Cormac McCarthy's Suggested Reads

1.
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Moby-Dick or, The Whale 3.56 avg rating — 602,849 ratings
2.
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov 4.38 avg rating — 369,596 ratings
3.
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury 3.86 avg rating — 192,288 ratings
4.
Ulysses
Ulysses 3.77 avg rating — 138,361 ratings
5.
Don Quixote
Don Quixote 3.91 avg rating — 297,058 ratings
6.
Beowulf
Beowulf
by: Unknown
3.50 avg rating — 338,053 ratings
7.
Going After Cacciato
Going After Cacciato 3.91 avg rating — 14,429 ratings
8.
Herzog
Herzog 3.76 avg rating — 22,521 ratings
9.
Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot 3.84 avg rating — 217,130 ratings
10.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream 4.07 avg rating — 370,616 ratings
11.
The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1)
The Monkey Wrench Gang (Monkey Wrench Gang, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 28,460 ratings
12.
Desert Solitaire
Desert Solitaire 4.18 avg rating — 53,116 ratings
13.
A Death in the Family
A Death in the Family 3.89 avg rating — 17,372 ratings
14.
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men 3.97 avg rating — 3,972 ratings
15.
Who Lost an American?
Who Lost an American? 3.46 avg rating — 13 ratings
16.
Cicero: Nine Orations and The Dream of Scipio
Cicero: Nine Orations and The Dream of Scipio liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
17.
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales 3.52 avg rating — 234,641 ratings
18.
Down All the Days
Down All the Days 3.45 avg rating — 402 ratings
19.
The Tents of Wickedness
The Tents of Wickedness 3.93 avg rating — 59 ratings
20.
La charca
La charca 3.55 avg rating — 1,093 ratings
21.
Faust, First Part
Faust, First Part 3.83 avg rating — 84,131 ratings
22.
Faust, Part Two
Faust, Part Two 3.66 avg rating — 8,369 ratings
23.
The Log from the Sea of Cortez
The Log from the Sea of Cortez 3.84 avg rating — 6,392 ratings
24.
The Temptation of St. Antony
The Temptation of St. Antony 3.82 avg rating — 3,264 ratings
25.
The Leopard
The Leopard 4.01 avg rating — 44,236 ratings
26.
Intruder in the Dust
Intruder in the Dust 3.74 avg rating — 6,156 ratings
27.
The Hamlet (The Snopes Trilogy, #1)
The Hamlet (The Snopes Trilogy, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 5,832 ratings
28.
The Bear
The Bear 3.46 avg rating — 1,307 ratings
29.
Barn Burning
Barn Burning 3.65 avg rating — 3,845 ratings
30.
Young Goodman Brown
Young Goodman Brown 3.65 avg rating — 15,980 ratings
31.
Ethan Brand
Ethan Brand 3.49 avg rating — 186 ratings
32.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,387 ratings
33.
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea 3.81 avg rating — 1,265,898 ratings
34.
Finnegans Wake
Finnegans Wake 3.68 avg rating — 13,450 ratings
35.
De Veritate (17th & 18th Century British Philosophy)
De Veritate (17th & 18th Century British Philosophy) 4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
36.
The Art of the Novel
The Art of the Novel 3.98 avg rating — 7,049 ratings
37.
Why Are We in Vietnam?
Why Are We in Vietnam? 3.26 avg rating — 694 ratings
38.
Wittgenstein’s Mistress
Wittgenstein’s Mistress 3.92 avg rating — 7,090 ratings
39.
The Sporting Club
The Sporting Club 3.67 avg rating — 579 ratings
40.
Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1)
Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 76,601 ratings
41.
Black Spring
Black Spring 3.81 avg rating — 5,561 ratings
42.
Tropic of Capricorn (Tropic, #2)
Tropic of Capricorn (Tropic, #2) 3.81 avg rating — 21,067 ratings
43.
Othello
Othello 3.89 avg rating — 428,075 ratings
44.
Hamlet
Hamlet 4.03 avg rating — 1,020,249 ratings
45.
War and Peace
War and Peace 4.17 avg rating — 357,014 ratings
46.
How Beautiful With Shoes
How Beautiful With Shoes 3.88 avg rating — 25 ratings
47.
On the Road
On the Road 3.61 avg rating — 438,556 ratings
48.
The Day of the Locust
The Day of the Locust 3.70 avg rating — 23,732 ratings
49.
Look Homeward, Angel
Look Homeward, Angel 3.92 avg rating — 15,524 ratings
50.
Of Time and the River: A Legend of Man's Hunger in His Youth
Of Time and the River: A Legend of Man's Hunger in His Youth 4.19 avg rating — 1,300 ratings
51.
The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso 4.08 avg rating — 167,123 ratings
52.
Sailing to Byzantium
Sailing to Byzantium 3.82 avg rating — 343 ratings
53.
In Memory of W.B. Yeats
In Memory of W.B. Yeats 3.57 avg rating — 54 ratings
54.
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson 4.28 avg rating — 105,238 ratings
55.
The Sot-weed Factor: or, A Voyage to Maryland. A Satyr. In which is Describ'd The Laws, Government, Courts and Constitutions of the Country, and also the ... that Part of America. In Burlesque Verse.
The Sot-weed Factor: or, A Voyage to Maryland. A Satyr. In which is Describ'd The Laws, Government, Courts and Constitutions of the Country, and also the ... that Part of America. In Burlesque Verse. 3.61 avg rating — 131 ratings
56.
Howl and Other Poems
Howl and Other Poems 4.13 avg rating — 117,404 ratings
57.
The Poetry of Robert Frost
The Poetry of Robert Frost 4.24 avg rating — 48,974 ratings
58.
The Holy Bible: King James Version
The Holy Bible: King James Version
by: Anonymous
4.44 avg rating — 308,895 ratings
59.
The Selected Poetry
The Selected Poetry 4.28 avg rating — 661 ratings
60.
Collected Poems
Collected Poems 4.26 avg rating — 105 ratings
61.
Ulalume
Ulalume 3.52 avg rating — 302 ratings
62.
The Waste Land
The Waste Land 4.11 avg rating — 57,831 ratings
63.
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness 3.43 avg rating — 545,803 ratings
64.
The River-Merchant's Wife: A Letter
The River-Merchant's Wife: A Letter
by: Li Po
4.27 avg rating — 11 ratings
65.
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 241,473 ratings
66.
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge 3.93 avg rating — 9,669 ratings
67.
The Snow Man
The Snow Man 3.57 avg rating — 47 ratings
68.
The Poems of Francis Thompson: A New Edition
The Poems of Francis Thompson: A New Edition really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12 ratings
69.
The Poems of Dylan Thomas
The Poems of Dylan Thomas 4.27 avg rating — 1,510 ratings
70.
Selected Writings
Selected Writings 4.14 avg rating — 384 ratings
71.
Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil
Eichmann in Jerusalem: A Report on the Banality of Evil 4.20 avg rating — 31,566 ratings
72.
The Plague
The Plague 4.02 avg rating — 300,389 ratings
73.
The Myth of Sisyphus
The Myth of Sisyphus 4.18 avg rating — 83,978 ratings
74.
City of God
City of God 3.94 avg rating — 13,450 ratings
75.
Confessions
Confessions 3.99 avg rating — 71,278 ratings
76.
Six Theosophic Points and Other Writings
Six Theosophic Points and Other Writings 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
77.
The Confessions of Jacob Boehme
The Confessions of Jacob Boehme 3.55 avg rating — 31 ratings
78.
The Decline of the West
The Decline of the West 4.06 avg rating — 2,169 ratings
79.
Twilight of the Idols
Twilight of the Idols 3.95 avg rating — 13,680 ratings
80.
Fear and Trembling
Fear and Trembling really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 29,962 ratings
81.
Wise Blood
Wise Blood 3.82 avg rating — 36,566 ratings
82.
The Violent Bear It Away
The Violent Bear It Away 4.07 avg rating — 15,077 ratings