Favourite Books Upon Turning 65 (197 books)

The books I read in my twenties are NOT the same kind of books I read in my thirties or forties. Gosh, my 50s flew by. So here is a list of my top 100, favorite books now that I'm in my 60s. Many of these books I have read two or three times, so they are highly recommended!

Keep in mind, I am not a Christian, nor am I an Atheist. With that said, my most favorite writers fall on both sides of this equation. From Christopher Hitchens to G.K. Chesterton, with Søren Kierkegaard somewhere in the middle? Reference politics, current events and history, I much prefer the conservative point of view to the vapid left-wing screeds so prevalent in our education system today. There are many incredible history writers out there who do not hate the United States or our history. From Victor Davis Hanson, Amity Shlaes, Lawrence Wright, Paul Johnson, Ronald Reagan, Winston Churchill, Milton Friedman, Thomas Sowell, Adam Smith, to Friedrich Hayek, I buy and read their books.

As for biographies, I won't waste my time on a "celebrity" but I will spend hours reading about someone who has made a significant contribution to history and society, be it good or bad.

The classics, you may ask yourself what do I mean by the classics. Well, there are the incredible ancient classics like Aristotle, Socrates and Plato. But there are also the great classics of fine literature of the 1800s and the early 1900s, especially the British and Russian authors of that time. I love both and I highly recommend readers of all ages to discover them.

Let's just say, I'm a conservative, philosophical agnostic who loves to read philosophy, politics, current events, history, biographies, the classics and last but most certainly not least, science fiction and espionage.

Science fiction and espionage? Well, we all read for different reasons, sometimes for information, sometimes for insight into the human condition and sometimes to escape. When I want to escape, I love to lose myself in a great science fiction book. From Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert Heinlein, George Orwell, Philip K. Dick, Stanislaw Lem, John Haldeman, to John Scalzi and Octavia Butler - just a few of my most favorite sci-fi authors. When I want to read a book that places emphasis on the "good" and the "bad" guys and lots of action, I read espionage. Who hasn't read John le Carré, Tom Clancy, Robert Ludlum, Vince Flynn, David Baldacci or Daniel Silva It is so easy to lose yourself in any of these writer's books.

I just won't waste my time or hard-earned money on popular self-help books, young adult books, vampire/zoombie pulp fiction, or books on political correctness and left-wing intolerance.

Life is just too short to waste what precious little time we have!

flag

All Votes Add Books To This List

1	1984 by George Orwell 4.20 avg rating — 5,362,932 ratings score: 975, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 353,797 ratings score: 754, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4.28 avg rating — 1,058,024 ratings score: 729, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier 4.25 avg rating — 709,293 ratings score: 671, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	The Wolf and the Shepherd by C.J. Thorin (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 21 ratings score: 600, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2) by Michael Shaara 4.33 avg rating — 91,329 ratings score: 568, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Howards End by E.M. Forster 3.96 avg rating — 94,361 ratings score: 527, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje 3.86 avg rating — 138,629 ratings score: 516, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 4.10 avg rating — 921,079 ratings score: 515, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton 3.97 avg rating — 193,757 ratings score: 512, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Atonement by Ian McEwan (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 559,346 ratings score: 511, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 3.87 avg rating — 935,331 ratings score: 502, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	A Room with a View by E.M. Forster 3.89 avg rating — 200,296 ratings score: 501, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 3.98 avg rating — 124,081 ratings score: 490, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 3.99 avg rating — 2,052,767 ratings score: 485, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1) by Larry McMurtry 4.57 avg rating — 233,019 ratings score: 485, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 4.11 avg rating — 788,636 ratings score: 479, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert 3.71 avg rating — 370,848 ratings score: 452, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov 4.28 avg rating — 413,156 ratings score: 415, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Undaunted Courage: The Pioneering First Mission to Explore America's Wild Frontier by Stephen E. Ambrose 4.23 avg rating — 67,270 ratings score: 377, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Night by Elie Wiesel 4.38 avg rating — 1,350,449 ratings score: 367, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Stranger by Albert Camus 4.03 avg rating — 1,365,541 ratings score: 364, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien 4.14 avg rating — 341,942 ratings score: 359, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4.21 avg rating — 213,557 ratings score: 329, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham 3.97 avg rating — 51,257 ratings score: 304, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 3,408,606 ratings score: 291, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1) by Arthur C. Clarke 4.18 avg rating — 334,026 ratings score: 271, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali 4.20 avg rating — 92,397 ratings score: 266, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown 4.26 avg rating — 101,290 ratings score: 244, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	The Plague by Albert Camus 4.02 avg rating — 309,537 ratings score: 240, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 4.31 avg rating — 1,252,185 ratings score: 238, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Guns of August by Barbara W. Tuchman 4.18 avg rating — 83,891 ratings score: 229, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein 3.92 avg rating — 325,472 ratings score: 221, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 1,936,019 ratings score: 201, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford 3.67 avg rating — 28,567 ratings score: 197, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl 4.37 avg rating — 858,750 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	Cosmos by Carl Sagan 4.40 avg rating — 157,649 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	A Handful of Dust by Evelyn Waugh 3.89 avg rating — 28,711 ratings score: 194, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Angle of Repose by Wallace Stegner 4.24 avg rating — 61,813 ratings score: 194, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler 4.12 avg rating — 33,450 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1) by Stephenie Meyer 3.67 avg rating — 7,231,491 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	The Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 21,103 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 860,674 ratings score: 182, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	The House on the Strand by Daphne du Maurier 3.82 avg rating — 14,578 ratings score: 179, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1) by C.J. Box 4.01 avg rating — 57,905 ratings score: 173, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town by Jon Krakauer (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 58,398 ratings score: 169, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	A Time for Mercy (Jake Brigance, #3) by John Grisham (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 96,607 ratings score: 167, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton 3.97 avg rating — 105,072 ratings score: 166, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	D-Day, June 6, 1944: The Battle for the Normandy Beaches by Stephen E. Ambrose 4.31 avg rating — 31,282 ratings score: 161, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	The Treasure of the Sierra Madre by B. Traven 4.10 avg rating — 3,105 ratings score: 158, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany by William L. Shirer 4.22 avg rating — 146,884 ratings score: 156, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin 4.28 avg rating — 198,598 ratings score: 153, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	The Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy 4.26 avg rating — 215,441 ratings score: 145, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1) by Frank McCourt 4.15 avg rating — 655,443 ratings score: 145, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	The Myth of Sisyphus by Albert Camus 4.17 avg rating — 89,933 ratings score: 144, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James 3.80 avg rating — 84,786 ratings score: 139, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman 4.11 avg rating — 115,861 ratings score: 137, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Ansel Adams in the National Parks: Photographs from America's Wild Places by Ansel Adams 4.63 avg rating — 285 ratings score: 134, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Every Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada 4.27 avg rating — 36,330 ratings score: 132, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest by Stephen E. Ambrose 4.44 avg rating — 137,741 ratings score: 131, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	I, Claudius (Claudius, #1) by Robert Graves 4.24 avg rating — 72,629 ratings score: 131, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	Dead Man's Walk (Lonesome Dove, #3) by Larry McMurtry 4.06 avg rating — 23,893 ratings score: 131, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	Survival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi 4.34 avg rating — 85,566 ratings score: 130, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du Maurier 4.01 avg rating — 68,161 ratings score: 129, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	Crazy Horse and Custer by Stephen E. Ambrose 4.23 avg rating — 9,216 ratings score: 128, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	Old Man's War (Old Man's War, #1) by John Scalzi (Goodreads Author) 4.23 avg rating — 221,409 ratings score: 119, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen (Pseudonym) 3.91 avg rating — 47,673 ratings score: 112, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	The Great War and Modern Memory by Paul Fussell 4.13 avg rating — 6,144 ratings score: 103, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	40 Days with the Fathers: A daily reading plan by Luke J. Wilson (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	The Wuhan Mission by Irving Waters (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 58 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	Arguably: Selected Essays by Christopher Hitchens 4.20 avg rating — 9,893 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	Forty-Ninth by Boris Pronsky (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 131 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	Intellectuals: From Marx and Tolstoy to Sartre and Chomsky by Paul Johnson 3.87 avg rating — 2,486 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace 4.25 avg rating — 100,402 ratings score: 98, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë 4.03 avg rating — 129,247 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	The Forever War (The Forever War, #1) by Joe Haldeman 4.14 avg rating — 179,196 ratings score: 97, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	The Captive Mind by Czesław Miłosz 4.27 avg rating — 4,853 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4.17 avg rating — 220,965 ratings score: 96, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	Death of a Dreamer (Hamish Macbeth, #21) by M.C. Beaton 3.88 avg rating — 6,490 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	Addicted to Twilight: Confessions of a Twilight Mom by Andrea Hayes really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	Making Sense of God: An Invitation to the Skeptical by Timothy J. Keller 4.34 avg rating — 5,019 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	The Billionaire's Vinegar: The Mystery of the World's Most Expensive Bottle of Wine by Benjamin Wallace (Goodreads Author) 3.56 avg rating — 8,251 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	The Library Book by Susan Orlean (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 122,987 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosiński 3.90 avg rating — 28,204 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	A History of the American People by Paul Johnson 4.11 avg rating — 3,004 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles 3.89 avg rating — 30,529 ratings score: 90, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	New Moon (The Twilight Saga, #2) by Stephenie Meyer 3.62 avg rating — 2,108,691 ratings score: 90, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	The Closing of the American Mind by Allan Bloom 3.76 avg rating — 5,936 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	The Quotable Kierkegaard by Gordon Marino 3.77 avg rating — 60 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	Fire Season: Field Notes from a Wilderness Lookout by Philip Connors 3.97 avg rating — 4,587 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	Is Christianity Good for the World? by Christopher Hitchens 3.83 avg rating — 888 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser 3.97 avg rating — 38,586 ratings score: 87, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	The Best of G.K. Chesterton by G.K. Chesterton really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	The Call of the Wild/White Fang/To Build a Fire by Jack London 4.23 avg rating — 2,687 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	The God that Failed by Richard Crossman (Editor) 4.03 avg rating — 456 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	Socrates: A Man for Our Times by Paul Johnson 3.73 avg rating — 1,512 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	To America: Personal Reflections of an Historian by Stephen E. Ambrose 3.90 avg rating — 2,239 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	The Crystal Cave/The Hollow Hills/Wildfire at Midnight by Mary Stewart 4.44 avg rating — 202 ratings score: 83, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	The Angel of the Odd by Edgar Allan Poe 3.36 avg rating — 1,150 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
100	Brief Lives by Paul Johnson 3.94 avg rating — 48 ratings score: 79, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars