Patti Smith's Lifelong Reading List

1.
2666
2666 4.21 avg rating — 46,708 ratings
2.
Nadja
Nadja 3.54 avg rating — 12,677 ratings
3.
The Sheltering Sky
The Sheltering Sky 3.89 avg rating — 30,068 ratings
4.
Against Interpretation and Other Essays
Against Interpretation and Other Essays 4.14 avg rating — 10,000 ratings
5.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,346 ratings
6.
Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus
Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,564 ratings
7.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,393,435 ratings
8.
An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter
An Episode in the Life of a Landscape Painter 3.87 avg rating — 4,180 ratings
9.
Artaud Anthology
Artaud Anthology 4.26 avg rating — 1,128 ratings
10.
Under the Volcano
Under the Volcano 3.76 avg rating — 26,363 ratings
11.
Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Songs of Innocence and of Experience 4.09 avg rating — 51,000 ratings
11.
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum 3.69 avg rating — 17,768 ratings
13.
The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita 4.28 avg rating — 401,162 ratings
14.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #1)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 423,090 ratings
15.
Howl
Howl 4.07 avg rating — 6,189 ratings
16.
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
The Complete Sherlock Holmes 4.51 avg rating — 214,400 ratings
17.
The Thief's Journal
The Thief's Journal 3.93 avg rating — 5,092 ratings
18.
Orphee
Orphee 3.79 avg rating — 477 ratings
19.
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness 3.43 avg rating — 545,812 ratings
20.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,535 ratings
20.
A Happy Death
A Happy Death 3.81 avg rating — 23,798 ratings
22.
The Journey to the East
The Journey to the East 3.69 avg rating — 15,824 ratings
23.
The Happy Prince
The Happy Prince 4.20 avg rating — 36,808 ratings
24.
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus 4.10 avg rating — 21,777 ratings
25.
The Process
The Process 3.99 avg rating — 337 ratings
26.
Dead Souls
Dead Souls 3.98 avg rating — 93,272 ratings
27.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating — 901,400 ratings
28.
A Season in Hell
A Season in Hell 4.07 avg rating — 6,658 ratings
29.
Illuminations
Illuminations 4.32 avg rating — 13,676 ratings
30.
Coriolanus
Coriolanus 3.72 avg rating — 19,002 ratings
31.
Franny and Zooey
Franny and Zooey 3.96 avg rating — 235,185 ratings
32.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 4.14 avg rating — 306,627 ratings
33.
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Moby-Dick or, The Whale 3.56 avg rating — 602,857 ratings
34.
A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3)
A Wild Sheep Chase (The Rat, #3) 3.94 avg rating — 137,419 ratings
35.
Gaudier-Brzeska: A Memoir
Gaudier-Brzeska: A Memoir 3.90 avg rating — 115 ratings
36.
William Blake's Writings 2 Vols
William Blake's Writings 2 Vols 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
37.
Cloud Cuckoo Land
Cloud Cuckoo Land 4.25 avg rating — 254,540 ratings
38.
Letters from Iceland
Letters from Iceland 3.71 avg rating — 269 ratings
38.
Manaschi
Manaschi 3.75 avg rating — 64 ratings
40.
The Arcades Project
The Arcades Project 4.44 avg rating — 3,037 ratings
40.
Billy Budd, Sailor
Billy Budd, Sailor 3.19 avg rating — 19,174 ratings
40.
Introducing Swedenborg
Introducing Swedenborg 3.58 avg rating — 12 ratings
43.
Chasing Homer
Chasing Homer 3.70 avg rating — 861 ratings
44.
The Selected Poetry
The Selected Poetry 4.28 avg rating — 661 ratings
45.
Amulet
Amulet 3.84 avg rating — 9,939 ratings
45.
Awake
Awake 3.64 avg rating — 356 ratings
47.
The Divorce
The Divorce 3.82 avg rating — 799 ratings
48.
The Beggar and Other Stories
The Beggar and Other Stories 3.79 avg rating — 92 ratings
49.
The Daily Practice of Painting: Writings 1962-1993
The Daily Practice of Painting: Writings 1962-1993 4.39 avg rating — 232 ratings
50.
The Death of Virgil
The Death of Virgil 4.14 avg rating — 1,716 ratings
50.
The Twilight Zone
The Twilight Zone 4.18 avg rating — 4,521 ratings
52.
Villette
Villette 3.78 avg rating — 78,445 ratings
52.
The Incompletes
The Incompletes 3.21 avg rating — 77 ratings
54.
Albert and the Whale
Albert and the Whale 3.57 avg rating — 509 ratings
55.
In the Name of Luminosity and Transparency
In the Name of Luminosity and Transparency 3.86 avg rating — 28 ratings
56.
The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead
The Wild Boys: A Book of the Dead 3.53 avg rating — 4,189 ratings
56.
The Attraction of Things
The Attraction of Things 3.61 avg rating — 49 ratings
58.
Becoming Human Is an Art
Becoming Human Is an Art 4.25 avg rating — 12 ratings
59.
The First Man
The First Man 3.97 avg rating — 11,602 ratings
59.
The Gentle Barbarian
The Gentle Barbarian 4.10 avg rating — 1,039 ratings
61.
The Petting Zoo
The Petting Zoo 3.45 avg rating — 848 ratings
61.
Joan Mitchell
Joan Mitchell 4.66 avg rating — 65 ratings
63.
Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #2)
Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 141,710 ratings
64.
The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso 4.08 avg rating — 167,125 ratings
65.
The Oblivion Seekers
The Oblivion Seekers 3.99 avg rating — 604 ratings
66.
Wittgenstein's Poker: The Story of a Ten-Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers
Wittgenstein's Poker: The Story of a Ten-Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers 3.78 avg rating — 3,241 ratings
67.
The Setting Sun
The Setting Sun 3.98 avg rating — 39,506 ratings
68.
No Longer Human
No Longer Human 3.95 avg rating — 228,549 ratings
69.
A Night of Serious Drinking
A Night of Serious Drinking 3.88 avg rating — 901 ratings
70.
The Glass Bead Game
The Glass Bead Game 4.10 avg rating — 41,309 ratings
71.
The Divine Proportion: A Study in Mathematical Beauty (Dover Books on Mathematics)
The Divine Proportion: A Study in Mathematical Beauty (Dover Books on Mathematics) 3.94 avg rating — 155 ratings
72.
Four Major Plays: A Doll's House / Ghosts / Hedda Gabler / The Master Builder
Four Major Plays: A Doll's House / Ghosts / Hedda Gabler / The Master Builder 4.12 avg rating — 6,680 ratings
73.
A Scarcity of Love
A Scarcity of Love 4.06 avg rating — 135 ratings
74.
The Waves
The Waves 4.14 avg rating — 51,061 ratings
75.
The Fabulous Life of Diego Rivera
The Fabulous Life of Diego Rivera 4.03 avg rating — 68 ratings
76.
The Little Lame Prince
The Little Lame Prince 3.83 avg rating — 1,204 ratings
77.
The Prince and the Pauper
The Prince and the Pauper 3.87 avg rating — 123,994 ratings
78.
The Palm-Wine Drinkard
The Palm-Wine Drinkard 3.73 avg rating — 3,580 ratings
79.
Cain's Book
Cain's Book 3.93 avg rating — 764 ratings
80.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4.30 avg rating — 499,293 ratings
81.
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (Five Little Peppers, #1)
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (Five Little Peppers, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 25,100 ratings
82.
Hawk Moon
Hawk Moon 3.86 avg rating — 237 ratings
83.
After Nature
After Nature 3.95 avg rating — 1,297 ratings
84.
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour: An Introduction
Raise High the Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour: An Introduction 4.10 avg rating — 52,919 ratings
85.
Swann in Love
Swann in Love 3.87 avg rating — 3,754 ratings
86.
Winter Trees
Winter Trees 4.04 avg rating — 2,218 ratings
87.
Ariel
Ariel 4.19 avg rating — 86,773 ratings
88.
The Confusions of Young Törless
The Confusions of Young Törless 3.67 avg rating — 9,868 ratings
89.
Nabokov's Butterflies: Unpublished and Uncollected Writings
Nabokov's Butterflies: Unpublished and Uncollected Writings 4.09 avg rating — 128 ratings
90.
The Women of Cairo: Scenes of Life on the Orient
The Women of Cairo: Scenes of Life on the Orient 3.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
91.
A Dog of Flanders
A Dog of Flanders
by: Ouida
4.11 avg rating — 999 ratings
92.
After-Dinner Declarations
After-Dinner Declarations 4.35 avg rating — 113 ratings
93.
The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition
The Book of Disquiet: The Complete Edition 4.40 avg rating — 35,775 ratings
94.
Kafka on the Shore
Kafka on the Shore 4.12 avg rating — 528,337 ratings
95.
Dance Dance Dance
Dance Dance Dance 4.04 avg rating — 97,163 ratings
96.
The Beach Cafe & The Voice
The Beach Cafe & The Voice 3.81 avg rating — 64 ratings
97.
Black Spring
Black Spring 3.81 avg rating — 5,561 ratings
98.
Davy Crockett
Davy Crockett 3.43 avg rating — 171 ratings
99.
The Blue Bird: a Fairy Play in Six Acts
The Blue Bird: a Fairy Play in Six Acts 3.82 avg rating — 2,180 ratings
100.
H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction
H.P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction 4.34 avg rating — 36,329 ratings
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