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Steal Like an Artist by Austin KleonJust Kids by Patti SmithBird by Bird by Anne LamottFlow by Mihály CsíkszentmihályiAs You Like It by William Shakespeare
Steal Like an Artist reading list!
14 books — 7 voters
My Booky Wook by Russell BrandBossypants by Tina FeyIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy KalingI Don't Care About Your Band by Julie KlausnerI Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane Crosley
Books by Comics
195 books — 218 voters

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Geography of Bliss by Eric Weiner
Best Memoirs/Autobiography/Travel
1,319 books — 943 voters
Wild by Cheryl StrayedThe Winter of Our Disconnect by Susan MaushartOrange Is the New Black by Piper KermanEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin
A Year in the Life
211 books — 329 voters

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward AlbeeSix Degrees of Separation by John GuareAugust by Tracy LettsDoubt, a Parable by John Patrick ShanleyCrimes of the Heart by Beth Henley
Best American Plays
250 books — 367 voters
The Secret History by Donna TarttSpecial Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha PesslPrep by Curtis SittenfeldOld School by Tobias WolffThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
School Novels
106 books — 151 voters

The Marriage Plot by Jeffrey EugenidesZone One by Colson WhiteheadSteve Jobs by Walter IsaacsonBossypants by Tina Fey
Deferred Gratification: 2011's Most Eagerly Awaited New Books
126 books — 377 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsTwilight by Stephenie MeyerHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingOne Day by David Nicholls
Books to Big Screen
218 books — 55 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnimal Farm by George OrwellSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,768 books — 26,022 voters
Noises Off by Michael FraynHamlet by William Shakespeare
Plays Within Plays, Novels, and Other Works
41 books — 34 voters

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisNaked by David SedarisA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonBossypants by Tina FeyHyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
Books That Made Me Laugh Out Loud
2,065 books — 2,421 voters
The Crucible by Arthur Miller
Best Historical Fiction
7,437 books — 25,624 voters

One Day by David NichollsFreedom by Jonathan FranzenChanging My Mind by Zadie SmithLife by Keith RichardsA Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2010 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 663 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniSharp Objects by Gillian FlynnThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,214 books — 11,339 voters

Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesAtonement by Ian McEwanSeabiscuit by Laura HillenbrandThe Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,186 books — 28,369 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerEast of Eden by John Steinbeck1984 by George Orwell
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,790 voters

Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene
Best Graham Greene novels
25 books — 203 voters
Open by Andre AgassiWolf Hall by Hilary MantelLit by Mary Karr
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2009 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 118 voters

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonWild by Cheryl StrayedThe Geography of Bliss by Eric WeinerDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller
Favorite Travel Books
2,026 books — 3,940 voters
Finnegans Wake by James JoyceInfinite Jest by David Foster Wallace2666 by Roberto Bolaño
Most Difficult Novels
589 books — 2,043 voters

Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertWasted by Marya HornbacherThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique BaubyKitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,855 books — 6,377 voters
Stumbling on Happiness by Daniel Todd Gilbert
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,267 books — 4,481 voters

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Fantasy Books I Have Read
104 books — 28 voters
Haunted by Chuck PalahniukThe Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim EdwardsThe Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,638 books — 5,990 voters

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyEast of Eden by John SteinbeckJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëPossession by A.S. Byatt
Size Doesn't Matter - The Long and Large Classics of Literature
304 books — 398 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHamlet by William Shakespeare
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,719 books — 120,746 voters

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisNaked by David SedarisA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonWhen You Are Engulfed in Flames by David SedarisDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
Books that Make you Laugh
3,501 books — 5,076 voters
The Monster of Florence by Douglas Preston
True Crime
730 books — 620 voters

Old School by Tobias WolffOn Beauty by Zadie SmithThe Secret History by Donna TarttThe Physick Book of Deliverance Dane by Katherine HowePrep by Curtis Sittenfeld
Ivy League & Private School Preoccupations
133 books — 196 voters
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsNaked by David SedarisThe Liars' Club by Mary KarrDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller
Best Strange and Twisted Memoirs
707 books — 1,058 voters


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