From Viam’s article on How to Read One Book per Week
Novel
- The Great Gatsby — Fitzgerald
- Animal Farm — George Orwell
- The Road — Cormac McCarthy
- Bel Ami — Maupassant
- The Count of Monte Cristo — Alexandre Dumas
- Les Miserables — Victor Hugo
- The Three Musketeers — Alexandre Dumas
- Call of the Wild — Jack London
- The Fountainhead — Ayn Rand
Philosophy
- Meditation — Marcus Aurelius
- Discourse on Volontary Servitude — Etienne de la Boetie
- Thus Spoke Zarahustra — Nietzche
- Civil Disobedience — Thoreau
- Zadig — Voltaire
- Candide — Voltaire
Books on Writing
- Martin Eden — Jack London
- Novelist as Vocation — Murakami
- On Writing — Stephen King
- The element of style — William Strunk
- The War of Art — Steven Pressfield
Science Fiction
- The Ice People — Barjavel
- Brave New World — Aldous Huxley
Fantasy / Magic
- Lord of the Rings — Tolkien
- Game of Thrones — Georges RR Martin
- Royal Assassin Saga — Robin Hobb
- Harry Potter Saga — J.K Rowling