Illuminate x CMBC Read-a-thon 2023 Book Recs Pt 3

1.
A Song of Ice and Fire (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1-5)
A Song of Ice and Fire (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1-5) 4.60 avg rating β€” 64,123 ratings
2.
The Sword of Kaigen
The Sword of Kaigen
by: M.L. Wang
4.45 avg rating β€” 73,580 ratings
2.
Harry Potter Series Box Set (Harry Potter, #1-7)
Harry Potter Series Box Set (Harry Potter, #1-7) 4.73 avg rating β€” 299,533 ratings
4.
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1)
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1) 4.41 avg rating β€” 206,472 ratings
5.
Tastes Like War
Tastes Like War 3.91 avg rating β€” 13,907 ratings
5.
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1) 4.67 avg rating β€” 625,748 ratings
5.
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1)
Leviathan Wakes (The Expanse, #1) 4.31 avg rating β€” 304,573 ratings
8.
In Five Years
In Five Years 3.78 avg rating β€” 613,283 ratings
8.
Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2)
Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2) 4.76 avg rating β€” 453,226 ratings
8.
Memory's Legion: The Complete Expanse Story Collection
Memory's Legion: The Complete Expanse Story Collection 4.36 avg rating β€” 9,899 ratings
11.
Wish You Were Here
Wish You Were Here 3.92 avg rating β€” 278,345 ratings
11.
Dark Matter
Dark Matter 4.13 avg rating β€” 664,836 ratings
13.
Thrivers: The Surprising Reasons Why Some Kids Struggle and Others Shine
Thrivers: The Surprising Reasons Why Some Kids Struggle and Others Shine 4.05 avg rating β€” 1,388 ratings
13.
Recursion
Recursion 4.17 avg rating β€” 290,732 ratings
15.
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience
Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience 4.11 avg rating β€” 86,219 ratings
16.
What Every Body is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People
What Every Body is Saying: An Ex-FBI Agent's Guide to Speed-Reading People 3.91 avg rating β€” 33,627 ratings
17.
Lessons in Chemistry
Lessons in Chemistry 4.28 avg rating β€” 1,675,998 ratings
18.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating β€” 4,072,885 ratings
19.
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World
The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World 4.07 avg rating β€” 84,758 ratings
20.
Around the World in 80 Trees
Around the World in 80 Trees 4.55 avg rating β€” 2,065 ratings
21.
The Overstory
The Overstory 4.12 avg rating β€” 185,937 ratings
22.
How to Read a Tree: Clues and Patterns from Bark to Leaves
How to Read a Tree: Clues and Patterns from Bark to Leaves 4.12 avg rating β€” 1,041 ratings
23.
11/22/63
11/22/63 4.35 avg rating β€” 614,064 ratings
24.
Apt Pupil
Apt Pupil 3.93 avg rating β€” 39,798 ratings
25.
Pet Sematary
Pet Sematary 4.08 avg rating β€” 668,804 ratings
26.
The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
The Three-Body Problem (Remembrance of Earth’s Past, #1)
by: Liu Cixin
4.08 avg rating β€” 460,791 ratings
27.
Raybearer (Raybearer, #1)
Raybearer (Raybearer, #1) 4.32 avg rating β€” 30,964 ratings
28.
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) 4.29 avg rating β€” 317,130 ratings
29.
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales 4.23 avg rating β€” 219,177 ratings
30.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Trilogy
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo Trilogy 4.47 avg rating β€” 57,007 ratings
31.
Andrzej Sapkowski Witcher Series 7 Books Collection Set
Andrzej Sapkowski Witcher Series 7 Books Collection Set 4.68 avg rating β€” 4,060 ratings
32.
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World
Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World 4.11 avg rating β€” 148,388 ratings
33.
Klara and the Sun
Klara and the Sun 3.74 avg rating β€” 408,829 ratings
34.
Killing Thatcher
Killing Thatcher 4.38 avg rating β€” 10,018 ratings
35.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations 3.80 avg rating β€” 857,510 ratings
36.
Reading Order: J.D. Robb: In Death Series by JD Robb in Chronological Order
Reading Order: J.D. Robb: In Death Series by JD Robb in Chronological Order 4.39 avg rating β€” 127 ratings
37.
All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,904,478 ratings
38.
The Cruel Prince / The Wicked King / The Queen of Nothing / How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories (The Folk of the Air, #1-3.5)
The Cruel Prince / The Wicked King / The Queen of Nothing / How the King of Elfhame Learned to Hate Stories (The Folk of the Air, #1-3.5) 4.60 avg rating β€” 2,383 ratings
39.
Miss Benson's Beetle
Miss Benson's Beetle 4.08 avg rating β€” 59,039 ratings
40.
Everything is Illuminated
Everything is Illuminated 3.89 avg rating β€” 182,762 ratings
41.
The Turn of the Key
The Turn of the Key
by: Ruth Ware
3.91 avg rating β€” 316,548 ratings
42.
Other Birds
Other Birds 4.02 avg rating β€” 77,085 ratings
43.
When We Cease to Understand the World
When We Cease to Understand the World 4.11 avg rating β€” 56,500 ratings
44.
THE RAVEN CYCLE QUARTET
THE RAVEN CYCLE QUARTET 4.55 avg rating β€” 1,487 ratings
45.
The Scorpio Races
The Scorpio Races 4.10 avg rating β€” 112,861 ratings
46.
Call Down the Hawk (Dreamer Trilogy, #1)
Call Down the Hawk (Dreamer Trilogy, #1) 4.24 avg rating β€” 38,078 ratings
47.
The Fire Mage Chronicles Complete Series: Books 1-3
The Fire Mage Chronicles Complete Series: Books 1-3 4.30 avg rating β€” 20 ratings
48.
Verity
Verity 4.30 avg rating β€” 3,543,390 ratings
49.
Mistborn: The Wax and Wayne Series: The Alloy of Law, Shadows of Self, The Bands of Mourning (The Mistborn Saga)
Mistborn: The Wax and Wayne Series: The Alloy of Law, Shadows of Self, The Bands of Mourning (The Mistborn Saga) 4.62 avg rating β€” 4,232 ratings
50.
Screaming on the Inside: The Unsustainability of American Motherhood
Screaming on the Inside: The Unsustainability of American Motherhood 3.48 avg rating β€” 4,553 ratings
51.
Dark Age (Red Rising Saga, #5)
Dark Age (Red Rising Saga, #5) 4.50 avg rating β€” 105,908 ratings
52.
The Dresden Files Books 1-6
The Dresden Files Books 1-6 4.55 avg rating β€” 3,648 ratings
53.
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness
Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness 3.84 avg rating β€” 92,726 ratings
54.
Asian American Histories of the United States
Asian American Histories of the United States 4.03 avg rating β€” 571 ratings
55.
Managing Miss Watson (Ladies of Scandal Book 1)
Managing Miss Watson (Ladies of Scandal Book 1) 4.04 avg rating β€” 55 ratings
56.
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music
The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music 4.44 avg rating β€” 162,526 ratings
57.
Ink Blood Sister Scribe
Ink Blood Sister Scribe 4.01 avg rating β€” 59,855 ratings
58.
The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win
by: Gene Kim
4.26 avg rating β€” 48,825 ratings
59.
Educated
Educated 4.47 avg rating β€” 1,772,757 ratings
60.
Killers of a Certain Age (Killers of a Certain Age, #1)
Killers of a Certain Age (Killers of a Certain Age, #1) 3.86 avg rating β€” 112,128 ratings
61.
More: Life on the Edge of Adventure and Motherhood
More: Life on the Edge of Adventure and Motherhood 3.99 avg rating β€” 544 ratings
62.
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen
Born to Run: A Hidden Tribe, Superathletes, and the Greatest Race the World Has Never Seen 4.30 avg rating β€” 228,776 ratings
63.
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness
The Almanack of Naval Ravikant: A Guide to Wealth and Happiness 4.40 avg rating β€” 64,691 ratings
64.
The Vatican Princess: A Novel of Lucrezia Borgia
The Vatican Princess: A Novel of Lucrezia Borgia 3.91 avg rating β€” 5,362 ratings
65.
The Quarry Girls
The Quarry Girls 4.02 avg rating β€” 118,278 ratings
66.
Pepped Up (Pepper Jones, #1)
Pepped Up (Pepper Jones, #1)
by: Ali Dean
3.90 avg rating β€” 4,589 ratings
67.
The Longest Race: Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike's Elite Running Team
The Longest Race: Inside the Secret World of Abuse, Doping, and Deception on Nike's Elite Running Team 4.45 avg rating β€” 14,059 ratings
68.
Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World
Good for a Girl: A Woman Running in a Man's World 4.46 avg rating β€” 16,991 ratings
69.
Skeleton Crew
Skeleton Crew 3.97 avg rating β€” 134,435 ratings
70.
Four Past Midnight: Featuring "The Langoliers"
Four Past Midnight: Featuring "The Langoliers" 3.95 avg rating β€” 114,552 ratings
71.
In Love, At Ease: Everyday Spirituality with Pramukh Swami
In Love, At Ease: Everyday Spirituality with Pramukh Swami 4.94 avg rating β€” 32 ratings
72.
How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids
How Not to Hate Your Husband After Kids 4.07 avg rating β€” 12,950 ratings
73.
The Red Rising Trilogy Series Collection #1-3
The Red Rising Trilogy Series Collection #1-3 4.62 avg rating β€” 1,136 ratings
74.
J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings 4.61 avg rating β€” 141,522 ratings
75.
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1) 4.56 avg rating β€” 222,317 ratings
76.
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury 3.86 avg rating β€” 192,268 ratings
77.
The Wild Robot (The Wild Robot, #1)
The Wild Robot (The Wild Robot, #1) 4.21 avg rating β€” 107,914 ratings
78.
The Elements of Style
The Elements of Style 4.18 avg rating β€” 86,240 ratings
79.
The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1)
The House in the Cerulean Sea (Cerulean Chronicles, #1) 4.38 avg rating β€” 868,592 ratings
80.
The Kite Runner & A Thousand Splendid Suns
The Kite Runner & A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.52 avg rating β€” 4,820 ratings
81.
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two (Harry Potter, #8)
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two (Harry Potter, #8) 3.47 avg rating β€” 1,111,188 ratings
82.
The Chief Inspector Armand Gamache Series, Books 1-10
The Chief Inspector Armand Gamache Series, Books 1-10 4.63 avg rating β€” 323 ratings
83.
The Martian
The Martian
by: Andy Weir
4.42 avg rating β€” 1,238,693 ratings
84.
Mystic River
Mystic River 4.17 avg rating β€” 158,974 ratings
85.
The Power
The Power 3.75 avg rating β€” 246,906 ratings
86.
The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita 4.28 avg rating β€” 401,052 ratings
87.
Women Who Run With the Wolves
Women Who Run With the Wolves 4.11 avg rating β€” 90,537 ratings
88.
Redwall (Redwall, #1)
Redwall (Redwall, #1) 4.14 avg rating β€” 126,673 ratings
89.
Give a Boy a Gun
Give a Boy a Gun 3.79 avg rating β€” 8,400 ratings
90.
A Century Is Not Enough: My Roller-coaster Ride to Success
A Century Is Not Enough: My Roller-coaster Ride to Success 3.99 avg rating β€” 2,010 ratings
91.
The Test of My Life
The Test of My Life 4.14 avg rating β€” 2,419 ratings
92.
Imperfect
Imperfect 3.87 avg rating β€” 622 ratings
93.
What's a Ghoul to Do? (Ghost Hunter Mystery, #1)
What's a Ghoul to Do? (Ghost Hunter Mystery, #1) 3.89 avg rating β€” 8,781 ratings