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1

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

42,904 members

518 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 2

13 Members: hipdeep, goldenmoon, MTL, booksinbed, aulsmith, sturlington, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, TashMason, ManWithAnAgenda, Curran2

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by William Shakespeare

30,928 members

289 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 1

13 Members: hipdeep, goldenmoon, booksinbed, aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda, archanads

3

A Wrinkle in Time

by Madeleine L'Engle

39,402 members

958 reviews

4

Global Rank 34

10 Members: hipdeep, goldenmoon, MTL, merrystar, sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda, Curran2,TashMason

4

A Midsummer Night's Dream

by William Shakespeare

19,787 members

177 reviews

4

Global Rank 18

10 Members: goldenmoon, booksinbed, aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, alex68, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

5

Heart of Darkness [Norton Critical Edition]

by Joseph Conrad

3,163 members

22 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 5

11 Members: goldenmoon, MTL, Sandydog1, booksinbed, aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963, over.the.edge, ManWithAnAgenda

6

Charlotte's Web

36,079 members

1,022 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 6

11 Members: goldenmoon, MTL, Sandydog1, booksinbed, merrystar, sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963, Elswick1, SimiSue75, Curran2,

7

The Scarlet Letter

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

36,501 members

372 reviews

½ 3.4

Global Rank 8

13 Members: goldenmoon, MTL, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, Tess_W, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

8

The Rime of the Ancient Mariner

by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

2,384 members

34 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 165

4 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963

9

Sense and Sensibility

38,058 members

525 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 23

9 Members: booksinbed, aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

10

Jane Eyre [Norton Critical Edition]

by Charlotte Brontë

1,694 members

16 reviews

½ 4.4

Global Rank 3

13 Members: MTL, booksinbed, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, Tess_W, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Elswick1, ManWithAnAgenda,

11

Their Eyes Were Watching God

by Zora Neale Hurston

19,080 members

345 reviews

4

Global Rank 112

4 Members: hipdeep, sturlington, ahef1963, kara.shamy

12

28,660 members

532 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 51

7 Members: booksinbed, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

13

Pride and Prejudice

80,511 members

1,366 reviews

½ 4.4

Global Rank 20

11 Members: MTL, booksinbed, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Elswick1, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith

14

A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens

36,605 members

456 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 82

6 Members: goldenmoon, aulsmith, merrystar, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy

15

The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

72,042 members

1,165 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 19

14 Members: goldenmoon, MTL, booksinbed, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Elswick1, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith , ,TashMason

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by Daphne Du Maurier

20,670 members

610 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 57

8 Members: MTL, booksinbed, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Elswick1, ManWithAnAgenda

17

Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts

by Samuel Beckett

12,918 members

161 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 32

10 Members: hipdeep, goldenmoon, booksinbed, aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, alex68, ahef1963, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

18

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

by Michael Chabon

18,770 members

412 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 62

6 Members: hipdeep, goldenmoon, booksinbed, aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963

19

Songs of Innocence and of Experience

by William Blake

4,044 members

38 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 69

7 Members: goldenmoon, aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

20

by Charles Dickens

13,680 members

247 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 30

9 Members: booksinbed, aulsmith, merrystar, alex68, Tess_W, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

21

Gulliver's Travels

by Jonathan Swift

1,131 members

11 reviews

½ 3.5

Global Rank 63

9 Members: goldenmoon, booksinbed, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington

22

The Time Traveler's Wife

by Audrey Niffenegger

39,447 members

1,271 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 80

6 Members: goldenmoon, sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963, Elswick1, SimiSue75

23

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince

by J. K. Rowling

101,215 members

929 reviews

½ 4.4

Global Rank 345

5 Members: booksinbed, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy,aulsmith ,ManWithAnAgenda

24

by Jean de Brunhoff

810 members

8 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 105

5 Members: goldenmoon, MTL, aulsmith, merrystar, ahef1963

25

by George Orwell

81,833 members

1,268 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 15

11 Members: hipdeep, goldenmoon, booksinbed, aulsmith, sturlington, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, Elswick1, ManWithAnAgenda, Curran2

26

Slaughterhouse-Five

by Kurt Vonnegut

43,968 members

704 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 128

7 Members: hipdeep, MTL, aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963, Elswick1, ManWithAnAgenda,thecoroner ,Bretzky1

27

The Picture of Dorian Gray

39,433 members

630 reviews

4

Global Rank 25

11 Members: goldenmoon, booksinbed, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Elswick1, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

28

The Blind Assassin

by Margaret Atwood

16,471 members

384 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 103

5 Members: goldenmoon, booksinbed, sturlington, ahef1963, kara.shamy

29

by Gustave Flaubert

26,186 members

390 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 58

8 Members: goldenmoon, booksinbed, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72,Bretzky1

30

A Wizard of Earthsea

by Ursula K. Le Guin

15,914 members

370 reviews

4

Global Rank 86

7 Members: booksinbed, aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, Curran2

31

Cry, the Beloved Country

9,359 members

182 reviews

4

Global Rank 101

5 Members: hipdeep, MTL, aulsmith, ahef1963, kara.shamy

32

Inherit the Wind

by Jerome Lawrence

2,382 members

30 reviews

4

Global Rank 181

4 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, ahef1963, kara.shamy

33

The Importance of Being Earnest

10,763 members

178 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 16

12 Members: hipdeep, goldenmoon, booksinbed, aulsmith, sturlington, alex68, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Elswick1, FranzK72

34

Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson

33,989 members

430 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 42

9 Members: hipdeep, goldenmoon, MTL, sturlington, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, Curran2

35

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

21,912 members

423 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 31

10 Members: hipdeep, goldenmoon, MTL, booksinbed, merrystar, sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, Curran2

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39,995 members

1,583 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 87

6 Members: sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963, Elswick1, SimiSue75, ManWithAnAgenda

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by William Shakespeare

26,046 members

225 reviews

4

Global Rank 17

11 Members: hipdeep, goldenmoon, MTL, booksinbed, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

38

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

32,812 members

323 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 21

12 Members: hipdeep, goldenmoon, MTL, booksinbed, sturlington, alex68, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda, Curran2,aulsmith

39

"Easter 1916" and Other Poems (Dover Thrift Editions)

by William Butler Yeats

202 members

2 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 187

4 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, ahef1963, kara.shamy

40

Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

28,503 members

279 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 33

12 Members: goldenmoon, MTL, booksinbed, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith

41

The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition

1,701 members

22 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 13

12 Members: goldenmoon, MTL, booksinbed, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, Tess_W, cej1027, ahef1963, FranzK72, TashMason,

42

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

44,266 members

1,327 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 111

6 Members: booksinbed, sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963, Elswick1, ManWithAnAgenda

43

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban

by J. K. Rowling

106,952 members

981 reviews

½ 4.4

Global Rank 121

8 Members: hipdeep, booksinbed, merrystar, sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Curran2,aulsmith ,ManWithAnAgenda

44

To Kill a Mockingbird

78,358 members

1,432 reviews

½ 4.4

Global Rank 35

11 Members: hipdeep, goldenmoon, MTL, booksinbed, merrystar, sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963, Elswick1, ManWithAnAgenda, Curran2,aulsmith

45

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

by Thomas Hardy

19,143 members

244 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 67

8 Members: booksinbed, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72

46

by Michael Crichton

20,756 members

316 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 104

6 Members: MTL, sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, Curran2

47

Memoirs of a Geisha

by Arthur Golden

36,562 members

562 reviews

4

Global Rank 26

9 Members: goldenmoon, MTL, booksinbed, sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963, Elswick1, SimiSue75, bluemooses,ManWithAnAgenda

48

by George Orwell

59,896 members

880 reviews

4

Global Rank 75

9 Members: hipdeep, booksinbed, sturlington, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda, Curran2,aulsmith ,merrystar
Explanations: aulsmith : I suspect that this allegory isn't going to date well.

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by Kahlil Gibran

14,261 members

166 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 220

4 Members: MTL, sturlington, ahef1963, kara.shamy

50

Where the Wild Things Are

by Maurice Sendak

25,949 members

1,445 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 43

9 Members: goldenmoon, MTL, merrystar, sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963, SimiSue75, ManWithAnAgenda, Curran2

51

From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler

by E. L. Konigsburg

16,141 members

278 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 50

8 Members: goldenmoon, MTL, merrystar, sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963, SimiSue75, ManWithAnAgenda

52

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

9,001 members

162 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 54

8 Members: goldenmoon, MTL, booksinbed, sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, Curran2

53

Alice in Wonderland [Norton Critical Edition, 1st ed.]

by Lewis Carroll

148 members

3 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 46

9 Members: hipdeep, goldenmoon, MTL, booksinbed, merrystar, sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

54

The Awakening [Norton Critical Edition, 1st ed.]

808 members

4 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 159

5 Members: booksinbed, sturlington, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

55

by William Shakespeare

12,437 members

110 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 84

7 Members: goldenmoon, booksinbed, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

56

by Thornton Wilder

5,074 members

69 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 180

5 Members: booksinbed, aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

57

Much Ado About Nothing

by William Shakespeare

10,638 members

98 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 142

6 Members: hipdeep, booksinbed, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, kara.shamy

58

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

9,768 members

123 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 177

4 Members: hipdeep, booksinbed, sturlington, ahef1963

59

Frankenstein (Norton Critical Editions)

by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

1,960 members

26 reviews

4

Global Rank 140

6 Members: hipdeep, booksinbed, sturlington, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

60

by Daniel Defoe

7,665 members

102 reviews

½ 3.5

Global Rank 229

4 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72

61

by William Shakespeare

6,022 members

53 reviews

4

Global Rank 52

8 Members: hipdeep, goldenmoon, MTL, booksinbed, sturlington, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy

62

by William Shakespeare

15,049 members

145 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 14

11 Members: hipdeep, goldenmoon, booksinbed, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72

63

by Jean-Paul Sartre

1,097 members

18 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 241

4 Members: merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, kara.shamy

64

The Hound of the Baskervilles (Usborne Classics Retold)

45 members

1 review

3.8

Global Rank 178

5 Members: booksinbed, sturlington, ahef1963, Elswick1, ManWithAnAgenda

65

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

by J. K. Rowling

100,833 members

860 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 273

6 Members: booksinbed, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Curran2,aulsmith ,ManWithAnAgenda

66

The Handmaid's Tale

by Margaret Atwood

42,212 members

1,137 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 131

7 Members: booksinbed, sturlington, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, Elswick1, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith

67

The Secret History

20,284 members

554 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 213

4 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, Elswick1, ManWithAnAgenda

68

The Canterbury Tales [Norton Critical Edition, 1st ed.]

by Geoffrey Chaucer

550 members

2 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 7

12 Members: hipdeep, goldenmoon, MTL, booksinbed, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, floremolla, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

69

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

by J. K. Rowling

96,407 members

1,564 reviews

½ 4.4

Global Rank 538

4 Members: booksinbed, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy,aulsmith ,ManWithAnAgenda

70

by Dorothy L. Sayers

5,446 members

149 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 227

3 Members: merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963

71

by Sylvia Plath

28,058 members

499 reviews

4

Global Rank 106

6 Members: sturlington, alex68, ahef1963, Elswick1, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

72

The Color Purple

by Alice Walker

19,692 members

334 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 110

6 Members: booksinbed, sturlington, alex68, ahef1963, Elswick1, ManWithAnAgenda

73

The Shipping News

by E. Annie Proulx

13,423 members

248 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 228

4 Members: booksinbed, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

74

The Kite Runner

by Khaled Hosseini

52,752 members

1,300 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 183

6 Members: booksinbed, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Elswick1, ManWithAnAgenda,Curran2

75

And Then There Were None

by Agatha Christie

21,208 members

535 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 152

5 Members: booksinbed, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

76

by Louisa May Alcott

26,393 members

398 reviews

4

Global Rank 216

6 Members: booksinbed, merrystar, sturlington, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy,aulsmith ,TashMason

77

by Margaret Atwood

9,106 members

162 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 275

3 Members: booksinbed, sturlington, ahef1963

78

27,531 members

571 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 122

6 Members: alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Elswick1, ManWithAnAgenda

79

When We Were Very Young

5,567 members

52 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 210

4 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963

80

The Secret Garden

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

35,204 members

553 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 190

6 Members: booksinbed, merrystar, sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith

81

24,080 members

377 reviews

4

Global Rank 44

6 Members: goldenmoon, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72,Bretzky1

82

5,213 members

40 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 113

6 Members: hipdeep, MTL, aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963

83

19,131 members

493 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 356

4 Members: hipdeep, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,cej1027

84

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

21,208 members

216 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 234

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

85

A Game of Thrones

by George R. R. Martin

42,513 members

1,119 reviews

½ 4.4

Global Rank 226

5 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, Elswick1, ManWithAnAgenda, Curran2,merrystar

86

The God of Small Things

by Arundhati Roy

19,613 members

372 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 285

3 Members: booksinbed, ahef1963, kara.shamy

87

20,530 members

306 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 47

9 Members: goldenmoon, booksinbed, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Elswick1, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

88

No Country for Old Men

by Cormac McCarthy

11,060 members

292 reviews

4

Global Rank 449

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

89

David Copperfield

by Charles Dickens

20,657 members

274 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 59

6 Members: booksinbed, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Belarmino

90

19,674 members

226 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 161

5 Members: thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

91

The Random House Dictionary

705 members

5 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 369

2 Members: aulsmith, ahef1963

92

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

53,827 members

770 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 40

10 Members: goldenmoon, booksinbed, merrystar, sturlington, alex68, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, Elswick1, ManWithAnAgenda

93

by George Eliot

17,695 members

330 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 78

8 Members: booksinbed, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington ,TashMason

94

by Orson Scott Card

41,064 members

1,045 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 206

5 Members: booksinbed, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, Curran2,ManWithAnAgenda

95

Of Mice and Men

by John Steinbeck

38,985 members

659 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 45

9 Members: hipdeep, goldenmoon, MTL, booksinbed, sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963, Elswick1, ManWithAnAgenda

96

All the President's Men

by Bob Woodward

4,662 members

73 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 100

6 Members: MTL, booksinbed, aulsmith, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

97

The Woman in White

by Wilkie Collins

12,790 members

336 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 37

11 Members: MTL, booksinbed, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Elswick1, ManWithAnAgenda

98

by Anita Diamant

16,902 members

393 reviews

4

Global Rank 284

3 Members: booksinbed, cej1027, ahef1963

99

Around the World in Eighty Days

17,039 members

265 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 174

5 Members: Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

100

A Little Princess

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

15,763 members

214 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 219

4 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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