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"Gumption" Required Reading
1.
Washington: A Life
by:
Ron Chernow
4.16 avg rating — 79,892 ratings
2.
The Illuminatus! Trilogy
by:
Robert Shea
4.01 avg rating — 16,030 ratings
3.
A Benjamin Franklin Reader
by:
Benjamin Franklin
3.97 avg rating — 352 ratings
4.
Benjamin Franklin: An American Life
by:
Walter Isaacson
4.05 avg rating — 147,337 ratings
5.
James Madison: A Son of Virginia and a Founder of the Nation
by:
Jeff Broadwater
3.29 avg rating — 156 ratings
6.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
by:
Frederick Douglass
4.12 avg rating — 132,002 ratings
7.
Selected Speeches and Writings of Theodore Roosevelt
by:
Theodore Roosevelt
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 22 ratings
8.
Hunting Trips of a Ranchman & The Wilderness Hunter
by:
Theodore Roosevelt
4.10 avg rating — 248 ratings
9.
An Autobiography of Theodore Roosevelt
by:
Stephen Vincent Brennan
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 11 ratings
10.
The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt, #1)
by:
Edmund Morris
4.23 avg rating — 59,130 ratings
11.
Genius of Place: The Life of Frederick Law Olmsted (A Merloyd Lawrence Book)
by:
Justin Martin
4.33 avg rating — 1,142 ratings
12.
Frederick Law Olmsted: Essential Texts
by:
Frederick Law Olmsted
4.09 avg rating — 11 ratings
13.
A Clearing in the Distance: Frederick Law Olmsted and America in the 19th Century
by:
Witold Rybczynski
4.05 avg rating — 1,043 ratings
14.
Country, Park & City: The Architecture and Life of Calvert Vaux
by:
Francis R. Kowsky
4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
15.
The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt
by:
Eleanor Roosevelt
3.93 avg rating — 3,656 ratings
16.
Jayber Crow
by:
Wendell Berry
4.40 avg rating — 21,225 ratings
17.
Life is a Miracle: An Essay Against Modern Superstition
by:
Wendell Berry
4.21 avg rating — 1,240 ratings
18.
The Memory of Old Jack
by:
Wendell Berry
4.34 avg rating — 3,828 ratings
19.
Fidelity: Five Stories
by:
Wendell Berry
4.41 avg rating — 2,884 ratings
20.
Bringing it to the Table: On Farming and Food
by:
Wendell Berry
4.18 avg rating — 2,010 ratings
21.
The Way of Ignorance and Other Essays
by:
Wendell Berry
4.17 avg rating — 790 ratings
22.
Nathan Coulter
by:
Wendell Berry
3.92 avg rating — 5,222 ratings
23.
Our Only World: Ten Essays
by:
Wendell Berry
4.20 avg rating — 966 ratings
24.
Citizenship Papers
by:
Wendell Berry
4.26 avg rating — 461 ratings
25.
In the Presence of Fear
by:
Wendell Berry
4.25 avg rating — 281 ratings
26.
Watch With Me
by:
Wendell Berry
4.42 avg rating — 646 ratings
27.
Grapefruit: A Book of Instructions and Drawings
by:
Yoko Ono
4.21 avg rating — 2,743 ratings
28.
Days That I'll Remember: Spending Time with John Lennon and Yoko Ono
by:
Jonathan Cott
3.68 avg rating — 450 ratings
29.
All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono
by:
David Sheff
4.20 avg rating — 847 ratings
30.
Second Nature: A Gardener's Education
by:
Michael Pollan
3.93 avg rating — 8,990 ratings
31.
A Place of My Own: The Education of an Amateur Builder
by:
Michael Pollan
3.86 avg rating — 5,445 ratings
32.
The Botany of Desire: A Plant's-Eye View of the World
by:
Michael Pollan
4.06 avg rating — 58,655 ratings
33.
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
by:
Michael Pollan
4.19 avg rating — 208,900 ratings
34.
In Defense of Food: An Eater's Manifesto
by:
Michael Pollan
4.07 avg rating — 118,650 ratings
35.
Food Rules: An Eater's Manual
by:
Michael Pollan
3.99 avg rating — 48,350 ratings
36.
Cooked: A Natural History of Transformation
by:
Michael Pollan
4.08 avg rating — 25,638 ratings
37.
The Shaker Legacy: Perspectives on an Enduring Furniture Style
by:
Christian Becksvoort
4.29 avg rating — 45 ratings
38.
In Harmony With Wood
by:
Christian Becksvoort
4.40 avg rating — 5 ratings
39.
Why We Make Things and Why It Matters: The Education of a Craftsman
by:
Peter Korn
3.73 avg rating — 1,696 ratings
40.
Wooden Boats: In Pursuit of the Perfect Craft at an American Boatyard
by:
Michael Ruhlman
4.20 avg rating — 209 ratings
41.
Schooner: Building a Wooden Boat on Martha's Vineyard
by:
Tom Dunlop
4.38 avg rating — 16 ratings
42.
Building Classic Small Craft: Complete Plans & Instructions for 47 Boats
by:
John Gardner
4.09 avg rating — 35 ratings
43.
Canoecraft Revised & Expanded
by:
Ted Moores
4.58 avg rating — 24 ratings
44.
The Soul of a Tree: A Master Woodworker's Reflections
by:
George Nakashima
4.47 avg rating — 408 ratings
45.
Nature Form & Spirit: The Life and Legacy of George Nakashima
by:
Mira Nakashima
4.56 avg rating — 39 ratings
46.
This Time Together: Laughter and Reflection
by:
Carol Burnett
4.07 avg rating — 20,824 ratings
47.
One More Time
by:
Carol Burnett
4.17 avg rating — 2,503 ratings
48.
Adult Head
by:
Jeff Tweedy
3.52 avg rating — 297 ratings
49.
Wilco: Learning How to Die
by:
Greg Kot
3.91 avg rating — 1,506 ratings
50.
Wilco: Sunken Treasure
by:
Tim Grierson
3.71 avg rating — 52 ratings
51.
CivilWarLand in Bad Decline
by:
George Saunders
4.21 avg rating — 22,040 ratings
52.
Tenth of December
by:
George Saunders
3.98 avg rating — 80,052 ratings
53.
The Braindead Megaphone
by:
George Saunders
3.97 avg rating — 5,575 ratings
54.
Congratulations, by the Way: Some Thoughts on Kindness
by:
George Saunders
4.18 avg rating — 8,982 ratings
55.
Stories from the Nerve Bible: A Retrospective, 1972-1992
by:
Laurie Anderson
4.58 avg rating — 109 ratings
56.
Roll Me Up and Smoke Me When I Die: Musings from the Road
by:
Willie Nelson
3.44 avg rating — 2,784 ratings
57.
The Facts of Life and Other Dirty Jokes
by:
Willie Nelson
3.66 avg rating — 629 ratings
58.
Beatles Gear: All the Fab Four's Instruments from Stage to Studio, The Ultimate Edition
by:
Andy Babiuk
4.55 avg rating — 363 ratings
59.
The Beatles: The Biography
by:
Bob Spitz
4.09 avg rating — 13,232 ratings
60.
King Lear
by:
William Shakespeare
3.91 avg rating — 232,706 ratings
61.
Born in Blood: The Lost Secrets of Freemasonry
by:
John J. Robinson
3.94 avg rating — 1,309 ratings
62.
The Unsettling of America: Culture and Agriculture
by:
Wendell Berry
4.33 avg rating — 6,466 ratings