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1

The Handmaid's Tale

by Margaret Atwood

43,400 members

1,165 reviews

4.1

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

2

Things Fall Apart

by Chinua Achebe

21,120 members

437 reviews

3.8

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

3

The Kite Runner

by Khaled Hosseini

53,626 members

1,310 reviews

4.2

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

4

Slaughterhouse-Five

by Kurt Vonnegut

44,961 members

712 reviews

4.1

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

5

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

by Lewis Carroll

26,152 members

294 reviews

4.1

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

6

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

22,777 members

427 reviews

3.9

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

7

by Michael Crichton

21,279 members

322 reviews

3.9

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

8

The God of Small Things

by Arundhati Roy

19,896 members

373 reviews

3.9

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, kara.shamy

9

The Girl on the Train

by Paula Hawkins

18,342 members

1,130 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, kara.shamy

10

The Joy Luck Club

17,863 members

200 reviews

3.9

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

11

15,029 members

201 reviews

3.9

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

12

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

by Rebecca Skloot

14,901 members

740 reviews

4.2

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, kara.shamy

13

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

by Jon Krakauer

14,328 members

320 reviews

4.2

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, kara.shamy

14

Educated: A Memoir

by Tara Westover

10,323 members

520 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

15

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

9,979 members

124 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, kara.shamy

16

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

by Fannie Flagg

9,095 members

190 reviews

4.1

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

17

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

by Truman Capote

8,498 members

223 reviews

3.8

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

18

The Complete Persepolis

by Marjane Satrapi

7,052 members

259 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

19

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous

4,099 members

138 reviews

3.9

3 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

20

The Grapes of Wrath

by John Steinbeck

35,056 members

476 reviews

4.1

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

21

by Kathryn Stockett

31,156 members

1,491 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

22

The Secret Life of Bees

by Sue Monk Kidd

27,449 members

590 reviews

3.9

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

23

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

24,554 members

297 reviews

4.1

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

24

The Devil in the White City

22,641 members

706 reviews

4

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

25

The Ultimate Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

by Douglas Adams

19,795 members

170 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

26

18,809 members

1,254 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

27

Breakfast of Champions

by Kurt Vonnegut

16,504 members

169 reviews

4

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

28

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

by Hunter S. Thompson

14,569 members

193 reviews

4

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

29

The Year of Magical Thinking

10,406 members

291 reviews

3.9

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

30

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine

by Gail Honeyman

9,260 members

551 reviews

4.1

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

31

Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith

by Jon Krakauer

9,021 members

228 reviews

3.9

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

32

Between the World and Me

by Ta-Nehisi Coates

8,070 members

375 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

33

Girl, Interrupted

by Susanna Kaysen

7,760 members

121 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

34

7,575 members

445 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

35

Welcome to the Monkey House

by Kurt Vonnegut

7,287 members

64 reviews

4

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

36

by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

6,702 members

154 reviews

4.1

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

37

The Stone Diaries

by Carol Shields

5,854 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

5,402 members

154 reviews

4

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

39

All the Bright Places

by Jennifer Niven

4,682 members

198 reviews

4

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

40

Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents

by Isabel Wilkerson

4,536 members

173 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

41

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

by Jean-Dominique Bauby

4,529 members

158 reviews

4

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

42

How to Be an Antiracist

by Ibram X. Kendi

4,335 members

98 reviews

4.2

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

43

An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness

by Kay Redfield Jamison

4,189 members

64 reviews

3.9

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

44

Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City

by Matthew Desmond

3,523 members

205 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

45

Rubyfruit Jungle

by Rita Mae Brown

3,300 members

62 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

46

The Interestings

by Meg Wolitzer

3,109 members

207 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

47

Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness

by William Styron

3,080 members

82 reviews

3.9

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

48

The Wordy Shipmates

by Sarah Vowell

2,851 members

157 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

49

Backlash: The Undeclared War Against American Women

by Susan Faludi

2,829 members

21 reviews

4

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

50

Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup

by John Carreyrou

2,792 members

191 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

51

The Autobiography of Alice B. Toklas

by Gertrude Stein

2,756 members

44 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

52

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

2,743 members

29 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

53

The Princess Diarist

by Carrie Fisher

2,301 members

157 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

54

Hidden Valley Road: Inside the Mind of an American Family

by Robert Kolker

1,600 members

93 reviews

4.2

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

55

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

1,542 members

93 reviews

3.8

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

56

Unfamiliar Fishes

by Sarah Vowell

1,485 members

88 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

57

The Impossible Knife of Memory

by Laurie Halse Anderson

1,400 members

85 reviews

4

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

58

Diet for a Small Planet

by Frances Moore Lappé

1,347 members

11 reviews

4

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

59

Lafayette in the Somewhat United States

by Sarah Vowell

1,121 members

61 reviews

3.8

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

60

by Ninni Holmqvist

1,047 members

107 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

61

You Think It, I'll Say It

by Curtis Sittenfeld

836 members

79 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

62

by Shirley Jackson

825 members

23 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

63

How I Killed Pluto and Why It Had It Coming

802 members

36 reviews

4.1

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

64

Spot Goes to the Farm

790 members

5 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: lemontwist, ahef1963

65

754 members

67 reviews

3.9

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

66

Negroland: A Memoir

by Margo Jefferson

740 members

29 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

67

The Rules Do Not Apply: A Memoir

689 members

43 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

68

White Noise: Text and Criticism (Viking Critical Library)

649 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

633 members

41 reviews

4.1

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

70

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

by Luke Dittrich

470 members

28 reviews

3.8

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

71

Rat Girl: A Memoir

by Kristin Hersh

389 members

31 reviews

4.1

2 Members: lemontwist, ManWithAnAgenda

72

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

by Mark Vonnegut M.D.

340 members

31 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

73

by Randa Jarrar

278 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

202 members

68 reviews

4

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

75

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

by Gary Greenberg

190 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

166 members

6 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

77

Haldol and Hyacinths: A Bipolar Life

by Melody Moezzi

111 members

25 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: lemontwist, kara.shamy

78

by Jack Kerouac

28,307 members

390 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: lemontwist

79

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

by Michael Pollan

14,101 members

353 reviews

4.2

Member: lemontwist

80

13,848 members

249 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: lemontwist

81

by Toni Morrison

13,838 members

243 reviews

3.9

Member: lemontwist

82

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

by Laura Hillenbrand

12,553 members

599 reviews

½ 4.4

Member: lemontwist

83

The Sirens of Titan

by Kurt Vonnegut

10,617 members

128 reviews

4

Member: lemontwist

84

9,490 members

226 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: lemontwist

85

by Kurt Vonnegut

7,845 members

81 reviews

3.8

Member: lemontwist

86

In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto

by Michael Pollan

7,645 members

207 reviews

4

Member: lemontwist

87

Will Grayson, Will Grayson

7,633 members

342 reviews

3.9

Member: lemontwist

88

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

by Charles C. Mann

7,454 members

199 reviews

4.2

Member: lemontwist

89

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

by Charles Duhigg

7,068 members

237 reviews

3.9

Member: lemontwist

90

What Is the What

6,869 members

165 reviews

4.2

Member: lemontwist

91

by Rachel Carson

6,716 members

101 reviews

4

Member: lemontwist

92

by Curtis Sittenfeld

5,242 members

158 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

4,643 members

230 reviews

4.2

Member: lemontwist

94

Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? and Other Concerns

by Mindy Kaling

4,440 members

227 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: lemontwist

95

We Should All Be Feminists

by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

4,127 members

175 reviews

4.2

Member: lemontwist

96

by Laurie Halse Anderson

4,122 members

309 reviews

4

Member: lemontwist

97

The Fortress of Solitude

by Jonathan Lethem

4,044 members

67 reviews

3.9

Member: lemontwist

98

by Elizabeth Wurtzel

4,039 members

55 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: lemontwist

99

The Solitude of Prime Numbers

by Paolo Giordano

3,988 members

192 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: lemontwist

100

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

by Piper Kerman

3,983 members

271 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: lemontwist

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