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1

The Handmaid's Tale

by Margaret Atwood

48,379 members

1,236 reviews

4.1

4 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

2

Things Fall Apart

by Chinua Achebe

23,339 members

460 reviews

3.8

4 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

3

The Kite Runner

by Khaled Hosseini

58,063 members

1,375 reviews

4.2

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

4

Slaughterhouse-Five

by Kurt Vonnegut

49,194 members

777 reviews

4.1

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

5

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass

by Lewis Carroll

29,416 members

315 reviews

4.1

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

6

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

26,628 members

478 reviews

3.9

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

7

by Michael Crichton

24,025 members

370 reviews

4

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

8

The Girl on the Train

by Paula Hawkins

21,809 members

1,189 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, kara.shamy

9

The God of Small Things

by Arundhati Roy

21,669 members

405 reviews

3.9

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, kara.shamy

10

The Joy Luck Club

19,311 members

220 reviews

3.9

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

11

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

by Rebecca Skloot

16,945 members

777 reviews

4.2

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, kara.shamy

12

15,804 members

206 reviews

3.9

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

13

Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster

by Jon Krakauer

15,743 members

344 reviews

4.2

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, kara.shamy

14

Educated: A Memoir

by Tara Westover

13,259 members

609 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

15

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

11,403 members

144 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, kara.shamy

16

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

by Fannie Flagg

10,006 members

213 reviews

4.1

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

17

Breakfast at Tiffany's: A Short Novel and Three Stories

by Truman Capote

9,403 members

244 reviews

3.8

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

18

The Complete Persepolis

by Marjane Satrapi

8,305 members

283 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

19

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

6,060 members

182 reviews

3.9

3 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

20

The Grapes of Wrath

by John Steinbeck

39,129 members

518 reviews

4.1

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

21

by Kathryn Stockett

34,291 members

1,538 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

22

The Secret Life of Bees

by Sue Monk Kidd

29,377 members

611 reviews

3.9

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

23

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

26,702 members

319 reviews

4.1

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

24

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America

25,342 members

757 reviews

4

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

25

22,884 members

1,381 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

26

The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

by Douglas Adams

21,664 members

180 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

27

Breakfast of Champions

by Kurt Vonnegut

17,824 members

194 reviews

4

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

28

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

by Hunter S. Thompson

15,688 members

212 reviews

4

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

29

The Year of Magical Thinking

12,133 members

329 reviews

3.9

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

30

Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine

by Gail Honeyman

11,409 members

607 reviews

4.1

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

31

Between the World and Me

by Ta-Nehisi Coates

9,872 members

402 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

32

9,826 members

489 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

33

Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith

by Jon Krakauer

9,772 members

245 reviews

3.9

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

34

Girl, Interrupted

by Susanna Kaysen

8,564 members

132 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

35

Welcome to the Monkey House

by Kurt Vonnegut

7,901 members

72 reviews

4

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

36

by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

7,651 members

172 reviews

4.1

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

37

The Stone Diaries

by Carol Shields

6,176 members

128 reviews

3.8

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

38

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

by Isabel Wilkerson

6,135 members

195 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

39

All the Bright Places

by Jennifer Niven

5,908 members

216 reviews

4

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

40

The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World

by Michael Pollan

5,820 members

163 reviews

4

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

41

How to Be an Antiracist

by Ibram X. Kendi

5,597 members

117 reviews

4.2

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

42

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death

by Jean-Dominique Bauby

4,909 members

162 reviews

4

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

43

An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

by Kay Redfield Jamison

4,601 members

69 reviews

3.9

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

44

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

by Matthew Desmond

4,341 members

228 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

45

Rubyfruit Jungle

by Rita Mae Brown

3,578 members

72 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

46

The Interestings

by Meg Wolitzer

3,417 members

214 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

47

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

by John Carreyrou

3,365 members

208 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

48

Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness

by William Styron

3,353 members

86 reviews

3.9

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

49

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

3,337 members

33 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

50

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

by Gertrude Stein

3,065 members

46 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

51

The Wordy Shipmates

by Sarah Vowell

3,018 members

158 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

52

Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women

by Susan Faludi

3,009 members

23 reviews

4

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

53

The Princess Diarist

by Carrie Fisher

2,728 members

171 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

54

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family

by Robert Kolker

2,074 members

104 reviews

4.2

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

55

Empty Mansions: The Mysterious Life of Huguette Clark and the Spending of a Great American Fortune

1,719 members

99 reviews

3.8

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

56

Unfamiliar Fishes

by Sarah Vowell

1,623 members

92 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

57

The Impossible Knife of Memory

by Laurie Halse Anderson

1,545 members

83 reviews

4

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

58

Diet for a Small Planet

by Frances Moore Lappé

1,429 members

13 reviews

4.1

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

59

Lafayette in the Somewhat United States

by Sarah Vowell

1,238 members

67 reviews

3.8

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

60

by Ninni Holmqvist

1,113 members

113 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

61

by Shirley Jackson

1,102 members

28 reviews

3.8

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

62

You Think It, I'll Say It

by Curtis Sittenfeld

954 members

85 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

63

Spot Goes to the Farm

922 members

5 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

64

903 members

69 reviews

3.9

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

65

How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming

886 members

37 reviews

4.1

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

66

Negroland: A Memoir

by Margo Jefferson

817 members

33 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

67

The Rules Do Not Apply: A Memoir

776 members

47 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

68

The Girl Who Smiled Beads: A Story of War and What Comes After

by Clemantine Wamariya

758 members

43 reviews

4.1

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

69

White Noise: Text and Criticism (Viking Critical Library)

707 members

8 reviews

4.2

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

70

Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness, and Family Secrets

by Luke Dittrich

525 members

28 reviews

3.8

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

71

Rat Girl: A Memoir

by Kristin Hersh

418 members

33 reviews

4.2

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

72

Just Like Someone Without Mental Illness Only More So: A Memoir

by Mark Vonnegut M.D.

361 members

30 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

73

by Randa Jarrar

297 members

27 reviews

4

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

74

The Book of Woe: The DSM and the Unmaking of Psychiatry

by Gary Greenberg

219 members

4 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

75

He Wanted the Moon: The Madness and Medical Genius of Dr. Perry Baird, and His Daughter's Quest to Know Him

217 members

73 reviews

4

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

76

The Great Beanie Baby Bubble: Mass Delusion and the Dark Side of Cute

by Zac Bissonnette

194 members

8 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

77

Haldol and Hyacinths: A Bipolar Life

by Melody Moezzi

117 members

25 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

78

by Jack Kerouac

30,680 members

424 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: lemontwist

79

by Toni Morrison

15,920 members

271 reviews

3.9

Member: lemontwist

80

The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals

by Michael Pollan

15,021 members

368 reviews

4.2

Member: lemontwist

81

15,004 members

267 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: lemontwist

82

Unbroken: A World War II Story of Survival, Resilience, and Redemption

by Laura Hillenbrand

14,356 members

618 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: lemontwist

83

The Sirens of Titan

by Kurt Vonnegut

11,678 members

151 reviews

4

Member: lemontwist

84

10,116 members

235 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: lemontwist

85

Daisy Jones and The Six

by Taylor Jenkins Reid

9,467 members

442 reviews

4.1

Member: lemontwist

86

Turtles All the Way Down

9,170 members

274 reviews

3.9

Member: lemontwist

87

Will Grayson, Will Grayson

8,620 members

351 reviews

3.9

Member: lemontwist

88

1491: New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus

by Charles C. Mann

8,459 members

220 reviews

4.2

Member: lemontwist

89

by Kurt Vonnegut

8,431 members

96 reviews

3.8

Member: lemontwist

90

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do, and How to Change

by Charles Duhigg

8,288 members

259 reviews

3.9

Member: lemontwist

91

In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

by Michael Pollan

8,158 members

214 reviews

4

Member: lemontwist

92

by Rachel Carson

7,709 members

119 reviews

4

Member: lemontwist

93

What Is the What: The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng

7,255 members

173 reviews

4.1

Member: lemontwist

94

The Hot Zone: A Terrifying True Story

by Richard Preston

6,798 members

120 reviews

4

Member: lemontwist

95

The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics

by Daniel James Brown

6,667 members

274 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: lemontwist

96

by Curtis Sittenfeld

5,416 members

163 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: lemontwist

97

Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen

by Christopher McDougall

5,176 members

240 reviews

4.2

Member: lemontwist

98

We Should All Be Feminists

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

5,013 members

205 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: lemontwist

99

My Year of Rest and Relaxation

by Ottessa Moshfegh

4,945 members

194 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: lemontwist

100

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? and Other Concerns

by Mindy Kaling

4,906 members

243 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: lemontwist

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