Now that Halloween is over, it's time to celebrate the start of the Christmas season. For those who are looking to this blog and wondering "Thomas, what can we get you?" It only makes sense that Willett Reads would be dedicated to sharing all things that interest me in literature. Well, if you're one of those kind people who want to send me a book, here is a recommendation list of 100 books ranging from different genres and centuries. I am not too picky on quality of the book, save for my desire that the book not be filled with personal annotations. Beyond that, I hope that this list will help you prepare gifts that I not only want, but can often be found at a reasonable price. Click on to discover the list and where to send any comments regarding this list.
TOP 10
These are the 10 books that I would desire getting over everything else on this list. The list is ranked in order of preference.
1. "The Exorcist" by William Peter Blatty
2. "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath
3. "The Leftovers" by Tom Perrotta
4. "The Last Picture Show" by Larry McMurtry
5. "Don Quixote" by Miguel de Cervantes
6. "My Year of Flops" by Nathan Rabin
7. "Addie Pray" by Joe David Brown
8. "One Thousand and One Nights"
9. "Peyton Place" by Grace Metalious
10. "Forrest Gump" by Winston Groom
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED
While this list is all books that I would love to get, this is the ones that I would keep a closer eye out. This list is published in alphabetical order by title.
-"Coraline" by Neil Gaiman
-"The Count of Monte Cristo" by Alexander Dumas
-"The Disaster Artist" by Greg Sestero
-"The Divine Comedy" by Dante Alighieri
-"Faust" by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
-"From Here to Eternity" by James Jones
-"The Graduate" by Charles Webb
-"The Handmaid's Tale" by Margaret Atwood
-"The Hunchback of Notre Dame" by Victor Hugo
-"Jules and Jim" by Henri-Pierre Roche
-"Mary Poppins" by P.L. Travers
-"Mrs. Dalloway" by Virginia Woolf
-"Murder on the Orient Express" by Agatha Christie
-"1984" by George Orwell
-"Pale Fire" by Vladimir Nabokov
-"Palo Alto" by James Franco
-"Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc" by Mark Twain"
-"Psycho" by Robert Block
-"Ragtime" by E.L. Doctorow
-"Rosemary's Baby" by Ira Levin
-"A Tale of Two Cities" by Charles Dickens
-"To the Lighthouse" by Virginia Woolf
-"Wonderstruck" by Brian Selznick
CLASSICS
The following is a list of books that are in some deemed literary classics, or books of acclaim that I had trouble fitting into another category. This is presented in alphabetical order.
-"Animal Farm" by George Orwell
-"Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy
-"The Big Sleep" by Raymond Chandler
-"Billy Budd" by Herman Melville
-"The Black Swan" by Thomas Mann
-"Blindness" by Jose Saramago
-"Buddenbrooks" by Thomas Mann
-"Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad
-"House of Leaves" by Mark Z. Danielewski
-"Leaves of Grass" by Walt Whitman (NOTE: This edition only)
-"Lord Chatterly's Lover" by D.H. Lawrence
-"Lord of the Flies" by William Goulding
-"The Moviegoer" by Walker Percy
-"Naked Lunch" by William S. Burroughs
-"Picture of Dorian Grey" by Oscar Wilde
-"Portrait of the Arist as a Young Man" by James Joyce
-"The Sportswriter" by Richard Ford
-"The Stranger" by Albert Camus
-"Treasure Island" by Robert Louis Stevenson
-"Ulysses" by James Joyce
FURTHER READING
The following is a list of books from authors that I have enjoyed in the past and would love to read more by. The list is presented in alphabetical order by title.
-"Absalom! Absalom!" by William Faulkner
-"The BFG" by Roald Dahl
-"Blood Meridian" by Cormac McCarthy
-"Fantastic Mr. Fox" by Roald Dahl
-"James and the Giant Peach" by Roald Dahl
-"The Man Who Laughs" by Victor Hugo
-"Matilda" by Roald Dahl
-"Misery" by Stephen King
-"Strangers on a Train" by Patricia Highsmith
MOVIES
The following is a list of literature that I am curious to read that was in some ways adapted into either film, TV, or other noteworthy works. The list is presented in alphabetical order by title.
-"All the King's Men" by Robert Penn Warren
-"American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
-"Beauty and the Beast" by Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
-"Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" by Philip K. Dick
-"Get Shorty" by Elmore Leonard
-"High-Rise" by J.G. Ballard
-"How to Train Your Dragon" by Cressida Williams
-"Kiss of the Spider Woman" by Manuel Puig
-"The Maltese Falcon" by Dashielle Hammet
-"The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh" by A.A. Milne
-"Oil!" by Upton Sinclair
-"Planet of the Apes" by Pierre Boulle
-"Terms of Endearment" by Larry McMurtry
-"The Wizard of Oz" by L. Frank Baum
MODERN HITS
The following are books that I haven't categorized in any significant way, but feel that they are recent enough to warrant their own section. This list is presented in alphabetical order by title.
-"Hamilton: A Revolution" by Lin-Manuel Miranda
-"Persepolis" by Marjane Satrapi
-"Uncommon Type" by Tom Hanks
-"You Were Never Really There" by Jonathan Ames
COMPILATIONS
The following is a list of subjects that don't have one specific compendium to recommend, but I feel would be valuable to have compilations of their work. This list is presented in alphabetical order by subject, last name in case of authors.
-Hans Christian Anderson
-The Brothers Grimm
-H.P. Lovecraft
-Mythology (Greek, Roman, Norse, etc.)
MARTIN SCORSESE
The following is a list of books that were later adapted into movies by director Martin Scorsese. I am making it a challenge to read every adaptation that he has made. This list is presented in alphabetical order by title.
-"The Age of Innocence" by Edith Wharton"
-"Bringing Out the Dead" by Joe Connelly
-"Casino" by Nicholas Pileggi
-"The Color of Money" by Walter Tevis
-"The Executioners" by John D. MacDonald
-"I Heard You Paint Houses" by Charles Brandt
-"The Invention of Hugo Cabret" by Brian Selznick
-"The Last Temptation of Christ" by Nikos Kazantzakis
-"Raging Bull: My Story" by Jake LaMotta
-"Silence" by Shusaku Endo
-"Sister of the Road" by Ben L. Reitman
-"The Wolf of Wall Street" by Jordan Belfort
THE DARK TOWER SERIES
The following is a list of books within Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" series that I have yet to read. The list is presented in chronological order, which is also preference.
-"Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla" by Stephen King
-"Dark Tower VI: Song of Susannah" by Stephen King
-"Dark Tower VII: The Dark Tower" by Stephen King
-"Dark Tower: Wind Through the Keyhole" by Stephen King
If you would like to donate/gift your books to me, please contact my e-mail at WillettReads@gmail.com. If I believe you to be an honest and trustworthy person, I will provide further information in confidential manners. I am also accepting further recommendations to expand the scope of what I read. While this blog doesn't get updated as much as I'd like, I always find joy in reading and feel that it's important to stay open-minded. Enjoy the holidays, and feel free to share what books you'd like to get as a gift.
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