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Description: Books I've read that were good enough to remember

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1

by Louisa May Alcott

26,423 members

399 reviews

4

7 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, merrystar, cataloga, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Missionfirst2

2

To Kill a Mockingbird

78,421 members

1,433 reviews

½ 4.4

9 Members: hipdeep, Schallon, Bibliofemmes, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Missionfirst2, ManWithAnAgenda

3

Memoirs of a Geisha

by Arthur Golden

36,588 members

562 reviews

4

6 Members: dara85, Schallon, Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963, Hanne83

4

28,683 members

532 reviews

4.2

6 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, merrystar, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

5

The Picture of Dorian Gray

39,468 members

633 reviews

4

6 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, merrystar, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

6

Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

8,303 members

722 reviews

3.8

6 Members: girlscan2, Bibliofemmes, merrystar, cataloga, cej1027, ahef1963

7

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

21,936 members

423 reviews

3.9

7 Members: hipdeep, dara85, Bibliofemmes, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

8

Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

28,497 members

279 reviews

½ 3.7

7 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, merrystar, cataloga, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

9

by John Steinbeck

9,894 members

186 reviews

4

6 Members: hipdeep, Schallon, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, Missionfirst2, ManWithAnAgenda

10

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens

24,655 members

525 reviews

4.1

6 Members: hipdeep, Bibliofemmes, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

11

The Call of the Wild

20,143 members

321 reviews

3.8

5 Members: Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963, Missionfirst2, ManWithAnAgenda

12

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

45,595 members

759 reviews

4.1

6 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

13

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

by Fannie Flagg

8,913 members

188 reviews

4.1

5 Members: girlscan2, Schallon, Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963

14

The Grapes of Wrath

by John Steinbeck

34,272 members

471 reviews

4.1

5 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, cej1027, Missionfirst2, ManWithAnAgenda

15

The Secret Garden

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

35,230 members

553 reviews

4.1

5 Members: Bibliofemmes, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

16

Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens

38,441 members

435 reviews

3.9

5 Members: Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Missionfirst2, ManWithAnAgenda

17

Animal Farm / 1984

by George Orwell

3,591 members

33 reviews

4.2

5 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, cataloga, ahef1963, kara.shamy

18

by Charlotte Brontë

58,935 members

916 reviews

4.2

5 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

19

I Know This Much is True

10,207 members

169 reviews

4.1

6 Members: dara85, Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

20

Pride and Prejudice

80,568 members

1,367 reviews

½ 4.4

5 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

21

by J. R. R. Tolkien

94,257 members

1,187 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: Bibliofemmes, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy

22

Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

51,937 members

702 reviews

3.9

5 Members: Bibliofemmes, merrystar, ahef1963, Missionfirst2, ManWithAnAgenda

23

The Wee Free Men

by Terry Pratchett

10,780 members

258 reviews

4.2

5 Members: Bibliofemmes, merrystar, cataloga, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

24

by George Orwell

59,968 members

882 reviews

4

6 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, merrystar, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

25

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson

43,174 members

1,748 reviews

4

6 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

26

by John Grisham

10,629 members

79 reviews

½ 3.6

6 Members: dara85, Schallon, Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963, Missionfirst2

27

37,935 members

505 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Schallon, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

28

by Kathryn Stockett

30,507 members

1,488 reviews

½ 4.4

5 Members: dara85, Schallon, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, Missionfirst2

29

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer / The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

3,609 members

34 reviews

4

4 Members: Schallon, cej1027, ahef1963, Missionfirst2

30

The Girl Who Played with Fire

by Stieg Larsson

30,446 members

931 reviews

4.1

6 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

31

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

32,857 members

324 reviews

3.9

4 Members: hipdeep, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

32

The Fellowship of the Ring

by J. R. R. Tolkien

54,564 members

486 reviews

½ 4.4

6 Members: Bibliofemmes, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

33

My Sister's Keeper

by Jodi Picoult

20,893 members

686 reviews

4

4 Members: dara85, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, Missionfirst2

34

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson

17,127 members

315 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: Bibliofemmes, cataloga, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

35

27,550 members

572 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: girlscan2, dara85, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

36

Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson

34,018 members

430 reviews

3.8

5 Members: Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963, Missionfirst2, ManWithAnAgenda

37

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Five Parts

by Douglas Adams

4,122 members

43 reviews

½ 4.4

5 Members: Bibliofemmes, cataloga, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

38

Sense and Sensibility / Pride and Prejudice / Mansfield Park / Emma / Northanger Abbey / Persuasion

1,547 members

12 reviews

½ 4.6

4 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, kara.shamy

39

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest

by Stieg Larsson

25,294 members

726 reviews

4.1

5 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy

40

The Scarlet Letter

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

36,531 members

373 reviews

½ 3.4

5 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

41

by Pearl S. Buck

13,829 members

265 reviews

4

5 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963, Missionfirst2

42

The Raven [poem]

by Edgar Allan Poe

1,951 members

41 reviews

4.2

4 Members: Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy

43

A Thousand Splendid Suns

by Khaled Hosseini

30,291 members

895 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: dara85, Schallon, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963

44

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

by Shirley Jackson

8,128 members

423 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Bibliofemmes, cataloga, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

45

The Poisonwood Bible

by Barbara Kingsolver

26,262 members

501 reviews

4.2

5 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

46

43,574 members

1,013 reviews

3.9

5 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

47

The Da Vinci Code

70,242 members

1,307 reviews

½ 3.5

5 Members: dara85, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, Missionfirst2, ManWithAnAgenda

48

Something Wicked This Way Comes

by Ray Bradbury

11,369 members

296 reviews

3.9

4 Members: hipdeep, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

49

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

162 members

2 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy

50

The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

72,093 members

1,168 reviews

3.8

5 Members: Bibliofemmes, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

51

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

16,512 members

442 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: dara85, Schallon, Bibliofemmes, merrystar, ahef1963

52

20,000 Leagues under the Sea

18,400 members

252 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

53

Heart of Darkness

by Joseph Conrad

23,572 members

387 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

54

by Michael Crichton

20,775 members

316 reviews

3.9

5 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

55

by Terry Pratchett

8,143 members

167 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Bibliofemmes, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

56

by Toni Morrison

22,815 members

405 reviews

3.9

5 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

57

by Daphne Du Maurier

20,699 members

610 reviews

4.2

5 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

58

Jane Austen: Seven Novels

5,380 members

34 reviews

½ 4.6

3 Members: Schallon, ahef1963, kara.shamy

59

The Forgotten Garden

7,894 members

444 reviews

4

4 Members: dara85, Bibliofemmes, cataloga, ahef1963

60

12,956 members

289 reviews

4

5 Members: Bibliofemmes, merrystar, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

61

In a Sunburned Country

9,108 members

229 reviews

4

4 Members: hipdeep, Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963

62

A Hat Full of Sky

by Terry Pratchett

8,136 members

143 reviews

4.2

4 Members: Bibliofemmes, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

63

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

by Carson McCullers

10,711 members

243 reviews

4

4 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

64

Marley & Me: Life and Love with the World's Worst Dog

11,311 members

372 reviews

4

4 Members: dara85, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, Missionfirst2

65

The Martian Chronicles

by Ray Bradbury

16,618 members

323 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Bibliofemmes, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

66

Cold Sassy Tree

by Olive Ann Burns

4,148 members

86 reviews

3.9

4 Members: dara85, Schallon, Bibliofemmes, ManWithAnAgenda

67

The Pillars of the Earth

27,238 members

753 reviews

4.2

4 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, kara.shamy

68

by Richard Adams

24,888 members

471 reviews

4.2

3 Members: Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

69

The Glass Castle: A Memoir

by Jeannette Walls

20,567 members

795 reviews

4.2

3 Members: dara85, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963

70

Cold Comfort Farm

by Stella Gibbons

5,768 members

221 reviews

4

4 Members: Bibliofemmes, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

71

Girl with a Pearl Earring

by Tracy Chevalier

17,255 members

319 reviews

3.8

4 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963

72

The Pelican Brief

by John Grisham

11,041 members

83 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: dara85, Schallon, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963

73

The Woman in White

by Wilkie Collins

12,795 members

336 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Bibliofemmes, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

74

by Louise Penny

6,685 members

424 reviews

3.8

4 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, kara.shamy

75

by L. Frank Baum

3,107 members

53 reviews

3.9

3 Members: Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

76

by Sylvia Plath

28,083 members

501 reviews

4

4 Members: Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

77

The Joy Luck Club

17,590 members

199 reviews

3.9

4 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

78

8,217 members

112 reviews

3.9

3 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, cej1027

79

The Lottery and Other Stories

by Shirley Jackson

3,636 members

93 reviews

4

4 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

80

The Color Purple

by Alice Walker

19,711 members

335 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

81

The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings [Bantam Classics]

by Edgar Allan Poe

2,452 members

27 reviews

4.1

3 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, kara.shamy

82

A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail

16,858 members

473 reviews

4

4 Members: Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

83

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

by Ransom Riggs

19,255 members

1,134 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

84

by Willa Cather

13,602 members

286 reviews

3.9

3 Members: dara85, Bibliofemmes, merrystar

85

Summer of My German Soldier

by Bette Greene

3,030 members

47 reviews

3.8

3 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963

86

The Scarecrow of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

1,310 members

14 reviews

3.8

3 Members: hipdeep, Bibliofemmes, ManWithAnAgenda

87

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

by Rebecca Skloot

14,609 members

739 reviews

4.2

4 Members: Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy

88

The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy

by Jeanne Birdsall

5,507 members

191 reviews

4.1

3 Members: Bibliofemmes, merrystar, cej1027

89

by Michael Crichton

13,558 members

182 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: Bibliofemmes, cataloga, ManWithAnAgenda

90

Rinkitink in Oz

by L. Frank Baum

1,239 members

15 reviews

3.8

3 Members: hipdeep, Bibliofemmes, ManWithAnAgenda

91

The Lost Princess of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

1,378 members

12 reviews

3.8

3 Members: hipdeep, Bibliofemmes, ManWithAnAgenda

92

Light in August

by William Faulkner

9,228 members

105 reviews

4

3 Members: Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, kara.shamy

93

5,567 members

207 reviews

4

3 Members: dara85, Bibliofemmes, cej1027

94

by Mary Shelley

42,601 members

709 reviews

3.8

3 Members: Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

95

World Without End

12,701 members

317 reviews

4

3 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, kara.shamy

96

Complete Tales and Poems

by Edgar Allan Poe

2,087 members

12 reviews

½ 4.5

3 Members: Bibliofemmes, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

97

The Clan of the Cave Bear

by Jean M. Auel

12,750 members

286 reviews

3.9

3 Members: Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

98

9,183 members

179 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

99

by Diana Gabaldon

23,756 members

985 reviews

4.2

3 Members: Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, kara.shamy

100

I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away

7,319 members

117 reviews

3.8

3 Members: hipdeep, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963

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