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

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1

by Louisa May Alcott

26,601 members

402 reviews

4

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

2

To Kill a Mockingbird

78,841 members

1,434 reviews

½ 4.4

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

3

Memoirs of a Geisha

by Arthur Golden

36,723 members

562 reviews

4

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

4

28,842 members

534 reviews

4.2

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

5

The Picture of Dorian Gray

39,709 members

637 reviews

4

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

6

Mr Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore

8,343 members

724 reviews

3.8

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

7

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

22,134 members

424 reviews

3.9

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

8

Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

28,693 members

280 reviews

½ 3.7

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

9

by John Steinbeck

9,939 members

186 reviews

4

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

10

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens

24,840 members

527 reviews

4.1

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

11

The Call of the Wild

20,261 members

324 reviews

3.8

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

12

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

45,992 members

768 reviews

4.1

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

13

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe

by Fannie Flagg

8,950 members

189 reviews

4.1

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

14

The Grapes of Wrath

by John Steinbeck

34,445 members

478 reviews

4.1

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

15

The Secret Garden

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

35,577 members

561 reviews

4.1

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

16

Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens

38,687 members

438 reviews

3.9

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

17

Animal Farm / 1984

by George Orwell

3,611 members

33 reviews

4.2

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

18

by Charlotte Brontë

59,290 members

923 reviews

4.2

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

19

I Know This Much is True

10,234 members

169 reviews

4.1

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

20

Pride and Prejudice

81,050 members

1,371 reviews

½ 4.4

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

21

by J. R. R. Tolkien

94,888 members

1,193 reviews

½ 4.3

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

22

Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

52,248 members

708 reviews

3.9

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

23

The Wee Free Men

by Terry Pratchett

10,829 members

258 reviews

4.2

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

24

by George Orwell

60,292 members

890 reviews

4

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

25

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson

43,300 members

1,750 reviews

4

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

26

by John Grisham

10,690 members

80 reviews

½ 3.6

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

27

38,204 members

506 reviews

4.1

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

28

by Kathryn Stockett

30,668 members

1,491 reviews

½ 4.4

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

29

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer / The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

3,625 members

34 reviews

4

4 Members: Schallon, cej1027, ahef1963, Missionfirst2

30

The Girl Who Played with Fire

by Stieg Larsson

30,564 members

932 reviews

4.1

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

31

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

33,075 members

328 reviews

3.9

4 Members: hipdeep, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

32

The Fellowship of the Ring

by J. R. R. Tolkien

54,977 members

489 reviews

½ 4.4

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

33

My Sister's Keeper

by Jodi Picoult

20,944 members

687 reviews

4

4 Members: dara85, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, Missionfirst2

34

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson

17,208 members

317 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: Bibliofemmes, cataloga, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

35

27,745 members

574 reviews

½ 4.3

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

36

Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson

34,251 members

438 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

4,145 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

1,554 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

25,383 members

728 reviews

4.1

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

40

The Scarlet Letter

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

36,718 members

373 reviews

½ 3.4

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

41

by Pearl S. Buck

13,905 members

264 reviews

4

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

42

The Raven [poem]

by Edgar Allan Poe

1,965 members

41 reviews

4.2

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

43

A Thousand Splendid Suns

by Khaled Hosseini

30,435 members

896 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: dara85, Schallon, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963

44

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

by Shirley Jackson

8,207 members

425 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Bibliofemmes, cataloga, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

45

The Poisonwood Bible

by Barbara Kingsolver

26,351 members

502 reviews

4.2

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

46

43,742 members

1,012 reviews

3.9

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

47

The Da Vinci Code

70,449 members

1,308 reviews

½ 3.5

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

48

Something Wicked This Way Comes

by Ray Bradbury

11,433 members

297 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

72,470 members

1,175 reviews

3.8

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

51

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

16,575 members

443 reviews

½ 4.3

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

52

20,000 Leagues under the Sea

18,516 members

255 reviews

½ 3.7

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

53

Heart of Darkness

by Joseph Conrad

23,681 members

389 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

54

by Michael Crichton

20,875 members

318 reviews

3.9

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

55

by Terry Pratchett

8,166 members

167 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Bibliofemmes, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

56

by Toni Morrison

22,952 members

408 reviews

3.9

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

57

by Daphne Du Maurier

20,819 members

615 reviews

4.2

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

58

Jane Austen: Seven Novels

5,433 members

33 reviews

½ 4.6

3 Members: Schallon, ahef1963, kara.shamy

59

The Forgotten Garden

7,921 members

447 reviews

4

4 Members: dara85, Bibliofemmes, cataloga, ahef1963

60

13,002 members

289 reviews

4

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

61

In a Sunburned Country

9,129 members

229 reviews

4

4 Members: hipdeep, Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963

62

A Hat Full of Sky

by Terry Pratchett

8,162 members

143 reviews

4.2

4 Members: Bibliofemmes, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

63

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

by Carson McCullers

10,763 members

243 reviews

4

4 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

64

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

11,379 members

372 reviews

4

4 Members: dara85, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, Missionfirst2

65

The Martian Chronicles

by Ray Bradbury

16,701 members

325 reviews

4

4 Members: Bibliofemmes, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

66

Cold Sassy Tree

by Olive Ann Burns

4,154 members

87 reviews

3.9

4 Members: dara85, Schallon, Bibliofemmes, ManWithAnAgenda

67

The Pillars of the Earth

27,361 members

754 reviews

4.2

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

68

by Richard Adams

25,008 members

472 reviews

4.2

3 Members: Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

69

The Glass Castle: A Memoir

by Jeannette Walls

20,520 members

797 reviews

4.2

3 Members: dara85, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963

70

Cold Comfort Farm

by Stella Gibbons

5,796 members

223 reviews

4

4 Members: Bibliofemmes, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

71

Girl with a Pearl Earring

by Tracy Chevalier

17,310 members

321 reviews

3.8

4 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963

72

The Pelican Brief

by John Grisham

11,084 members

83 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: dara85, Schallon, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963

73

The Woman in White

by Wilkie Collins

12,890 members

338 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Bibliofemmes, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

74

by Louise Penny

6,700 members

427 reviews

3.8

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

75

by L. Frank Baum

3,127 members

53 reviews

3.9

3 Members: Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

76

by Sylvia Plath

28,230 members

505 reviews

4

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

77

The Joy Luck Club

17,665 members

198 reviews

3.9

4 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

78

8,290 members

112 reviews

3.9

3 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, cej1027

79

The Lottery and Other Stories

by Shirley Jackson

3,659 members

93 reviews

4

4 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

80

The Color Purple

by Alice Walker

19,809 members

340 reviews

4.1

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

81

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

by Edgar Allan Poe

2,467 members

27 reviews

4.1

3 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, kara.shamy

82

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

16,929 members

475 reviews

4

4 Members: Bibliofemmes, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

83

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

by Ransom Riggs

19,427 members

1,136 reviews

½ 3.7

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

84

by Willa Cather

13,666 members

287 reviews

3.9

3 Members: dara85, Bibliofemmes, merrystar

85

Summer of My German Soldier

by Bette Greene

3,041 members

47 reviews

3.8

3 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963

86

The Scarecrow of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

1,323 members

14 reviews

3.8

3 Members: hipdeep, Bibliofemmes, ManWithAnAgenda

87

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

by Rebecca Skloot

14,718 members

743 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

5,562 members

193 reviews

4.1

3 Members: Bibliofemmes, merrystar, cej1027

89

by Michael Crichton

13,613 members

183 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: Bibliofemmes, cataloga, ManWithAnAgenda

90

Rinkitink in Oz

by L. Frank Baum

1,255 members

15 reviews

3.9

3 Members: hipdeep, Bibliofemmes, ManWithAnAgenda

91

The Lost Princess of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

1,391 members

12 reviews

3.8

3 Members: hipdeep, Bibliofemmes, ManWithAnAgenda

92

Light in August

by William Faulkner

9,256 members

104 reviews

4

3 Members: Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, kara.shamy

93

5,588 members

207 reviews

4

3 Members: dara85, Bibliofemmes, cej1027

94

by Mary Shelley

42,872 members

714 reviews

3.8

3 Members: Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

95

World Without End

12,769 members

317 reviews

4

3 Members: Schallon, Bibliofemmes, kara.shamy

96

Complete Tales and Poems

by Edgar Allan Poe

2,108 members

12 reviews

½ 4.5

3 Members: Bibliofemmes, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

97

The Clan of the Cave Bear

by Jean M. Auel

12,804 members

287 reviews

3.9

3 Members: Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

98

9,218 members

179 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: Bibliofemmes, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

99

by Diana Gabaldon

23,910 members

989 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

7,346 members

117 reviews

3.8

3 Members: hipdeep, Bibliofemmes, ahef1963

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