Laura's Year of Reading Dangerously (24 books)

Discover new books on Goodreads

Meet your next favorite book

Listopia > Laura's Year of Reading Dangerously

I stumbled upon a book entitled "The Year of Reading Dangerously: How Fifty Great Books (and Two Not-So-Great Ones) Saved My Life" while searching for a copy of "The Master and Margarita" at my local library, and was immediately intrigued. I've just turned 40, and have recently been doing some reading challenges (like the Les Misérables Chapter-A-Day Read-Along in 2018), so the idea of reading some Great Books over the next year or so seemed like a great idea. Here's my list of reading materials, running from October 2018 through the end of 2019.

flag

All Votes Add Books To This List

1	Doña Barbara by Rómulo Gallegos 3.82 avg rating — 6,398 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
2	The Coldest Winter Ever (The Coldest Winter Ever, #1) by Sister Souljah 4.46 avg rating — 44,824 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
3	The Year of Reading Dangerously by Andy Miller 3.31 avg rating — 6,329 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
4	My Life on the Road by Gloria Steinem 4.07 avg rating — 37,349 ratings score: 97, 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
5	Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 3.92 avg rating — 315,414 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
6	The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 4.34 avg rating — 2,614,683 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
7	The Annotated Alice: The Definitive Edition by Lewis Carroll 4.06 avg rating — 624,883 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
8	The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov 4.28 avg rating — 452,239 ratings score: 93, 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
9	Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 3.92 avg rating — 2,009,779 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
10	2666, Part 1: The Part About The Critics by Roberto Bolaño 4.20 avg rating — 2,402 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
11	Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4.29 avg rating — 1,163,118 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
12	Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 4.31 avg rating — 427,206 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
13	Another Country by James Baldwin 4.30 avg rating — 37,573 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
14	Beloved by Toni Morrison 3.99 avg rating — 515,973 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
15	The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead (Goodreads Author) 3.61 avg rating — 17,219 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
16	Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison 3.93 avg rating — 207,095 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
17	A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 3.88 avg rating — 1,035,634 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
18	Coyote Songs by Gabino Iglesias (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 1,677 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
19	The Good Women of China: Hidden Voices by Xinran 4.32 avg rating — 13,714 ratings score: 82, 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
20	The Last Reader by David Toscana 3.43 avg rating — 689 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
21	Naoko by Keigo Higashino 3.87 avg rating — 6,787 ratings score: 80, 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
22	The Last Samurai by Helen DeWitt 4.11 avg rating — 13,442 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
23	The Strange Crimes of Little Africa by Chesya Burke (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 26 ratings score: 78, 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
24	Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,284,946 ratings score: 77, 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