Ex Libris 100+ Books to Read and Reread. Part 1

1.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,453 ratings
2.
Herzog
Herzog 3.76 avg rating — 22,521 ratings
3.
The Plague
The Plague 4.02 avg rating — 300,379 ratings
4.
Brother, I'm Dying
Brother, I'm Dying 4.16 avg rating — 7,577 ratings
5.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 3.89 avg rating — 274,977 ratings
5.
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying 3.72 avg rating — 182,487 ratings
7.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,742 ratings
8.
Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish
Gould's Book of Fish: A Novel in Twelve Fish 3.70 avg rating — 5,774 ratings
9.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,731,932 ratings
10.
My Brilliant Friend (Neapolitan Novels, #1)
My Brilliant Friend (Neapolitan Novels, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 435,689 ratings
11.
The Odyssey
The Odyssey
by: Homer
3.82 avg rating — 1,156,721 ratings
12.
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Moby-Dick or, The Whale 3.56 avg rating — 602,831 ratings
13.
Atonement
Atonement 3.95 avg rating — 552,004 ratings
14.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,997 ratings
15.
Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon 4.15 avg rating — 123,946 ratings
16.
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books 3.66 avg rating — 138,472 ratings
17.
Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating — 401,553 ratings
18.
The Light of the World
The Light of the World 4.10 avg rating — 10,143 ratings
19.
The Greatest: My Own Story
The Greatest: My Own Story 4.26 avg rating — 1,539 ratings
20.
The Muhammad Ali Reader
The Muhammad Ali Reader 4.11 avg rating — 89 ratings
21.
King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero
King of the World: Muhammad Ali and the Rise of an American Hero 4.26 avg rating — 4,842 ratings
21.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,227,039 ratings
23.
Experience
Experience 3.90 avg rating — 4,012 ratings
24.
Winesburg, Ohio
Winesburg, Ohio 3.84 avg rating — 36,329 ratings
25.
The Origins of Totalitarianism
The Origins of Totalitarianism 4.30 avg rating — 13,914 ratings
26.
Collected Poetry Of W.H. Auden
Collected Poetry Of W.H. Auden really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 71 ratings
27.
Continental Drift
Continental Drift 3.87 avg rating — 3,971 ratings
28.
The Adventures of Augie March
The Adventures of Augie March 3.84 avg rating — 18,693 ratings
29.
The Actual : A Novella
The Actual : A Novella 3.25 avg rating — 1,728 ratings
30.
Ficciones
Ficciones 4.40 avg rating — 75,865 ratings
31.
The Moth Presents All These Wonders: True Stories About Facing the Unknown
The Moth Presents All These Wonders: True Stories About Facing the Unknown 4.42 avg rating — 9,170 ratings
32.
The Passage of Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #4)
The Passage of Power (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #4) 4.40 avg rating — 19,290 ratings
33.
Pursuits of Happiness: The Hollywood Comedy of Remarriage
Pursuits of Happiness: The Hollywood Comedy of Remarriage 4.17 avg rating — 230 ratings
34.
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?
by: Roz Chast
4.16 avg rating — 31,597 ratings
35.
In Patagonia
In Patagonia 3.65 avg rating — 18,543 ratings
36.
What Am I Doing Here?
What Am I Doing Here? 3.91 avg rating — 2,218 ratings
37.
The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914
The Sleepwalkers: How Europe Went to War in 1914 4.23 avg rating — 13,399 ratings
38.
The Retreat of Western Liberalism
The Retreat of Western Liberalism 4.01 avg rating — 2,942 ratings
39.
A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order
A World in Disarray: American Foreign Policy and the Crisis of the Old Order 3.74 avg rating — 2,227 ratings
40.
Underworld
Underworld 3.95 avg rating — 33,131 ratings
41.
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Slouching Towards Bethlehem 4.19 avg rating — 78,758 ratings
42.
The White Album
The White Album 4.03 avg rating — 47,348 ratings
43.
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius 3.69 avg rating — 182,719 ratings
44.
The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg
The Collected Stories of Deborah Eisenberg 4.10 avg rating — 747 ratings
45.
The Waste Land
The Waste Land 4.11 avg rating — 57,830 ratings
46.
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation
Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 3.95 avg rating — 46,971 ratings
47.
American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic
American Creation: Triumphs and Tragedies at the Founding of the Republic 3.97 avg rating — 10,697 ratings
48.
Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence
Revolutionary Summer: The Birth of American Independence 3.94 avg rating — 4,307 ratings
49.
American Dialogue: The Founders and Us
American Dialogue: The Founders and Us 4.22 avg rating — 1,678 ratings
50.
The Federalist Papers
The Federalist Papers 4.10 avg rating — 41,559 ratings
51.
George Washington's Farewell Address (Books of American Wisdom)
George Washington's Farewell Address (Books of American Wisdom) 4.46 avg rating — 673 ratings
52.
The Neapolitan Novels
The Neapolitan Novels 4.56 avg rating — 6,850 ratings
53.
The Story of the Lost Child (Neapolitan Novels, #4)
The Story of the Lost Child (Neapolitan Novels, #4) 4.46 avg rating — 168,938 ratings
54.
The Story of a New Name (Neapolitan Novels, #2)
The Story of a New Name (Neapolitan Novels, #2) 4.46 avg rating — 222,668 ratings
55.
The Good Soldiers
The Good Soldiers 4.22 avg rating — 8,593 ratings
56.
Thank You for Your Service
Thank You for Your Service 4.13 avg rating — 7,003 ratings
57.
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11
The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11 4.36 avg rating — 36,107 ratings
58.
The Forever War
The Forever War 4.13 avg rating — 11,315 ratings
59.
Anatomy of Terror: From the Death of bin Laden to the Rise of the Islamic State
Anatomy of Terror: From the Death of bin Laden to the Rise of the Islamic State 4.17 avg rating — 742 ratings
60.
The Letters of Gustave Flaubert, 1830-1857
The Letters of Gustave Flaubert, 1830-1857 4.52 avg rating — 162 ratings
61.
Gabriel García Márquez: One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel García Márquez: One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.54 avg rating — 5,977 ratings
62.
The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation
The Idea Factory: Bell Labs and the Great Age of American Innovation 4.20 avg rating — 8,529 ratings
63.
The Peripheral (Jackpot #1)
The Peripheral (Jackpot #1) 3.89 avg rating — 32,580 ratings
64.
The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves
The Examined Life: How We Lose and Find Ourselves 3.94 avg rating — 17,271 ratings
65.
Seabiscuit: An American Legend
Seabiscuit: An American Legend 4.23 avg rating — 167,146 ratings
66.
The Paranoid Style in American Politics and Other Essays
The Paranoid Style in American Politics and Other Essays 4.16 avg rating — 1,427 ratings
67.
Lab Girl
Lab Girl 3.98 avg rating — 70,903 ratings
68.
The Liars' Club
The Liars' Club
by: Mary Karr
3.94 avg rating — 71,045 ratings
69.
A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches
A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches 4.57 avg rating — 2,429 ratings
70.
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft 4.34 avg rating — 310,146 ratings
71.
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts
The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts 3.73 avg rating — 33,278 ratings
72.
The Language of the Third Reich: LTI--Lingua Tertii Imperii: A Philologist's Notebook
The Language of the Third Reich: LTI--Lingua Tertii Imperii: A Philologist's Notebook 4.34 avg rating — 1,483 ratings
73.
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century 4.27 avg rating — 89,952 ratings
74.
How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future
How Democracies Die: What History Reveals About Our Future 4.16 avg rating — 30,330 ratings
75.
The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America
The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America 4.37 avg rating — 10,277 ratings
76.
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History
The Sixth Extinction: An Unnatural History 4.15 avg rating — 77,291 ratings
77.
The Namesake
The Namesake 4.02 avg rating — 280,160 ratings
78.
You Are Not a Gadget
You Are Not a Gadget 3.57 avg rating — 6,305 ratings
79.
Dawn of the New Everything: Encounters with Reality and Virtual Reality
Dawn of the New Everything: Encounters with Reality and Virtual Reality 3.90 avg rating — 1,138 ratings
80.
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 1,263,423 ratings
81.
This Fiery Trial: The Speeches and Writings of Abraham Lincoln
This Fiery Trial: The Speeches and Writings of Abraham Lincoln 4.28 avg rating — 269 ratings
82.
Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America
Lincoln at Gettysburg: The Words That Remade America 4.16 avg rating — 8,535 ratings
83.
Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer
Lincoln: The Biography of a Writer 3.87 avg rating — 781 ratings
84.
Lincoln's Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words
Lincoln's Sword: The Presidency and the Power of Words 4.15 avg rating — 691 ratings
85.
Arctic Dreams
Arctic Dreams 4.23 avg rating — 8,801 ratings
86.
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West 4.16 avg rating — 204,522 ratings
87.
A Gate at the Stairs
A Gate at the Stairs 3.18 avg rating — 18,670 ratings
88.
The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov
The Stories of Vladimir Nabokov 4.30 avg rating — 7,578 ratings
89.
Speak, Memory
Speak, Memory 4.08 avg rating — 17,396 ratings
90.
A House for Mr Biswas
A House for Mr Biswas 3.81 avg rating — 21,972 ratings
91.
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood 4.49 avg rating — 778,847 ratings
92.
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance 3.94 avg rating — 229,617 ratings
93.
We Are the Change We Seek: The Speeches of Barack Obama
We Are the Change We Seek: The Speeches of Barack Obama 4.34 avg rating — 552 ratings
94.
There There
There There 3.98 avg rating — 214,321 ratings
95.
The Moviegoer
The Moviegoer 3.64 avg rating — 30,280 ratings
96.
Mason & Dixon
Mason & Dixon 4.13 avg rating — 12,152 ratings
97.
Life
Life 3.89 avg rating — 97,140 ratings
98.
A Life of Picasso, Vol. 1: The Early Years, 1881-1906
A Life of Picasso, Vol. 1: The Early Years, 1881-1906 4.28 avg rating — 1,993 ratings
99.
A Life of Picasso: The Triumphant Years: 1917-1932 (Vol 3)
A Life of Picasso: The Triumphant Years: 1917-1932 (Vol 3) 4.24 avg rating — 322 ratings
100.
A Life of Picasso, Vol. 2: The Painter of Modern Life, 1907-1917
A Life of Picasso, Vol. 2: The Painter of Modern Life, 1907-1917 4.40 avg rating — 342 ratings