65 Books You Need to Read in Your 20s (according to Buzzfeed)

1.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating β€” 5,731,271 ratings
2.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating β€” 1,153,753 ratings
3.
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1) 4.23 avg rating β€” 1,266,832 ratings
4.
On the Road
On the Road 3.61 avg rating β€” 438,500 ratings
5.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating β€” 813,186 ratings
6.
Bossypants
Bossypants
by: Tina Fey
3.96 avg rating β€” 1,041,948 ratings
7.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay 4.18 avg rating β€” 209,872 ratings
8.
The Secret History
The Secret History 4.16 avg rating β€” 950,467 ratings
9.
Just Kids
Just Kids 4.21 avg rating β€” 333,643 ratings
10.
Me Talk Pretty One Day
Me Talk Pretty One Day 4.01 avg rating β€” 714,084 ratings
11.
The Elements of Style
The Elements of Style 4.18 avg rating β€” 86,241 ratings
12.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 3.89 avg rating β€” 274,956 ratings
13.
Bright Lights, Big City
Bright Lights, Big City 3.80 avg rating β€” 36,190 ratings
14.
A Visit from the Goon Squad
A Visit from the Goon Squad 3.70 avg rating β€” 244,153 ratings
15.
White Teeth
White Teeth 3.79 avg rating β€” 170,744 ratings
16.
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises 3.79 avg rating β€” 482,020 ratings
17.
Infinite Jest
Infinite Jest 4.25 avg rating β€” 98,657 ratings
18.
His Dark Materials (His Dark Materials #1-3)
His Dark Materials (His Dark Materials #1-3) 4.29 avg rating β€” 166,694 ratings
19.
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail 4.07 avg rating β€” 850,468 ratings
20.
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly
Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly 4.18 avg rating β€” 359,836 ratings
21.
Leverage
Leverage 4.29 avg rating β€” 110 ratings
22.
Pedigree Crush with a Twisted Gene
Pedigree Crush with a Twisted Gene 4.79 avg rating β€” 38 ratings
23.
Pedigree Crush with a Twisted Gene
Pedigree Crush with a Twisted Gene 4.79 avg rating β€” 38 ratings
24.
Nowhere Boulevard
Nowhere Boulevard 4.50 avg rating β€” 103 ratings
25.
The Dreaming
The Dreaming 4.80 avg rating β€” 102 ratings
26.
Enemy Closer
Enemy Closer
by: Onia Fox
4.80 avg rating β€” 15 ratings
27.
Rapid Eye Movement
Rapid Eye Movement 4.64 avg rating β€” 153 ratings
28.
Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon 4.15 avg rating β€” 123,929 ratings
29.
Listless in Turkey
Listless in Turkey
by: Onia Fox
4.72 avg rating β€” 39 ratings
30.
How to Be a Woman
How to Be a Woman 3.71 avg rating β€” 109,843 ratings
31.
A Question of Sanity
A Question of Sanity 4.24 avg rating β€” 111 ratings
32.
Giovanni’s Room
Giovanni’s Room 4.34 avg rating β€” 226,052 ratings
32.
The Rachel Papers
The Rachel Papers 3.57 avg rating β€” 11,178 ratings
34.
The Namesake
The Namesake 4.02 avg rating β€” 280,152 ratings
35.
The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes
The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes 4.25 avg rating β€” 271,327 ratings
36.
Lizards Leap
Lizards Leap 4.88 avg rating β€” 24 ratings
37.
Awakening (The Sensorians Trilogy #1)
Awakening (The Sensorians Trilogy #1) 4.58 avg rating β€” 108 ratings
38.
Trust (The Sensorian #2)
Trust (The Sensorian #2) 4.67 avg rating β€” 57 ratings
39.
Awakening (The Sensorians Trilogy #1)
Awakening (The Sensorians Trilogy #1) 4.58 avg rating β€” 108 ratings
40.
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Slouching Towards Bethlehem 4.19 avg rating β€” 78,746 ratings
40.
How to Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food
How to Cook Everything: Simple Recipes for Great Food really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 101,126 ratings
42.
What She Saw...
What She Saw... 3.13 avg rating β€” 1,552 ratings
42.
Mudflap: The Gloves Come Off (Mudflap #2)
Mudflap: The Gloves Come Off (Mudflap #2) 3.96 avg rating β€” 46 ratings
44.
Mudflap
Mudflap 4.39 avg rating β€” 49 ratings
45.
Call Me by Your Name
Call Me by Your Name 4.10 avg rating β€” 571,887 ratings
45.
The Awakening
The Awakening 3.69 avg rating β€” 222,555 ratings
47.
The Odyssey
The Odyssey
by: Homer
3.82 avg rating β€” 1,156,623 ratings
48.
Her Dark Soul (Dark Spell, #1)
Her Dark Soul (Dark Spell, #1) 3.68 avg rating β€” 126 ratings
49.
Faire's Fair (Fair #1)
Faire's Fair (Fair #1) 3.95 avg rating β€” 182 ratings
50.
Racing Devil
Racing Devil 4.77 avg rating β€” 13 ratings
51.
The Group
The Group 3.68 avg rating β€” 16,960 ratings
52.
Resolve (The Sensorians #3)
Resolve (The Sensorians #3) 4.79 avg rating β€” 28 ratings
53.
Fair Play (The Fair Series Book 2)
Fair Play (The Fair Series Book 2) 4.15 avg rating β€” 115 ratings
53.
Trust (The Sensorian #2)
Trust (The Sensorian #2) 4.67 avg rating β€” 57 ratings
55.
Housekeeping
Housekeeping 3.81 avg rating β€” 57,347 ratings
55.
Poet-Pourri
Poet-Pourri 4.93 avg rating β€” 15 ratings
57.
Social Climbing and Other Poems
Social Climbing and Other Poems 4.78 avg rating β€” 18 ratings
58.
October Poems
October Poems it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 22 ratings
59.
The Fortress of Solitude
The Fortress of Solitude 3.84 avg rating β€” 24,040 ratings
60.
Thanksgiving Poems & Prose Pieces
Thanksgiving Poems & Prose Pieces 4.88 avg rating β€” 16 ratings
61.
All That We Are Heir To (Criminal Conversation, #3)
All That We Are Heir To (Criminal Conversation, #3) 4.90 avg rating β€” 20 ratings
62.
Fairytales Don't Come True (Criminal Conversation, #1)
Fairytales Don't Come True (Criminal Conversation, #1) 4.70 avg rating β€” 64 ratings
63.
You Know What You Did
You Know What You Did 4.59 avg rating β€” 98 ratings
64.
Lit
Lit
by: Mary Karr
3.94 avg rating β€” 27,991 ratings
65.
There is something wrong with Joey un-cut
There is something wrong with Joey un-cut it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 4 ratings
66.
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain
Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain 3.87 avg rating β€” 372,516 ratings
67.
Seedlings of Earth
Seedlings of Earth 4.73 avg rating β€” 22 ratings
68.
The Emperor's Children
The Emperor's Children 2.98 avg rating β€” 21,373 ratings
69.
The Deptford Trilogy
The Deptford Trilogy 4.33 avg rating β€” 8,190 ratings
70.
Her Dark Soul (Dark Spell #1)
Her Dark Soul (Dark Spell #1) 3.68 avg rating β€” 126 ratings
71.
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia 4.25 avg rating β€” 143,151 ratings
72.
The Purple Moon
The Purple Moon 4.25 avg rating β€” 4 ratings
73.
A Home at the End of the World
A Home at the End of the World 3.95 avg rating β€” 21,671 ratings
74.
The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House
The Sandman, Vol. 2: The Doll's House 4.43 avg rating β€” 109,436 ratings
74.
Pastoralia
Pastoralia 4.07 avg rating β€” 25,642 ratings
76.
The Sandman, Vol. 3: Dream Country
The Sandman, Vol. 3: Dream Country 4.24 avg rating β€” 123,928 ratings
77.
The Sandman, Vol. 4: Season of Mists
The Sandman, Vol. 4: Season of Mists 4.53 avg rating β€” 80,214 ratings
78.
The Sandman, Vol. 5: A Game of You
The Sandman, Vol. 5: A Game of You 4.41 avg rating β€” 68,265 ratings
78.
Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture
Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture 3.74 avg rating β€” 30,032 ratings
80.
The Sandman, Vol. 6: Fables & Reflections
The Sandman, Vol. 6: Fables & Reflections 4.41 avg rating β€” 60,817 ratings
80.
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
Even Cowgirls Get the Blues 3.78 avg rating β€” 56,592 ratings
82.
The Sandman, Vol. 7: Brief Lives
The Sandman, Vol. 7: Brief Lives 4.54 avg rating β€” 60,796 ratings
83.
The Sandman, Vol. 8: Worlds' End
The Sandman, Vol. 8: Worlds' End 4.44 avg rating β€” 54,007 ratings
83.
I Love Dick
I Love Dick 3.48 avg rating β€” 19,644 ratings
85.
The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones 4.59 avg rating β€” 52,105 ratings
86.
Lunar Park
Lunar Park 3.65 avg rating β€” 30,298 ratings
86.
Another Bullshit Night in Suck City
Another Bullshit Night in Suck City 3.80 avg rating β€” 11,799 ratings
88.
The Sandman, Vol. 10: The Wake
The Sandman, Vol. 10: The Wake 4.51 avg rating β€” 51,364 ratings
89.
I Don't Care About Your Band: Lessons Learned from Indie Rockers, Trust Funders, Pornographers, Felons, Faux-Sensitive Hipsters, and Other Guys I've Dated
I Don't Care About Your Band: Lessons Learned from Indie Rockers, Trust Funders, Pornographers, Felons, Faux-Sensitive Hipsters, and Other Guys I've Dated 3.45 avg rating β€” 6,203 ratings
90.
I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie
I'm with the Band: Confessions of a Groupie 3.70 avg rating β€” 21,014 ratings
91.
The Journey I Don't Remember
The Journey I Don't Remember 4.80 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
92.
Six Haunting Tales
Six Haunting Tales it was amazing 5.00 avg rating β€” 3 ratings
93.
My Misspent Youth: Essays
My Misspent Youth: Essays 3.57 avg rating β€” 2,502 ratings
94.
Letters to a Young Contrarian
Letters to a Young Contrarian 4.13 avg rating β€” 12,648 ratings
95.
He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys
He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys 3.66 avg rating β€” 66,701 ratings
96.
Life As An Almost
Life As An Almost 4.75 avg rating β€” 8 ratings
97.
Moll Flanders
Moll Flanders 3.51 avg rating β€” 48,076 ratings
97.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) 4.30 avg rating β€” 568,930 ratings
99.
Dry Ice
Dry Ice 3.73 avg rating β€” 11 ratings
100.
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ΠœΠ΅ΡΡΡ† Π² Π΄Π΅Ρ€Π΅Π²Π½Π΅ 3.75 avg rating β€” 743 ratings
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