Book recommendations

1st To Die
Title:
Author:
James Patterson
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Crime Fiction

A Bend in the River
Title:
Author:
V.S. Naipaul
Vocabulary level:
5000
Genre:
Postcolonial, Literary

A Farewell to Arms
Title:
Author:
Ernest Hemmingway
Vocabulary level:
5000
Genre:
War, Romance

A Game of Thrones
Title:
Author:
George R R Martin
Vocabulary level:
7000
Genre:
Fantasy, Epic fiction

A Gentleman in Moscow
Title:
Author:
Amor Towles
Vocabulary level:
7000
Genre:
Historical Fiction

A Mind to Murder
Title:
Author:
P.D. James
Vocabulary level:
5000
Genre:
Detective, Mystery

A Perfectly Good Family
Title:
Author:
Lionel Shriver
Vocabulary level:
9000
Genre:
Domestic Fiction

A Rule Against Murder
Title:
Author:
Louise Penny
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Crime Fiction

A Scanner Darkly
Title:
Author:
Philip K. Dick
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Crime Fiction

A Spy Among Friends
Title:
Author:
Ben Macintyre
Vocabulary level:
7000
Genre:
Espionage

A Tale of Two Cities
Title:
Author:
Charles Dickens
Vocabulary level:
7000
Genre:
Historical, Classic Literature

A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
Title:
Author:
Kevin Fedarko
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Outdoor

A War Like No Other
Title:
Author:
Victor Davis Hanson
Vocabulary level:
9000
Genre:
Narrative History

After Dunkirk
Title:
Author:
Lee Jackson
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Historical Fiction

Age of Extremes
Title:
Author:
Eric J. Hobsbawm
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
History

Agent Sonya
Title:
Author:
Ben Macintyre
Vocabulary level:
7000
Genre:
Espionage

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Title:
Author:
Lewis Carroll
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Fantasy, Children's Literature

All the Broken Places
Title:
Author:
John Boyne
Vocabulary level:
4000
Genre:
Historical Fiction

All the Light We Cannot See
Title:
Author:
Anthony Doer
Vocabulary level:
8000
Genre:
Historical Fiction

Along Came a Spider
Title:
Author:
James Patterson
Vocabulary level:
5000
Genre:
Diaspora Fiction

American Predator: The Hunt for the Most Meticulous Serial Killer of the 21st Century
Title:
Author:
Maureen Callahan
Vocabulary level:
5000
Genre:
True Crime

Amsterdam
Title:
Author:
Ian McEwan
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Dark Comedy

An Unstuitable Job for a Woman
Title:
Author:
P.D. James
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Detective, Mystery

An Unsuitable Job for a Woman
Title:
Author:
P.D. James
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Detective, Mystery

And Then There Were None
Title:
Author:
Agatha Christie
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Detective, Mystery

And the Band Played On
Title:
Author:
Randy Shilts
Vocabulary level:
7000
Genre:
Narrative Journalism, Popular Science

Animal Farm
Title:
Author:
George Orwell
Vocabulary level:
7000
Genre:
Political Satire, Allegory

As I Lay Dying
Title:
Author:
William Faulkner
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Southern Gothic

Atomic Habits
Title:
Author:
James Clear
Vocabulary level:
5000
Genre:
Personal Development

Atonement
Title:
Author:
Ian McEwan
Vocabulary level:
8000
Genre:
Postmodernist, Historical, Tragedy

Becoming
Title:
Author:
Michelle Obama
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Memoir

Before We Were Yours
Title:
Author:
Lisa Wingage
Vocabulary level:
5000
Genre:
Historical Fiction, Domestic Fiction

Between the World and Me
Title:
Author:
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Autobiography

Blindness
Title:
Author:
Jose Saramago
Vocabulary level:
5000
Genre:
Dystopian

Boyhood: Scenes from Provincial Life
Title:
Author:
J.M. Coetzee
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Autobiography

Brave New World
Title:
Author:
Aldous Huxley
Vocabulary level:
8000
Genre:
Dystopian, Science Fiction

City of Thieves
Title:
Author:
David Benioff
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Historical Fiction

Colonial Hong Kong in the Eyes of Elsie Tu
Title:
Author:
Elsie Tu
Vocabulary level:
5000
Genre:
Autobiography, History

Cover Her Face
Title:
Author:
P.D. James
Vocabulary level:
5000
Genre:
Detective, Mystery

Crime and Punishment
Title:
Author:
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Philosophical, Psychological

Crying in H Mart
Title:
Author:
Michelle Zauner
Vocabulary level:
7000
Genre:
Memoir

Dartmouth Park
Title:
Author:
Rupert Thomson
Vocabulary level:
5000
Genre:
Literary

Dead Mountain: The Untold Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident
Title:
Author:
Donnie Eichar
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Historical Narrative Journalism, Outdoor, Mystery

Death Comes to Pemberley
Title:
Author:
P.D. James
Vocabulary level:
5000
Genre:
Detective, Mystery

Death on the Nile*
Title:
Author:
Agatha Christie
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Detective, Mystery

Disgrace
Title:
Author:
J.M. Coetzee
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Domestic Fiction

Dracula
Title:
Author:
Bram Soker
Vocabulary level:
7000
Genre:
Gothic Horror

East of Eden
Title:
Author:
John Steinbeck
Vocabulary level:
5000
Genre:
Family Saga

Eichmann in Jerusalem
Title:
Author:
Hannah Arendt
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Narrative Journalism

Empire of the Sun
Title:
Author:
J.G. Ballard
Vocabulary level:
8000
Genre:
Autobiographical War Fiction

Everything I Never Told You
Title:
Author:
Celeste Ng
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Diaspora Fiction

Everything She Ever Wanted
Title:
Author:
Ann Rule
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
True Crime

Fahrenheit 451
Title:
Author:
Ray Bradbury
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Dystopian, Science Fiction

First They Killed My Father
Title:
Author:
Loung Ung
Vocabulary level:
5000
Genre:
Autobiography

Freakonomics
Title:
Author:
Steven Levitt
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Social Science

Grapes of Wrath
Title:
Author:
John Steinbeck
Vocabulary level:
7000
Genre:
Historical, Social commentary

Guns Germs and Steel
Title:
Author:
Jared Diamond
Vocabulary level:
8000
Genre:
Anthropology, Geography

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Title:
Author:
J K Rowling
Vocabulary level:
5000
Genre:
Fantasy, Young Adult

Hidden Valley Road
Title:
Author:
Robert Kolker
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Narrative Journalism

Hillbilly Elegy
Title:
Author:
J.D. Vance
Vocabulary level:
5000
Genre:
Autobiography

Hiroshima*
Title:
Author:
John Hersey
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Narrative Journalism

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Title:
Author:
Maya Angelou
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Autobiography

I'll Be Gone in the Dark
Title:
Author:
Michelle McNamara
Vocabulary level:
7000
Genre:
True Crime

In Cold Blood
Title:
Author:
Truman Capote
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
True Crime, Narrative Journalism

Interior Chinatown
Title:
Author:
Charles Yu
Vocabulary level:
5000
Genre:
Diaspora Fiction

Into Thin Air
Title:
Author:
Jon Krakauer
Vocabulary level:
8000
Genre:
Narrative Journalism, Autobiography, Outdoor

Into the Wild
Title:
Author:
John Krakauer
Vocabulary level:
8000
Genre:
Narrative Journalism, Outdoor

Invisible Women
Title:
Author:
Caroline Criado Perez
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Social Science

Island of the Lost
Title:
Author:
Joan Druett
Vocabulary level:
7000
Genre:
Historical Narrative Journalism

Jane Eyre
Title:
Author:
Charlotte Bronte
Vocabulary level:
8000
Genre:
Gothic Romance, Coming-of-Age

Justice: What Is the Right Thing to Do
Title:
Author:
Michael Sandel
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Philosophy

Kite Runner
Title:
Author:
Khaled Hosseini
Vocabulary level:
7000
Genre:
Literary, Historical

Life of Pi
Title:
Author:
Yann Martel
Vocabulary level:
8000
Genre:
Adventure, Philosophical

Little Women
Title:
Author:
Louisa May Alcott
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Literary, Coming-of-Age

Lord of the Flies
Title:
Author:
William Golding
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Allegory, Psychological

Man's Search for Meaning
Title:
Author:
Viktor Frankl
Vocabulary level:
7000
Genre:
Philosophy

Manchurian Legacy: Memoirs of a Japanese Colonist
Title:
Author:
Kazuko Kuramoto
Vocabulary level:
5000
Genre:
Biography

Murder on the Orient Express*
Title:
Author:
Agatha Christie
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Detective, Mystery

Night Without End
Title:
Author:
Alistair MacLean
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Mystery, Outdoor

Nineteen Eighty-Four
Title:
Author:
George Orwell
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Dystopian

North
Title:
Author:
Scott Jurek
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Outdoor

Not Quite Dead Yet
Title:
Author:
Holly Jackson
Vocabulary level:
5000
Genre:
Mystery, Thriller

Nothing to Envy
Title:
Author:
Barbara Demick
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Narrative Journalism

Of Mice and Men
Title:
Author:
John Steinbeck
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Literary, Tragedy

On the Beach
Title:
Author:
Nevil Shute
Vocabulary level:
5000
Genre:
Apocalyptic

Operation Mincemeat
Title:
Author:
Ben McEntyre
Vocabulary level:
7000
Genre:
Espionage

Percy Jackson and the Olympians - The Titans Curse
Title:
Author:
Rick Roidan
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Fantasy, Adventure

Player Piano
Title:
Author:
Kurt Vonnegut
Vocabulary level:
8000
Genre:
Dystopian, Science Fiction

Postmortem
Title:
Author:
Patricia Cornwell
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Detective, Mystery

Pride and Prejudice
Title:
Author:
Jane Austen
Vocabulary level:
5000
Genre:
Classic Literature, Romance

Profiles in Courage
Title:
Author:
John F. Kennedy
Vocabulary level:
7000
Genre:
Biography

Rain of Ruin: Tokyo, Hiroshima, and the Surrender of Japan
Title:
Author:
Richard Overy
Vocabulary level:
5000
Genre:
Narrative History

Rebecca
Title:
Author:
Daphne Du Maurier
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Gothic, Romance, Crime

Red Rising
Title:
Author:
Pierce Brown
Vocabulary level:
8000
Genre:
Science Fiction

Salem's Lot
Title:
Author:
Stephen King
Vocabulary level:
7000
Genre:
Horror, Gothic

Salt to the Sea
Title:
Author:
Ruta Sepetys
Vocabulary level:
6000
Genre:
Historical Fiction

Sapiens
Title:
Author:
Yuval Noah Harari
Vocabulary level:
7000
Genre:
Anthropology, History

Say Nothing
Title:
Author:
Patrick Radden Keefe
Vocabulary level:
7000
Genre:
Historical Narrative Journalism, Mystery

Sense and Sensibility
Title:
Author:
Jane Austen
Vocabulary level:
5000
Genre:
Classic Literature, Romance

Seven Years
Title:
Author:
Peter Stamm
Vocabulary level:
4000
Genre:
Literary
