San Francisco Gate 2014 100 recommended books

1.
Bad Feminist: Essays
Bad Feminist: Essays 3.92 avg rating — 117,731 ratings
2.
All the Birds, Singing
All the Birds, Singing
by: Evie Wyld
3.61 avg rating — 14,531 ratings
3.
All Our Names
All Our Names 3.61 avg rating — 4,891 ratings
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The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher and Other Stories
The Assassination of Margaret Thatcher and Other Stories 3.44 avg rating — 11,191 ratings
5.
Astonish Me
Astonish Me 3.62 avg rating — 19,623 ratings
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Bark: Stories
Bark: Stories 3.60 avg rating — 8,978 ratings
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The Blazing World
The Blazing World 3.71 avg rating — 8,679 ratings
8.
The Book of Unknown Americans
The Book of Unknown Americans 3.89 avg rating — 45,534 ratings
9.
Boy, Snow, Bird
Boy, Snow, Bird 3.34 avg rating — 30,808 ratings
10.
Can't and Won't
Can't and Won't 3.58 avg rating — 5,283 ratings
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Casebook
Casebook 3.31 avg rating — 2,362 ratings
12.
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage
Colorless Tsukuru Tazaki and His Years of Pilgrimage 3.87 avg rating — 197,524 ratings
13.
Dept. of Speculation
Dept. of Speculation 3.76 avg rating — 58,099 ratings
14.
The Dog
The Dog 3.16 avg rating — 2,351 ratings
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Dust
Dust 3.75 avg rating — 1,667 ratings
16.
The End of the Book
The End of the Book 3.91 avg rating — 56 ratings
17.
Every Day Is for the Thief
Every Day Is for the Thief
by: Teju Cole
3.69 avg rating — 7,751 ratings
18.
Everything I Never Told You
Everything I Never Told You 3.83 avg rating — 598,349 ratings
19.
F
F 3.68 avg rating — 3,345 ratings
20.
Family Furnishings: Selected Stories, 1995-2014
Family Furnishings: Selected Stories, 1995-2014 4.15 avg rating — 1,851 ratings
21.
Famous Writers I Have Known
Famous Writers I Have Known 3.51 avg rating — 394 ratings
22.
Florence Gordon
Florence Gordon 3.67 avg rating — 4,199 ratings
23.
Frog Music
Frog Music 3.20 avg rating — 26,613 ratings
24.
Funny Once: Stories
Funny Once: Stories 3.76 avg rating — 464 ratings
25.
Goodhouse
Goodhouse 3.46 avg rating — 788 ratings
26.
Let Me Be Frank With You
Let Me Be Frank With You 3.65 avg rating — 5,495 ratings
27.
Lila (Gilead, #3)
Lila (Gilead, #3) 3.95 avg rating — 35,157 ratings
28.
Love & Treasure
Love & Treasure 3.52 avg rating — 4,419 ratings
29.
Love Me Back
Love Me Back 3.21 avg rating — 3,681 ratings
30.
Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932
Lovers at the Chameleon Club, Paris 1932 3.62 avg rating — 5,169 ratings
31.
Man v. Nature: Stories
Man v. Nature: Stories 3.97 avg rating — 1,792 ratings
32.
Motherland
Motherland 3.80 avg rating — 2,886 ratings
33.
My Struggle: Book Three
My Struggle: Book Three 4.19 avg rating — 15,137 ratings
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Orfeo
Orfeo 3.66 avg rating — 6,709 ratings
35.
The Other Language
The Other Language 3.98 avg rating — 1,515 ratings
36.
The Palace of Illusions
The Palace of Illusions 3.96 avg rating — 131 ratings
37.
The Paying Guests
The Paying Guests 3.45 avg rating — 82,670 ratings
38.
Perfidia (Second L.A. Quartet #1)
Perfidia (Second L.A. Quartet #1) 3.64 avg rating — 5,227 ratings
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Pioneer Girl
Pioneer Girl 3.40 avg rating — 2,077 ratings
40.
The Possibilities
The Possibilities 3.48 avg rating — 3,502 ratings
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Queen Sugar
Queen Sugar 3.79 avg rating — 9,581 ratings
42.
Radiance of Tomorrow
Radiance of Tomorrow 3.86 avg rating — 4,673 ratings
43.
A Replacement Life
A Replacement Life 3.46 avg rating — 1,439 ratings
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Ruby
Ruby 3.65 avg rating — 15,144 ratings
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Skylight
Skylight 3.90 avg rating — 7,370 ratings
46.
Snow in May: Stories
Snow in May: Stories 3.45 avg rating — 674 ratings
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Song of the Shank
Song of the Shank 3.07 avg rating — 269 ratings
48.
Starting Over
Starting Over 3.58 avg rating — 342 ratings
49.
10:04
10:04 3.77 avg rating — 15,289 ratings
50.
The Thoughts and Happenings of Wilfred Price, Purveyor of Superior Funerals (Wilfred Price, #1)
The Thoughts and Happenings of Wilfred Price, Purveyor of Superior Funerals (Wilfred Price, #1) 3.53 avg rating — 1,669 ratings
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Three Short Novels: The Son, The Lights of Earth, and The Conference of Victims
Three Short Novels: The Son, The Lights of Earth, and The Conference of Victims 4.11 avg rating — 18 ratings
52.
Thunderstruck & Other Stories
Thunderstruck & Other Stories 3.90 avg rating — 2,516 ratings
53.
To Rise Again at a Decent Hour
To Rise Again at a Decent Hour 3.08 avg rating — 15,490 ratings
54.
The UnAmericans
The UnAmericans 3.97 avg rating — 2,515 ratings
55.
An Unnecessary Woman
An Unnecessary Woman 3.82 avg rating — 13,762 ratings
56.
An Untamed State
An Untamed State 4.07 avg rating — 19,599 ratings
57.
The Visionist
The Visionist 3.47 avg rating — 2,145 ratings
58.
The White Van
The White Van 3.55 avg rating — 1,080 ratings
59.
The Year She Left Us
The Year She Left Us 3.33 avg rating — 1,407 ratings
60.
Your Face in Mine
Your Face in Mine
by: Jess Row
3.09 avg rating — 813 ratings
61.
The Zone of Interest
The Zone of Interest 3.69 avg rating — 10,058 ratings
62.
Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China
Age of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China 4.25 avg rating — 8,718 ratings
63.
Another Great Day at Sea: Life Aboard the USS George H. W. Bush
Another Great Day at Sea: Life Aboard the USS George H. W. Bush 3.47 avg rating — 1,011 ratings
64.
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End
Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End 4.49 avg rating — 210,942 ratings
65.
The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution
The Birth of the Pill: How Four Crusaders Reinvented Sex and Launched a Revolution 3.98 avg rating — 3,555 ratings
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Blood Will Out: The True Story of a Murder, a Mystery, and a Masquerade
Blood Will Out: The True Story of a Murder, a Mystery, and a Masquerade 3.25 avg rating — 4,810 ratings
67.
The Bohemians: Mark Twain and the San Francisco Writers Who Reinvented American Literature
The Bohemians: Mark Twain and the San Francisco Writers Who Reinvented American Literature 3.82 avg rating — 754 ratings
68.
The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World
The Boom: How Fracking Ignited the American Energy Revolution and Changed the World 3.78 avg rating — 779 ratings
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Bulletproof Vest: The Ballad of an Outlaw and His Daughter
Bulletproof Vest: The Ballad of an Outlaw and His Daughter 4.08 avg rating — 262 ratings
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The Burglary: The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover's Secret FBI
The Burglary: The Discovery of J. Edgar Hoover's Secret FBI 4.03 avg rating — 1,429 ratings
71.
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?
by: Roz Chast
4.16 avg rating — 31,598 ratings
72.
A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life
A Chosen Exile: A History of Racial Passing in American Life really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 561 ratings
73.
The Crusades of Cesar Chavez: A Biography
The Crusades of Cesar Chavez: A Biography 3.97 avg rating — 312 ratings
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A Deadly Wandering: A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of Attention
A Deadly Wandering: A Tale of Tragedy and Redemption in the Age of Attention 3.79 avg rating — 3,451 ratings
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e. e. cummings: A Life
e. e. cummings: A Life 3.74 avg rating — 529 ratings
76.
The Empathy Exams: Essays
The Empathy Exams: Essays 3.67 avg rating — 15,590 ratings
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Epilogue: A Memoir
Epilogue: A Memoir 3.67 avg rating — 704 ratings
78.
Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life
Excellent Sheep: The Miseducation of the American Elite and the Way to a Meaningful Life 3.88 avg rating — 6,972 ratings
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Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Helped Save an American Town
Factory Man: How One Furniture Maker Battled Offshoring, Stayed Local - and Helped Save an American Town
by: Beth Macy
3.86 avg rating — 2,918 ratings
80.
Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt
Flash Boys: A Wall Street Revolt 4.14 avg rating — 88,889 ratings
81.
Gandhi Before India
Gandhi Before India 4.22 avg rating — 1,466 ratings
82.
Gay Berlin: Birthplace of a Modern Identity
Gay Berlin: Birthplace of a Modern Identity 4.06 avg rating — 1,092 ratings
83.
Geek Sublime: The Beauty of Code, the Code of Beauty
Geek Sublime: The Beauty of Code, the Code of Beauty 3.27 avg rating — 1,005 ratings
84.
Gone Feral: Tracking My Dad Through the Wild
Gone Feral: Tracking My Dad Through the Wild 3.47 avg rating — 452 ratings
85.
The History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs
The History of Rock 'n' Roll in Ten Songs 3.42 avg rating — 1,141 ratings
86.
The Interior Circuit: A Mexico City Chronicle
The Interior Circuit: A Mexico City Chronicle 3.72 avg rating — 581 ratings
87.
The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan
The Invisible Bridge: The Fall of Nixon and the Rise of Reagan 4.24 avg rating — 3,322 ratings
88.
Little Failure: A Memoir
Little Failure: A Memoir 3.66 avg rating — 7,704 ratings
89.
The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce's Ulysses
The Most Dangerous Book: The Battle for James Joyce's Ulysses 4.33 avg rating — 1,286 ratings
90.
My Life in Middlemarch
My Life in Middlemarch 3.64 avg rating — 4,147 ratings
91.
No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State
No Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance State 4.07 avg rating — 14,933 ratings
92.
Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy
Political Order and Political Decay: From the Industrial Revolution to the Globalization of Democracy 4.35 avg rating — 4,811 ratings
93.
The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe
The Pope and Mussolini: The Secret History of Pius XI and the Rise of Fascism in Europe 4.16 avg rating — 3,037 ratings
94.
Sally Ride: America's First Woman in Space
Sally Ride: America's First Woman in Space 4.13 avg rating — 2,055 ratings
95.
The Teacher Wars: A History of America's Most Embattled Profession
The Teacher Wars: A History of America's Most Embattled Profession 4.05 avg rating — 3,314 ratings
96.
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate 4.16 avg rating — 27,266 ratings
97.
The Trip to Echo Spring: On Writers and Drinking
The Trip to Echo Spring: On Writers and Drinking 3.75 avg rating — 3,555 ratings
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Unremarried Widow: A Memoir
Unremarried Widow: A Memoir 4.01 avg rating — 1,240 ratings
99.
Unstill Life: A Daughter's Memoir of Art and Love in the Age of Abstraction
Unstill Life: A Daughter's Memoir of Art and Love in the Age of Abstraction 4.25 avg rating — 123 ratings
100.
Updike
Updike 4.09 avg rating — 629 ratings