5000 BEST BOOKS

Year from to
 
RankScoreTitle (Year)LinksWriter
1801.6.9Why Is Sex Fun? (1997)GR  AM  KBJared M. Diamond
1802.6.9The Elements of Style (1959)GR  AM  KBE.B. White
1803.6.9Inherent Vice (2009)GR  AM  KBThomas Pynchon
1804.6.9Dreams from My Father (1995)GR  AM  KBBarack Obama
1805.6.9The Mist (2007)GR  AM  KBStephen King
1806.6.9Killing Floor (1997)GR  AM  KBLee Child
1807.6.9The Salmon of Doubt (2002)GR  AM  KBDouglas Adams
1808.6.9Never Cry Wolf (1963)GR  AM  KBFarley Mowat
1809.6.9Towers of Midnight (2010)GR  AM  KBBrandon Sanderson
1810.6.9The Princess Diaries (2000)GR  AM  KBMeg Cabot
1811.6.9The Colorado Kid (2005)GR  AM  KBStephen King
1812.6.9Chariots of the Gods? (1968)GR  AM  KBErich von Daniken
1813.6.9Here Be Dragons (1985)GR  AM  KBSharon Kay Penman
1814.6.9Humboldt's Gift (1975)GR  AM  KBSaul Bellow
1815.6.9The Piano Teacher (1983)GR  AM  KBElfriede Jelinek
1816.6.9When the Wind BlowsGR  AM  KBRaymond Briggs
1817.6.9The Illuminatus! Trilogy (1984)GR  AM  KBRobert Anton Wilson
1818.6.9Rendezvous with Rama (1973)GR  AM  KBArthur C. Clarke
1819.6.9Metro 2033 (2005)GR  AM  KBDmitry Glukhovsky
1820.6.9The Art of Loving (1956)GR  AM  KBErich Fromm
1821.6.9Time Enough for Love (1973)GR  AM  KBRobert A. Heinlein
1822.6.9Owl and the PussycatGR  AM  KBEdward Lear
1823.6.9The Ipcress FileGR  AM  KBLen Deighton
1824.6.9Austerlitz (2001)GR  AM  KBWG Sebald
1825.6.9Al Capone Does My ShirtsGR  AM  KBGennifer Choldenko
1826.6.9The Death and Life of Charlie St. Cloud (2010)GR  AM  KBBen Sherwood
1827.6.9Measure for MeasureGR  AM  KBWilliam Shakespeare
1828.6.9HerzogGR  AM  KBSaul Bellow
1829.6.9The Dark Tower: The Wind Through the Keyhole (2012)GR  AM  KBStephen King
1830.6.9Mardock ScrambleGR  AM  KB
1831.6.9The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism (1905)GR  AM  KBMax Weber
1832.6.9Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (2004)GR  AM  KBJohn Perkins
1833.6.9The Way of Kings (2010)GR  AM  KBBrandon Sanderson
1834.6.9Discipline and Punish (1975)GR  AM  KBMichel Foucault
1835.6.9Anne of Avonlea (1909)GR  AM  KBL.M. Montgomery
1836.6.9NightingaleGR  AM  KBHans Christian Andersen
1837.6.9Lost Horizon (1933)GR  AM  KBJames Hilton
1838.6.9Strangers on a TrainGR  AM  KBPatricia Highsmith
1839.6.9Untouchable (1935)GR  AM  KBMulk Raj Anand
1840.6.9The Crimson Petal and the White (2002)GR  AM  KBMichel Faber
1841.6.9Shiloh (1991)GR  AM  KBPhyllis Reynolds Naylor
1842.6.9Breathing Lessons (1988)GR  AM  KBAnne Tyler
1843.6.9Crossed (2010)GR  AM  KB
1844.6.9Hannibal Rising (2006)GR  AM  KBThomas Harris
1845.6.9One Night @ the Call Center (2005)GR  AM  KBChetan Bhagat
1846.6.9Tolkien's Legendarium (2000)GR  AM  KBCarl F. Hostetter
1847.6.9Merck Index: An Encyclopedia of Chemicals Drugs and BiologicalsGR  AM  KB
1848.6.9Infinite Crisis (2006)GR  AM  KB
1849.6.9Lost Girls (1992)GR  AM  KB
1850.6.9Water MarginGR  AM  KBShi Nai'an
1851.6.9The Walking Dead: Rise of the Governor (2011)GR  AM  KBJay Bonansinga
1852.6.9Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar ChildrenGR  AM  KBRansom Riggs
1853.6.9Devdas (1917)GR  AM  KBSarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
1854.6.9Wolf Moon (1988)GR  AM  KBCharles de Lint
1855.6.9Avalon High (2005)GR  AM  KBMeg Cabot
1856.6.9Sula (1973)GR  AM  KBToni Morrison
1857.6.9Whipping Boy (1986)GR  AM  KBSid Fleischman
1858.6.9The Glass Key (1931)GR  AM  KBDashiell Hammett
1859.6.9Cakes and Ale - Or, the Skeleton in the Cupboard (1930)GR  AM  KBW Somerset Maugham
1860.6.9The Pursuit of Love (1945)GR  AM  KBNancy Mitford
1861.6.9Microserfs (1995)GR  AM  KBDouglas Coupland
1862.6.9The Siege of Krishnapur (1973)GR  AM  KBJG Farrell
1863.6.9The Urantia Book (1955)GR  AM  KB
1864.6.9Batman: Hush (2003)GR  AM  KB
1865.6.9KoizoraGR  AM  KB
1866.6.9Porterhouse BlueGR  AM  KBTom Sharpe
1867.6.9Postmortem (1990)GR  AM  KBPatricia Cornwell
1868.6.9Spies (2002)GR  AM  KBMichael Frayn
1869.6.9The Line of Beauty (2004)GR  AM  KBAlan Hollinghurst
1870.6.9Revolution 2020 (2011)GR  AM  KBChetan Bhagat
1871.6.9The Beautiful and Damned (1922)GR  AM  KBF. Scott Fitzgerald
1872.6.9Flat Stanley (1964)GR  AM  KBJeff Brown
1873.6.9The Singularity Is Near (2005)GR  AM  KBRaymond Kurzweil
1874.6.9Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging (1999)GR  AM  KBLouise Rennison
1875.6.9Far SideGR  AM  KBGary Larson
1876.6.9Ecclesiastical History of the English PeopleGR  AM  KBVenerable Bede
1877.6.9House that Jack BuiltGR  AM  KB
1878.6.9Blott on the LandscapeGR  AM  KBTom Sharpe
1879.6.9Malone Dies (1951)GR  AM  KBSamuel Beckett
1880.6.9Julie, ou la Nouvelle Heloise (1761)GR  AM  KBJean-Jacques Rousseau
1881.6.9AtomisedGR  AM  KBMichel Houellebecq
1882.6.9Uncle Silas (1864)GR  AM  KBJoseph Sheridan Le Fanu
1883.6.9Salem Falls (2001)GR  AM  KBJodi Picoult
1884.6.9The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch (1965)GR  AM  KBPhilip K. Dick
1885.6.9Chocolat (1999)GR  AM  KBJoanne Harris
1886.6.9Eldest (2005)GR  AM  KBChristopher Paolini
1887.6.952 (2007)GR  AM  KB
1888.6.9Little Lord FauntleroyGR  AM  KBFrances Hodgson Burnett
1889.6.9Galapagos (1985)GR  AM  KBKurt Vonnegut
1890.6.9Sphere (1987)GR  AM  KBMichael Crichton
1891.6.9The Blank Slate (2002)GR  AM  KBSteven Pinker
1892.6.9Hoot (2002)GR  AM  KBCarl Hiaasen
1893.6.9The Monkey Wrench Gang (1975)GR  AM  KBEdward Abbey
1894.6.9The Time Ships (1995)GR  AM  KBStephen Baxter
1895.6.9Tomorrow, When the War Began (1993)GR  AM  KBJohn Marsden
1896.6.9The Last OlympianGR  AM  KBRick Riordan
1897.6.9Gathering Blue (2000)GR  AM  KBLois Lowry
1898.6.9Vril (1870)GR  AM  KBEdward Bulwer-Lytton
1899.6.9The Art of Computer Programming (1968)GR  AM  KBDonald Knuth
1900.6.9From the Earth to the Moon (1865)GR  AM  KBJules Verne
 
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5000 Best Books, by Arek Paterek (Twitter), 2012.
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