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1

The Handmaid's Tale

by Margaret Atwood

40,725 members

1,114 reviews

4.1

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

2

Things Fall Apart

by Chinua Achebe

19,925 members

423 reviews

3.8

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

3

The Kite Runner

by Khaled Hosseini

51,620 members

1,290 reviews

4.2

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

4

Slaughterhouse-Five

by Kurt Vonnegut

42,747 members

683 reviews

4.1

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

5

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

by Lewis Carroll

24,493 members

288 reviews

4.1

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

6

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

20,777 members

408 reviews

3.9

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

7

by Michael Crichton

19,949 members

317 reviews

3.9

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

8

The God of Small Things

by Arundhati Roy

19,185 members

361 reviews

3.9

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, kara.shamy

9

The Joy Luck Club

17,278 members

196 reviews

3.9

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

10

The Girl on the Train

by Paula Hawkins

16,731 members

1,084 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, kara.shamy

11

14,724 members

197 reviews

3.9

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

12

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

by Rebecca Skloot

14,019 members

731 reviews

4.2

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, kara.shamy

13

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

by Jon Krakauer

13,657 members

308 reviews

4.2

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, kara.shamy

14

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

9,430 members

117 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, kara.shamy

15

Educated: A Memoir

by Tara Westover

8,907 members

480 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

16

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

by Fannie Flagg

8,683 members

186 reviews

4.1

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

17

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

by Truman Capote

8,085 members

215 reviews

3.8

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

18

The Complete Persepolis

by Marjane Satrapi

6,580 members

244 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

19

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

3,252 members

120 reviews

3.9

3 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

20

The Grapes of Wrath

by John Steinbeck

33,151 members

460 reviews

4.1

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

21

by Kathryn Stockett

29,637 members

1,470 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

22

The Secret Life of Bees

by Sue Monk Kidd

26,708 members

583 reviews

3.9

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

23

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

23,497 members

295 reviews

4.1

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

24

The Devil in the White City

21,324 members

683 reviews

4

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

25

The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

by Douglas Adams

18,862 members

162 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

26

16,928 members

1,198 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

27

Breakfast of Champions

by Kurt Vonnegut

15,884 members

163 reviews

4

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

28

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

by Hunter S. Thompson

13,977 members

189 reviews

4

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

29

The Year of Magical Thinking

10,143 members

284 reviews

3.8

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

30

Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith

by Jon Krakauer

8,598 members

212 reviews

3.9

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

31

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

by Gail Honeyman

8,030 members

504 reviews

4.1

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

32

Girl, Interrupted

by Susanna Kaysen

7,395 members

118 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

33

Between the World and Me

by Ta-Nehisi Coates

7,311 members

351 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

34

Welcome to the Monkey House

by Kurt Vonnegut

6,968 members

62 reviews

4

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

35

6,604 members

430 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

36

by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

6,328 members

146 reviews

4.1

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

37

The Stone Diaries

by Carol Shields

5,669 members

121 reviews

3.8

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

38

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

by Michael Pollan

5,169 members

151 reviews

4

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

39

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

by Jean-Dominique Bauby

4,333 members

153 reviews

4

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

40

All the Bright Places

by Jennifer Niven

4,091 members

189 reviews

4

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

41

An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

by Kay Redfield Jamison

3,967 members

59 reviews

3.9

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

42

How to Be an Antiracist

by Ibram X. Kendi

3,807 members

92 reviews

4.2

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

43

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

by Isabel Wilkerson

3,594 members

147 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

44

Rubyfruit Jungle

by Rita Mae Brown

3,139 members

56 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

45

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

by Matthew Desmond

3,081 members

198 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

46

The Interestings

by Meg Wolitzer

2,952 members

203 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

47

Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness

by William Styron

2,934 members

77 reviews

3.9

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

48

The Wordy Shipmates

by Sarah Vowell

2,767 members

154 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

49

Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women

by Susan Faludi

2,730 members

22 reviews

4

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

50

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

by Gertrude Stein

2,583 members

42 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

51

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

by John Carreyrou

2,510 members

172 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

52

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

2,433 members

26 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

53

The Princess Diarist

by Carrie Fisher

2,083 members

146 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

54

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

1,449 members

90 reviews

3.8

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

55

Unfamiliar Fishes

by Sarah Vowell

1,415 members

87 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

56

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family

by Robert Kolker

1,351 members

84 reviews

4.2

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

57

The Impossible Knife of Memory

by Laurie Halse Anderson

1,331 members

83 reviews

4

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

58

Diet for a Small Planet

by Frances Moore Lappé

1,296 members

11 reviews

4.1

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

59

Lafayette in the Somewhat United States

by Sarah Vowell

1,045 members

59 reviews

3.8

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

60

by Ninni Holmqvist

1,013 members

106 reviews

3.8

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

61

You Think It, I'll Say It

by Curtis Sittenfeld

756 members

76 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

62

How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming

749 members

35 reviews

4.1

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

63

by Shirley Jackson

740 members

21 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

64

Spot Goes to the Farm

695 members

5 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

65

Negroland: A Memoir

by Margo Jefferson

686 members

29 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

66

683 members

63 reviews

3.9

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

67

The Rules Do Not Apply: A Memoir

626 members

39 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

68

White Noise: Text and Criticism (Viking Critical Library)

625 members

8 reviews

4.2

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

69

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

by Clemantine Wamariya

571 members

39 reviews

4.1

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

70

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

by Luke Dittrich

439 members

27 reviews

3.8

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

71

Rat Girl: A Memoir

by Kristin Hersh

372 members

32 reviews

4.1

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

72

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

by Mark Vonnegut M.D.

330 members

31 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

73

by Randa Jarrar

255 members

25 reviews

4

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

74

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

194 members

67 reviews

4

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

75

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

by Gary Greenberg

171 members

4 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

76

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

by Zac Bissonnette

153 members

6 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

77

Haldol and Hyacinths: A Bipolar Life

by Melody Moezzi

107 members

25 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

78

by Jack Kerouac

27,255 members

382 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: lemontwist

79

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

by Michael Pollan

13,616 members

344 reviews

4.2

Member: lemontwist

80

13,393 members

239 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: lemontwist

81

by Toni Morrison

12,901 members

227 reviews

3.9

Member: lemontwist

82

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

by Laura Hillenbrand

11,678 members

581 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: lemontwist

83

The Sirens of Titan

by Kurt Vonnegut

10,089 members

119 reviews

4

Member: lemontwist

84

9,172 members

220 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: lemontwist

85

by Kurt Vonnegut

7,524 members

79 reviews

3.8

Member: lemontwist

86

In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

by Michael Pollan

7,373 members

200 reviews

4

Member: lemontwist

87

Will Grayson, Will Grayson

7,202 members

335 reviews

3.9

Member: lemontwist

88

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

by Charles C. Mann

7,001 members

188 reviews

4.2

Member: lemontwist

89

What Is the What

6,682 members

162 reviews

4.1

Member: lemontwist

90

The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business

by Charles Duhigg

6,447 members

224 reviews

3.9

Member: lemontwist

91

by Rachel Carson

6,236 members

98 reviews

4

Member: lemontwist

92

by Curtis Sittenfeld

5,117 members

153 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: lemontwist

93

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

by Christopher McDougall

4,384 members

223 reviews

4.2

Member: lemontwist

94

Is Everyone Hanging Out without Me? (And Other Concerns)

by Mindy Kaling

4,148 members

221 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: lemontwist

95

by Laurie Halse Anderson

3,969 members

301 reviews

4

Member: lemontwist

96

The Fortress of Solitude

by Jonathan Lethem

3,938 members

65 reviews

3.9

Member: lemontwist

97

by Elizabeth Wurtzel

3,903 members

55 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: lemontwist

98

The Solitude of Prime Numbers

by Paolo Giordano

3,839 members

190 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: lemontwist

99

We Should All Be Feminists

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

3,734 members

166 reviews

4.2

Member: lemontwist

100

Orange Is the New Black: My Year in a Women's Prison

by Piper Kerman

3,711 members

260 reviews

½ 3.6

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