"Gumption" Required Reading

1.
Washington: A Life
Washington: A Life 4.16 avg rating — 79,892 ratings
2.
The Illuminatus! Trilogy
The Illuminatus! Trilogy 4.01 avg rating — 16,030 ratings
3.
A Benjamin Franklin Reader
A Benjamin Franklin Reader 3.97 avg rating — 352 ratings
4.
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life 4.05 avg rating — 147,337 ratings
6.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 4.12 avg rating — 132,002 ratings
7.
Selected Speeches and Writings of Theodore Roosevelt
Selected Speeches and Writings of Theodore Roosevelt really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 22 ratings
9.
An Autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt
An Autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt liked it 3.00 avg rating — 11 ratings
15.
The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt
The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt 3.93 avg rating — 3,656 ratings
16.
Jayber Crow
Jayber Crow 4.40 avg rating — 21,225 ratings
18.
The Memory of Old Jack
The Memory of Old Jack 4.34 avg rating — 3,828 ratings
19.
Fidelity: Five Stories
Fidelity: Five Stories 4.41 avg rating — 2,884 ratings
20.
Bringing it to the Table: On Farming and Food
Bringing it to the Table: On Farming and Food 4.18 avg rating — 2,010 ratings
21.
The Way of Ignorance and Other Essays
The Way of Ignorance and Other Essays 4.17 avg rating — 790 ratings
22.
Nathan Coulter
Nathan Coulter 3.92 avg rating — 5,222 ratings
23.
Our Only World: Ten Essays
Our Only World: Ten Essays 4.20 avg rating — 966 ratings
24.
Citizenship Papers
Citizenship Papers 4.26 avg rating — 461 ratings
25.
In the Presence of Fear
In the Presence of Fear 4.25 avg rating — 281 ratings
26.
Watch With Me
Watch With Me 4.42 avg rating — 646 ratings
27.
Grapefruit: A Book of Instructions and Drawings
Grapefruit: A Book of Instructions and Drawings
by: Yoko Ono
4.21 avg rating — 2,743 ratings
30.
Second Nature: A Gardener's Education
Second Nature: A Gardener's Education 3.93 avg rating — 8,990 ratings
34.
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto 4.07 avg rating — 118,650 ratings
35.
Food Rules: An Eater's Manual
Food Rules: An Eater's Manual 3.99 avg rating — 48,350 ratings
36.
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation 4.08 avg rating — 25,638 ratings
38.
In Harmony With Wood
In Harmony With Wood 4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
43.
Canoecraft Revised & Expanded
Canoecraft Revised & Expanded 4.58 avg rating — 24 ratings
46.
This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection
This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection 4.07 avg rating — 20,824 ratings
47.
One More Time
One More Time 4.17 avg rating — 2,503 ratings
48.
Adult Head
Adult Head 3.52 avg rating — 297 ratings
49.
Wilco: Learning How to Die
Wilco: Learning How to Die
by: Greg Kot
3.91 avg rating — 1,506 ratings
50.
Wilco: Sunken Treasure
Wilco: Sunken Treasure 3.71 avg rating — 52 ratings
51.
CivilWarLand in Bad Decline
CivilWarLand in Bad Decline 4.21 avg rating — 22,040 ratings
52.
Tenth of December
Tenth of December 3.98 avg rating — 80,052 ratings
53.
The Braindead Megaphone
The Braindead Megaphone 3.97 avg rating — 5,575 ratings
57.
The Facts of Life and Other Dirty Jokes
The Facts of Life and Other Dirty Jokes 3.66 avg rating — 629 ratings
59.
The Beatles: The Biography
The Beatles: The Biography
by: Bob Spitz
4.09 avg rating — 13,232 ratings
60.
King Lear
King Lear 3.91 avg rating — 232,706 ratings
61.
Born in Blood: The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry
Born in Blood: The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry 3.94 avg rating — 1,309 ratings