David Bowie's Top 100 Must Read Books

1.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,225,900 ratings
2.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,731,105 ratings
3.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 753,895 ratings
4.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,173 ratings
5.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating — 1,315,382 ratings
6.
The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita 4.28 avg rating — 401,052 ratings
7.
In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood 4.09 avg rating — 710,331 ratings
8.
The Iliad
The Iliad
by: Homer
3.92 avg rating — 494,628 ratings
9.
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary 3.71 avg rating — 363,637 ratings
10.
Inferno
Inferno 4.03 avg rating — 200,492 ratings
11.
On the Road
On the Road 3.61 avg rating — 438,492 ratings
12.
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces 3.89 avg rating — 291,768 ratings
13.
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Lady Chatterley's Lover 3.50 avg rating — 134,610 ratings
14.
The Waste Land
The Waste Land 4.11 avg rating — 57,821 ratings
15.
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao 3.89 avg rating — 274,950 ratings
16.
Fingersmith
Fingersmith 4.02 avg rating — 115,229 ratings
17.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 3.70 avg rating — 59,329 ratings
18.
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying 3.72 avg rating — 182,461 ratings
19.
White Noise
White Noise 3.86 avg rating — 123,841 ratings
20.
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea
The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea 3.84 avg rating — 49,506 ratings
21.
The Leopard
The Leopard 4.01 avg rating — 44,210 ratings
22.
The Day of the Locust
The Day of the Locust 3.70 avg rating — 23,729 ratings
23.
The Fire Next Time
The Fire Next Time 4.55 avg rating — 115,132 ratings
24.
Darkness at Noon
Darkness at Noon 4.12 avg rating — 32,885 ratings
25.
Nights at the Circus
Nights at the Circus 3.88 avg rating — 14,348 ratings
26.
A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present
A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present 4.08 avg rating — 259,684 ratings
27.
Vile Bodies
Vile Bodies 3.72 avg rating — 17,247 ratings
28.
Herzog
Herzog 3.76 avg rating — 22,522 ratings
29.
Wonder Boys
Wonder Boys 3.93 avg rating — 36,826 ratings
30.
Black Boy
Black Boy 4.09 avg rating — 55,305 ratings
31.
Flaubert's Parrot
Flaubert's Parrot 3.65 avg rating — 16,252 ratings
32.
Money
Money 3.70 avg rating — 25,092 ratings
33.
The Songlines
The Songlines 3.96 avg rating — 12,122 ratings
34.
Last Exit to Brooklyn
Last Exit to Brooklyn 3.92 avg rating — 28,773 ratings
35.
Passing
Passing 3.92 avg rating — 76,694 ratings
36.
Hawksmoor
Hawksmoor 3.46 avg rating — 4,845 ratings
37.
The Quest for Christa T.
The Quest for Christa T. 3.71 avg rating — 1,223 ratings
38.
The Street
The Street
by: Ann Petry
4.27 avg rating — 12,961 ratings
39.
Room at the Top
Room at the Top 3.69 avg rating — 2,578 ratings
40.
Mr Norris Changes Trains
Mr Norris Changes Trains 3.75 avg rating — 5,652 ratings
41.
The Gnostic Gospels
The Gnostic Gospels 3.94 avg rating — 19,343 ratings
42.
Berlin Alexanderplatz
Berlin Alexanderplatz 3.84 avg rating — 10,884 ratings
43.
Billy Liar
Billy Liar 3.71 avg rating — 2,252 ratings
44.
Inside the Whale and Other Essays
Inside the Whale and Other Essays 3.96 avg rating — 1,710 ratings
45.
The Outsider
The Outsider 4.03 avg rating — 4,477 ratings
46.
McTeague: A Story of San Francisco
McTeague: A Story of San Francisco 3.68 avg rating — 6,731 ratings
47.
Mr. Wilson's Cabinet Of Wonder: Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic Technology
Mr. Wilson's Cabinet Of Wonder: Pronged Ants, Horned Humans, Mice on Toast, and Other Marvels of Jurassic Technology 3.95 avg rating — 2,811 ratings
48.
Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (Yale Nota Bene)
Sexual Personae: Art and Decadence from Nefertiti to Emily Dickinson (Yale Nota Bene) 3.99 avg rating — 3,554 ratings
49.
The American Way of Death Revisited
The American Way of Death Revisited 3.97 avg rating — 2,582 ratings
50.
The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness
The Divided Self: An Existential Study in Sanity and Madness 4.11 avg rating — 6,311 ratings
51.
In Between the Sheets
In Between the Sheets 3.28 avg rating — 4,352 ratings
52.
Maldoror and the Complete Works
Maldoror and the Complete Works 4.25 avg rating — 3,913 ratings
53.
Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll
Mystery Train: Images of America in Rock 'n' Roll 4.04 avg rating — 3,544 ratings
54.
Before the Deluge: A Portrait of Berlin in the 1920s
Before the Deluge: A Portrait of Berlin in the 1920s 4.15 avg rating — 571 ratings
55.
The Bird Artist
The Bird Artist 3.83 avg rating — 3,977 ratings
56.
The Coast of Utopia
The Coast of Utopia 3.98 avg rating — 925 ratings
57.
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind
The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind 4.26 avg rating — 5,833 ratings
58.
Journey into the Whirlwind
Journey into the Whirlwind 4.33 avg rating — 3,854 ratings
59.
Earthly Powers
Earthly Powers 4.13 avg rating — 3,358 ratings
60.
Puckoon
Puckoon 3.71 avg rating — 3,830 ratings
61.
The Trial of Henry Kissinger
The Trial of Henry Kissinger 3.96 avg rating — 4,486 ratings
62.
The Selected Poems of Frank O'Hara
The Selected Poems of Frank O'Hara 4.34 avg rating — 1,447 ratings
63.
Kafka Was the Rage: A Greenwich Village Memoir
Kafka Was the Rage: A Greenwich Village Memoir 3.73 avg rating — 2,381 ratings
64.
A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891 - 1924
A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution, 1891 - 1924 4.37 avg rating — 5,694 ratings
65.
On Having No Head: Zen and the Rediscovery of the Obvious
On Having No Head: Zen and the Rediscovery of the Obvious 3.71 avg rating — 2,480 ratings
66.
English Journey
English Journey 4.07 avg rating — 446 ratings
67.
Nowhere to Run: The Story of Soul Music
Nowhere to Run: The Story of Soul Music 4.16 avg rating — 190 ratings
68.
The 42nd Parallel (U.S.A. #1)
The 42nd Parallel (U.S.A. #1) 3.83 avg rating — 7,652 ratings
69.
The Life and Times of Little Richard: The Authorised Biography
The Life and Times of Little Richard: The Authorised Biography 4.03 avg rating — 571 ratings
70.
The Age of American Unreason
The Age of American Unreason 3.84 avg rating — 3,261 ratings
71.
Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom: The Golden Age of Rock
Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom: The Golden Age of Rock
by: Nik Cohn
3.75 avg rating — 564 ratings
72.
City of Night
City of Night 3.94 avg rating — 4,903 ratings
73.
Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom
Sweet Soul Music: Rhythm and Blues and the Southern Dream of Freedom 4.24 avg rating — 2,349 ratings
74.
In Bluebeard's Castle: Some Notes Towards the Redefinition of Culture
In Bluebeard's Castle: Some Notes Towards the Redefinition of Culture really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 567 ratings
75.
Zanoni: A Rosicrucian Tale
Zanoni: A Rosicrucian Tale 3.89 avg rating — 638 ratings
76.
The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll
The Sound of the City: The Rise of Rock and Roll 4.13 avg rating — 293 ratings
77.
The Beano Book 1960
The Beano Book 1960 4.31 avg rating — 35 ratings
78.
Read Yourself Raw
Read Yourself Raw 4.35 avg rating — 116 ratings
79.
The Hidden Persuaders
The Hidden Persuaders 3.84 avg rating — 1,313 ratings
80.
25 Years of Viz: Silver Plated Jubilee
25 Years of Viz: Silver Plated Jubilee 3.83 avg rating — 18 ratings
81.
Tales of Beatnik Glory
Tales of Beatnik Glory 4.08 avg rating — 206 ratings
82.
Strange People
Strange People 3.70 avg rating — 132 ratings
83.
Teenage: The Creation of Youth Culture
Teenage: The Creation of Youth Culture 3.94 avg rating — 501 ratings
84.
Infants of the Spring
Infants of the Spring 3.81 avg rating — 475 ratings
85.
All The Emperor's Horses
All The Emperor's Horses 4.05 avg rating — 417 ratings
86.
Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art
Dictionary of Subjects and Symbols in Art 4.24 avg rating — 242 ratings
87.
Interviews with Francis Bacon
Interviews with Francis Bacon 4.34 avg rating — 1,177 ratings
88.
Private Eye: The First 50 Years
Private Eye: The First 50 Years 4.28 avg rating — 101 ratings
89.
Transcendental Magic: Its Doctrine and Ritual
Transcendental Magic: Its Doctrine and Ritual 4.05 avg rating — 1,726 ratings
90.
The Insult
The Insult 3.64 avg rating — 1,426 ratings
91.
The Bridge
The Bridge 4.09 avg rating — 1,112 ratings
92.
Blast #1
Blast #1 4.05 avg rating — 254 ratings
93.
A Grave for a Dolphin
A Grave for a Dolphin 3.81 avg rating — 47 ratings
94.
Metropolitan Life
Metropolitan Life 3.80 avg rating — 2,020 ratings
95.
Beyond the Brillo Box: The Visual Arts in Post-Historical Perspective
Beyond the Brillo Box: The Visual Arts in Post-Historical Perspective 3.89 avg rating — 151 ratings
96.
Complete Tadanori Yokoo
Complete Tadanori Yokoo 4.33 avg rating — 18 ratings
97.
David Bomberg
David Bomberg 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings
98.
Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews : First Series
Writers at Work: The Paris Review Interviews : First Series 4.24 avg rating — 169 ratings
99.
Octobriana and the Russian Underground
Octobriana and the Russian Underground 3.78 avg rating — 55 ratings
100.
Silence: Lectures and Writings
Silence: Lectures and Writings
by: John Cage
4.22 avg rating — 3,569 ratings