This is a collection of horizon-expanding page-turners that reside on my bookshelf and in my Kindle. Each of the books listed below is a favorite of mine, many of which I have read multiple times (in alphabetical order by author’s last name).

The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey

Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo

Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac

On The Road by Jack Kerouac

The Subterraneans by Jack Kerouac

The Dice Man by Luke Rhinehart

Another Roadside Attraction by Tom Robbins

Jitterbug Perfume by Tom Robbins

Only Cowgirls Get the Blues by Tom Robbins

Choke by Chuck Palahniuk

Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling

The Lorax by Dr. Seuss

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

The Pearl by John Steinbeck

Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut

Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut

Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut

Confessions of a Barbarian by Edward Abbey

Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey

Influence by Robert B. Cialdini

The Dao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff

The Madness of Crowds by Douglas Murray

The Unabomber Manifesto by Ted Kaczynski

Consider This by Chuck Palahniuk

How To Change Your Mind by Michael Pollan

This Is Your Mind On Plants by Michael Pollan

Bowling Alone by Robert Putnam

Tibetan Peach Pie by Tom Robbins

Emile: Or On Education by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Save the Cat! by Blake Snyder

Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck

The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E.B. White

Antifragile by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Walden, Civil Disobedience, and Other Writings by Henry David Thoreau