100 Books To Read Before My Death

1.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,801,064 ratings
2.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 477,050 ratings
3.
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis 3.90 avg rating — 1,338,833 ratings
4.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.13 avg rating — 1,783,364 ratings
5.
A Scanner Darkly
A Scanner Darkly 4.03 avg rating — 108,225 ratings
6.
Monkey King
Monkey King 4.08 avg rating — 3,050 ratings
7.
Stoner
Stoner 4.35 avg rating — 221,387 ratings
8.
The Left Hand of Darkness
The Left Hand of Darkness 4.10 avg rating — 209,519 ratings
9.
Transcendental Style in Film: Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer
Transcendental Style in Film: Ozu, Bresson, Dreyer 4.08 avg rating — 1,046 ratings
10.
House of Leaves
House of Leaves 4.09 avg rating — 191,518 ratings
11.
In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood 4.09 avg rating — 710,462 ratings
12.
Ring (Ring, #1)
Ring (Ring, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 28,637 ratings
13.
Libra
Libra 4.05 avg rating — 19,596 ratings
14.
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by: Anne Rice
4.02 avg rating — 633,915 ratings
15.
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,609 ratings
16.
Inter Ice Age 4
Inter Ice Age 4 3.69 avg rating — 1,231 ratings
17.
Hard to Be a God
Hard to Be a God 4.12 avg rating — 17,732 ratings
18.
And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None 4.28 avg rating — 1,544,529 ratings
19.
Infinite Jest
Infinite Jest 4.25 avg rating — 98,674 ratings
20.
The Foundation Trilogy (Foundation, #1-3)
The Foundation Trilogy (Foundation, #1-3) 4.42 avg rating — 107,107 ratings
21.
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings 4.54 avg rating — 716,592 ratings
22.
The Idiot
The Idiot 4.21 avg rating — 207,695 ratings
23.
The Illustrated Man
The Illustrated Man 4.13 avg rating — 105,382 ratings
24.
The Dialectics of Seeing: Walter Benjamin and the Arcades Project
The Dialectics of Seeing: Walter Benjamin and the Arcades Project 4.37 avg rating — 1,154 ratings
25.
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 116,718 ratings
26.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,717 ratings
27.
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
Foundation (Foundation, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 580,988 ratings
28.
Giovanni’s Room
Giovanni’s Room 4.34 avg rating — 226,255 ratings
29.
Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas
Memórias póstumas de Brás Cubas 4.26 avg rating — 36,398 ratings
30.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,709 ratings
31.
The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso 4.08 avg rating — 167,125 ratings
32.
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest 4.17 avg rating — 397,748 ratings
33.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A Midsummer Night’s Dream 3.94 avg rating — 568,121 ratings
34.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,634,346 ratings
35.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,732,473 ratings
36.
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet 3.74 avg rating — 2,768,023 ratings
37.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating — 3,402,658 ratings
38.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,356 ratings
39.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,154,273 ratings
40.
The Stand
The Stand 4.35 avg rating — 814,436 ratings
41.
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury 3.86 avg rating — 192,294 ratings
42.
The Trial
The Trial 3.94 avg rating — 377,424 ratings
43.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,227,675 ratings
44.
Kafka on the Shore
Kafka on the Shore 4.12 avg rating — 528,356 ratings
45.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating — 1,070,223 ratings
46.
The Cyberiad
The Cyberiad 4.14 avg rating — 13,811 ratings
47.
A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 349,036 ratings
48.
Zothique
Zothique 4.23 avg rating — 1,220 ratings
49.
The Complete Fairy Tales
The Complete Fairy Tales 4.17 avg rating — 33,614 ratings
50.
Hyperborea
Hyperborea 4.23 avg rating — 751 ratings
51.
The Rainbow Stories
The Rainbow Stories 3.98 avg rating — 1,279 ratings
52.
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men 3.84 avg rating — 31,112 ratings
53.
Outer Dark
Outer Dark 3.89 avg rating — 24,145 ratings
54.
The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government
The Devil's Chessboard: Allen Dulles, the CIA, and the Rise of America's Secret Government 4.35 avg rating — 7,426 ratings
55.
Hunger
Hunger 4.04 avg rating — 62,418 ratings
56.
The Aleph and Other Stories
The Aleph and Other Stories 4.33 avg rating — 46,753 ratings
57.
Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas 4.01 avg rating — 262,761 ratings
58.
Faust
Faust 3.90 avg rating — 48,401 ratings
59.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating — 1,024,903 ratings
60.
Super-Cannes
Super-Cannes 3.72 avg rating — 4,990 ratings
61.
Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon, #1)
Perdido Street Station (New Crobuzon, #1) 3.98 avg rating — 74,057 ratings
62.
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said
Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said 3.91 avg rating — 44,743 ratings
63.
VALIS
VALIS 3.92 avg rating — 32,020 ratings
64.
High-Rise
High-Rise 3.60 avg rating — 36,521 ratings
65.
The Fountains of Paradise
The Fountains of Paradise 3.95 avg rating — 31,290 ratings
66.
A Perfect Vacuum
A Perfect Vacuum 4.14 avg rating — 1,628 ratings
67.
I'm Not Stiller
I'm Not Stiller 4.03 avg rating — 5,558 ratings
68.
The Instrumentality of Mankind
The Instrumentality of Mankind 4.12 avg rating — 1,575 ratings
69.
The Setting Sun
The Setting Sun 3.98 avg rating — 39,508 ratings
70.
Buddha, Vol. 1: Kapilavastu (Buddha #1)
Buddha, Vol. 1: Kapilavastu (Buddha #1) 4.17 avg rating — 8,482 ratings
71.
Malvinas Requiem
Malvinas Requiem 4.03 avg rating — 2,694 ratings
72.
The Stoned Apocalypse
The Stoned Apocalypse 4.08 avg rating — 63 ratings
73.
The Great Heroin Coup: Drugs, Intelligence, & International Fascism
The Great Heroin Coup: Drugs, Intelligence, & International Fascism 4.48 avg rating — 58 ratings
74.
JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died & Why It Matters
JFK and the Unspeakable: Why He Died & Why It Matters 4.35 avg rating — 3,626 ratings
75.
The Castle
The Castle 3.92 avg rating — 72,005 ratings
76.
Factotum
Factotum 3.92 avg rating — 74,348 ratings
77.
Starting Point 1979-1996
Starting Point 1979-1996 4.14 avg rating — 1,583 ratings
78.
The Silmarillion
The Silmarillion 4.03 avg rating — 325,097 ratings
79.
Childhood’s End
Childhood’s End 4.12 avg rating — 170,023 ratings
80.
The State and Revolution
The State and Revolution 4.25 avg rating — 17,448 ratings
81.
Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent
Open Veins of Latin America: Five Centuries of the Pillage of a Continent 4.31 avg rating — 26,233 ratings
82.
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa 4.42 avg rating — 7,739 ratings
83.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,562 ratings
84.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 753,997 ratings
85.
The Princess Bride
The Princess Bride 4.27 avg rating — 936,641 ratings
86.
The Wretched of the Earth
The Wretched of the Earth 4.34 avg rating — 30,613 ratings
87.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,790 ratings
88.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,357,474 ratings
89.
Women, Race & Class
Women, Race & Class 4.59 avg rating — 33,025 ratings
90.
The Year of Magical Thinking
The Year of Magical Thinking 3.93 avg rating — 285,055 ratings
91.
On Photography
On Photography 3.88 avg rating — 54,160 ratings
92.
The Weird and the Eerie
The Weird and the Eerie 4.03 avg rating — 4,931 ratings
93.
Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black: Collected Stories
Walking Through Clear Water in a Pool Painted Black: Collected Stories 4.43 avg rating — 5,220 ratings
94.
The Fire Next Time
The Fire Next Time 4.55 avg rating — 115,176 ratings
95.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,407 ratings
96.
The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye 4.13 avg rating — 288,169 ratings
97.
A Perfect Day for Bananafish
A Perfect Day for Bananafish 4.27 avg rating — 12,726 ratings
98.
Asylum Piece
Asylum Piece 4.02 avg rating — 979 ratings