavidsonb Non-Fiction testLiterary Studies United States
9.5 Real Cool KillersThe Real Cool Killers Chester HimesHimes Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
8.0 Real Life Rock: The Complete Top Ten Columns, 1986–2014Real Life Rock: The Complete Top Ten Columns, 1986–2014 Greil MarcusMarcus Non-Fiction testMusic United States
7.0 Real Terror Network: Terrorism in Fact and PropagandaThe Real Terror Network: Terrorism in Fact and Propaganda Edward HermanHermanb Non-Fiction testPolitics United States
8.5 Really Big Lunch: Meditations on Food and Life from the Roving Gourmand A Really Big Lunch: Meditations on Food and Life from the Roving Gourmand Jim HarrisonHarrison Non-Fiction testFood United States
9.0 ReckoningThe Reckoning David HalberstamHalberstam Non-Fiction testEconomics/Finance, Business/Management United States
7.5 Recollections of a Picture DealerRecollections of a Picture Dealer Ambroise VollardVollard Non-Fiction testArt/Architecture, Autobiography/Memoir France
8.0 Red and the Blue: The 1990s and the Birth of Political TribalismThe Red and the Blue: The 1990s and the Birth of Political Tribalism Steve KornackiKornacki Non-Fiction testPolitics United States
8.5 Red DragonRed Dragon Thomas HarrisHarrisf Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
9.5 Red HarvestRed Harvest Dashiell HammettHammett Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
8.0 Red LightsRed Lights Georges SimenonSimenon Fiction testMystery/Crime Belgium
8.5 Red Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for JusticeRed Notice: A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice Bill BrowderBrowder Non-Fiction testPolitics, Economics/Finance United States
8.5 Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human NatureThe Red Queen: Sex and the Evolution of Human Nature Matt RidleyRidley Non-Fiction testScience/Nature, Psychology United States
8.5 Red ScarfThe Red Scarf Gil BrewerBrewer Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
9.5 Redburn: His First VoyageRedburn: His First Voyage Herman MelvilleMelville Fiction testGeneral United States
9.0 Redneck Manifesto: How Hillbillies, Hicks, and White Trash Became America's ScapegoatsThe Redneck Manifesto: How Hillbillies, Hicks, and White Trash Became America's Scapegoats Jim GoadGoad Non-Fiction testPolitics, Sociology United States
7.0 ReflectionsReflections Andreas LaskaratosLaskaratos Non-Fiction testPhilosophy Greece
8.5 RehearsalThe Rehearsal Eleanor CattonCatton Fiction testGeneral New Zealand
8.0 Reinventing the Bazaar: A Natural History of MarketsReinventing the Bazaar: A Natural History of Markets John McMillanMcMillan Non-Fiction testEconomics/Finance, History United States
7.0 Released for DeathReleased for Death Henry WadeWade Fiction testMystery/Crime United Kingdom
8.0 Religion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of ReligionReligion for Atheists: A Non-Believer's Guide to the Uses of Religion Alain de Bottonde Botton Non-Fiction testReligion United Kingdom
7.0 Reluctant FundamentalistThe Reluctant Fundamentalist Mohsin HamidHamid Fiction testGeneral Pakistan
8.5 Reluctant Metropolis: The Politics of Urban Growth in Los AngelesThe Reluctant Metropolis: The Politics of Urban Growth in Los Angeles William FultonFulton Non-Fiction testHistory, Politics United States
8.0 Remember MeRemember Me Mary Higgins ClarkClarkb Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
9.0 Reminiscences of a Stock OperatorReminiscences of a Stock Operator Edwin LefevreLefevre Non-Fiction testEconomics/Finance, Biography United States
8.0 Remorseful DayThe Remorseful Day Colin DexterDexter Fiction testMystery/Crime United Kingdom
8.5 Renegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E. SmithRenegade: The Lives and Tales of Mark E. Smith Mark E. SmithSmith Non-Fiction testMusic, Autobiography/Memoir United Kingdom
9.0 Repeat Until Rich: A Professional Card Counter's Chronicle of the Blackjack WarsRepeat Until Rich: A Professional Card Counter's Chronicle of the Blackjack Wars Josh AxelradAxelrad Non-Fiction testGambling/Games, Autobiography/Memoir United States
8.0 ReplayReplay Ken GrimwoodGrimwood Fiction testScience Fiction United States
7.5 RepublicThe Republic Charles BeardBeard Non-Fiction testHistory, Politics United States
7.0 Republican Party Reptile: The Confessions, Adventures, Essays and (Other) Outrages of . . .Republican Party Reptile: The Confessions, Adventures, Essays and (Other) Outrages of . . . P.J. O'RourkeO'Rourke Non-Fiction testPolitics, Essays United States
8.0 Requiem for a DreamRequiem for a Dream Hubert Selby Jr.Selby Jr. Fiction testGeneral United States
9.0 Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth CenturyThe Rest is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century Alex RossRoss Non-Fiction testMusic, History United States
9.0 Restaurant at the End of the UniverseThe Restaurant at the End of the Universe Douglas AdamsAdams Fiction testScience Fiction United Kingdom
7.0 RestlessRestless William BoydBoyd Fiction testGeneral Scotland
8.0 Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008The Return of Depression Economics and the Crisis of 2008 Paul KrugmanKrugman Non-Fiction testEconomics/Finance United States
8.5 ReversalThe Reversal Michael ConnellyConnelly Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
7.0 Reversible ErrorsReversible Errors Scott TurowTurow Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
8.5 Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of DemocracyThe Revolt of the Elites and the Betrayal of Democracy Christopher LaschLasch Non-Fiction testPolitics, Sociology United States
7.5 Revolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the SixtiesRevolution in the Head: The Beatles' Records and the Sixties Ian MacDonaldMacDonald Non-Fiction testMusic, History United Kingdom
7.5 Revolution was Televised: How the Sopranos, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Lost, and Other Groundbreaking Dramas Changed TV ForeverThe Revolution was Televised: How the Sopranos, Mad Men, Breaking Bad, Lost, and Other Groundbreaking Dramas Changed TV Forever Alan SepinwallSepinwall Non-Fiction testFilm/TV/Theater United States
9.0 Rhetoric of IronyA Rhetoric of Irony Wayne BoothBoothb Non-Fiction testLiterary Studies United States
7.5 Riddle of the SandsThe Riddle of the Sands Erskine ChildersChilders Fiction testMystery/Crime Ireland
7.5 Riddley WalkerRiddley Walker Russell HobanHoban Fiction testScience Fiction United States
9.5 Right StuffThe Right Stuff Tom WolfeWolfe Non-Fiction testBiography, Science/Nature United States
9.0 Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and ReligionThe Righteous Mind: Why Good People are Divided by Politics and Religion Jonathan HaidtHaidt Non-Fiction testPolitics, Sociology United States
7.5 Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881-2001Righteous Victims: A History of the Zionist-Arab Conflict, 1881-2001 Benny MorrisMorris Non-Fiction testPolitics, History Israel
7.5 Ring Lardner: A BiographyRing Lardner: A Biography Donald ElderElder Non-Fiction testBiography, Journalism/Media Studies United States
10.0 Rings of SaturnThe Rings of Saturn W.G. SebaldSebald Fiction testGeneral Germany
9.0 Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978–1984 Simon ReynoldsReynolds Non-Fiction testMusic United Kingdom
8.0 Ripley's GameRipley's Game Patricia HighsmithHighsmith Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
8.5 Rise and Decline of Nations: Economic Growth, Stagflation, and Social RigiditiesThe Rise and Decline of Nations: Economic Growth, Stagflation, and Social Rigidities Mancur OlsonOlson Non-Fiction testEconomics/Finance, History United States
7.0 Rise and Fall of Great PowersThe Rise and Fall of Great Powers Tom RachmanRachman Fiction testGeneral Canada
8.0 Rise and Fall of the Man of Letters: A Study of the Idiosyncratic and the Humane in Modern LiteratureThe Rise and Fall of the Man of Letters: A Study of the Idiosyncratic and the Humane in Modern Literature John GrossGross Non-Fiction testLiterary Studies United Kingdom
8.0 Rise of Islamic State: ISIS and the New Sunni RevolutionThe Rise of Islamic State: ISIS and the New Sunni Revolution Patrick CockburnCockburnc Non-Fiction testPolitics Ireland
7.0 Rise, The Fall, and the RiseThe Rise, The Fall, and the Rise Brix Smith StartStart Non-Fiction testMusic, Autobiography/Memoir United Kingdom
9.5 Rising from the PlainsRising from the Plains John McPheeMcPhee Non-Fiction testScience/Nature, History United States
7.5 Rituals Of Dinner: The Origins, Evolution, Eccentricities, and Meaning of Table MannersThe Rituals Of Dinner: The Origins, Evolution, Eccentricities, and Meaning of Table Manners Margaret VisserVisser Non-Fiction testSociology, Food Canada
8.0 River Out of EdenRiver Out of Eden Richard DawkinsDawkins Non-Fiction testScience/Nature United Kingdom
8.5 RoadThe Road Cormac McCarthyMcCarthy Fiction testGeneral United States
8.0 Road to CharacterThe Road to Character David BrooksBrooks Non-Fiction testPhilosophy, Self-Help United States
8.0 Road to RuinThe Road to Ruin Donald WestlakeWestlake Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
7.5 Road to Wigan PierThe Road to Wigan Pier George OrwellOrwell Non-Fiction testSociology, Politics United Kingdom
7.5 Roger Ebert's Book of Film: From Tolstoy to Tarantino, the Finest Writing From a Century of FilmRoger Ebert's Book of Film: From Tolstoy to Tarantino, the Finest Writing From a Century of Film Roger EbertEbert Non-Fiction testFilm/TV/Theater United States
7.0 Roll the Bones: The History of GamblingRoll the Bones: The History of Gambling David SchwartzSchwartzb Non-Fiction testGambling/Games, History United States
7.0 RoomRoom Emma DonoghueDonoghue Fiction testMystery/Crime Ireland
8.5 Rose of TibetThe Rose of Tibet Lionel DavidsonDavidsonc Fiction testMystery/Crime United Kingdom
8.0 Rosemary's BabyRosemary's Baby Ira LevinLevin Fiction testHorror United States
7.5 Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are DeadRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead Tom StoppardStoppard Fiction testPlays United Kingdom
7.0 Rosie EffectThe Rosie Effect Graeme SimsionSimsion Fiction testGeneral Australia
8.5 Rosie ProjectThe Rosie Project Graeme SimsionSimsion Fiction testGeneral Australia
7.0 Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No DogsRotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs John LydonLydon Non-Fiction testMusic, Autobiography/Memoir United Kingdom
8.5 Roughing ItRoughing It Mark TwainTwain Non-Fiction testTravel/Adventure, Autobiography/Memoir United States
7.5 Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman RepublicRubicon: The Last Years of the Roman Republic Tom HollandHolland Non-Fiction testHistory United Kingdom
8.5 Rumor of WarA Rumor of War Philip CaputoCaputo Non-Fiction testAutobiography/Memoir, History United States
8.5 Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. SimpsonThe Run of His Life: The People v. O.J. Simpson Jeffrey ToobinToobin Non-Fiction testTrue Crime United States
7.5 Running with ScissorsRunning with Scissors Augusten BurroughsBurroughs Non-Fiction testAutobiography/Memoir United States
7.5 Ruskinland: How John Ruskin Shapes Our WorldRuskinland: How John Ruskin Shapes Our World Andrew HillHill Non-Fiction testBiography, Politics United Kingdom
7.5 Russia HouseThe Russia House John le Carrele Carre Fiction testMystery/Crime United Kingdom
7.0 Russian Five: A Story of Espionage, Defection, Bribery and CourageThe Russian Five: A Story of Espionage, Defection, Bribery and Courage Keith GaveGave Non-Fiction testSports United States