Guide for the Perplexed
- Most recent first. List begins summer 2009.
- Recommended titles in bold.
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List:
- My Name is Asher Lev, by Chaim Potok.
- A Casual Vacancy, by J.K. Rowling.
- Gut: The Inside Story of Our Body's Most Underrated Organ, by Giulia Enders.
- How to Be an Adult in Relationships: The Five Keys of Mindful Loving, by David Richo.
- Expecting Better: Why the Conventional Wisdom of Pregnancy is Wrong and What You Really Need to Know, by Emily Oster.
- Whatever Next? Lessons from an Unexpected Life, by Anne Glenconner.
- Atonement, by Ian McEwan.
- The 80/80 Marriage, by Nate Klemp and Kaley Klemp.
- Ninety-Nine Glimpses of Princess Margaret, by Craig Brown.
- How to Stay in Love, by James J. Sexton.
- Lady in Waiting: My Extraordinary Life in the Shadow of the Crown, by Anne Glenconner.
- The Return of the King, by J.R.R. Tolkein.
- The Two Towers, by J.R.R. Tolkein.
- The Fellowship of the Ring, by J.R.R. Tolkein.
- Dopamine Nation, by Anna Lembke.
- Israel 201: Your Next-Level Guide to the Magic, Mystery, and Chaos of Life in the Holy Land, by Joel Chasnoff and Benji Lovitt.
- How the Talmud Can Change Your Life, by Liel Leibovitz.
- The Voyage of the Dawn Treader, by C.S. Lewis.
- Taste, by Stanley Tucci.
- Prince Caspian, by C.S. Lewis.
- Hope, by Niall Harbison.
- The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis.
- The Running Grave, by Robert Galbraith.
- Farewell to the East End, by Jennifer Worth.
- The Only One Left, by Riley Sagar.
- Atlas Shrugged, by Ayn Rand.
- This is How Your Marriage Ends, by Matthew Fray.
- Call the Midwife, by Jennifer Worth.
- The Ink Black Heart, by Robert Galbraith.
- Troubled Blood, by Robert Galbraith.
- Lethal White, by Robert Galbraith.
- Exercised, by Daniel E. Lieberman.
- Career of Evil, by Robert Galbraith.
- The Silkworm, by Robert Galbraith.
- Your One Wild and Precious Life, by Dr. Maureen Gaffney.
- The Cuckoo's Calling, by Robert Galbraith.
- Outlive: The Science and Art of Longevity, by Peter Attia.
- Emotionally Engaged, by Alison Moir-Smith.
- The Perfect Marriage, by Jeneva Rose.
- Immortality: A Love Story, by Dana Schwartz.
- The Contrarian, by Max Chafkin.
- README.txt, by Chelsea Manning.
- חתול תעלול, דוקטור סוס
- Reckless Girls, by Rachel Hawkins
- Verity, by Colleen Hoover.
- Spare, by Prince Harry.
- The Maid, by Nita Prose.
- Vengence, by George Jonas.
- Conclave, by Robert Harris.
- The Coffee Trader, by David Liss.
- Bowling Alone, by Robert Putnam.
- The Naked Mind, by Annie Grace.
- Just Keep Buying, by Nick Maggiulli.
- The Girl on the Train, by Paula Hawkins.
- Exodus, by Leon Uris.
- Lioness: Golda Meir and the Nation of Israel, by Francine Klagsbrun.
- 10 Ways to a Stronger Marriage, by Trey and Lea Morgan.
- Menachem Begin: The Battle for Israel’s Soul, by Daniel Gordis.
- David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens.
- Luckiest Girl Alive, by Jessica Knoll.
- Dracula, by Bram Stoker.
- The Godfather, by Mario Puzo.
- Can't Touch Me, by David Goggins.
- Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals, by Oliver Burkeman.
- With a Mind to Kill, by Anthony Horowitz.
- The Jewish Wedding Now, by Anita Diamant.
- The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work, by John Gottman and Nan Silver.
- Younger Next Year, by Chris Crowley and Henry Lodge.
- Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder, by Arnold Schwarzenegger.
- Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to Be an Ally, by Emily Ladau.
- Move, Train, Nourish: The Sustainable Way to a Healthier You, by Dominic Munnelly and Gráinne Parker.
- Lily's Promise: How I Survived Auschwitz and Found the Strength to Live, by Lily Ebert and Dov Forman.
- Shimon Peres: An Insider’s Account of the Man and the Struggle for a New Middle East, by Avi Gil.
- No Room for Small Dreams: Courage, Imagination, and the Making of Modern Israel, by Shimon Peres.
- Talent: How to Identify Energizers, Creatives, and Winners Around the World, by Tyler Cowen and Daniel Gross.
- The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work: A Practical Guide from the Country's Foremost Relationship Expert, by John Gottman and Nan Silver.
- Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics (1954–1981) with Attendant Comments, Principles, Heresies, Grudges, Whines and Anecdotes, by Stephen Sondheim.
- To Heal the World?: How the Jewish Left Corrupts Judaism and Endangers Israel, by Jonathan Neumann
- Mossad: The Great Operations of Israel's Famed Secret Service, by Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal.
- You, by Caroline Kepnes
- The Last Time I Lied, by Riley Sager
- Whole Earth: The Many Lives of Stewart Brand, by John Markoff.
- Beautiful Things, by Hunter Biden.
- המחשב הקטן - מנשה רחמים
- Battle Royale, by Koushun Takami.
- Nineteen Eighty-Four, by George Orwell.
- Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley.
- Anatomy: a Love Story, by Dana Schwartz.
- Mrs. Dalloway, by Virginia Woolf.
- Mother Courage and Her Children, by Bertolt Brecht.
- Jerusalem: The Biography, by Simon Sebag Montefiore.
- Maus, by Art Spiegelman.
- Pride and Prejudice, by Jane Austen.
- Gone Girl, by Gillian Flynn.
- The Hunt for Red October, by Tom Clancy.
- Kitchen Confidential, by Anthony Bourdain.
- Can We Talk About Israel?: A Guide for the Curious, Confused, and Conflicted, by Daniel Sokatch.
- SNAP Selling: Speed Up Sales and Win More Business with Today's Frazzled Customers, by Jill Konrath.
- Meditations on First Philosophy, by René Descartes. (Reread.)
- Home Before Dark, by Riley Sagar.
- Survive the Night, by Riley Sagar.
- The New Organon, by Francis Bacon.
- Elements (Book I), by Euclid.
- Lock Every Door, by Riley Sagar.
- Becoming Eve: My journey from Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi to Transgender Woman, by Abby Chava Stein
- Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy, by Anne Sebba.
- The Story of Hebrew, by Lewis Glinert.
- Physics, by Aristotle.
- Here I Am, by Jonathan Safran Foer.
- Spies of No Country, by Matti Friedman.
- Murder on the Links, by Agatha Christie.
- Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck.
- The Prime Ministers, by Yehuda Avner.
- German Jerusalem: The Remarkable Life of a German-Jewish Neighborhood in the Holy City, by Thomas Sparr (author), Stephen Brown (translator).
- Timaeus, by Plato.
- The Best Place on Earth, by Ayelet Tsabari.
- The Nature of Things, by Lucretius.
- Meno, by Plato.
- Divided We Stand, by Daniel Gordis.
- King Lear, by Shakespeare.
- A Sunday in Ville-d'Avray, by Dominique Barbéris (translation: John Cullen).
- Middlemarch, by George Elliot.
- Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley.
- How to Read and Why, by Harold Bloom.
- Lamentations.
- The 5am Club, by Robin Sharma.
- The Law of Innocence, by Michael Connelly.
- The Gods of Guilt, by Michael Connelly.
- The Fifth Witness, by Michael Connelly.
- The Reversal, by Michael Connelly.
- The Brass Verdict, by Michael Connelly.
- The Lincoln Lawyer, by Michael Connelly.
- God Spare The Girls, by Kelsey McKinney.
- Meditations on First Philosophy, by René Descartes.
- Irreversible Damage, by Abigail Shrier.
- The President's Daughter, by James Patterson and Bill Clinton.
- Not All Dead White Men: Classics and Misogyny in the Digital Age, by Donna Zuckerberg.
- Liftoff: Elon Musk and the Desperate Early Days That Launched SpaceX, by Eric Berger.
- The Prince, by Machiavelli.
- Synagogue Boards: A Sacred Trust, by Daniel Schechter.
- Inferno, by Dante.
- Project Hail Mary, by Andy Weir.
- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain.
- The Canterbury Tales, by Geoffrey Chaucer.
- Israel, by Noa Tishby.
- Jerusalem, by Guy Delisle.
- Choosing a Jewish Life, by Anita Diamont.
- Rules of Civility, by Amor Towles.
- Soldier's Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace and War at West Point, by Elizabeth Samet.
- Leading a Worthy Life: Finding Meaning in Modern Times, by Leon Kass.
- Beowulf.
- Let's Be Reasonable: A Conservative Case for Liberal Education, by Jonathan Marks.
- How to Read Literature Like a Professor, by Thomas Foster.
- The Pleasures of Reading in an Age of Distraction, by Alan Jacobs.
- Phaedo, by Plato.
- A Little History of Literature, by John Sutherland.
- Elements, by Euclid.
- Metamorphoses, by Ovid.
- The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter, by Michael Watkins.
- Believe in People: Bottom-Up Solutions for a Top-Down World, by Charles Koch and Brian Hooks.
- Meditations, by Marcus Aurelius.
- The God Delusion, by Richard Dawkins.
- The Talmud and the Internet, by Jonathan Rosen.
- Prometheus Bound, by Asechylus.
- Agamemnon, by Asechylus.
- Don Quixote (Book 1), by Miguel de Cervantes.
- The Value of the Humanities, by Helen Small.
- Cultivating Humanity, by Martha Nussbaum.
- In Defense of a Liberal Education, by Fareed Zakaria.
- The Iliad, by Homer.
- The Intellectual Life: Its Spirit, Conditions, Methods, by A. G. Sertillanges.
- The Madness of Crowds, by Douglas Murray.
- The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion, by Jonathan Haidt.
- Another Sort of Learning, by James Schall.
- Lost in Thought: The Hidden Pleasures of an Intellectual Life, by Zena Hitz.
- Forever and a Day, by Anthony Horowitz.
- The Old Man and the Sea, by Ernest Hemingway.
- The Last Days of Socrates (Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Phaedo), by Plato.
- How to Read a Book, by Mortimer Adler.
- Antigone, by Sophocles.
- The Odyssey, by Homer.
- The Psychology of Money, by Morgan Housel.
- Why I Am A Jew, by Edmond Fleg.
- The Big Four, by Agatha Christie.
- The Sign of the Four, by Arthur Conan Doyle.
- Travels with Charley in Search of America, by John Steinbeck.
- Slaughterhouse Five, by Kurt Vonnegut.
- The Affair at Styles, by Agatha Christie.
- Morality: Restoring the Common Good in Modern Times, by Johnathan Sacks (z"l).
- Strange Rites: New Religion for a Godless World, by Tara Isabella Burton.
- Bibi: The Turbulent Life and Times of Benjamin Netanyahu, by Anshel Pfeffer.
- The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho.
- A Matter of Justice, by Charles Todd.
- This Is My God, by Herman Wouk.
- If A Place Could Make You Cry, by Daniel Gordis.
- Moonraker, by Ian Fleming.
- Words That Hurt, Words that Heal, by Joseph Telushkin.
- God in Search of Man, by Abraham Joshua Heschel
- Normal People, by Sally Rooney.
- The Hare with Amber Eyes, by Edmund de Waal.
- Exodus
and Revolution, by Michael Walzer
- Pikei
Avot.
- The
Seventh Million: The Israelis and the Holocaust, by Tom Segev.
- Learn
to Read Hebrew in 6 Weeks!, by Miiko Shaffier.
- My
Promised Land: The Triumph and Tragedy of Israel, by Ari Shavit
- The
Immortal Irishman: The Irish Revolutionary Who Became an American
Hero, by Timothy Egan.
- I
Saw Ramallah, by Mourid Barghouti.
- The
Book of Job: When Bad Things Happened to a Good Person, by Harold S.
Kushner.
- River
Town, by Peter Hessler.
- Judaism:
A Very Short Introduction, by Norman Solomon.
- My
Man Jeeves, by P.G. Wodehouse
- Kochland:
The Secret History of Koch Industries and Corporate Power in
America, by Christopher Leonard.
- Whistleblower:
My Journey to Silicon Valley and Fight for Justice at Uber, by Susan
Fowler
- Leadership
Strategy and Tactics: Field Manual by Jocko Willink.
- The
Holdout, by Graham Moore.
- The
Hand on the Wall (Truly Devious #3), by Maureen Johnson.
- Man’s
Search for Meaning, by Victor E. Frankl
- The
Great Partnership: Science, Religion, and the Search for Meaning, by
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks.
- Letters
to the Next Generation 2: Reflections on Jewish Life, by Rabbi
Jonathan Sacks.
- Surprised
by God: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Religion, by Danya
Ruttenberg
- Swimming
in the Sea of Talmud: Lessons for Everyday Living, by Rabbi Michael
Katz and Rabbi Gershon Schwartz.
- Uncanny
Valley, by Anna Wiener.
- Loserthink:
How Untrained Brains Are Ruining America, by Scott Adams.
- The Point of It All: A Lifetime of Great Loves and Endeavors, by Charles Krauthammer.
- The
Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life, by David Brooks
- To
Life: A Celebration of Jewish Being and Thinking, by Harold Kushner
- Living
a Life that Matters, by Harold Kushner.
- Stillness
is the Key, by Ryan Holiday
- Settings
of Silver, by Stephen Wylen.
- Permanent
Record, by Edward Snowden
- This
is Real and You Are Completely Unprepared, by Alan Lew.
- The
Score Takes Care of Itself, by Bill Walsh.
- Working:
Researching, Interviewing, Writing, by Robert A. Caro.
- Wake
Up, Wake Up, To Do The Work Of The Creator, by William B. Helmreich.
- Essential
Judaism: A Complete Guide to Beliefs, Customs and Rituals, by George
Robinson.
- The
Institute, by Stephen King.
- The
Girl Who Lived Twice, by David Lagercrantz.
- How
To Fight Anti-Semitism, by Bari Weiss.
- Rise
and Kill First, by Ronen Bergman.
- Super
Pumped: The Battle for Uber, by Mike Isaac.
- The
Border, by Don Winslow.
- The
Obstacle is the Way, by Ryan Holiday.
- The
Cartel, by Don Winslow.
- The
Power of the Dog, by Don Winslow.
- The
Obesity Code, by Dr. Jason Fung.
- The
Power of Habit, by Charles Duhigg.
- The
Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No
Easy Answers, by Ben Horowitz.
- Educated,
by Tara Westover.
- The
Obesity Code: Unlocking the Secrets of Weight Loss, by Jason Fung.
- Traction:
How Any Startup Can Achieve Explosive Customer Growth, by Gabriel
Weinberg and Justin Mares.
- The
Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business, by
Charles Duhigg.
- My
25 Years in Provence, by Peter Mayle
- Extreme
Ownership: How U.S. Navy SEALs Lead and Win, by Jocko Willink, Leif
Babin.
- The
Dream Machine: J.C.R. Licklider and the Revolution That Made
Computing Personal, by M. Mitchell Waldrop.
- Trillion
Dollar Coach: The Leadership Playbook of Silicon Valley's Bill
Campbell, by Eric Schmidt, Jonathan Rosenberg, Alan Eagle.
- Jewish
Literacy: The Most Important Things to Know about the Jewish
Religion, Its People, and Its History, by Joseph Telushkin.
- The
Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter--And How to Make the Most
of Them Now, by Meg Jay.
- Discipline
Equals Freedom: Field Manual, by Jocko Willink.
- The
Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who've Lived
the Longest, by Dan Buettner.
- The
Lost Girls of Paris, by Pam Jenoff
- A
Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1), by George R.R. Martin.
- Principles:
Life and Work, by Ray Dalio
- Hackers
and Painters, by Paul Graham
(reread).
- Animal
Farm, by George Orwell.
- How
to Live: A Life of Montaigne in One Question and Twenty Attempts at
An Answer, by Sarah Bakewell.
- Why
We Sleep: Unlocking the Power of Sleep and Dreams, by Matthew
Walker.
- The
Vanishing Stair (Truly Devious, #2), by Maureen Johnson
- I
Will Teach You to Be Rich, by Ramit Sethi.
- The
Thirteenth Tale, by Diane Setterfield
- The
Bat, by Jo Nesbo.
- The
President Is Missing, by Bill Clinton and James Patterson.
- The
Case for Israel, by Alan Dershowitz.
- Under
the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith, by Jon Krakauer.
- Shoe
Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of NIKE, by Phil Knight.
- Find
Your Why: A Practical Guide to Discovering Purpose for You and Your
Team, by Simon Sinek, David Mead, and Peter Docker
- Israel:
A Concise History of a Nation Reborn, by Daniel Gordis.
- Ben-Gurion:
Father of Modern Israel, by Anita Shapira.
- So
Good They Can't Ignore You: Why Skills Trump Passion in the Quest
for Work You Love, by Cal Newport.
- Deep
Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World, by Cal
Newport.
- Stubborn
Attachments, by Tyler Cowen.
- Common
Sense, by Thomas Paine.
- Fear:
Trump in the White House, by Bob Woodward.
- Rosie
Colored Glasses, by Brianna Wolfson.
- Chaos
Monkeys: Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley, by
Antonio García Martínez.
- Thinking,
Fast and Slow, by Daniel Kahneman.
- A
Little History of Economics, by Niall Kishtainy.
- Boy:
Tales of Childhood, by Roald Dahl.
- The
Science of Success: How Market-Based Management Built the World's
Largest Private Company
by Charles Koch.
- Bad
Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup, by John
Carreyrou.
- Benjamin
Franklin: An American Life, by Walter Isaacson.
- The
2020 Commission Report on the North Korean Nuclear Attacks Against
the United States: A Speculative Novel, by Jeffrey Lewis.
- Thinking
in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts,
by Annie Duke.
- A
Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy, by William B.
Irvine.
- High
Growth Handbook, by Elad Gil.
- Hackers:
Heroes of the Computer Revolution, by Steven Levy.
- Choose
Your Own Disaster, by Dana Schwartz.
- The
Complacent Class: The Self-Defeating Quest for the American Dream,
by Tyler Cowen.
- The
Girl with a Clock for a Heart, by Peter Swanson.
- Her
Every Fear, by Peter Swanson.
- Zero
To One: Notes on Startups, or, How to Build the Future, by Peter
Thiel, with Blake Masters.
- The
Facebook Effect: The Inside Story of the Company That is Connecting
the World, by David Kirkpatrick.
- Trust
Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator, by Ryan Holiday.
- Dark
Money: The Hidden History of the Billionaires Behind the Rise of the
Radical Right, by Jane Mayer.
- Chasing
Hillary: Ten Years, Two Presidential Campaigns, and One Intact Glass
Ceiling, by Amy Chozick.
- The
Kind Worth Killing, by Peter Swanson.
- Sons
of Wichita: How the Koch Brothers Became America's Most Powerful and
Private Dynasty, by Daniel Schulman.
- The
Great Stagnation: How America Ate All The Low-Hanging Fruit of
Modern History, Got Sick, and Will (Eventually) Feel Better, by
Tyler Cowen.
- A
Higher Loyalty: Truth, Lies, and Leadership, by James Comey.
- The
Death of Expertise: The Campaign Against Established Knowledge and
Why It Matters, by Tom Nichols
- Lab
Girl, by Hope Jahren.
- Who
Stole Feminism? How Women Have Betrayed Women, by Christina Hoff
Sommers.
- A
Gentleman in Moscow, by Amor Towles.
- Failing
Up: How to Take Risks, Aim Higher, and Never Stop Learning, by
Leslie Odom, Jr.
- Poor
Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger, by
Charles T. Munger, Peter E. Kaufman.
- Investing:
The Last Liberal Art, by Robert G. Hagstrom.
- Charlie
Munger: The Complete Investor, by Tren Griffin.
- Conspiracy:
Peter Thiel, Hulk Hogan, Gawker, and the Anatomy of Intrigue, by
Ryan Holiday.
- The
Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon, by Brad Stone.
- Enlightenment
Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress, by Steven
Pinker.
- The
'How To' Grants Manual: Successful Grantseeking Techniques for
Obtaining Public and Private Grants, by David G. Bauer.
- The
Shepherd, by Frederick Forsyth.
- The
Simple Path to Wealth: Your road map to financial independence and a
rich, free life, by J.L. Collins.
- One
More Thing: Stories and Other Stories, by B.J. Novak.
- A
Random Walk Down Wall Street, by Burton G. Malkiel.
- Truly
Devious (Truly Devious, #1), by Maureen Johnson.
- No
Time to Spare by Ursula K. Le Guin.
- Essays
Of Warren Buffett: Lessons For Corporate America, by Warren Buffett.
- The
Snowball: Warren Buffett and the Business of Life, by Alice
Schroeder.
- The
Financial Diet, by Chelsea Fagan.
- Amusing
Ourselves to Death, by Neil Postman.
- I
Will Find You: A Reporter Investigates the Life of the Man Who Raped
Her, by Joanna Connors.
- A
World Without "Whom": The Essential Guide to Language in
the Buzzfeed Age, by Emmy J. Favilla.
- Artemis,
by Andy Weir.
- The
River of Consciousness, by Oliver Sacks.
- And
We're Off, by Dana Schwartz.
- Insomniac
City: New York, Oliver, and Me, by Bill Hayes.
- Exit
West, by Mohsin Hamid.
- Lapsing
Into a Comma: A Curmudgeon's Guide to the Many Things That Can Go
Wrong in Print — And How to Avoid Them, by Bill Walsh.
- Twitter
and Tear Gas: The Power and Fragility of Networked Protest, by
Zeynep Tufekci.
- The
Romantic Movement: Sex, Shopping, and the Novel, by Alain de Botton.
- Woe
Is I: The Grammarphobe's Guide to Better English in Plain English,
by Patricia T. O'Conner.
- The
Foundation Center's Guide to Proposal Writing, by Jane C. Geever.
- Ready
Player One, by Ernest Cline
- Accidence
Will Happen: A Recovering Pedant's Guide to English Language and
Style, by Oliver Kamm.
- Turtles
All the Way Down, by John Green.
- Crash
Override: How Gamergate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life, and How We Can
Win the Fight Against Online Hate, by Zoe Quinn.
- Rich
Dad, Poor Dad, by Robert T. Kiyosaki.
- Between
the World and Me, by Ta-Nehisi Coates
- What
Happened, by Hillary Rodham Clinton.
- The
Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye (Millennium, #5), by David
Lagercrantz.
- Ecotopia,
by Ernest Callenbach.
- Unbelievable:
My Front-Row Seat to the Craziest Campaign in American History, by
Katy Tur.
- Conscience
of a Conservative: A Rejection of Destructive Politics and a Return
to Principle, by Jeff Flake.
- Option
B: Facing Adversity, Building Resilience and Finding Joy, by Sheryl
Sandberg.
- For
Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway.
- 80,000
Hours: Find a fulfilling career that does good, by Benjamin Todd.
- Me
Before You, by Jojo Moyes.
- The
Dead Zone, by Stephen King.
- The
Voice of America: Lowell Thomas and the Invention of 20th-Century
Journalism, by Mitchell Stephens.
- Bitch
Doctrine: Essays for Dissenting Adults, by Laurie Penny.
- The
Ghost, by Robert Harris.
- Cosmos,
by Carl Sagan.
- American
Kingpin: The Epic Hunt for the Criminal Mastermind Behind the Silk
Road, by Nick Bilton.
- Conclave,
by Robert Harris.
- Hillbilly
Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis, by J.D. Vance.
- The
Sense of Style: The Thinking Person's Guide to Writing in the 21st
Century, by Steven Pinker
- Everyone's
a Aliebn When Ur a Aliebn Too: A Book, by Jomny Sun
- How
to Be a Woman, by Caitlin Moran.
- Fahrenheit
451, by Ray Bradbury.
- The
Complete Book of Grant Writing: Learn to Write Grants Like a
Professional, by Nancy Smith.
- The
7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. Covey
- Grit,
by Angela Duckworth
- Personal
History, by Katharine Graham
- Get
a Financial Life: Personal Finance in Your Twenties and Thirties by
Beth Kobliner
- All
Your Worth: The Ultimate Lifetime Money Plan, by Elizabeth Warren,
Amelia Warren Tyagi
- The
Spooky Art: Thoughts on Writing, by Norman Mailer
- Reflections
in a Bloodshot Lens: America, Islam and the War of Ideas, by
Lawrence Pintak
- Everybody
Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About
Who We Really Are, by Seth Stephens-Davidowitz
- The
Only Grant-Writing Book You'll Ever Need: Top Grant Writers and
Grant Givers Share Their Secrets, by Ellen Karsh, Arlen Sue Fox
- Zen
in the Art of Writing, by Ray Bradbury
- Remote:
Office Not Required, by Jason Fried, David Heinemeier Hansson
- How
to Ruin Everything: Essays, by George Watsky
- I'jaam:
An Iraqi Rhapsody, by Sinan Antoon
- Work
at Home Superstar: How to Stay Focused and Rock Your Day, by Jack
Wilson
- Being
Abbas El Abd, Ahmed Alaidy
- Breaking
Knees: Modern Arabic Short Stories from Syria, Zakaria Tamer
- Needful
Things, by Stephen King.
- The
Committee, by Sonallah Ibrahim
- Revolutionary
Dissent: How the Founding Generation Created the Freedom of Speech,
by Stephen D. Solomon
- The
Story of Zahra, by Hanan Al-Shaykh, Peter Ford (Translator)
- Arabesques,
by Anton Shammas
- Times
of My Life and My Life with the Times, by Max Frankel
- The
Renegade Writer: A Totally Unconventional Guide to Freelance Writing
Success, by Linda Formichelli and Diana Burrell
- Neverwhere,
by Neil Gaiman.
- Returning
to Haifa, by Ghassan Khanafani
- The
Conference of the Birds, by Farid al-Din Attar, Dick Davis
(Translator), Afkham Darbandi (Translator)
- Endings,
by Abdul Rahman Munif
- Fascism:
A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions #77), by Kevin
Passmore.
- Gold
Dust, by Ibrahim al-Koni.
- Finders
Keepers (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #2), by Stephen King
- Season
of Migration to the North, by Tayeb Salih
- Norse
Mythology, by Neil Gaiman
- The
Golden Chariot, by Salwa Bakr
- Miramar,
by Naguib Mahfouz
- Law
101: Everything You Need to Know about the American Legal System by
Jay M. Feinman
- Small
Great Things by Jodi Picoult
- Thank
You for Smoking, by Christopher Buckley.
- The
Rise of the Image the Fall of the Word, by Mitchell Stephens.
- The
Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, by Michael Chabon.
- They
Know Everything About You: How Data-Collecting Corporations and
Snooping Government Agencies Are Destroying Democracy, by Robert
Scheer
- Age
of Ambition: Chasing Fortune, Truth, and Faith in the New China, by
Evan Osnos.
- The
Panama Papers: Breaking the Story of How the Rich and Powerful Hide
Their Money, by Bastian Obermayer and Frederik Obermaier.
- The
Artful Edit: On the Practice of Editing Yourself, by Susan Bell.
- The
Internet of Things, by Samuel Greengard.
- So
You've Been Publicly Shamed, by Jon Ronson.
- Chuck
Amuck: The Life and Time of an Animated Cartoonist, by Chuck Jones.
- My
Name Is Asher Lev, by Chaim Potok.
- Pacific:
Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal
Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's
Superpowers, by Simon Winchester.
- The
Broker, by John Grisham.
- Bag
of Bones, by Stephen King.
- How
Would a Patriot Act? Defending American Values from a President Run
Amok, by Glenn Greenwald.
- Bird
by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life, by Anne Lamott.
- The
Secret History, by Donna Tartt.
- Scrappy
Little Nobody, by Anna Kendrick.
- Trigger
Mortis, by Anthony Horowitz
- Reading
Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who
Want to Write Them, by Francine Prose
- The
Productive Writer: Tips & Tools to Help You Write More, Stress
Less & Create Success, by Sage Cohen.
- Indefensible:
One Lawyer's Journey into the Inferno of American Justice, by David
Feige.
- The
Boy Who Could Change the World: The Writings of Aaron Swartz, by
Aaron Swartz (Author), Lawrence Lessig (Introduction).
- "There
Are Things I Want You to Know" about Stieg Larsson and Me, by
Eva Gabrielsson.
- The
Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Philosophy: Everything Is Fire
(Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture #25), by Eric Bronson (Series
Editor).
- Habit
Stacking: 97 Small Life Changes That Take Five Minutes or Less, by
S.J. Scott.
- My
Word is My Bond by Roger Moore, Gareth Owen.
- Schindler's
List, by Thomas Keneally.
- The
Firm, by John Grisham.
- Manage
Your Day-to-Day: Build Your Routine, Find Your Focus, and Sharpen
Your Creative Mind, by Jocelyn K. Glei.
- Salty
Baby: A Memoir, by Orla Tinsley.
- Where
Am I Now?: True Stories of Girlhood and Accidental Fame, by Mara
Wilson.
- Fighting
for the Press, by James C. Goodale.
- Harry
Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, by J.K. Rowling.
- On
Writing, by Stephen King. (Reread.)
- The
Green Mile, by Stephen King.
- 11/22/63,
by Stephen King.
- The
Next Decade: Empire and Republic in a Changing World, by George
Friedman.
- Harry
Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, by J.K. Rowling.
- The
Graveyard Book, by Neil Gaiman.
- The
Man Who Was Thursday, by G. K. Chesterton.
- The
Moon's a Balloon, by David Niven.
- Thomas
Jefferson: The Art of Power, by Jon Meachum.
- Harry
Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by J.K. Rowling.
- And
the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic, by
Randy Shilts.
- Harry
Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, by J.K. Rowling.
- The
Heartbreak of Aaron Burr, by H.W. Brands.
- Coraline,
by Neil Gaiman.
- Headscarves
and Hymens: Why the Middle East Needs a Sexual Revolution, by Mona
Eltahawy.
- Redefining
Realness: My Path to Womanhood, Identity, Love & So Much More,
by Janet Mock.
- The
Assassination Complex: Inside the Government's Secret Drone Warfare
Program, by Jeremy Scahill and The Staff of The Intercept.
- Betrayal:
The Crisis in the Catholic Church, by The Boston Globe.
- The
Journalist and the Murderer by Janet Malcolm.
- The
Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, by C.S. Lewis.
- The
Magician's Nephew, by C.S. Lewis
- The
View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction by Neil Gaiman
- Night
Draws Near: Iraq's People in the Shadow of America's War, by Anthony
Shadid.
- Slouching
Toward Bethlehem, by Joan Didion.
- Drown,
by Junot Díaz.
- Mission
Failure: America and the World in the Post-Cold War Era, by Michael
Mandelbaum.
- Breakfast
at Tiffany's and Three Stories, by Truman Capote
- Dying
to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism, by Robert A. Pape.
- The
Name of the Rose, by Umberto Eco.
- The
Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Díaz.
- Flashpoints:
The Emerging Crisis in Europe, by George Freidman.
- Heretic:
Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now, by Ayaan Hirsi Ali.
- This
Town, by Mark Leibowich.
- Sex
With Shakespeare, by Jillian Keenan.
- Harry
Potter and the Deathly Hallows, by J.K. Rowling.
- Harry
Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, by J.K. Rowling.
- Hamilton:
The Revolution, by Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jeremy McCarter.
- From
Beirut to Jerusalem, by Thomas L. Friedman.
- Israel/Palestine, by Alan Dowty.
- Dark
Places, by Gillian Flynn.
- Good
Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, by
Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.
- Sharp
Objects, by Gillian Flynn
- Thrilling
Cities, by Ian Fleming.
- The
Crisis of Islam: Holy War and Unholy Terror, by Bernard Lewis.
- Alexander
Hamilton, by Ron Chernow.
- Orientalism,
by Edward W. Said.
- Missoula:
Rape and the Justice System in a College Town, by Jon Krakauer.
- I
Saw Ramallah, by Mourid Barghouti.
- Dumb
Witness, by Agatha Christie.
- Politics
& Society in the Contemporary Middle East, by Michele Penner
Angrist (Editor)
- Covering
Islam: How the Media and the Experts Determine How We See the Rest
of the World, by Edward W. Said
- Cards
on the Table, by Agatha Christie.
- The
Struggle for Iran, by Christopher De Bellaigue.
- The
Modern Middle East: A History, by James Gelvin.
- And
Then There Were None, by Agatha Christie.
- Dataclysm:
Who We Are (When We Think No One's Looking), by Christian Rudder
- A
History of Modern Iran, by Ervand Abrahamian.
- In
Cold Blood, by Truman Capote.
- We
Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Our
Families, by Philip Gourevitch
- The
Girl in the Spider's Web, by David Lagercrantz, Stieg Larsson
(Creator)
- On
the Move: A Life, by Oliver Sacks.
- Islam
without Extremes: A Muslim Case for Liberty, by Mustafa Akyol.
- Here
Is New York, by E.B. White.
- Pakistan:
In the Shadow of Jihad and Afghanistan, by Mary Anne Weaver.
- Dirty
Wars: The World is a Battlefield, by Jeremy Scahill.
- Beyond
News: The Future of Journalism, by Mitchell Stephens.
- The
Internet of Garbage, by Sarah Jeong.
- Palace
Walk, by Naguib Mahfouz.
- Persepolis
2, by Marjane Satrapi.
- Persepolis:
The Story of a Childhood, by Marjane Satrapi.
- Making
the Most of College: Students Speak Their Minds, by Richard J.
Light.
- Uncommon
Carriers, by John McPhee.
- Deadline
Artists: America's Greatest Newspaper Columns, by John P. Avlon,
Errol Louis, and Jesse Angelo.
- The
Upside of Stress: Why Stress Is Good for You, and How to Get Good at
It, by Kelly McGonigal.
- Know
Your Beholder, by Adam Rapp.
- Animal
Liberation, by Peter Singer.
- Patti
LuPone: A Memoir, by Patti LuPone.
- Arab
Spring Dreams: The Next Generation Speaks Out for Freedom and
Justice from North Africa to Iran, by Nasser Weddady and Sohrab
Ahmari.
- Newsfail:
Climate Change, Feminism, Gun Control, and Other Fun Stuff We Talk
About Because Nobody Else Will, by Jamie Kilstein and Allison
Kilkenny.
- The
Art of Opinion Writing: Insider Secrets from Top Op-Ed Columnists,
by Suzette Martinez Standring.
- The
Arabic Alphabet: How to Read & Write It, by Nicholas Awde and
Putros Samano.
- No
god but God: The Origins, Evolution and Future of Islam, by Reza
Aslan.
- China
Airborne, by James Fallows.
- Data
and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control
Your World, by Bruce Schneier.
- Monstrous
Regiment, by Terry Pratchett.
- The
Night of the Gun: A reporter investigates the darkest story of his
life. His own, by David Carr.
- The
Reluctant Fundamentalist, by Mohsin Hamid.
- Empire
of the Mind: A History of Iran, by Michael Axworthy.
- The
Media Relations Department of Hizbollah Wishes You a Happy Birthday:
Unexpected Encounters in the Changing Middle East, by Neil
MacFarquhar.
- Lipstick
Jihad: A Memoir of Growing up Iranian in America and American in
Iran, by Azadeh Moaveni.
- Season
of Migration to the North, by Tayeb Salih.
- Murder
on the Orient Express, by Agatha Christie.
- Mantle
of the Prophet: Religion and Politics in Iran, by Ray Mottahedeh.
- Being
There, by Jerzy Kosinski.
- Jony
Ive: The Genius Behind Apple's Greatest Products, by Leander Kahney.
- Where
Good Ideas Come From: The Natural History of Innovation, by Stephen
Johnson.
- Public
Editor #1: The Collected Columns (with Reflections, Reconsiderations
and Even a Few Retractions) of the First Ombudsman of The New York
Times, by Daniel Okrent.
- Walks
With Men, by Ann Beattie.
- Words'
Worth: Write Well and Prosper, by Terri Brooks and Mary Quigley.
- Out
of the Ashes: The Resurrection of Saddam Hussein, by Andrew Cockburn
and Patrick Cockburn.
- The
Murder of Roger Ackroyd, by Agatha Christie.
- Making
News at The New York Times, by Nikki Usher.
- A
Portrait of Egypt: A Journey Through the World of Militant Islam, by
Mary Anne Weaver.
- Super
Sad True Love Story, by Gary Shteyngart.
- Protecting
the Gift: Keeping Children and Teenagers Safe (and Parents Sane), by
Gavin de Becker.
- Page
One: Inside The New York Times and the Future of Journalism.
Edited by David Folkenflik.
- The
Mayor of Castro Street: The Life and Times of Harvey Milk, by Randy
Shilts.
- Whipping
Girl: A Transsexual Woman on Sexism and the Scapegoating of
Femininity, by Julia Serano.
- Pay
Any Price: Greed, Power, and Endless War, by James Risen.
- Virtually
Normal, by Andrew Sullivan.
- Nineteen
Eighty-Four, by George Orwell. (First book of 2015.)
- Gone
Girl, by Gillian Flynn.
- Information
Doesn't Want to Be Free: Laws for the Internet Age, by Cory
Doctorow.
- Content:
Selected Essays on Technology, Creativity, Copyright, and the Future
of the Future, by Cory Doctorow.
- Women
Don't Ask, by Linda Babcock and Sara Laschever.
- The
Book Thief, by Markus Zusak.
- The
People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age,
by Astra Taylor
- It's
Complicated: The Social Lives of Networked Teens, by Danah Boyd.
- On
Writing Well, by William Zinsser.
- We
the Media, by Dan Gillmor.
- American
Gods, by Neil Gaiman.
- Hacker,
Hoaxer, Whistleblower, Spy: The Many Faces of Anonymous, by
Gabriella Coleman.
- The
Art of Asking; or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Let People
Help, by Amanda Palmer.
- Carrie,
by Stephen King.
- The
Gift of Fear, by Gavin de Becker.
- The
Journalist and the Murderer, by Janet Malcolm.
- The
Hacker Playbook: A Practical Guide to Penetration Testing, by Peter
Kim.
- Edge
of Eternity, by Ken Follett.
- OS
X 10.10 Yosemite: The Ars Technica Review, by John Siracusa.
- The
Elements of Journalism: What Newspeople Should Know and the Public
Should Expect, by Bill Kovach, Tom Rosenstiel.
- Zero:
The Biography of a Dangerous Idea, by Charles Seife.
- When
Google Met Wikileaks, by Julian Assange.
- Orange
is the New Black: My Year in a Woman's Prison, by Piper Kerman.
- How
to Win at College: Surprising Secrets for Success from the Country's
Top Students, by Cal Newport.
- Israel/Palestine:
How to End the War of 1948 (Open Media Series), by Tanya Reinhart.
- Readings
for Diversity and Social Justice, by Maurianne Adams, Warren
Blumenfeld, Carmelita Castaneda, Heather W. Hackman, Madeline L.
Peters, Ximena Zuniga.
- Unspeakable
Things: Sex, Lies and Revolution, by Laurie Penny.
- Without
Their Permission: How the 21st Century Will Be Made, Not Managed, by
Alexis Ohanian.
- Zero
To One: Notes on Startups, or, How to Build the Future, by Peter
Thiel, with Blake Masters.
- The
Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum
Cryptography, by Simon Singh.
- WikiLeaks:
Inside Julian Assange's War on Secrecy, by David Leigh and Luke
Harding.
- Hard
Choices, by Hillary Rodham Clinton.
- Wikileaks
and the Age of Transparency, by Micah L. Sifry.
- Get
Sh*t Done!: From spare room to boardroom in 1,000 days, by Niall
Harbison.
- One
L, by Scott Turow.
- @
Is For Activism: Dissent, Resistance And Rebellion In A Digital
Culture, by Joss Hands.
- With
Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law Is Used to Destroy
Equality and Protect the Powerful, by Glenn Greenwald.
- Mr.
Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore, by Robin Sloan.
- Free
Flight: Inventing the Future of Travel, by James Fallows
- Cypherpunks,
by Julian Assange, with Jacob Applebaum, Andy Müller-Maguhn,
and Jérémie Zimmermann.
- This
Machine Kills Secrets: Julian Assange, the Cypherpunks, and Their
Fight to Empower Whistleblowers, by Andy Greenberg.
- The
Argument: Inside the Battle to Remake Democratic Politics, by Matt
Bai.
- No
Place to Hide: Edward Snowden, the NSA, and the U.S. Surveillance
State, by Glenn Greenwald.
- The
Smart Girl's Guide to Privacy, by Violet Blue.
- Rosaura
a las Diez, by Marco Denevi. (Read for a Spanish class at NYU.)
- Into
the Wild, by Jon Krakauer. (Objectively the worst book I've read
this year.)
- Blown
to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital
Explosion, by Hal Abelson, Ken Ledeen, Harry Lewis
- Civilization
and its Discontents, by Sigmund Freud.
- Consider
the Lobster, by David Foster Wallace.
- To
Play The King, by Michael Dobbs.
- The
Time Traveler, by H.G. Wells.
- On
the Genealogy of Morality, by Friedrich Nietzsche.
- Night,
by Elie Wiesel.
- Dragnet
Nation, by Julia Angwin.
- House
of Cards, by Michael Dobbs.
- Amusing
Ourselves to Death, by Neil Postman.
- Frankenstein,
by Mary Shelley.
- V
For Vendetta, by Alan Moore.
- Citizenville:
How to Take the Town Square Digital and Reinvent Government, by
Gavin Newsom.
- Faust,
by Goethe.
- The
Snowden Files, by Luke Harding.
- Rework,
by Jason Fried and David Heinemeier Hansson.
- An
Astronaut's Guide to Life on Earth, by Chris Hadfield.
- Brave
New World, by Aldous Huxley.
- This
Star Won't Go Out, by Esther, Lori, and Wayne Earl.
- Middlesex,
by Jeffrey Eugenides.
- The
Art of Fielding, by Chad Harbach.
- Beyond
Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World, by
Bruce Schneier.
- The
Things They Carried, by Tim O'Brien.
- Inside
WikiLeaks: My Time with Julian Assange at the World's Most Dangerous
Website, by Daniel Domscheit-Berg.
- To
Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee. (First book of 2014!)
- Violence,
Nudity, Adult Content, by Vince Passaro.
- Angels
in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, by Tony Kushner.
- One
Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, by Ken Kesey.
- From
the Soil: The Foundations of Chinese Society, by Fei Xiatong
- Montauk,
by Max Frisch
- Cosmopolis,
by Don DeLillo.
- Doctor
Sleep, by Stephen King.
- China
in War and Revolution, 1895-1949 (Asia's Transformations), by Peter
Zarrow.
- The
Catcher in the Rye, by J.D. Salinger.
- American
Psycho, by Bret Easton Ellis.
- Harry,
A History: The True Story of a Boy Wizard, His Fans, and Life Inside
the Harry Potter Phenomenon, by Melissa Anelli.
- An
American Dream, by Norman Mailer.
- Brief
Encounters with the Enemy, by Saïd Sayrafiezadeh.
- Junkie,
by William Burroughs.
- A
Woman Soldier's Own Story: Xie Bingying.
- God
is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, by Christopher
Hitchens.
- The
Grapes of Wrath, by John Steinbeck.
- Intellectual
Memoirs, by Mary McCarthy.
- OS
X 10.9 Mavericks: The Ars Technica Review, by John Siracusa.
- The
Company She Keeps, by Mary McCarthy.
- How
to Become a Straight-A Student: The Unconventional Strategies Real
College Students Use to Score High While Studying Less, by Cal
Newport.
- "Shanghai,
Springtime 1930," a novella included in "I Myself Am a
Woman" by Ding Ling.
- Miss
Lonelyhearts, by Nathanael West.
- Washington
Square, by Henry James.
- Closer
to the Knives, by David Wojnarowicz.
- Slaughterhouse
Five, by Kurt Vonnegut.
- The
Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
- Guardian
Angel, by Robert Muchamore.
- Tuesdays
With Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson, by
Mitch Albom.
- The
Ocean at the End of the Lane, by Neil Gaiman.
- I
Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou.
- Harry
Potter and the Goblet of Fire, by J.K. Rowling.
- Harry
Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, by J.K. Rowling.
- Inferno,
by Dan Brown.
- American
Savage: Insights, Slights, and Fights on Faith, Sex, Love, and
Politics, by Dan Savage.
- Alice's
Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass, by Lewis
Carroll.
- The
Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, by Stieg Larsson.
- The
Girl Who Played With Fire, by Stieg Larsson.
- Harry
Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, by J.K. Rowling.
- Food
Rules, by Michael Pollan.
- Here's
the Deal, by David Leonhardt.
- The
Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, by Stieg Larsson.
- Little
Brother, by Cory Doctorow.
- One
Shot Kill, by Robert Muchamore.
- How
To Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie.
- The
Kid, by Dan Savage.
- Will
Grayson, Will Grayson, by John Green and David Levithan.
- Les
Misérables, by Victor Hugo.
- The
Roald Dahl Treasury, by Roald Dahl.
- Animal
Farm, by George Orwell.
- The
Commitment: Love, Sex, Marriage, and My Family, by Dan Savage
- Winter
of The World, by Ken Follett.
- Dan
Savage: The First Gay Celebrity, by Mark Oppenheimer.
- The
Emperor of All Maladies, by Siddhartha Mukherjee.
- A
Moveable Feast, by Ernest Hemingway.
- On
Writing, by Stephen King.
- Fall
of Giants, by Ken Follett.
- The
Man Who Never Was: World War II's Boldest Counter-Intelligence
Operation, by Ewen Montagu.
- Breaking
Dawn, by Stephanie Meyer.
- Nocturne:
A Play, by Adam Rapp.
- Catch
Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake, by Frank W. Abagnale
and Stan Redding.
- Mockingjay,
by Suzanne Collins.
- The
Lonesome West, by Martin McDonagh.
- Punkzilla,
by Adam Rapp.
- Pet
Sematary, by Stephen King.
- Catching
Fire, by Suzanne Collins.
- The
Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins.
- Under
the Dome, by Stephen King.
- Bridge
to Teribithia, by Katherine Patterson.
- Empire
of the Sun, by J.G. Ballard.
- Eclipse,
by Stephanie Meyer.
- New
Moon by Stephanie Meyer.
- Twilight
by Stephanie Meyer.
- The
Faults In Our Stars by John Green.
- Looking
For Alaska by John Green.
- Steve
Jobs by Walter Isaacson.
- Kill
The Messenger by Tami Hoag.
- People's
Republic by Robert Muchamore.
- Prior
Bad Acts by Tami Hoag.
- The
Princess Bride by William Goldman.
- Secret
Army by Robert Muchamore.
- Outliers:
The Story Of Success by Malcolm Gladwell.
- Lord
Loss, by Darren Shan.
- Eastern
Standard Tribe, by Cory Doctorow.
- The
Year of Endless Sorrows, by Adam Rapp.
- The
Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, by Mark Haddon.
- Operation
Mincemeat: How a Dead Man and a Bizarre Plan Fooled the Nazis and
Assured an Allied Victory, by Ben Macintyre.
- Romeo
and Juliet, by William Shakespeare.
- Without
You: A Story of Love, Loss, and the Musical RENT, by Anthony Rapp.
- The
Shining, by Stephen King.
- Hackers
& Painters: Big Ideas from the Computer Age, by Paul Graham.
- The
Immortal Game, by Mark Coggins.
- Zugzwang,
by Ronan Bennett.
- I
Am The Messenger, by Markus Zuzak.
- The
Lost Symbol, by Dan Brown.
- All
The President's Men, by Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein.
- The
Last Little Blue Envelope by Maureen Johnson.
- My
Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell.