San Francisco Gate 2011 100 recommended books

1.
The Marriage Plot
The Marriage Plot 3.47 avg rating — 123,504 ratings
2.
Blue Nights
Blue Nights 3.94 avg rating — 46,058 ratings
3.
lost in language & sound: or how i found my way to the arts: essays
lost in language & sound: or how i found my way to the arts: essays 3.72 avg rating — 132 ratings
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A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival at Jonestown
A Thousand Lives: The Untold Story of Hope, Deception, and Survival at Jonestown 4.01 avg rating — 5,116 ratings
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The Angel Esmeralda: Nine Stories
The Angel Esmeralda: Nine Stories 3.72 avg rating — 4,107 ratings
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Wendy and the Lost Boys: The Uncommon Life of Wendy Wasserstein
Wendy and the Lost Boys: The Uncommon Life of Wendy Wasserstein 3.86 avg rating — 994 ratings
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The Barbarian Nurseries
The Barbarian Nurseries 3.71 avg rating — 3,496 ratings
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Blueprints for Building Better Girls
Blueprints for Building Better Girls 3.57 avg rating — 2,732 ratings
9.
The Buddha in the Attic
The Buddha in the Attic 3.70 avg rating — 62,372 ratings
10.
The Cat's Table
The Cat's Table 3.62 avg rating — 27,171 ratings
11.
Changó's Beads and Two-Tone Shoes
Changó's Beads and Two-Tone Shoes 3.26 avg rating — 548 ratings
12.
The Empty Family: Stories
The Empty Family: Stories 3.66 avg rating — 2,518 ratings
13.
The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore
The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore 3.59 avg rating — 2,656 ratings
14.
Ghost Lights
Ghost Lights 3.38 avg rating — 806 ratings
15.
The Great Night
The Great Night 3.17 avg rating — 1,414 ratings
16.
The Grief of Others
The Grief of Others 3.33 avg rating — 2,960 ratings
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Habibi
Habibi 4.03 avg rating — 43,060 ratings
18.
The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine
The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine 3.95 avg rating — 3,785 ratings
19.
House of Holes
House of Holes 3.10 avg rating — 2,751 ratings
20.
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3) 3.95 avg rating — 333,036 ratings
21.
In Zanesville
In Zanesville 3.62 avg rating — 4,461 ratings
22.
Ladies and Gentlemen: Stories
Ladies and Gentlemen: Stories
by: Adam Ross
3.67 avg rating — 585 ratings
23.
The Language of Flowers
The Language of Flowers 4.09 avg rating — 230,236 ratings
24.
Last Man in Tower
Last Man in Tower 3.57 avg rating — 7,859 ratings
25.
The Leftovers
The Leftovers 3.43 avg rating — 49,516 ratings
26.
The London Train
The London Train 3.28 avg rating — 2,661 ratings
27.
Long, Last, Happy: New and Collected Stories
Long, Last, Happy: New and Collected Stories 4.10 avg rating — 453 ratings
28.
A Man of Parts
A Man of Parts 3.54 avg rating — 1,133 ratings
29.
The Memory of Love
The Memory of Love 3.93 avg rating — 5,143 ratings
30.
A Moment in the Sun
A Moment in the Sun 3.89 avg rating — 780 ratings
31.
My New American Life
My New American Life 3.19 avg rating — 1,373 ratings
32.
Orientation and Other Stories
Orientation and Other Stories 3.78 avg rating — 1,260 ratings
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The Pale King
The Pale King 3.97 avg rating — 19,430 ratings
34.
Parallel Stories
Parallel Stories 3.80 avg rating — 536 ratings
35.
Pictures of You
Pictures of You 3.46 avg rating — 8,468 ratings
36.
Portraits of a Few of the People I've Made Cry: Stories
Portraits of a Few of the People I've Made Cry: Stories 3.87 avg rating — 407 ratings
37.
Salvage the Bones
Salvage the Bones 3.96 avg rating — 71,434 ratings
38.
Say Her Name
Say Her Name 3.68 avg rating — 2,846 ratings
39.
The Stranger's Child
The Stranger's Child 3.33 avg rating — 11,757 ratings
40.
The Taste of Salt
The Taste of Salt 3.45 avg rating — 2,009 ratings
41.
Ten Thousand Saints
Ten Thousand Saints 3.50 avg rating — 7,234 ratings
42.
This Is Not Your City: Stories
This Is Not Your City: Stories 4.01 avg rating — 1,127 ratings
43.
Three Stages of Amazement
Three Stages of Amazement 3.20 avg rating — 1,620 ratings
44.
The Tiger's Wife
The Tiger's Wife 3.42 avg rating — 101,748 ratings
45.
Toxicology
Toxicology 3.11 avg rating — 280 ratings
46.
The Tragedy of Arthur
The Tragedy of Arthur 3.44 avg rating — 3,002 ratings
47.
Train Dreams
Train Dreams 3.90 avg rating — 29,220 ratings
48.
Turn of Mind
Turn of Mind 3.64 avg rating — 14,996 ratings
49.
The Uncoupling
The Uncoupling 2.94 avg rating — 8,910 ratings
50.
We the Animals
We the Animals 3.73 avg rating — 25,949 ratings
51.
We Others: New and Selected Stories
We Others: New and Selected Stories 3.93 avg rating — 981 ratings
52.
Widow: Stories
Widow: Stories 4.16 avg rating — 161 ratings
53.
A Wild Surge of Guilty Passion
A Wild Surge of Guilty Passion 3.35 avg rating — 770 ratings
54.
You Think That's Bad
You Think That's Bad 3.88 avg rating — 710 ratings
55.
Almost a Family: A Memoir
Almost a Family: A Memoir 3.57 avg rating — 205 ratings
56.
American Anthrax: Fear, Crime, and the Investigation of the Nation's Deadliest Bioterror Attack
American Anthrax: Fear, Crime, and the Investigation of the Nation's Deadliest Bioterror Attack 3.26 avg rating — 62 ratings
57.
And So it Goes: Kurt Vonnegut: A Life
And So it Goes: Kurt Vonnegut: A Life 3.96 avg rating — 2,769 ratings
58.
Believing is Seeing: Observations on the Mysteries of Photography
Believing is Seeing: Observations on the Mysteries of Photography 4.10 avg rating — 1,000 ratings
59.
Big Sex Little Death: A Memoir
Big Sex Little Death: A Memoir 3.60 avg rating — 377 ratings
60.
Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World
Boomerang: Travels in the New Third World 3.90 avg rating — 46,987 ratings
61.
Charles Dickens: A Life
Charles Dickens: A Life 3.91 avg rating — 7,066 ratings
62.
Conscience: Two Soldiers, Two Pacifists, One Family--a Test of Will and Faith in World War I
Conscience: Two Soldiers, Two Pacifists, One Family--a Test of Will and Faith in World War I 3.47 avg rating — 130 ratings
63.
Eva Braun: Life with Hitler
Eva Braun: Life with Hitler 3.21 avg rating — 1,145 ratings
64.
The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe
The Fear: Robert Mugabe and the Martyrdom of Zimbabwe 4.06 avg rating — 1,979 ratings
65.
Fire Monks: Zen Mind Meets Wildfire at the Gates of Tassajara
Fire Monks: Zen Mind Meets Wildfire at the Gates of Tassajara 3.80 avg rating — 399 ratings
66.
Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India
Great Soul: Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle With India 3.81 avg rating — 983 ratings
67.
The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris
The Greater Journey: Americans in Paris 3.94 avg rating — 20,408 ratings
68.
Hemingways Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost, 1934 - 1961
Hemingways Boat: Everything He Loved in Life, and Lost, 1934 - 1961 3.75 avg rating — 2,086 ratings
69.
Higher Gossip: Essays and Criticism
Higher Gossip: Essays and Criticism 3.91 avg rating — 119 ratings
70.
Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945
Inferno: The World at War, 1939-1945 4.35 avg rating — 10,719 ratings
71.
Iphigenia in Forest Hills: Anatomy of a Murder Trial
Iphigenia in Forest Hills: Anatomy of a Murder Trial 3.66 avg rating — 1,116 ratings
72.
Is Journalism Worth Dying For?: Final Dispatches
Is Journalism Worth Dying For?: Final Dispatches 4.25 avg rating — 416 ratings
73.
Is Marriage for White People?: How the African American Marriage Decline Affects Everyone
Is Marriage for White People?: How the African American Marriage Decline Affects Everyone 3.85 avg rating — 600 ratings
74.
The Long Goodbye: A Memoir
The Long Goodbye: A Memoir 3.97 avg rating — 3,724 ratings
75.
Love Goes To Buildings On Fire: Five Years In New York That Changed Music Forever
Love Goes To Buildings On Fire: Five Years In New York That Changed Music Forever 3.90 avg rating — 2,630 ratings
76.
No Regrets: The Life of Edith Piaf
No Regrets: The Life of Edith Piaf 3.74 avg rating — 512 ratings
77.
Nom de Plume: A (Secret) History of Pseudonyms
Nom de Plume: A (Secret) History of Pseudonyms 3.63 avg rating — 323 ratings
78.
Otherwise Known as the Human Condition: Selected Essays and Reviews
Otherwise Known as the Human Condition: Selected Essays and Reviews 3.81 avg rating — 686 ratings
79.
Paradise Lust: Searching for the Garden of Eden
Paradise Lust: Searching for the Garden of Eden 3.54 avg rating — 129 ratings
80.
Patriot Acts: Narratives of Post-9/11 Injustice
Patriot Acts: Narratives of Post-9/11 Injustice 4.47 avg rating — 77 ratings
81.
Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark
Pauline Kael: A Life in the Dark 3.75 avg rating — 444 ratings
82.
Pulphead: Essays
Pulphead: Essays really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7,971 ratings
83.
Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America
Railroaded: The Transcontinentals and the Making of Modern America 3.64 avg rating — 865 ratings
84.
Reading My Father: A Memoir
Reading My Father: A Memoir 3.73 avg rating — 899 ratings
85.
Rene Blum and The Ballets Russes: In Search of a Lost Life
Rene Blum and The Ballets Russes: In Search of a Lost Life 3.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
86.
Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend
Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend 3.53 avg rating — 4,938 ratings
87.
The Shah
The Shah 4.23 avg rating — 1,174 ratings
88.
[sic]: A Memoir
[sic]: A Memoir 3.24 avg rating — 399 ratings
89.
Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America
Sister Citizen: Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America 4.26 avg rating — 3,391 ratings
90.
Sleeping with the Enemy: Coco Chanel's Secret War
Sleeping with the Enemy: Coco Chanel's Secret War 3.29 avg rating — 2,760 ratings
91.
Steve Jobs
Steve Jobs 4.15 avg rating — 1,331,139 ratings
92.
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern
The Swerve: How the World Became Modern 3.87 avg rating — 34,485 ratings
93.
To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918
To End All Wars: A Story of Loyalty and Rebellion, 1914-1918 4.14 avg rating — 9,092 ratings
94.
Trampling Out the Vintage: Cesar Chavez and the Two Souls of the United Farm Workers
Trampling Out the Vintage: Cesar Chavez and the Two Souls of the United Farm Workers 4.48 avg rating — 77 ratings
95.
Townie: a memoir
Townie: a memoir 3.79 avg rating — 8,337 ratings
96.
The Use and Abuse of Literature
The Use and Abuse of Literature 3.41 avg rating — 140 ratings
97.
Van Gogh: The Life
Van Gogh: The Life 4.18 avg rating — 29,724 ratings
98.
The Wars of Afghanistan: Messianic Terrorism, Tribal Conflicts, and the Failures of Great Powers
The Wars of Afghanistan: Messianic Terrorism, Tribal Conflicts, and the Failures of Great Powers 4.14 avg rating — 292 ratings
99.
What It is Like to Go to War
What It is Like to Go to War 4.01 avg rating — 9,708 ratings
100.
A Widow's Story
A Widow's Story 3.75 avg rating — 4,174 ratings