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
8.0 W.G. SebaldW.G. Sebald Uwe SchutteSchutte Non-Fiction testBiography, Literary Studies Germany
8.0 Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working ClassThe Wages of Whiteness: Race and the Making of the American Working Class David RoedigerRoediger Non-Fiction testSociology, Politics United States
9.0 WaitingWaiting Ha JinJin Fiction testGeneral China
7.5 WaldenWalden Henry David ThoreauThoreau Non-Fiction testAutobiography/Memoir, Science/Nature United States
8.5 Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian TrailA Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail Bill BrysonBryson Non-Fiction testTravel/Adventure, Science/Nature United States
7.0 Walk the WireWalk the Wire David BaldacciBaldacci Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
7.5 Walkin' the DogWalkin' the Dog Walter MosleyMosley Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
8.0 Walking on the Edge of the World: A Memoir of the Sixties and BeyondWalking on the Edge of the World: A Memoir of the Sixties and Beyond George LeonardLeonardb Non-Fiction testAutobiography/Memoir, History United States
9.0 Wall Street: How It Works and for WhomWall Street: How It Works and for Whom Doug HenwoodHenwood Non-Fiction testEconomics/Finance, Politics United States
7.5 WanderersThe Wanderers Richard PricePrice Fiction testGeneral United States
9.5 War Against Cliche: Essays and Reviews 1971-2000The War Against Cliche: Essays and Reviews 1971-2000 Martin AmisAmisz Non-Fiction testEssays, Literary Studies United Kingdom
8.0 War Against the MafiaWar Against the Mafia Don PendletonPendleton Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
8.5 War for Late Night: When Leno Went Early and Television Went CrazyThe War for Late Night: When Leno Went Early and Television Went Crazy Bill CarterCarter Non-Fiction testFilm/TV/Theater United States
7.0 War is a Force That Gives Us MeaningWar is a Force That Gives Us Meaning Chris HedgesHedges Non-Fiction testPolitics United States
9.5 Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great MigrationThe Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration Isabel WilkersonWilkerson Non-Fiction testHistory, Sociology United States
7.0 Warnings: Finding Cassandras to Stop CatastrophesWarnings: Finding Cassandras to Stop Catastrophes Richard A. ClarkeClarke Non-Fiction testPolitics United States
7.0 Washington SquareWashington Square Henry JamesJamesc Fiction testGeneral United States
7.5 Watch Your Back!Watch Your Back! Donald WestlakeWestlake Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
8.5 Watch: StoriesThe Watch: Stories Rick BassBass Fiction testShort Stories United States
7.0 Waterfront: A Walk Around ManhattanWaterfront: A Walk Around Manhattan Philip LopateLopate Non-Fiction testTravel/Adventure, Autobiography/Memoir United States
8.0 WaterworksThe Waterworks E.L. DoctorowDoctorowb Fiction testGeneral United States
8.0 Way InnThe Way Inn Will WilesWiles Fiction testGeneral, Horror United Kingdom
8.5 Way It Spozed to BeThe Way It Spozed to Be James HerndonHerndon Non-Fiction testEducation, Autobiography/Memoir United States
7.0 Way Some People DieThe Way Some People Die Ross MacdonaldMacdonaldd Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
8.5 Way Through the WoodsThe Way Through the Woods Colin DexterDexter Fiction testMystery/Crime United Kingdom
9.0 We Have Always Lived in the CastleWe Have Always Lived in the Castle Shirley JacksonJackson Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
7.5 We MoveWe Move Gurnaik JohalJohal Fiction testShort Stories United Kingdom
7.5 Wealth of NationsThe Wealth of Nations Adam SmithSmith Non-Fiction testEconomics/Finance Scotland
7.5 Westing GameThe Westing Game Ellen RaskinRaskin Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
7.5 What Am I Doing HereWhat Am I Doing Here Bruce ChatwinChatwin Non-Fiction testTravel/Adventure, Essays United Kingdom
8.5 What Do You Care What Other People Think?: Further Adventures of a Curious CharacterWhat Do You Care What Other People Think?: Further Adventures of a Curious Character Richard FeynmanFeynman Non-Fiction testAutobiography/Memoir, Science/Nature United States
7.5 What is a Masterpiece?What is a Masterpiece? Kenneth ClarkClark Non-Fiction testArt/Architecture United Kingdom
9.0 What Maisie KnewWhat Maisie Knew Henry JamesJamesc Fiction testGeneral United States
9.0 What the Dead KnowWhat the Dead Know Laura LippmanLippman Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
8.5 What the Dog Saw: And Other AdventuresWhat the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures Malcolm GladwellGladwell Non-Fiction testSociology, Essays Canada
9.0 What You Can Change and What You Can't: The Complete Guide to Successful Self-ImprovementWhat You Can Change and What You Can't: The Complete Guide to Successful Self-Improvement Martin SeligmanSeligman Non-Fiction testPsychology, Self-Help United States
8.0 What's So Funny?What's So Funny? Donald WestlakeWestlake Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
9.5 What's the Worst that Could Happen? What's the Worst that Could Happen? Donald WestlakeWestlake Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
8.0 When Breath Becomes AirWhen Breath Becomes Air Paul KalanithiKalanithi Non-Fiction testAutobiography/Memoir, Medicine United States
9.5 When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital ManagementWhen Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management Roger LowensteinLowenstein Non-Fiction testEconomics/Finance United States
8.5 When I Die: Lessons from the Death ZoneWhen I Die: Lessons from the Death Zone Philip GouldGould Non-Fiction testMedicine United Kingdom
9.0 When the Sacred Ginmill ClosesWhen the Sacred Ginmill Closes Lawrence BlockBlock Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
8.5 When We Cease to Understand the WorldWhen We Cease to Understand the World Benjamin LabatutLabatut Fiction testGeneral Chile
8.5 Where Are the Children?Where Are the Children? Mary Higgins ClarkClarkb Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
9.0 Where are the Customers' Yachts?: or A Good Hard Look at Wall StreetWhere are the Customers' Yachts?: or A Good Hard Look at Wall Street Fred SchwedSchwed Non-Fiction testEconomics/Finance United States
9.0 Where Did Our Love Go?: The Rise and Fall of the Motown SoundWhere Did Our Love Go?: The Rise and Fall of the Motown Sound Nelson GeorgeGeorge Non-Fiction testMusic, History United States
7.0 Where Memories LieWhere Memories Lie Deborah CrombieCrombie Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
9.0 Where'd You Go, BernadetteWhere'd You Go, Bernadette Maria SempleSemple Fiction testGeneral United States
7.0 While America Aged: How Pension Debts Ruined General Motors, Stopped the NYC Subways, Bankrupted San Diego, and Loom as the Next Financial CrisisWhile America Aged: How Pension Debts Ruined General Motors, Stopped the NYC Subways, Bankrupted San Diego, and Loom as the Next Financial Crisis Roger LowensteinLowenstein Non-Fiction testEconomics/Finance United States
7.0 While My Pretty One SleepsWhile My Pretty One Sleeps Mary Higgins ClarkClarkb Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
7.5 White GirlsWhite Girls Hilton AlsAls Non-Fiction testEssays, Literary Studies United States
7.0 White HotelThe White Hotel D.M. ThomasThomas Fiction testGeneral United Kingdom
9.0 White NoiseWhite Noise Don DeLilloDeLillo Fiction testGeneral United States
9.0 White-Jacket; or, The World in a Man-of-War White-Jacket; or, The World in a Man-of-War Herman MelvilleMelville Fiction testGeneral United States
7.5 Who By Fire: Leonard Cohen in the SinaiWho By Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai Matti FriedmanFriedman Non-Fiction testMusic Canada
7.0 Who Owns History?: Rethinking the Past in a Changing WorldWho Owns History?: Rethinking the Past in a Changing World Eric FonerFoner Non-Fiction testHistory, Politics United States
7.0 Why Beauty is Truth: A History of SymmetryWhy Beauty is Truth: A History of Symmetry Ian StewartStewart Non-Fiction testMathematics/Statistics, Science/Nature United Kingdom
7.0 Why Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective StoryWhy Does the World Exist?: An Existential Detective Story Jim HoltHolt Non-Fiction testPhilosophy United States
7.5 Why I Am Not a ChristianWhy I Am Not a Christian Bertrand RussellRussell Non-Fiction testReligion, Philosophy United Kingdom
8.5 Why Me?Why Me? Donald WestlakeWestlake Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
8.5 Why Men FightWhy Men Fight Bertrand RussellRussell Non-Fiction testPhilosophy, Politics United Kingdom
8.0 Why the Law Is So PerverseWhy the Law Is So Perverse Leo KatzKatz Non-Fiction testPolitics, Other United States
9.0 Why We Did It: A Travelogue from the Republican Road to HellWhy We Did It: A Travelogue from the Republican Road to Hell Tim MillerMiller Non-Fiction testPolitics, History United States
8.0 WifeThe Wife Meg WolitzerWolitzer Fiction testGeneral United States
9.5 Wild Sheep ChaseA Wild Sheep Chase Haruki MurakamiMurakami Fiction testGeneral Japan
7.0 Williamsburg Avant-Garde: Experimental Music and Sound on the Brooklyn WaterfrontThe Williamsburg Avant-Garde: Experimental Music and Sound on the Brooklyn Waterfront Cisco BradleyBradley Non-Fiction testMusic United States
9.5 Wind-Up Bird ChronicleThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle Haruki MurakamiMurakami Fiction testGeneral Japan
7.5 Wind/Pinball: Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973Wind/Pinball: Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973 Haruki MurakamiMurakami Fiction testGeneral Japan
9.5 Winesburg, OhioWinesburg, Ohio Sherwood AndersonAndersonc Fiction testShort Stories United States
9.5 Wings of the DoveThe Wings of the Dove Henry JamesJamesc Fiction testGeneral United States
7.5 WinterWinter Karl Ove KnausgaardKnausgaard Non-Fiction testEssays Norway
7.5 Winter BookA Winter Book Tove JanssonJansson Fiction testShort Stories Finland
8.0 Winter of Our DiscontentThe Winter of Our Discontent John SteinbeckSteinbeck Fiction testGeneral United States
10.0 Winter's TaleWinter's Tale Mark HelprinHelprin Fiction testGeneral United States
8.0 Wisdom of CrowdsThe Wisdom of Crowds James SurowieckiSurowiecki Non-Fiction testEconomics/Finance, Sociology United States
8.0 Wisdom of InsecurityThe Wisdom of Insecurity Alan WattsWatts Non-Fiction testPhilosophy, Self-Help United Kingdom
9.5 Wise BloodWise Blood Flannery O'ConnorO'Connor Fiction testGeneral United States
7.5 Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They MadeThe Wise Men: Six Friends and the World They Made Walter IsaacsonIsaacson Non-Fiction testHistory, Politics United States
7.0 Wisteria CottageWisteria Cottage Robert CoatesCoates Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
8.0 Witches of EastwickThe Witches of Eastwick John UpdikeUpdike Fiction testGeneral United States
7.5 With BorgesWith Borges Alberto ManguelManguel Non-Fiction testAutobiography/Memoir, Literary Studies Argentina
8.5 With My Dog-EyesWith My Dog-Eyes Hilda HilstHilst Fiction testGeneral Brazil
9.0 WitnessWitness Whittaker ChambersChambers Non-Fiction testAutobiography/Memoir, Politics United States
7.0 Wittgenstein’s Poker: The Story of a Ten-Minute Argument Between Two Great PhilosophersWittgenstein’s Poker: The Story of a Ten-Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers David EdmondsEdmonds Non-Fiction testPhilosophy United Kingdom
9.0 Wizard A True Star: Todd Rundgren In The StudioA Wizard A True Star: Todd Rundgren In The Studio Paul MyersMyers Non-Fiction testMusic, Biography Canada
7.5 Wizard and the Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow’s WorldThe Wizard and the Prophet: Two Remarkable Scientists and Their Dueling Visions to Shape Tomorrow’s World Charles MannMann Non-Fiction testHistory, Science/Nature United States
8.5 Wizard of EarthseaA Wizard of Earthsea Ursula Le GuinLe Guin Fiction testScience Fiction United States
9.0 Wolf SolentWolf Solent John Cowper PowysPowys Fiction testGeneral United Kingdom
9.0 Woman in the DunesThe Woman in the Dunes Kobo AbeAbe Fiction testGeneral Japan
8.5 Woman in WhiteThe Woman in White Wilkie CollinsCollins Fiction testMystery/Crime United Kingdom
8.5 Wonderful Years, Wonderful YearsWonderful Years, Wonderful Years George V. HigginsHiggins Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
9.0 Word Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble PlayersWord Freak: Heartbreak, Triumph, Genius, and Obsession in the World of Competitive Scrabble Players Stefan FatsisFatsis Non-Fiction testGambling/Games, Autobiography/Memoir United States
8.5 Working Stiff's Manifesto: A Memoir of Thirty Jobs I Quit, Nine That Fired Me, and Three I Can't RememberA Working Stiff's Manifesto: A Memoir of Thirty Jobs I Quit, Nine That Fired Me, and Three I Can't Remember Iain LevisonLevison Non-Fiction testAutobiography/Memoir, Business/Management United States
7.0 World as It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White HouseThe World as It Is: A Memoir of the Obama White House Ben RhodesRhodes Non-Fiction testPolitics, Autobiography/Memoir United States
7.0 World BeneathThe World Beneath Cate KennedyKennedy Fiction testGeneral Australia
7.0 World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of DistractionThe World Beyond Your Head: On Becoming an Individual in an Age of Distraction Matthew CrawfordCrawford Non-Fiction testPsychology United States
8.0 World Goes OnThe World Goes On Laszlo KrasznahorkaiKrasznahorkai Fiction testShort Stories Hungary
8.0 World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the RenaissanceA World Lit Only by Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance William ManchesterManchester Non-Fiction testHistory United States
7.0 Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times And Ideas Of The Great Economic ThinkersThe Worldly Philosophers: The Lives, Times And Ideas Of The Great Economic Thinkers Robert HeilbronerHeilbroner Non-Fiction testEconomics/Finance, Philosophy United States
8.0 Worth Dying ForWorth Dying For Lee ChildChild Fiction testMystery/Crime United Kingdom
7.0 Writer on Her WorkThe Writer on Her Work Janet SternburgSternburg Non-Fiction testAutobiography/Memoir, Literary Studies United States
8.5 Writer's NotebookA Writer's Notebook W. Somerset MaughamMaugham Non-Fiction testAutobiography/Memoir, Literary Studies United Kingdom
7.5 Writings on an Ethical LifeWritings on an Ethical Life Peter SingerSinger Non-Fiction testPhilosophy United States
7.5 Wrong BloodThe Wrong Blood Manuel de LopeLope Fiction testGeneral Spain
8.5 Wrong MurderThe Wrong Murder Craig RiceRiceb Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
8.0 Wrong Side of GoodbyeThe Wrong Side of Goodbye Michael ConnellyConnelly Fiction testMystery/Crime United States
7.0 WTF?!: An Economic Tour of the WeirdWTF?!: An Economic Tour of the Weird Peter LeesonLeeson Non-Fiction testEconomics/Finance United States