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peterveen's List58 LibraryThing1,701

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1

Pride and Prejudice

81,192 members

1,372 reviews

½ 4.4

Global Rank 1

22 Members: aprille, donutage, jain, booksinbed, J.Sealy, merrystar, sturlington, briarhills, Dilara86, BruceCoulson, peterveen, gypsysmom, al.vick, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, jeffza, Emmay, Laura1124, dadito, RaniIyer, yalanda, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith ,FAMeulstee ,Bluewolf0411 ,chwiggy , ,
Explanations: aulsmith : I'm not fond of this one.

2

by J. M. Coetzee

10,887 members

279 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 90

5 Members: booksinbed, peterveen, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124,gypsysmom

3

13,016 members

289 reviews

4

Global Rank 41

8 Members: booksinbed, peterveen, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, Laura1124, neicybee, ManWithAnAgenda, Charon07,merrystar ,sturlington

4

1,246 members

38 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 324

Member: peterveen

5

Seven Gothic Tales

by Isak Dinesen

2,408 members

32 reviews

4

Global Rank 357

Member: peterveen

6

by Isak Dinesen

1,642 members

19 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 383

Member: peterveen

7

The Narrow Road to the Deep North

by Richard Flanagan

3,152 members

146 reviews

4

Global Rank 69

4 Members: booksinbed, peterveen, gypsysmom, kara.shamy

8

by William Golding

1,522 members

46 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 1,433

Member: peterveen,ManWithAnAgenda

9

by Robert Graves

9,219 members

168 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 17

8 Members: BruceCoulson, peterveen, nagasravika.bodapati, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Laura1124, dadito, CyndiCiavarella,Charon07

10

Claudius the God

by Robert Graves

4,236 members

43 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 177

2 Members: peterveen, dadito,FAMeulstee

11

by Kazuo Ishiguro

3,580 members

82 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 245

2 Members: booksinbed, peterveen

12

846 members

42 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 489

Member: peterveen

13

by Hilary Mantel

13,571 members

655 reviews

4

Global Rank 409

4 Members: hipdeep, booksinbed, peterveen, kara.shamy,FAMeulstee ,gypsysmom

14

Bring Up the Bodies

by Hilary Mantel

6,979 members

347 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 897

2 Members: peterveen, kara.shamy,chwiggy

15

by Cormac McCarthy

11,676 members

274 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 944

2 Members: peterveen, kara.shamy,sturlington

16

The Border Trilogy

by Cormac McCarthy

1,547 members

17 reviews

½ 4.4

Global Rank 529

Member: peterveen

17

by Rohinton Mistry

9,195 members

255 reviews

½ 4.4

Global Rank 16

8 Members: booksinbed, Twixi, peterveen, gypsysmom, ahef1963, neicybee, cwperson123, emr158

18

Cloud Atlas: A Novel

by David Mitchell

17,785 members

684 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 38

7 Members: aprille, booksinbed, sturlington, peterveen, gypsysmom, Lynsey2, Charon07

19

Song of Solomon

by Toni Morrison

10,911 members

124 reviews

4

Global Rank 165

3 Members: aprille, booksinbed, peterveen

20

A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories

by Flannery O'Connor

4,098 members

98 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 161

3 Members: sturlington, peterveen, Laura1124

21

A Tale for the Time Being

4,509 members

253 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 82

5 Members: booksinbed, sturlington, edparks, peterveen, gypsysmom

22

by Marilynne Robinson

10,865 members

364 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 76

8 Members: aprille, booksinbed, Dilara86, peterveen, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, Laura1124, dandalf,dara85 ,FAMeulstee ,sturlington ,Charon07

23

by James Salter

1,197 members

32 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 258

2 Members: peterveen, Laura1124

24

Winter in Madrid

by C. J. Sansom

2,029 members

75 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 612

Member: peterveen

25

by Patrick White

1,425 members

22 reviews

4

Global Rank 622

Member: peterveen

26

by Raymond Chandler

10,344 members

285 reviews

4

Global Rank 1,692

2 Members: thecoroner, peterveen,donutage ,aulsmith ,Bretzky1 ,ManWithAnAgenda

27

The Name of the Rose

19,611 members

315 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 1,467

5 Members: aprille, thecoroner, peterveen, gypsysmom, FranzK72,donutage ,merrystar ,sturlington ,Charon07

28

The Black Dahlia

by James Ellroy

5,493 members

133 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 644

Member: peterveen

29

by Frank Herbert

42,926 members

695 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 1,691

4 Members: sturlington, peterveen, gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda,FAMeulstee ,merrystar ,Bretzky1 ,sashame ,Charon07

30

Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China

8,367 members

160 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 56

6 Members: dara85, Twixi, peterveen, ahef1963, Emmay, Peace2,FAMeulstee

31

1,749 members

38 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 671

Member: peterveen

32

The Russia House

by John le Carré

3,813 members

50 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 675

Member: peterveen

33

The Day of the Triffids

by John Wyndham

7,510 members

207 reviews

4

Global Rank 84

4 Members: KimarieBee, BruceCoulson, peterveen, gypsysmom

34

One Hundred Years of Solitude

by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

44,628 members

698 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 1,588

7 Members: thecoroner, Twixi, peterveen, Emmay, Laura1124, FranzK72, ChrissyQuise,donutage ,merrystar ,sturlington ,edparks ,Bretzky1 ,sashame ,Charon07

35

Kafka on the Shore

by Haruki Murakami

18,158 members

470 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 1,567

2 Members: edparks, peterveen,gypsysmom ,Charon07

36

A Tale of Love and Darkness

2,373 members

58 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 261

2 Members: booksinbed, peterveen

37

by Boris Pasternak

11,491 members

152 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 109

5 Members: FAMeulstee, thecoroner, peterveen, gypsysmom, FranzK72,Bretzky1

38

by León Tolstói

29,041 members

460 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 21

10 Members: aprille, booksinbed, thecoroner, peterveen, Bretzky1, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, Emmay, Laura1124, FranzK72,FAMeulstee

39

by León Tolstói

38,677 members

632 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 148

6 Members: booksinbed, edparks, thecoroner, peterveen, gypsysmom, FranzK72,Bretzky1 ,sashame

40

by Günter Grass

7,623 members

93 reviews

4

Global Rank 112

5 Members: jmhdassen, FAMeulstee, thecoroner, peterveen, FranzK72,gypsysmom

41

19,994 members

238 reviews

4

Global Rank 119

4 Members: thecoroner, peterveen, Emmay, FranzK72,ManWithAnAgenda

42

8,293 members

93 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 718

Member: peterveen

43

The Complete Stories

5,787 members

27 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 723

Member: peterveen

44

Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family

5,705 members

109 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 72

5 Members: FAMeulstee, thecoroner, peterveen, teeth, FranzK72

45

The Magic Mountain

9,659 members

176 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 47

6 Members: FAMeulstee, edparks, thecoroner, peterveen, jeffza, rplinke,terran

46

by Albert Camus

35,677 members

510 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 1,682

3 Members: peterveen, ahef1963, dandalf,FAMeulstee ,al.vick ,ManWithAnAgenda ,Julie_in_the_Library ,Charon07

47

by Albert Camus

18,599 members

249 reviews

4

Global Rank 20

9 Members: aprille, HistoryMan, booksinbed, aulsmith, FAMeulstee, thecoroner, janerawoof, peterveen, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda

48

by Gustave Flaubert

26,352 members

390 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 103

7 Members: booksinbed, sturlington, thecoroner, peterveen, gypsysmom, Laura1124, FranzK72,FAMeulstee ,Bretzky1

49

The Selfish Gene

by Richard Dawkins

10,876 members

120 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 42

6 Members: waitingtoderail, booksinbed, peterveen, gypsysmom, jeffza, dandalf

50

Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic

by David Quammen

1,293 members

41 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 752

Member: peterveen

51

Just Six Numbers: The Deep Forces That Shape The Universe

by Martin J. Rees

1,029 members

14 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 761

Member: peterveen

52

Into the silence

708 members

36 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 774

Member: peterveen

53

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

by Jared Diamond

25,134 members

377 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 1,641

2 Members: freetrader, peterveen,waitingtoderail ,Bretzky1 ,sashame

54

A People's Tragedy: The Russian Revolution 1891-1924

by Orlando Figes

1,708 members

19 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 831

Member: peterveen

55

Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar

by Simon Sebag Montefiore

2,167 members

42 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 838

Member: peterveen

56

The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court

by Jeffrey Toobin

2,538 members

78 reviews

4

Global Rank 351

2 Members: peterveen, kara.shamy

57

Self-Made Man: One Woman's Year Disguised as a Man

by Norah Vincent

1,460 members

60 reviews

½ 3.4

Global Rank 305

2 Members: aulsmith, peterveen

58

by Guy Gavriel Kay

5,053 members

145 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 39

7 Members: J.Sealy, FAMeulstee, merrystar, peterveen, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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Started: dara85
April 2015
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