Top-Rated Books on LibraryThing

Description
Discovering books with a significant number of owners (>1000) that have a 4-1/2 star rating on LibraryThing. Do these books deserve their high ratings?
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12,622 members
91 reviews
½ 4.4
10
26,366 members
341 reviews
½ 4.3
20 Members
eromsted, kerrlm, Cecrow, jarmstrong, richgatlin, ncgraham, souloftherose, thecoroner, Dilara86, Bretzky1, raperper, bcrowl399, leialoha, stevengolson, emmendelson, Jeannine504, JaneM1948, cullengrey, pinkpilled, vinicius76,aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith : Hugo was paid by the word and this work meanders shamelessly whenever he needed extra money. The digressions are interesting, but I kept losing track of the plot and gave up.
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20,823 members
614 reviews
4.2
15
35,947 members
322 reviews
½ 4.3
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8,035 members
135 reviews
½ 4.3
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31,835 members
170 reviews
½ 4.6
16 Members
hipdeep, staffordcastle, kageeh, kerrlm, ncgraham, thecoroner, mike_frank, rretzler, ahef1963, raperper, literary.jess, bcrowl399, kara.shamy, leialoha, JaneM1948, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith ,Bluewolf0411
Explanations
aulsmith : The Complete Works are NOT a good read. Some of the plays are. A lot of the poetry is. The plays are often better performed, so listen to an audio or watch a DVD.
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30,635 members
1,491 reviews
½ 4.4
19 Members
kageeh, pmarshall, KimarieBee, dldbizacct, kerrlm, LuciAHH, mmignano11, krazy4katz, ncgraham, susiesharp, souloftherose, BonnieJune54, MaggieFlo, ahef1963, toschim, bcrowl399, Peace2, JuniperGreen, JaneM1948,eromsted ,aulsmith , , ,Dilara86 ,mike_frank ,
Explanations
aulsmith : White girl helps the poor Negros to tell there story ... written in the 21st century. You can waste your time with better tripe.
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29,577 members
331 reviews
½ 4.4
11 Members
eromsted, cpg, smcwl, kerrlm, Cecrow, thecoroner, Bretzky1, raperper, leialoha, guitarkhw, vinicius76,aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith : This bogs down in the middle. Probably worth pushing on, but not a good read.
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5,475 members
150 reviews
½ 4.3
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23,472 members
425 reviews
½ 4.4
12 Members
eromsted, kerrlm, iggyjreilly, mmignano11, Cecrow, richgatlin, ncgraham, thecoroner, bcrowl399, Jeannine504, JaneM1948, guitarkhw,aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith : A good read? Not really. There's lots of fine writing coupled with Steinbeck's usual misogyny and a group of very dark characters. I still think most of Steinbeck is worth plowing through, but this one isn't for sitting and enjoying.
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5,871 members
349 reviews
4.2
35
27,692 members
574 reviews
½ 4.3
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16,550 members
443 reviews
½ 4.3
38
6,778 members
91 reviews
½ 4.3
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7,894 members
138 reviews
½ 4.3
40
3,336 members
55 reviews
4.2
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14,255 members
202 reviews
½ 4.3
14 Members
iggyjreilly, mmignano11, Cecrow, merrystar, susiesharp, Dilara86, mike_frank, rretzler, BomboChipolata, ahef1963, JuniperGreen, JaneM1948, guitarkhw, ManWithAnAgenda,generalkala ,eromsted ,smcwl ,aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith : I hate annoying adolescents. If you do too, don't bother with this one.
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17,780 members
331 reviews
4.2
45
8,359 members
239 reviews
½ 4.6
48
11,304 members
166 reviews
½ 4.4
49
18,848 members
1,013 reviews
½ 4.3
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628 members
3 reviews
½ 4.3
9 Members
starfishian, smcwl, kerrlm, Cecrow, Bretzky1, ahef1963, Peace2, JaneM1948, ManWithAnAgenda,hipdeep
Explanations
hipdeep: Less than 1000 members
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38,631 members
436 reviews
3.9
53
2,386 members
77 reviews
½ 4.4
54
13,715 members
248 reviews
4.2
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25,094 members
450 reviews
½ 4.4
56
9,191 members
167 reviews
4.2
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24,965 members
472 reviews
4.2
59
26,188 members
230 reviews
4
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18,111 members
332 reviews
4.2
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20,746 members
276 reviews
4.1
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1,698 members
16 reviews
½ 4.4
63
3,547 members
26 reviews
½ 4.3
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2,519 members
96 reviews
½ 4.4
65
39,174 members
665 reviews
3.9
11 Members
starfishian, enrique_molinero, kerrlm, Cecrow, ncgraham, BonnieJune54, ahef1963, Peace2, Jeannine504, JaneM1948, guitarkhw,hipdeep ,eromsted ,aulsmith ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
aulsmith : Dark, depressing and misogynist.
ManWithAnAgenda: Less than 4.3 average stars
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3,789 members
106 reviews
4.2
67
52,183 members
705 reviews
3.9
68
13,655 members
130 reviews
½ 4.3
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20,540 members
530 reviews
4.2
12 Members
enrique_molinero, kerrlm, mmignano11, Cecrow, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, bcrowl399, Peace2, Jeannine504, JaneM1948, rmaness,hipdeep , ,eromsted ,norabelle414 ,aulsmith ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
aulsmith : I find this story of home invasion disturbing.
ManWithAnAgenda: Less than 4.3 average stars
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4,842 members
174 reviews
4.2
71
9,808 members
124 reviews
½ 4.3
72
1,741 members
31 reviews
4.8
7 Members
Edward, staffordcastle, _Zoe_, BookWallah, kerrlm, ahef1963, leialoha,eromsted ,aulsmith ,Bluewolf0411
Explanations
aulsmith : A wonderful book to peruse, but not a good read.
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7,617 members
114 reviews
½ 4.4
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7,339 members
129 reviews
4.1
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3,731 members
54 reviews
½ 4.3
76
6,709 members
68 reviews
½ 4.4
77
13,523 members
207 reviews
½ 4.3
78
9,545 members
537 reviews
½ 4.3
79
10,215 members
440 reviews
4.2
80
3,196 members
103 reviews
½ 4.3
81
23,879 members
988 reviews
4.2
82
14,102 members
223 reviews
4.2
83
26,341 members
220 reviews
½ 4.3
6 Members
cpg, smcwl, richgatlin, merrystar, BonnieJune54, cej1027,aulsmith ,Bluewolf0411
Explanations
aulsmith : It's Christian apologetics. A good read if you agree, tedious if you don't
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13,776 members
200 reviews
½ 4.3
85
2,221 members
36 reviews
½ 4.3
86
5,270 members
150 reviews
4.2
87
1,158 members
17 reviews
½ 4.3
88
4,884 members
63 reviews
½ 4.3
89
17,245 members
911 reviews
4
6 Members
starfishian, Cecrow, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Jeannine504, sotw,hipdeep ,eromsted ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
ManWithAnAgenda: Less than 4.3 average stars
90
11,725 members
798 reviews
½ 4.3
92
5,045 members
144 reviews
4.1
5 Members
aulsmith, Cecrow, merrystar, BomboChipolata, ahef1963,hipdeep ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
ManWithAnAgenda: Less than 4.3 average stars
93
5,769 members
462 reviews
½ 4.4
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20,520 members
792 reviews
½ 4.4
5 Members
staffordcastle, KimarieBee, Cecrow, ahef1963, Peace2,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
ManWithAnAgenda: Never-ending story
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18,567 members
1,280 reviews
4.1
5 Members
enrique_molinero, Cecrow, mrmapcase, BomboChipolata, ahef1963,hipdeep ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
ManWithAnAgenda: Less than 4.3 average stars
96
17,097 members
295 reviews
4.2
97
2,922 members
53 reviews
½ 4.3
6 Members
staffordcastle, Cecrow, merrystar, souloftherose, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith ,ncgraham
Explanations
aulsmith : I don't like this kind of fantasy. Could get past page 20 of the first one.
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8,489 members
78 reviews
½ 4.4
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27,973 members
1,042 reviews
4.1
6 Members
starfishian, Cecrow, krazy4katz, kara.shamy, JaneM1948, guitarkhw,hipdeep , ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
ManWithAnAgenda: Less than 4.3 average stars
100
5,473 members
183 reviews
½ 4.3