Recommended Books A-Z

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

1 2 3 5 6 9 A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z  
Rating Title Sort descending Author Genre Sub Genre(s) Country Year
8.0 Cable Cowboy: John Malone and the Rise of the Modern Cable BusinessCable Cowboy: John Malone and the Rise of the Modern Cable Business Mark RobichauxRobichaux Non-Fiction testBiography, Business/Management United States
8.5 Cadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing WaterCadillac Desert: The American West and Its Disappearing Water Marc ReisnerReisner Non-Fiction testHistory, Science/Nature United States
9.0 CalCal Bernard MacLavertyMacLaverty Fiction testGeneral Ireland
8.5 California: A HistoryCalifornia: A History Kevin StarrStarr Non-Fiction testHistory United States
7.5 Capitalism and FreedomCapitalism and Freedom Milton FriedmanFriedman Non-Fiction testEconomics/Finance United States
7.5 Captain Cut-ThroatCaptain Cut-Throat John Dickson CarrCarrc Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
7.5 Captains of Consciousness: Advertising and the Social Roots of the Consumer CultureCaptains of Consciousness: Advertising and the Social Roots of the Consumer Culture Stuart EwenEwen Non-Fiction testSociology, History United States
8.0 Captive MindThe Captive Mind Czeslaw MiloszMilosz Non-Fiction testPolitics, Sociology Poland
8.5 CarrieCarrie Stephen KingKing Fiction testHorror United States
8.0 Case of the Red BoxCase of the Red Box Rex StoutStout Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
9.0 CastleThe Castle Franz KafkaKafka Fiction testGeneral Czech Republic
7.0 Castle to CastleCastle to Castle Louis-Ferdinand CelineCeline Fiction testGeneral France
8.0 Cat's CradleCat's Cradle Kurt VonnegutVonnegut Fiction testGeneral United States
7.5 Catalogue of CrimeA Catalogue of Crime Jacques BarzunBarzun Non-Fiction testReference, Literary Studies France
8.5 Catch-22Catch-22 Joseph HellerHellerb Fiction testGeneral United States
9.0 Catcher in the RyeThe Catcher in the Rye J.D. SalingerSalinger Fiction testGeneral United States
8.5 Cause for AlarmCause for Alarm Eric AmblerAmbler Fiction testMystery/Crime United Kingdom
7.0 Cautio Criminalis, or a Book on Witch TrialsCautio Criminalis, or a Book on Witch Trials Friedrich SpeeSpee Non-Fiction testHistory Germany
7.0 CeremonyCeremony Leslie Marmon SilkoSilko Fiction testGeneral United States
8.0 Champagne for OneChampagne for One Rex StoutStout Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
7.0 ChanceChance Joseph ConradConrad Fiction testGeneral United States
7.5 ChanceChance Robert B. ParkerParker Fiction testMystery/Crime
8.5 Changing PlacesChanging Places David LodgeLodge Fiction testGeneral United Kingdom
7.0 Character of Physical LawThe Character of Physical Law Richard FeynmanFeynman Non-Fiction testScience/Nature United States
7.0 Charming BillyCharming Billy Alice McDermottMcDermott Fiction testGeneral United States
8.0 CheatersThe Cheaters Orrie HittHitt Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
8.5 Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century MillerThe Cheese and the Worms: The Cosmos of a Sixteenth-Century Miller Carlo GinzburgGinzburg Non-Fiction testHistory Italy
7.0 CherryCherry Matt ThorneThorne Fiction testGeneral
7.0 ChicagoChicago David MametMamet Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
7.5 Chicago: City on the MakeChicago: City on the Make Nelson AlgrenAlgren Non-Fiction testHistory, Sociology United States
9.5 Child in TimeThe Child in Time Ian McEwanMcEwan Fiction testGeneral United Kingdom
9.5 Childhood: The Biography of a PlaceA Childhood: The Biography of a Place Harry CrewsCrewsb Non-Fiction testAutobiography/Memoir United States
7.5 Children ActThe Children Act Ian McEwanMcEwan Fiction testGeneral United Kingdom
8.0 Children of MenThe Children of Men P.D. JamesJamesd Fiction testMystery/Crime United Kingdom
9.0 ChillThe Chill Ross MacdonaldMacdonaldd Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
7.0 Chimney-Sweeper’s BoyThe Chimney-Sweeper’s Boy Barbara VineVine Fiction testMystery/Crime United Kingdom
9.5 Chinaman's ChanceChinaman's Chance Ross ThomasThomasf Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
8.5 Choice and ConsequenceChoice and Consequence Thomas SchellingSchelling Non-Fiction testEconomics/Finance United States
8.5 Choir of Ill ChildrenA Choir of Ill Children Tom PiccirilliPiccirilli Fiction testHorror United States
7.0 Chomsky ReaderThe Chomsky Reader Noam ChomskyChomsky Non-Fiction testPolitics United States
7.0 ChosenThe Chosen Chaim PotokPotok Fiction testGeneral United States
8.0 Christmas CarolA Christmas Carol Charles DickensDickens Fiction testGeneral United Kingdom
7.5 Chronicles of Dissent: Interviews with David BarsamianChronicles of Dissent: Interviews with David Barsamian Noam ChomskyChomsky Non-Fiction testPolitics United States
9.5 Chronicles, Volume 1Chronicles, Volume 1 Bob DylanDylan Non-Fiction testMusic, Autobiography/Memoir United States
7.0 Cimarron RoseCimarron Rose James Lee BurkeBurke Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
8.5 Cinnamon SkinCinnamon Skin John D. MacDonaldMacdonaldb Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
8.0 Circuit: A Tennis OdysseyThe Circuit: A Tennis Odyssey Rowan Ricardo PhillipsPhillipsb Non-Fiction testSports United States
8.0 Cities of Words: Pedagogical Letters on a Register if the Moral LifeCities of Words: Pedagogical Letters on a Register if the Moral Life Stanley CavellCavell Non-Fiction testPhilosophy, Film/TV/Theater United States
7.5 City and the CityThe City and the City China MievilleMieville Fiction testMystery/Crime, Science Fiction United Kingdom
9.0 City of BonesCity of Bones Michael ConnellyConnelly Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
7.5 City of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los AngelesCity of Quartz: Excavating the Future in Los Angeles Mike DavisDavisb Non-Fiction testSociology, Politics United States
7.0 ClassThe Class Erich SegalSegal Fiction testGeneral United States
8.0 ClassClass Jilly CooperCooper Fiction testGeneral United Kingdom
8.0 Class Trip & The MustacheClass Trip & The Mustache Emmanuel CarrereCarrere Fiction testGeneral France
9.5 Class: A Guide Through the American Status SystemClass: A Guide Through the American Status System Paul FussellFussell Non-Fiction testSociology, Economics/Finance United States
7.5 Clayton M. Christensen ReaderThe Clayton M. Christensen Reader Clayton ChristensenChristensen Non-Fiction testBusiness/Management United States
8.5 Clear and Present DangerClear and Present Danger Tom ClancyClancy Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
7.0 Closed EyeA Closed Eye Anita BrooknerBrookner Fiction testGeneral United Kingdom
9.0 ClosersThe Closers Michael ConnellyConnelly Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
7.5 Cloud AtlasCloud Atlas David MitchellMitchell Fiction testGeneral United Kingdom
7.0 Cloud Forest: A Chronicle of the South American WildernessThe Cloud Forest: A Chronicle of the South American Wilderness Peter MatthiessenMatthiessen Non-Fiction testTravel/Adventure, Autobiography/Memoir United States
7.0 CloudstreetCloudstreet Tim WintonWinton Fiction testGeneral Australia
7.0 Coach's ArtThe Coach's Art Jack RamsayRamsay Non-Fiction testSports United States
7.5 Coast of Chicago: StoriesThe Coast of Chicago: Stories Stuart DybekDybek Fiction testShort Stories United States
9.5 Coffin for DimitriosA Coffin for Dimitrios Eric AmblerAmbler Fiction testMystery/Crime United Kingdom
7.0 ColdCold John SmolensSmolens Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
9.0 Cold Hand in MineCold Hand in Mine Robert AickmanAickman Fiction testHorror United Kingdom
8.5 Cold SkinCold Skin Albert Sanchez PinolPinol Fiction testScience Fiction Spain
8.0 Cold War SwapThe Cold War Swap Ross ThomasThomasf Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
9.0 Collected EssaysCollected Essays James BaldwinBaldwin Non-Fiction testEssays United States
7.0 Collected Stories of Eudora WeltyThe Collected Stories of Eudora Welty Eudora WeltyWelty Fiction testShort Stories United States
8.5 Collection of EssaysA Collection of Essays George OrwellOrwell Non-Fiction testEssays United Kingdom
8.5 CollectorThe Collector John FowlesFowles Fiction testMystery/Crime United Kingdom
7.0 Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of PilgrimageColorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage Haruki MurakamiMurakami Fiction testGeneral Japan
8.0 Colossal Wreck: A Road Trip Through Political Scandal, Corruption, And American CultureA Colossal Wreck: A Road Trip Through Political Scandal, Corruption, And American Culture Alexander CockburnCockburn Non-Fiction testPolitics, Autobiography/Memoir United States
7.5 ComaComa Robin CookCook Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
8.5 ComebackComeback Richard StarkStark Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
8.5 Comfort of StrangersThe Comfort of Strangers Ian McEwanMcEwan Fiction testGeneral United Kingdom
8.5 Common Sense 101: Lessons from G.K. ChestertonCommon Sense 101: Lessons from G.K. Chesterton Dale AhlquistAhlquist Non-Fiction testPhilosophy, Biography United States
7.5 CommonwealthCommonwealth Ann PatchettPatchett Fiction testGeneral United States
7.5 CompassCompass Mathias EnardEnard Fiction testGeneral France
9.5 Complete Review Guide to Contemporary World FictionThe Complete Review Guide to Contemporary World Fiction M.A. OrthoferOrthofer Non-Fiction testReference, Literary Studies United States
7.5 Complete Short Stories of Ambrose BierceThe Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce Ambrose BierceBierce Fiction testShort Stories, Horror United States
10.0 Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway: The Finca Vigia EditionThe Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway: The Finca Vigia Edition Ernest HemingwayHemingway Fiction testShort Stories United States
9.0 Complete StoriesThe Complete Stories Clarice LispectorLispector Fiction testShort Stories United States
9.5 Complete StoriesThe Complete Stories Franz KafkaKafka Fiction testShort Stories
8.5 Complete Stories: 1898-1910The Complete Stories: 1898-1910 Henry JamesJamesc Fiction testShort Stories United States
8.5 Complications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect ScienceComplications: A Surgeon's Notes on an Imperfect Science Atul GawandeGawande Non-Fiction testMedicine, Autobiography/Memoir United States
7.0 Conan Doyle for the Defense: How Sherlock Holmes’s Creator Turned Real-Life Detective and Freed a Man Wrongfully Imprisoned for MurderConan Doyle for the Defense: How Sherlock Holmes’s Creator Turned Real-Life Detective and Freed a Man Wrongfully Imprisoned for Murder Margalit FoxFoxb Non-Fiction testTrue Crime, Biography United States
8.5 Concrete BlondeThe Concrete Blonde Michael ConnellyConnelly Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
8.0 Confederacy of DuncesA Confederacy of Dunces John Kennedy TooleToole Fiction testGeneral United States
8.0 Confessions of a Sociopath: A Life Spent Hiding in Plain SightConfessions of a Sociopath: A Life Spent Hiding in Plain Sight M.E. ThomasThomase Non-Fiction testAutobiography/Memoir, Psychology United States
9.5 Confidence-Man: His MasqueradeThe Confidence-Man: His Masquerade Herman MelvilleMelville Fiction testGeneral
7.5 Confidential AgentThe Confidential Agent Graham GreeneGreenec Fiction testMystery/Crime United Kingdom
8.0 Conquest of America: The Question of the OtherThe Conquest of America: The Question of the Other Tzvetan TodorovTodorov Non-Fiction testHistory, Sociology France
9.0 Conquest of HappinessThe Conquest of Happiness Bertrand RussellRussell Non-Fiction testPhilosophy, Self-Help United Kingdom
7.0 Conquest of MoroccoThe Conquest of Morocco Douglas PorchPorch Non-Fiction testHistory United States
7.5 Conquistadors of the Useless: From the Alps to AnnapurnaConquistadors of the Useless: From the Alps to Annapurna Lionel TerrayTerray Non-Fiction testTravel/Adventure, Autobiography/Memoir France
7.0 Cons, Scams & Grifts Cons, Scams & Grifts Joe GoresGores Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
10.0 Consider the Lobster and Other EssaysConsider the Lobster and Other Essays David Foster WallaceWallaceb Non-Fiction testEssays, Sports United States
7.5 Consilience: The Unity of KnowledgeConsilience: The Unity of Knowledge Edward O. WilsonWilsond Non-Fiction testPhilosophy, Science/Nature United States
7.0 Consolations of PhilosophyThe Consolations of Philosophy Alain de Bottonde Botton Non-Fiction testPhilosophy, Self-Help United Kingdom
7.0 Constant GardenerThe Constant Gardener John le Carrele Carre Fiction testMystery/Crime United Kingdom
7.5 Convenience Store WomanConvenience Store Woman Sayaka MurataMurata Fiction testGeneral Japan
7.0 Conversations with StoppardConversations with Stoppard Tom StoppardStoppard Non-Fiction testAutobiography/Memoir, Film/TV/Theater United Kingdom
8.5 Conversations With Tom PettyConversations With Tom Petty Paul ZolloZollo Non-Fiction testMusic, Biography United States
8.5 CopenhagenCopenhagen Michael FraynFrayn Fiction testPlays United Kingdom
9.0 Cops and RobbersCops and Robbers Donald WestlakeWestlake Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
7.0 Corelli’s MandolinCorelli’s Mandolin Louis de BernieresDe Bernieres Fiction testGeneral United Kingdom
9.5 CorrectionsThe Corrections Jonathan FranzenFranzen Fiction testGeneral United States
7.5 Corruptions of Empire: Life Studies and the Reagan EraCorruptions of Empire: Life Studies and the Reagan Era Alexander CockburnCockburn Non-Fiction testPolitics, History United States
7.5 CosmosCosmos Carl SaganSagan Non-Fiction testScience/Nature United States
9.0 CottonCotton Christopher WilsonWilsonb Fiction testGeneral United Kingdom
9.5 CounterlifeThe Counterlife Philip RothRoth Fiction testGeneral United States
7.0 CounternarrativesCounternarratives John KeeneKeene Fiction testGeneral United States
9.0 Country Doctor's NotebookA Country Doctor's Notebook Mikhail BulgakovBulgakov Fiction testShort Stories Russia
8.5 Country Girls TrilogyThe Country Girls Trilogy Edna O'BrienO'Brien Fiction testGeneral Ireland
9.0 Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United StatesCrabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States Kenneth JacksonJackson Non-Fiction testHistory, Sociology United States
7.0 Cradle Will FallThe Cradle Will Fall Mary Higgins ClarkClarkb Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
8.0 Crazy U: One Dad's Crash Course in Getting His Kid into CollegeCrazy U: One Dad's Crash Course in Getting His Kid into College Andrew FergusonFerguson Non-Fiction testEducation, Autobiography/Memoir United States
9.0 Crime and GuiltCrime and Guilt Ferdinand von SchirachVon Schirach Fiction testMystery/Crime, Short Stories Germany
9.5 Crime and Punishment in American HistoryCrime and Punishment in American History Lawrence FriedmanFriedman Non-Fiction testSociology, History United States
7.0 Crime Stories & Other WritingsCrime Stories & Other Writings Dashiell HammettHammett Fiction testMystery/Crime, Short Stories United States
7.0 Cronenberg on CronenbergCronenberg on Cronenberg David CronenbergCronenberg Non-Fiction testFilm/TV/Theater Canada
7.5 CrossingThe Crossing Michael ConnellyConnelly Fiction testMystery/Crime
7.5 Crossing the CratonCrossing the Craton John McPheeMcPhee Non-Fiction testScience/Nature United States
9.5 CrossroadsCrossroads Jonathan FranzenFranzen Fiction testGeneral United States
7.0 Crunching Numbers: An Inside Look At The Salary Cap And Negotiating Player ContractsCrunching Numbers: An Inside Look At The Salary Cap And Negotiating Player Contracts Jason FitzgeraldFitzgeraldb Non-Fiction testSports United States
7.0 Cry in the NightA Cry in the Night Mary Higgins ClarkClarkb Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
9.0 CryptonomicanCryptonomican Neal StephensonStephenson Fiction testScience Fiction United States
7.0 Cuba LibreCuba Libre Elmore LeonardLeonard Fiction testGeneral, Mystery/Crime United States
7.5 Cuckoo's CallingThe Cuckoo's Calling Robert GalbraithGalbraithb Fiction testMystery/Crime United Kingdom
9.0 Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer EspionageThe Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage Clifford StollStoll Non-Fiction testTechnology, True Crime United States
9.0 Cultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories From History and the ArtsCultural Amnesia: Necessary Memories From History and the Arts Clive JamesJamesb Non-Fiction testEssays, Biography United Kingdom
7.5 Cultural Contradictions of CapitalismThe Cultural Contradictions of Capitalism Daniel BellBell Non-Fiction testEconomics/Finance, Politics United States
7.5 Cultural Lives of Whales and DolphinsThe Cultural Lives of Whales and Dolphins Hal WhiteheadWhiteheadb Non-Fiction testScience/Nature United States
8.0 Cutmouth LadyThe Cutmouth Lady Roby AshbyAshby Fiction testGeneral United States