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Catch-22
by Joseph Heller
40,178 members
529 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 225
8 Members
booksinbed, J.Sealy, aulsmith, WSB7, sturlington, Bretzky1, gypsysmom, Emmay,gilroy ,donutage ,waitingtoderail ,FAMeulstee ,Bluewolf0411 ,ahef1963 ,Charon07
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Hiroshima (Expanded edition)
by John Hersey
1,974 members
37 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 75
5 Members
aulsmith, Cecrow, WSB7, Emmay, bijiyece,terran ,Bluewolf0411
3
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
78,931 members
1,434 reviews
½ 4.4
Global Rank 8
18 Members
aprille, waitingtoderail, booksinbed, Cecrow, WSB7, sturlington, Bluewolf0411, BruceCoulson, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Emmay, Laura1124, dadito, boogirl13, Lynsey2, ManWithAnAgenda, Charon07,aulsmith ,FAMeulstee ,merrystar ,sashame , ,
Explanations
aulsmith : This is a nice piece, but I wouldn't read it again.
4
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
72,596 members
1,176 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 1,431
12 Members
booksinbed, WSB7, sturlington, thecoroner, jeffza, Emmay, williamperryiii, Laura1124, Lynsey2, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda, Lauren_Shriver,donutage ,waitingtoderail ,terran ,aulsmith ,FAMeulstee ,merrystar ,Bretzky1 ,Peace2 ,chwiggy ,Roza.Omarova ,sashame ,Julie_in_the_Library ,Charon07
Explanations
aulsmith : I've read it 3 times now, and I'm still not sure what it's about.
chwiggy : close but not quite there for me to give 5 stars
5
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
24,918 members
528 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 1,499
6 Members
hipdeep, WSB7, edparks, briarhills, gypsysmom, ahef1963,waitingtoderail ,aulsmith ,merrystar ,sturlington ,Dilara86 ,Bretzky1 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
aulsmith : I remember this getting a tad dull at times.
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Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck
39,319 members
666 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 1,625
4 Members
booksinbed, FAMeulstee, WSB7, gypsysmom,waitingtoderail ,hipdeep ,aulsmith ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
aulsmith : Good book, but not my five stars.
7
All the Light We Cannot See
by Anthony Doerr
18,949 members
886 reviews
½ 4.3
Global Rank 92
9 Members
dara85, booksinbed, WSB7, DidIReallyReadThat, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, Laura1124, Lynsey2, Charon07,FAMeulstee ,edparks ,teeth ,dadito
Explanations
edparks: IMHO the most overrated book of the last fifty years.
8
Miss Lonelyhearts & The Day of the Locust
by Nathanael West
2,227 members
38 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 392
3 Members
WSB7, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith : These were both good, but not for my 5 stars
10
The All-Girl Football Team
by Lewis Nordan
54 members
3 reviews
4
Global Rank 1,449
Member
WSB7,ManWithAnAgenda
11
Welcome to the Arrow-Catcher Fair
by Lewis Nordan
35 members
½ 4.4
Global Rank 475
Member
WSB7
12
Faust: A Tragedy (Norton Critical Edition)
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1,033 members
6 reviews
4
Global Rank 97
3 Members
WSB7, thecoroner, FranzK72
13
Utopia Limited: The Sixties and the Emergence of the Postmodern
by Marianne DeKoven
17 members
4
Global Rank 506
Member
WSB7
14
The Sharpshooter Blues
by Lewis Nordan
152 members
4 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 1,461
Member
WSB7,edparks
15
Wolf Whistle
by Lewis Nordan
287 members
9 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 524
Member
WSB7
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Love Medicine
by Louise Erdrich
3,943 members
78 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 955
2 Members
WSB7, gypsysmom,sturlington
17
Looking for Alaska
by John Green
19,266 members
753 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 1,540
2 Members
FAMeulstee, WSB7,dara85 ,ManWithAnAgenda
18
Jazz
by Toni Morrison
5,011 members
64 reviews
½ 3.7
Global Rank 279
2 Members
booksinbed, WSB7
19
Evidence of Things Unseen
by Marianne Wiggins
589 members
16 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 217
2 Members
WSB7, Lynsey2
20
How to Listen to and Understand Great Music
by Robert Greenberg
399 members
4 reviews
½ 4.5
Global Rank 587
Member
WSB7
21
Cat's Cradle
by Kurt Vonnegut
22,407 members
301 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 81
6 Members
waitingtoderail, WSB7, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, Charon07, dandalf,aulsmith ,sashame
22
Love in Infant Monkeys: Stories
by Lydia Millet
178 members
9 reviews
½ 3.4
Global Rank 604
Member
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23
The Skeptic's Guide to the Great Books
by Grant L Voth
43 members
2 reviews
4
Global Rank 611
Member
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Answered Prayers: The Unfinished Novel
by Truman Capote
984 members
10 reviews
½ 3.5
Global Rank 613
Member
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25
Brief Interviews with Hideous Men
by David Foster Wallace
3,534 members
55 reviews
½ 3.7
Global Rank 620
Member
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26
A Mercy
by Toni Morrison
3,524 members
142 reviews
½ 3.7
Global Rank 284
2 Members
WSB7, kara.shamy
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Jane Sexes It Up: True Confessions of Feminist Desire
by Merri Lisa Johnson
183 members
3.8
Global Rank 641
Member
WSB7
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In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote
23,868 members
467 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 60
9 Members
aprille, WSB7, thecoroner, gypsysmom, Emmay, Laura1124, Lynsey2, FranzK72, Lauren_Shriver,jain ,Bluewolf0411 ,ManWithAnAgenda
29
The New Journalism
by Tom Wolfe
335 members
2 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 659
Member
WSB7
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Tar Baby
by Toni Morrison
2,924 members
37 reviews
½ 3.6
Global Rank 316
2 Members
booksinbed, WSB7
31
Weight: The Myth of Atlas and Heracles
by Jeanette Winterson
1,323 members
46 reviews
½ 3.7
Global Rank 672
Member
WSB7
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Oryx and Crake
by Margaret Atwood
17,030 members
538 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 88
5 Members
WSB7, sturlington, Dilara86, gypsysmom, Charon07,Bluewolf0411
33
The House on Mango Street
by Sandra Cisneros
10,760 members
231 reviews
½ 3.6
Global Rank 1,491
Member
WSB7,jain
34
The Hour I First Believed
by Wally Lamb
3,805 members
171 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 334
2 Members
booksinbed, WSB7
35
The Loser
by Peter Ustinov
103 members
5 reviews
½ 3.6
Global Rank 689
Member
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36
The Life before Us
by Romain Gary
1,461 members
39 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 691
Member
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The Poisonwood Bible
by Barbara Kingsolver
26,399 members
502 reviews
4.2
Global Rank 15
13 Members
booksinbed, WSB7, sturlington, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, Laura1124, Lynsey2, ManWithAnAgenda, Tosta, Charon07, dandalf, emr158, bstar1019,dara85 ,KimarieBee
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Man's Search for Meaning
by Viktor Frankl
15,874 members
314 reviews
4.2
Global Rank 697
Member
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39
The Portable Faulkner
by William Faulkner
275 members
4 reviews
4.2
Global Rank 704
Member
WSB7
40
The Garden of Eden
by Ernest Hemingway
2,529 members
33 reviews
½ 3.6
Global Rank 302
2 Members
WSB7, Laura1124
41
In Praise of Older Women
by Stephen Vizinczey
647 members
15 reviews
½ 3.5
Global Rank 714
Member
WSB7
42
On Chesil Beach
by Ian McEwan
8,475 members
371 reviews
½ 3.6
Global Rank 605
3 Members
booksinbed, WSB7, gypsysmom,Peace2
43
Drift: The Unmooring of American Military Power
by Rachel Maddow
1,360 members
71 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 235
2 Members
WSB7, neicybee
44
Unaccustomed Earth
by Jhumpa Lahiri
5,596 members
200 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 285
2 Members
aprille, WSB7
45
Moll Flanders
by Daniel Defoe
7,719 members
102 reviews
½ 3.5
Global Rank 1,503
Member
WSB7,sturlington
46
The Book of Ruth
by Jane Hamilton
3,769 members
51 reviews
½ 3.5
Global Rank 736
Member
WSB7
47
Interpreter of Maladies: Stories
by Jhumpa Lahiri
12,130 members
268 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 171
3 Members
aprille, WSB7, gypsysmom
48
Life of Pi
by Yann Martel
43,783 members
1,013 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 1,664
7 Members
booksinbed, KimarieBee, WSB7, sturlington, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, Lynsey2,FAMeulstee ,edparks ,Dilara86 ,teeth ,Laura1124 ,ManWithAnAgenda ,Charon07
49
Beloved
by Toni Morrison
23,010 members
409 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 344
5 Members
WSB7, gypsysmom, Laura1124, ManWithAnAgenda, Charon07,FAMeulstee ,sturlington
50
The Western Canon: The Books and School of the Ages
by Harold Bloom
3,007 members
18 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 345
2 Members
WSB7, kara.shamy
51
Gut Symmetries
by Jeanette Winterson
1,350 members
8 reviews
½ 3.6
Global Rank 759
Member
WSB7
52
They Call Me Coach
by John Wooden
313 members
2 reviews
½ 4.3
Global Rank 783
Member
WSB7
54
Sexing the Cherry
by Jeanette Winterson
3,197 members
47 reviews
½ 3.7
Global Rank 830
Member
WSB7
55
The Art of Reading
by Timothy Spurgin
136 members
3 reviews
4.2
Global Rank 840
Member
WSB7
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The Man Who Loved Children
by Christina Stead
1,450 members
45 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 842
Member
WSB7
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The Sea
by John Banville
5,443 members
174 reviews
½ 3.5
Global Rank 172
5 Members
booksinbed, WSB7, gypsysmom, nagasravika.bodapati, kara.shamy,FAMeulstee ,sturlington
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Youth / Heart of Darkness / Typhoon / The Secret Sharer
by Joseph Conrad
20 members
5
Global Rank 856
Member
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A Scream Goes Through the House: What Literature Teaches Us About Life
by Arnold Weinstein
180 members
1 review
3.9
Global Rank 860
Member
WSB7
60
Insects That Feed on Trees and Shrubs
by Warren T. Johnson
111 members
1 review
½ 4.3
Global Rank 865
Member
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61
A Rose for Emily and Other Stories
by William Faulkner
61 members
1 review
½ 3.7
Global Rank 237
2 Members
WSB7, ChrissyQuise
62
Herman Melville: Moby Dick, Billy Budd and Other Writings (Library of America College Editions)
by Herman Melville
84 members
½ 4.4
Global Rank 1,518
Member
WSB7,aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith : Turgid
63
What Men Live By
by León Tolstói
342 members
10 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 877
Member
WSB7
64
The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
by Benjamin Franklin
7,376 members
110 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 1,643
Member
WSB7,donutage ,aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith : I enjoyed this, but not five stars worth
65
Parade's End
by Ford Madox Ford
1,765 members
26 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 140
3 Members
lavergne_rsl, WSB7, Emmay,ManWithAnAgenda
66
The Magus
by John Fowles
1,461 members
30 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 1,644
Member
WSB7,aulsmith ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
aulsmith : Didn't make it through
67
Walden / Civil Disobedience
by Henry David Thoreau
7,744 members
50 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 1,690
Member
WSB7,aulsmith ,gypsysmom ,sashame
Explanations
aulsmith : I think Walden is very over-rated.
68
The Volcano Lover
by Susan Sontag
1,556 members
23 reviews
½ 3.5
Global Rank 354
2 Members
WSB7, Laura1124
Explanations
WSB7: Stay with this to the end. Then you will understand the perspectival ethics of this postmodern masterpiece.
70
King Lear
by William Shakespeare
15,155 members
147 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 35
8 Members
booksinbed, WSB7, DebraGraham, ahef1963, jeffza, Laura1124, CyndiCiavarella, Lauren_Shriver,FAMeulstee ,merrystar ,sashame
71
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
26,275 members
231 reviews
4
Global Rank 26
11 Members
jain, booksinbed, WSB7, DebraGraham, BruceCoulson, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Emmay, Laura1124, dadito, Lynsey2,merrystar ,Bluewolf0411 ,sashame ,ManWithAnAgenda
72
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
16,264 members
212 reviews
4
Global Rank 1,439
5 Members
aprille, booksinbed, WSB7, kara.shamy, Laura1124,donutage ,aulsmith ,Bretzky1
Explanations
aulsmith : Important, but for me a difficult and confusing read
73
Fobbit
by David Abrams
259 members
19 reviews
½ 3.6
Global Rank 372
2 Members
WSB7, kara.shamy
74
Go Set a Watchman
by Harper Lee
9,996 members
447 reviews
½ 3.3
Global Rank 1,247
4 Members
booksinbed, WSB7, gypsysmom, kara.shamy,waitingtoderail ,sturlington