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Phi Beta Kappa reading list

Type: Preset list created by hipdeep

Description: Books chosen for the Phi Beta Kappa "summer reading lists" or "top books of the year."

Members: 6 participating members (show all)

All members' list: [1] 2Sort: Score | Title | Author | Date
1
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
35,153 members, 475 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: steller0707 (1), gypsysmom (1), hipdeep (2), cej1027

Score: 14.04

2
The Night Circus
by Erin Morgenstern
12,943 members, 1,091 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (1), steller0707 (2), gypsysmom (3), hipdeep (93)

Score: 11.69

3
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
by Rebecca Skloot
11,147 members, 667 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: steller0707 (3), gypsysmom (5), hipdeep (85), cej1027

Score: 9.71

4
Jurassic Park
by Michael Crichton
16,580 members, 263 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (2), ahef1963 (4), cej1027

Score: 8.87

5
Station Eleven
by Emily St. John Mandel
7,340 members, 586 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (2), steller0707 (4), gypsysmom (6)

Score: 8.75

6
The Outsiders
by S. E. Hinton
15,885 members, 624 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: steller0707 (5), ahef1963 (5), cej1027

Score: 8.03

7
Between the World and Me
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
5,073 members, 278 reviews
4.37 stars (4.37 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (4), steller0707 (6), gypsysmom (7)

Score: 7.84

8
The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde
31,249 members, 523 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: merrystar (3), gypsysmom (4), hipdeep (21)

Score: 7.74

9
Oryx and Crake
by Margaret Atwood
14,641 members, 474 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: steller0707 (8), gypsysmom (9), ahef1963 (10)

Score: 6.94

10
Americanah
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
5,157 members, 227 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (6), steller0707 (7), hipdeep (19)

Score: 6.93

11
Interpreter of Maladies
by Jhumpa Lahiri
10,504 members, 230 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: steller0707 (9), gypsysmom (10), ahef1963 (11)

Score: 6.76

12
March: Book One
by John Lewis
1,979 members, 125 reviews
4.45 stars (4.45 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (1), cej1027 (5)

Score: 6.68

13
What If?: Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions
by Randall Munroe
4,131 members, 155 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: merrystar (1), hipdeep (9)

Score: 6.31

14
Lincoln in the Bardo
by George Saunders
3,826 members, 256 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: steller0707 (11), gypsysmom (13), hipdeep (33)

Score: 5.97

15
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
by Mark Twain
9,372 members, 110 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: steller0707 (12), gypsysmom (15), hipdeep (38)

Score: 5.79

16
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
11,958 members, 695 reviews
4.3 stars (4.3 stars)

Lists: steller0707 (13), gypsysmom (19), hipdeep (55)

Score: 5.49

17
Go Set a Watchman
by Harper Lee
6,535 members, 374 reviews
3.34 stars (3.34 stars)

Lists: steller0707 (14), gypsysmom (20), hipdeep (62)

Score: 5.39

18
The Boys in the Boat
by Daniel James Brown
3,484 members, 216 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: merrystar (2), hipdeep (23)

Score: 5.19

19
Educated: A Memoir
by Tara Westover
5,082 members, 320 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: steller0707 (15), gypsysmom (22), hipdeep (94)

Score: 5.16

20
The Goldfinch
by Donna Tartt
10,679 members, 654 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: steller0707 (16), gypsysmom (24), hipdeep (102)

Score: 5.07

21
A Gentleman in Moscow
by Amor Towles
4,811 members, 349 reviews
4.41 stars (4.41 stars)

Lists: steller0707 (17), gypsysmom (25), hipdeep (100)

Score: 5.02

22
Becoming
by Michelle Obama
4,210 members, 227 reviews
4.44 stars (4.44 stars)

Lists: steller0707 (18), gypsysmom (26), hipdeep (97)

Score: 4.99

23
Citizen: An American Lyric
by Claudia Rankine
1,262 members, 53 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (3), steller0707 (19)

Score: 4.96

25
The Road from Coorain
by Jill Ker Conway
1,572 members, 28 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: merrystar (4), hipdeep (28)

Score: 4.57

26
The Poisonwood Bible
by Barbara Kingsolver
23,358 members, 457 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: steller0707 (10), gypsysmom (12)

Score: 4.4

27
Born a Crime
by Trevor Noah
3,215 members, 239 reviews
4.36 stars (4.36 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (7), hipdeep (20)

Score: 4.35

28
The Complete Persepolis
by Marjane Satrapi
6,006 members, 228 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (8), steller0707 (20)

Score: 4.27

29
Lab Girl
by Hope Jahren
1,798 members, 113 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (11), hipdeep (25)

Score: 3.99

30
The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates
by Wes Moore
1,475 members, 71 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (9), hipdeep (45)

Score: 3.85

31
The Hate U Give
by Angie Thomas
5,060 members, 330 reviews
4.47 stars (4.47 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (8), hipdeep (78)

Score: 3.72

32
When Breath Becomes Air
by Paul Kalanithi
3,499 members, 242 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (14), hipdeep (37)

Score: 3.69

33
How to Bake Pi: An Edible Exploration of the Mathematics of Mathematics
by Eugenia Cheng
258 members, 9 reviews
3.27 stars (3.27 stars)

Lists: steller0707 (21), hipdeep (24)

Score: 3.68

34
Napoleon's Buttons: How 17 Molecules Changed History
by Penny Le Couteur
908 members, 21 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (16), hipdeep (40)

Score: 3.59

35
The Sympathizer
by Viet Thanh Nguyen
2,396 members, 106 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: steller0707 (22), hipdeep (29)

Score: 3.57

36
Barkskins
by Annie Proulx
1,136 members, 72 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (17), hipdeep (46)

Score: 3.51

38
Redeployment
by Phil Klay
1,169 members, 64 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: steller0707 (23), hipdeep (76)

Score: 3.18

39
American Pastoral
by Philip Roth
6,874 members, 158 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (21), hipdeep (91)

Score: 3.16

40
Circe
by Madeline Miller
4,425 members, 246 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: steller0707 (24), hipdeep (83)

Score: 3.13

41
The Water Dancer
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
1,199 members, 64 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (23), hipdeep (103)

Score: 3.08

43
There There
by Tommy Orange
2,176 members, 123 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: steller0707 (26), hipdeep (98)

Score: 3.04

44
The Name of the Wind
by Patrick Rothfuss
15,117 members, 642 reviews
4.38 stars (4.38 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (3)

Score: 3.04

45
East of Eden
by John Steinbeck
19,207 members, 349 reviews
4.39 stars (4.39 stars)

Lists: steller0707 (27), hipdeep (99)

Score: 3.02

46
Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
by Carol Dweck
2,503 members, 54 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (5)

Score: 2.68

47
Longbourn
by Jo Baker
2,157 members, 168 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (6)

Score: 2.56

48
How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking
by Jordan Ellenberg
1,131 members, 22 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (6)

Score: 2.56

49
I Am the Messenger
by Markus Zusak
5,527 members, 312 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (7)

Score: 2.46

50
The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness
by Michelle Alexander
3,262 members, 93 reviews
4.43 stars (4.43 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (7)

Score: 2.46

51
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
13,281 members, 165 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (8)

Score: 2.38

52
Race After Technology: Abolitionist Tools for the New Jim Code
by Ruha Benjamin
67 members, 0 reviews
5 stars (5 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (10)

Score: 2.25

53
Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America
by Michael Eric Dyson
489 members, 21 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (11)

Score: 2.2

54
Thinking, Fast and Slow
by Daniel Kahneman
7,720 members, 171 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (12)

Score: 2.15

55
Black Panther HC Volume 1: A Nation Under Our Feet
by Ta-Nehisi Coates
50 members, 2 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (13)

Score: 2.11

56
Mules and Men
by Zora Neale Hurston
871 members, 9 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (14)

Score: 2.07

57
Giovanni's Room
by James Baldwin
3,798 members, 85 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (15)

Score: 2.03

58
Sonata Mulattica: Poems
by Rita Dove
95 members, 3 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (16)

Score: 2

59
NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity
by Steve Silberman
708 members, 46 reviews
4.34 stars (4.34 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (17)

Score: 1.97

61
Wild Seed
by Octavia E. Butler
2,088 members, 62 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (22)

Score: 1.85

63
Where the Crawdads Sing
by Delia Owens
4,860 members, 334 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: gypsysmom (27)

Score: 1.76

64
The Souls of Black Folk
by W. E. B. Du Bois
4,286 members, 54 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (27)

Score: 1.76

67
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
by Anthony Marra
1,933 members, 154 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (32)

Score: 1.68

68
The Third Coast: When Chicago Built the American Dream
by Thomas L. Dyja
169 members, 4 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (34)

Score: 1.66

69
Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City
by Matthew Desmond
1,980 members, 158 reviews
4.43 stars (4.43 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (35)

Score: 1.65

70
The American Spirit: Who We Are and What We Stand For
by David McCullough
376 members, 15 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (36)

Score: 1.63

71
Night Train to Lisbon
by Pascal Mercier
2,680 members, 98 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (39)

Score: 1.6

72
Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data
by Charles Wheelan
588 members, 12 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (41)

Score: 1.58

73
Magic and Loss: The Internet as Art
by Virginia Heffernan
94 members, 5 reviews
3.05 stars (3.05 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (42)

Score: 1.57

74
When Books Went to War: The Stories That Helped Us Win World War II
by Molly Guptill Manning
688 members, 41 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (43)

Score: 1.56

75
The Wright Brothers
by David McCullough
2,150 members, 109 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (44)

Score: 1.55

76
Modern Romance: An Investigation
by Aziz Ansari
1,575 members, 90 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (47)

Score: 1.53

77
The Incarnations
by Susan Barker
434 members, 21 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (48)

Score: 1.52

78
Washington: A Life
by Ron Chernow
2,111 members, 65 reviews
4.37 stars (4.37 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (49)

Score: 1.51

79
A Lucky Life Interrupted: A Memoir of Hope
by Tom Brokaw
141 members, 9 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (50)

Score: 1.5

81
The Deepest Human Life: An Introduction to Philosophy for Everyone
by Scott Samuelson
39 members, 1 review
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (53)

Score: 1.48

82
The Library: A World History
by James W. P. Campbell
448 members, 7 reviews
4.59 stars (4.59 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (54)

Score: 1.48

83
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life
by William Finnegan
573 members, 31 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (56)

Score: 1.46

84
James Merrill: Life and Art
by Langdon Hammer
49 members, 1 review
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (57)

Score: 1.46

85
Get in Trouble: Stories
by Kelly Link
830 members, 70 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (58)

Score: 1.45

86
Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen
by Mary Norris
725 members, 30 reviews
3.55 stars (3.55 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (59)

Score: 1.44

88
Absolution
by Patrick Flanery
241 members, 38 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (61)

Score: 1.43

90
Phi: A Voyage from the Brain to the Soul
by Giulio Tononi
176 members, 6 reviews
3.6 stars (3.6 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (64)

Score: 1.41

91
The Complete Court of Memory
by James McConkey
2 members, 1 review
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (65)

Score: 1.41

94
The Accidental Universe: The World You Thought You Knew
by Alan Lightman
312 members, 8 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (68)

Score: 1.39

95
Orfeo: A Novel
by Richard Powers
712 members, 42 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (69)

Score: 1.39

96
Remaking College: Innovation and the Liberal Arts
by Rebecca Chopp
12 members, 0 reviews
3 stars (3 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (70)

Score: 1.38

98
Updike
by Adam Begley
133 members, 6 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (72)

Score: 1.37

99
What We See When We Read
by Peter Mendelsund
599 members, 41 reviews
3.58 stars (3.58 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (73)

Score: 1.37

100
Annihilation
by Jeff VanderMeer
3,869 members, 253 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (74)

Score: 1.36

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Started by: hipdeep (September 2017)

Type: Numbered and unnumbered

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