Brian's votes on the list Best Books Ever

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1	Ham on Rye by Charles Bukowski 4.14 avg rating — 118,093 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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 Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre by H.P. Lovecraft 4.30 avg rating — 30,195 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Film as Art by Rudolf Arnheim 3.87 avg rating — 425 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Essential Brakhage: Selected Writings on Filmmaking by Stan Brakhage 4.17 avg rating — 132 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Essential Deren: Collected Writings on Film by Maya Deren 4.43 avg rating — 159 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Our Oriental Heritage (The Story of Civilization, #1) by Will Durant 4.30 avg rating — 3,557 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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 Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence by Carl Sagan 4.19 avg rating — 21,434 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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	1984 by George Orwell 4.20 avg rating — 5,400,314 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Ideas and Opinions by Albert Einstein 4.12 avg rating — 3,331 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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 Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe 4.40 avg rating — 295,022 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Profit Over People: Neoliberalism and Global Order by Noam Chomsky 4.03 avg rating — 7,313 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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	The Shining (The Shining, #1) by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 1,693,434 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 4.10 avg rating — 1,475,727 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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 Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey 4.20 avg rating — 777,460 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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	A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present by Howard Zinn 4.09 avg rating — 264,797 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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	As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner 3.72 avg rating — 186,108 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author) 3.74 avg rating — 103,358 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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	The Hellbound Heart by Clive Barker (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 68,043 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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 Passage (The Passage, #1) by Justin Cronin (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 222,529 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Naked Lunch: The Restored Text by William S. Burroughs 3.46 avg rating — 98,318 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Dry by Augusten Burroughs (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 98,215 ratings Brian rated it 4 stars See Review	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 Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism by Naomi Klein 4.29 avg rating — 53,422 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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	To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 4.26 avg rating — 6,827,553 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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	NOS4A2 by Joe Hill (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 143,721 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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 Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard by Robert E. Howard 4.12 avg rating — 2,986 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal by Eric Schlosser 3.75 avg rating — 206,479 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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	The Eye of the World (The Wheel of Time, #1) by Robert Jordan 4.19 avg rating — 589,019 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Animal Farm by George Orwell 4.02 avg rating — 4,499,427 ratings Brian rated it 4 stars See Review	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	Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare 3.74 avg rating — 2,807,946 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Lord of the Flies by William Golding 3.70 avg rating — 3,177,622 ratings Brian rated it 4 stars See Review	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	Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 3.90 avg rating — 2,812,354 ratings Brian rated it 4 stars See Review	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	Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 3.97 avg rating — 2,805,878 ratings Brian rated it 4 stars See Review	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	Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 3.98 avg rating — 2,062,420 ratings Brian rated it 4 stars See Review	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 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2) by Mark Twain 3.83 avg rating — 1,333,939 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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 Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger 3.80 avg rating — 3,868,929 ratings Brian rated it 4 stars See Review	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	Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 3.80 avg rating — 869,925 ratings Brian rated it 4 stars See Review	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
37	A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 766,076 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse 4.08 avg rating — 870,340 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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
39	Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville 3.56 avg rating — 613,183 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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	It by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 1,257,677 ratings Brian rated it 4 stars See Review	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
41	A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare 3.94 avg rating — 576,310 ratings Brian rated it 4 stars See Review	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
42	Alice in Wonderland by Jane Carruth (Adapted By) 4.03 avg rating — 396,626 ratings	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 Time Machine by H.G. Wells 3.89 avg rating — 562,442 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 4.06 avg rating — 278,872 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson 3.83 avg rating — 661,062 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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	The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals by Michael Pollan (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 210,054 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 151,014 ratings Brian rated it 4 stars See Review	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	Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 123,691 ratings Brian rated it 4 stars See Review	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	Choke by Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author) 3.71 avg rating — 220,551 ratings Brian rated it 4 stars See Review	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	Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm 4.23 avg rating — 220,842 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1) by Henry Miller 3.65 avg rating — 77,758 ratings Brian rated it 4 stars See Review	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	River God (Ancient Egypt, #1) by Wilbur Smith 4.23 avg rating — 43,714 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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
54	The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark by Carl Sagan 4.29 avg rating — 79,950 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Summer of Night (Seasons of Horror, #1) by Dan Simmons 4.04 avg rating — 28,695 ratings Brian rated it 4 stars See Review	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	This Is Your Brain on Music by Daniel J. Levitin 3.89 avg rating — 67,617 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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	The Short Stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald 4.22 avg rating — 14,938 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 4.15 avg rating — 435,247 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Piercing by Ryū Murakami 3.68 avg rating — 19,285 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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	2001: A Space Odyssey (Space Odyssey, #1) by Arthur C. Clarke 4.18 avg rating — 335,062 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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
61	Radical Abundance: How a Revolution in Nanotechnology Will Change Civilization by K. Eric Drexler 3.64 avg rating — 490 ratings Brian rated it 4 stars See Review	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
62	More Than Human by Theodore Sturgeon 3.93 avg rating — 19,408 ratings Brian rated it 4 stars See Review	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	Claiming the Real: The Documentary Film Revisited by Brian Winston 4.12 avg rating — 25 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Three Screenplays: Viridiana, The Exterminating Angel, Simon of the Desert by Luis Buñuel 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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	The Transition of H. P. Lovecraft: The Road to Madness by H.P. Lovecraft 4.31 avg rating — 9,834 ratings Brian rated it 5 stars See Review	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