Books You Would Recommend to Strangers

Which books are so amazing that you would gladly march up to a stranger and recommend them?

Alternatively, are they so excellent that they pop into your mind when someone asks for book suggestions?
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104

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106

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4.13 avg rating — 218,364 ratings
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107

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108

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4.79 avg rating — 4,473 ratings
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108

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110

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111

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3.88 avg rating — 5,249 ratings
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112

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113

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114

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115

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4.56 avg rating — 9,186 ratings
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116

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3.97 avg rating — 372,620 ratings
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117

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3.97 avg rating — 729,017 ratings
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118

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4.10 avg rating — 981,876 ratings
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119

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4.52 avg rating — 2,375 ratings
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120

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4.27 avg rating — 555,789 ratings
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121

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4.10 avg rating — 675,274 ratings
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122

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4.25 avg rating — 703,724 ratings
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123

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4.20 avg rating — 1,890 ratings
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124

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3.84 avg rating — 7,828 ratings
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125

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3.94 avg rating — 188,265 ratings
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126

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4.27 avg rating — 9,108 ratings
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127

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4.28 avg rating — 1,098 ratings
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128

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4.50 avg rating — 58,197 ratings
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129

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130

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131

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132

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4.14 avg rating — 1,552,228 ratings
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133

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134

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4.73 avg rating — 1,730 ratings
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135

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4.38 avg rating — 1,215,474 ratings
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136

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137

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4.30 avg rating — 7,266 ratings
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138

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4.19 avg rating — 180,134 ratings
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139

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4.12 avg rating — 307,314 ratings
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140

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3.98 avg rating — 567,587 ratings
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140

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4.10 avg rating — 11,547 ratings
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142

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4.08 avg rating — 104,060 ratings
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143

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3.68 avg rating — 550,905 ratings
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144

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4.46 avg rating — 2,306 ratings
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145

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4.39 avg rating — 1,426 ratings
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146

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4.13 avg rating — 156,839 ratings
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147

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4.13 avg rating — 23,192 ratings
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148

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3.89 avg rating — 1,786,509 ratings
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149

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150

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151

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4.38 avg rating — 1,762 ratings
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152

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153

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154

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4.36 avg rating — 12,616 ratings
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155

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4.17 avg rating — 1,270,617 ratings
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156

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157

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158

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159

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160

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4.18 avg rating — 3,426 ratings
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161

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4.26 avg rating — 2,730 ratings
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162

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163

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4.54 avg rating — 17,633 ratings
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164

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164

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166

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167

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168

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169

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170

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171

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172

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174

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176

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178

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179

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180

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181

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182

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4.31 avg rating — 8,825 ratings
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183

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185

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186

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3.93 avg rating — 14,312 ratings
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190

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191

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192

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193

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195

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199

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4.11 avg rating — 984,540 ratings
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12,130 books · 7,774 voters · list created September 12th, 2009 by Micaela (votes) .
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Micaela 487 books
7 friends
Bella 1173 books
15 friends
Tamara 17414 books
105 friends
Jo 1392 books
24 friends
Travis 95 books
8 friends
Lisa (A Life Bound By Books) 15402 books
2844 friends
Michael 96 books
1155 friends
Kaiya 232 books
12 friends

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message 1: by Micaela (new)

Micaela Cool, I didn't know this list would get so popular! (: Thanks for voting!


ღ Carol jinx~☆~☔ʚϊɞ I was taught NOT to talk to strangers! But if I must here are some that I enjoyed


message 3: by Katie Beth (new)

Katie Beth This list was brilliant!


message 5: by Peyton (new)

Peyton W-l I'd like to add some too

-My Side of the Mountain, Jean Craighead George
-Gulliver's Travels, Jonathan Swift
-A Modest Proposal, Jonathan Swift
-City of Ember, Jeanne DuPrau
-People of Sparks, Jean DuPrau
-The Prophet of Yonwood, Jean Duprau
-The Diamond of Darkhold, Jean Duprau
-Absolutely Normal Chaos, Sharon Creech
-Bloomability, Sharon Creech
-Chasing Redbird, Sharon Creech
-Granny Torrelli makes soup, Sharon Creech
-Replay, Sharon Creech
-Ruby Holler, Sharon Creech
-Walk Two Moons, Sharon Creech
-The Wanderer, Sharon Creech
-The seven wonders of Sassafras Springs, Betty G. Birney
-Wake, Lisa McMann
-Fade, Lisa McMann
-Gone, Lisa McMann
-The Odyssey,(unknown)
-The Lion, the witch, and the wardrobe, C.S. Lewis
-The girl in the Cage, Stewart Quartet


Yes I know it's a long list sorry....


TheWellReadLady Great list people!
Actually, yesterday I was in a bookshop and recommended 'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo' to another customer. Great book.


message 8: by Sridevi (new)

Sridevi I will not recommend "Duncan's Diary: Birth of a Serial Killer" to a stranger. That is the scariest novel I've ever read in my whole life :)


message 9: by Danna (new)

Danna Great! I am on the right way, Read some books of it. The good ones, though.
I have to point out that, giving a complete stranger a book to read is a little difficult chioce, due to the fact I don't know the person. You see, I believe and know that eveyr person loves this book or another, yet he/she wouldn't like every given book I'd give him/her. This is way I think you wisely did, putting a major bestseller, like the "Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins, which is absoloutly an unbelivable choice, because so many people of diefferent ages and tastes in books, read it and loved it, it won a countless number of prizes, and it is a pride, really. Though not everyone would love it. Although I do agree that this is a nice list, thank you. I'll vote right away, but first I'd consider what kind of people should read the book, if any. I hope no redicilous books would be there.


message 10: by Breanne (new)

Breanne Tiger saga will definitely get you hooked :)


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message 13: by Leigh (new)

Leigh Ive been recommending Gone Girl to everyone this year. It was a very fresh read if that makes sense.


message 14: by Adrian (new)

Adrian Wow! what a "GREAT" list!


message 15: by Danna (new)

Danna Couldn't you just call the list 'Books Everybody Generally Seems To Love, So Go Ahead And Have No Personal Taste And Read These Already'?! It's useless: it's completely unoriginal: every single Top 100 Here appears exactly in the same order in the next list, named 'Our Favorite Books' or something as useless as much!


message 16: by [deleted user] (last edited Aug 25, 2014 12:48PM) (new)

The entire Hunger Games- trilogy. Loved it. Voted. Oh, and the Martian Chronicles.


message 17: by Lobstergirl (new)

Lobstergirl 38 duplicates removed.


message 18: by Tim (new)

Tim Butcher I was sorry just now to see my book, `Blood River’ vanish from this list. Apologies to the 50 or so members who voted for it. I am trying to work out where those votes went. We authors are rightly not allowed to put our own books on lists like this, nor can we vote for them. So, to the kind supporter who first put the book on this list, a particular apology. And to anyone who might help me better understand why the book was removed, please message me, privately if you prefer. I would love to avoid similar mistakes in the future and to learn if I have done anything wrong. With best wishes to all who make GoodReads an important hub for readers, writers and bibliophiles, author Tim Butcher


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