Favourite Books Upon Turning 65

1.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating β€” 5,226,382 ratings
2.
The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day 4.14 avg rating β€” 344,070 ratings
3.
The Wolf and the Shepherd
The Wolf and the Shepherd 4.37 avg rating β€” 19 ratings
4.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating β€” 697,785 ratings
5.
The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2) 4.33 avg rating β€” 90,455 ratings
6.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating β€” 1,024,614 ratings
7.
Howards End
Howards End 3.96 avg rating β€” 93,451 ratings
8.
The English Patient
The English Patient 3.86 avg rating β€” 137,381 ratings
9.
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence 3.97 avg rating β€” 189,921 ratings
10.
Atonement
Atonement 3.95 avg rating β€” 551,981 ratings
11.
A Room with a View
A Room with a View 3.90 avg rating β€” 197,368 ratings
12.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 3.98 avg rating β€” 122,134 ratings
13.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating β€” 779,778 ratings
14.
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1) 4.56 avg rating β€” 222,353 ratings
15.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating β€” 2,015,704 ratings
16.
Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier
Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier 4.23 avg rating β€” 66,333 ratings
17.
Night
Night 4.38 avg rating β€” 1,334,216 ratings
18.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating β€” 1,315,542 ratings
19.
The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried 4.14 avg rating β€” 337,469 ratings
20.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina 4.10 avg rating β€” 906,286 ratings
21.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating β€” 919,231 ratings
22.
Gone Girl
Gone Girl 4.14 avg rating β€” 3,358,535 ratings
23.
Infidel
Infidel 4.20 avg rating β€” 91,944 ratings
24.
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary 3.71 avg rating β€” 363,659 ratings
25.
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
by: Dee Brown
4.26 avg rating β€” 99,680 ratings
26.
The Plague
The Plague 4.02 avg rating β€” 300,336 ratings
27.
The Idiot
The Idiot 4.21 avg rating β€” 207,647 ratings
28.
The Guns of August
The Guns of August 4.18 avg rating β€” 82,599 ratings
29.
The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita 4.28 avg rating β€” 401,085 ratings
30.
The Painted Veil
The Painted Veil 3.97 avg rating β€” 50,328 ratings
31.
The Song of Achilles
The Song of Achilles 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,861,677 ratings
32.
The Good Soldier
The Good Soldier 3.67 avg rating β€” 28,235 ratings
33.
Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning 4.37 avg rating β€” 832,454 ratings
33.
Cosmos
Cosmos 4.40 avg rating β€” 155,628 ratings
35.
A Handful of Dust
A Handful of Dust 3.89 avg rating β€” 28,247 ratings
36.
Darkness at Noon
Darkness at Noon 4.12 avg rating β€” 32,887 ratings
36.
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1) 3.67 avg rating β€” 7,126,316 ratings
36.
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating
The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating 4.15 avg rating β€” 20,370 ratings
39.
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail 4.07 avg rating β€” 850,484 ratings
40.
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1)
2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 330,500 ratings
41.
The House on the Strand
The House on the Strand 3.83 avg rating β€” 14,187 ratings
42.
Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1)
Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1)
by: C.J. Box
4.01 avg rating β€” 56,107 ratings
43.
The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth 3.97 avg rating β€” 103,538 ratings
43.
The Sheltering Sky
The Sheltering Sky 3.89 avg rating β€” 30,063 ratings
45.
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town
Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town 4.12 avg rating β€” 57,732 ratings
46.
A Time for Mercy (Jake Brigance, #3)
A Time for Mercy (Jake Brigance, #3) 4.29 avg rating β€” 94,865 ratings
47.
D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches
D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches 4.31 avg rating β€” 30,948 ratings
48.
The Library Book
The Library Book 3.89 avg rating β€” 121,032 ratings
49.
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln
Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln 4.28 avg rating β€” 196,292 ratings
49.
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
by: B. Traven
4.10 avg rating β€” 3,033 ratings
51.
The Prince of Tides
The Prince of Tides 4.26 avg rating β€” 213,985 ratings
52.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,258,021 ratings
53.
The Portrait of a Lady
The Portrait of a Lady 3.80 avg rating β€” 84,057 ratings
54.
Leaves of Grass
Leaves of Grass 4.11 avg rating β€” 114,640 ratings
55.
Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest 4.44 avg rating β€” 136,012 ratings
55.
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1) 4.24 avg rating β€” 71,602 ratings
57.
Ansel Adams in the National Parks: Photographs from America's Wild Places
Ansel Adams in the National Parks: Photographs from America's Wild Places 4.63 avg rating β€” 281 ratings
58.
Crazy Horse and Custer
Crazy Horse and Custer 4.22 avg rating β€” 9,096 ratings
59.
Stranger in a Strange Land
Stranger in a Strange Land 3.92 avg rating β€” 323,282 ratings
60.
Dead Man's Walk (Lonesome Dove, #3)
Dead Man's Walk (Lonesome Dove, #3) 4.05 avg rating β€” 22,422 ratings
61.
My Cousin Rachel
My Cousin Rachel really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 66,219 ratings
62.
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1)
Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1) 4.23 avg rating β€” 216,470 ratings
63.
Out of Africa
Out of Africa 3.91 avg rating β€” 46,908 ratings
64.
The Great War and Modern Memory
The Great War and Modern Memory 4.13 avg rating β€” 6,077 ratings
65.
Angle of Repose
Angle of Repose 4.24 avg rating β€” 61,307 ratings
66.
40 Days with the Fathers: A daily reading plan
40 Days with the Fathers: A daily reading plan really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 9 ratings
66.
The Wuhan Mission
The Wuhan Mission 4.33 avg rating β€” 58 ratings
68.
Arguably: Selected Essays
Arguably: Selected Essays 4.20 avg rating β€” 9,834 ratings
68.
Forty-Ninth
Forty-Ninth 4.13 avg rating β€” 127 ratings
70.
Intellectuals: From Marx and Tolstoy to Sartre and Chomsky
Intellectuals: From Marx and Tolstoy to Sartre and Chomsky 3.87 avg rating β€” 2,463 ratings
70.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 4.03 avg rating β€” 126,454 ratings
72.
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1)
The Forever War (The Forever War, #1) 4.14 avg rating β€” 176,932 ratings
73.
The Captive Mind
The Captive Mind 4.27 avg rating β€” 4,725 ratings
73.
Notes from the Underground
Notes from the Underground 4.17 avg rating β€” 209,243 ratings
73.
Death of a Dreamer (Hamish Macbeth, #21)
Death of a Dreamer (Hamish Macbeth, #21) 3.88 avg rating β€” 6,358 ratings
76.
Addicted to Twilight: Confessions of a Twilight Mom
Addicted to Twilight: Confessions of a Twilight Mom really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 11 ratings
77.
Making Sense of God: An Invitation to the Skeptical
Making Sense of God: An Invitation to the Skeptical 4.34 avg rating β€” 4,905 ratings
77.
The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine
The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine 3.56 avg rating β€” 8,151 ratings
79.
The Painted Bird
The Painted Bird 3.90 avg rating β€” 27,861 ratings
80.
A History of the American People
A History of the American People 4.11 avg rating β€” 2,976 ratings
80.
New Moon (The Twilight Saga, #2)
New Moon (The Twilight Saga, #2) 3.61 avg rating β€” 2,078,100 ratings
82.
The Closing of the American Mind
The Closing of the American Mind 3.76 avg rating β€” 5,868 ratings
83.
The Quotable Kierkegaard
The Quotable Kierkegaard 3.80 avg rating β€” 56 ratings
83.
Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout
Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout 3.97 avg rating β€” 4,538 ratings
85.
Is Christianity Good for the World?
Is Christianity Good for the World? 3.84 avg rating β€” 883 ratings
86.
The Best of G.K. Chesterton
The Best of G.K. Chesterton really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1 rating
86.
The Call of the Wild/White Fang/To Build a Fire
The Call of the Wild/White Fang/To Build a Fire 4.23 avg rating β€” 2,673 ratings
88.
The God that Failed
The God that Failed 4.04 avg rating β€” 447 ratings
89.
Socrates: A Man for Our Times
Socrates: A Man for Our Times 3.73 avg rating β€” 1,484 ratings
90.
To America: Personal Reflections of an Historian
To America: Personal Reflections of an Historian 3.90 avg rating β€” 2,212 ratings
90.
The Crystal Cave/The Hollow Hills/Wildfire at Midnight
The Crystal Cave/The Hollow Hills/Wildfire at Midnight 4.43 avg rating β€” 202 ratings
92.
Dark Sky (Joe Pickett, #21)
Dark Sky (Joe Pickett, #21)
by: C.J. Box
4.45 avg rating β€” 27,676 ratings
93.
The Angel of the Odd
The Angel of the Odd 3.37 avg rating β€” 1,117 ratings
94.
Brief Lives
Brief Lives 3.91 avg rating β€” 47 ratings
94.
The Audubon Reader: Edited and Introduced by Richard Rhodes
The Audubon Reader: Edited and Introduced by Richard Rhodes 3.79 avg rating β€” 47 ratings
96.
Orthodoxy
Orthodoxy 4.19 avg rating β€” 41,132 ratings
97.
The Revolt of the Masses
The Revolt of the Masses 4.03 avg rating β€” 6,256 ratings
98.
The Republic
The Republic
by: Plato
3.96 avg rating β€” 220,198 ratings
98.
Under the Banner of Heaven
Under the Banner of Heaven 4.01 avg rating β€” 220,443 ratings
100.
Modern Times: The World from the Twenties to the Nineties
Modern Times: The World from the Twenties to the Nineties 4.28 avg rating β€” 2,919 ratings
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