Recommend the 20 best books you've read in the last five years
- Description
- A casual acquaintance is looking for ideas about books to read, but you don't know much about their tastes. Thinking back over your last five years of reading, which books would you recommend?
1
by Harper Lee
78,931 members
1,434 reviews
½ 4.4
Global Rank 2
Score 245.5
Added 2012-04-09, 11:11 PM
- 81 Members
- bookworm12, Morphidae, goldenmoon, booksinbed, kristenl, caseylondon, LittleTaiko, bookaholicgirl, klhorn, mmignano11, chgstrom, elliepotten, catiescarlette, Somateria, JaneAustenNut, Eliz12, sbodmer, myers3, sdunford, laluna179, brenzi, perennialreader, CindyKC, bsnbabe68, lordcharles, Jenny1013, devilish2, Penske, cej1027, Canadian_Down_Under, bytheseabchcmbr, shutch, hgalligher, MaggieFlo, StefanieGeeks, oliviabiba, Lyn5r, Jillian_Kay, jeanie0510, linlef, Reenie822, jackanthony, 985077MA, melaniejayne, Tim.Looney, hyrieh, baldosmum, RickyHaas, beckibell, bnbsalvatore, cubsfan3410, Minneba, Vicariousz, kamalsood, Rdra1962, Jbritz, JukieH, DAGray08, mcountr, neicybee, TashMason, TeriAndersonNeedham, patty6116, eheld, Jelissa88, MaggieFP, Kiwiclaire50, kerihudson, roojs, AmySKNunez, Eiseley.Staff, agsblend, izzy45, Priyanka.6033, RubyJadeG, Kylagm, NancyBookwin, Sscully, victorywestfall, Simacore, RMWILSON, , ,grnman , , ,47degreesnorth ,Diane-bpcb ,lorannen , ,KerryMcGuire ,sadbookgirl , ,hestermaree
- Explanations
- lordcharles: In its time and place it was very important in having a white lawyer defend a black man. People had to understand that skin color is not painful. Watching a child caught between worlds was fundamental as well.Diane-bpcb : never liked this; note sure why
2
by Alan Paton
9,430 members
183 reviews
4
Global Rank 93
Score 24.95
Added 2014-08-11, 02:11 PM
- 10 Members
- hipdeep, Osbaldistone, kristenl, johnpdeever, sbodmer, souloftherose, pathogenik, Simone2, Dehinde, jpahl
3
5,425 members
263 reviews
½ 4.3
Global Rank 97
Score 24.31
Added 2015-01-02, 12:04 AM
- 9 Members
- kristenl, LittleTaiko, bjappleg8, beebeereads, JSWBooks, JenMDB, bnbsalvatore, burlingham, tmrocks
4
12,356 members
595 reviews
½ 4.4
Global Rank 50
Score 49.27
Added 2015-01-02, 12:05 AM
- 19 Members
- applemcg, kristenl, LittleTaiko, bjappleg8, rdwhitenack, JPodlaski, Tess_W, JSWBooks, Jencey, teeth, Jillian_Kay, frenchmama, TashMason, contegobay, smt883, tmrocks, Lauren_Shriver, Binglit, AmyRoden
5
1,181 members
45 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 423
Score 4.68
Added 2015-01-02, 12:05 AM
6
30,719 members
1,494 reviews
½ 4.4
Global Rank 20
Score 97.64
Added 2014-08-14, 11:00 AM
- 44 Members
- dawnlovesbooks, unspuncapricorn, Morphidae, eshaw27, goldenmoon, booksinbed, kristenl, NancieLea, chgstrom, jdyork74, beebeereads, sallypursell, sbodmer, sdunford, critterbug, devilish2, teeth, shutch, MaggieFlo, hawaiiimarg, Jillian_Kay, Peace2, christin.schroeder, mwinem, kamrie, lynnrae523, bnbsalvatore, keul, Vicariousz, edithyau, FormerLifeBookLover, neicybee, TeriAndersonNeedham, ParanoidMaryMarvel, Jelissa88, MaggieFP, chezbob, tmrocks, Lauren_Shriver, Brandy1411, kindlibrarian, Nyleara, tyronerees, marielamere,bjappleg8 ,zapzap , ,Diane-bpcb ,Elle10021 ,sadbookgirl ,hestermaree
11
1,070 members
37 reviews
4
Global Rank 157
Score 13.02
Added 2015-01-02, 12:08 AM
14
10,306 members
147 reviews
½ 4.4
Global Rank 139
Score 15.44
Added 2015-01-02, 12:09 AM
- 6 Members
- kristenl, chellerystick, cbl_tn, MaryKay1822, Dehinde, cej1027
15
7,373 members
509 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 40
Score 64.61
Added 2014-01-18, 03:19 AM
- 26 Members
- dawnlovesbooks, dara85, kristenl, KimarieBee, fastaxion, pdebolt, mhhacker, Mallc, catiescarlette, sallypursell, cindyst2000, tina1969, nanlanglois, kappasigma, teeth, shutch, hawaiiimarg, HelenGress, tricia.devlin, PollyMig, marjy.heath, dawndouble, TashMason, contegobay, jbhunter, nankan,unlucky ,
17
2,267 members
187 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 193
Score 10.81
Added 2013-04-16, 05:30 PM
- 5 Members
- kristenl, MaryKay1822, MDGentleReader, gypsysmom, agsblend
18
3,621 members
249 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 323
Score 6.39
Added 2015-01-02, 12:10 AM
- 3 Members
- kristenl, njinthesun, nitascrib1
