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by William Shakespeare

31,508 members

287 reviews

4.2

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

2

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

41,616 members

509 reviews

3.9

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

3

Jane Eyre [Norton Critical Edition]

by Charlotte Brontë

1,660 members

16 reviews

½ 4.4

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

4

Charlotte's Web

34,887 members

1,006 reviews

4.2

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

5

by Joseph Heller

38,901 members

513 reviews

4.1

10 Members: hipdeep, goldenmoon, MTL, booksinbed, sturlington, thecoroner, Bretzky1, ahef1963, Elswick1, SimiSue75

6

Heart of Darkness [Norton Critical Edition]

by Joseph Conrad

3,084 members

22 reviews

½ 3.7

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

7

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

by Geoffrey Chaucer

540 members

2 reviews

4.1

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

8

The Scarlet Letter

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

35,254 members

360 reviews

½ 3.4

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

9

The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition

1,603 members

20 reviews

4.2

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

10

The Odyssey (Norton Critical Edition)

221 members

4.1

9 Members: hipdeep, goldenmoon, aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, kara.shamy, FranzK72

11

by Ray Bradbury

51,745 members

983 reviews

4

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

12

The Grapes of Wrath

by John Steinbeck

33,174 members

460 reviews

4.1

12 Members: goldenmoon, MTL, booksinbed, aulsmith, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, cej1027, kara.shamy, Elswick1, ManWithAnAgenda

13

by George Orwell

79,050 members

1,244 reviews

4.2

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

14

The Importance of Being Earnest

10,476 members

177 reviews

4.2

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

15

Notes from Underground

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

11,984 members

148 reviews

4.1

8 Members: booksinbed, aulsmith, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, Joao_Matheus_Andrade, Elswick1, FranzK72

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by William Shakespeare

25,043 members

217 reviews

4

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

17

by William Shakespeare

14,475 members

143 reviews

4.1

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

18

A Midsummer Night's Dream

by William Shakespeare

19,010 members

170 reviews

4

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

19

The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

69,616 members

1,133 reviews

3.8

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

20

Pride and Prejudice

77,565 members

1,337 reviews

½ 4.4

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

21

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

31,568 members

319 reviews

3.9

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

22

The Metamorphosis

11,841 members

203 reviews

3.9

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

23

Sense and Sensibility

36,787 members

506 reviews

4.1

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

24

Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

49,722 members

671 reviews

3.9

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

25

The Picture of Dorian Gray

37,995 members

614 reviews

4

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

26

Memoirs of a Geisha

by Arthur Golden

35,655 members

554 reviews

4

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

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Don Quixote [Norton Critical Edition]

by Miguel de Cervantes

554 members

5 reviews

½ 4.3

8 Members: hipdeep, goldenmoon, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, Joao_Matheus_Andrade, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

28

by Dante Alighieri

23,135 members

205 reviews

4.1

8 Members: hipdeep, goldenmoon, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

29

by Charles Dickens

13,332 members

243 reviews

4.2

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

30

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

20,898 members

409 reviews

3.9

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

31

Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts

by Samuel Beckett

12,539 members

156 reviews

3.9

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

32

Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

27,448 members

268 reviews

½ 3.7

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

33

A Wrinkle in Time

by Madeleine L'Engle

37,871 members

934 reviews

4

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

34

To Kill a Mockingbird

76,227 members

1,435 reviews

½ 4.4

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

35

Little House on the Prairie

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

14,879 members

221 reviews

4.1

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

36

The Woman in White

by Wilkie Collins

12,414 members

331 reviews

4.1

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

37

12,663 members

285 reviews

4

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

38

27,675 members

427 reviews

½ 4.3

7 Members: goldenmoon, booksinbed, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, Elswick1, FranzK72

39

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

52,159 members

749 reviews

3.9

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

40

38,086 members

372 reviews

4

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

41

Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson

32,473 members

425 reviews

3.8

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

42

Where the Wild Things Are

by Maurice Sendak

24,947 members

1,426 reviews

½ 4.3

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

43

23,328 members

334 reviews

4

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

44

Of Mice and Men

by John Steinbeck

37,697 members

641 reviews

3.9

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

45

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

by Lewis Carroll

143 members

4 reviews

½ 4.3

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

46

19,940 members

306 reviews

3.8

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

47

Crime and Punishment [Norton Critical Edition, 3rd ed.]

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

1,133 members

3 reviews

½ 4.4

7 Members: goldenmoon, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, Elswick1, FranzK72

48

My Name Is Asher Lev

4,277 members

76 reviews

4.2

8 Members: booksinbed, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, cej1027, Elswick1, FranzK72, TashMason

49

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

by E. L. Konigsburg

15,554 members

271 reviews

4.2

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

50

27,642 members

522 reviews

4.2

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

51

by William Shakespeare

5,768 members

50 reviews

4

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

52

by Niccolò Machiavelli

22,785 members

247 reviews

½ 3.7

8 Members: hipdeep, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, kara.shamy, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

53

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

8,607 members

157 reviews

½ 4.3

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

54

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson

16,655 members

312 reviews

½ 3.7

9 Members: goldenmoon, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

55

The Phantom Tollbooth

by Norton Juster

16,799 members

419 reviews

½ 4.3

7 Members: hipdeep, booksinbed, merrystar, sturlington, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda, Curran2

56

The Princess Bride

by William Goldman

24,434 members

526 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, SimiSue75, Curran2

57

by Daphne Du Maurier

19,814 members

587 reviews

4.2

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

58

David Copperfield

by Charles Dickens

19,957 members

259 reviews

4.1

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

59

by Gustave Flaubert

25,467 members

379 reviews

½ 3.7

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

60

by Richard Adams

24,056 members

463 reviews

4.2

7 Members: booksinbed, sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963, Elswick1, ManWithAnAgenda, Curran2

61

To the Lighthouse

by Virginia Woolf

16,955 members

257 reviews

3.9

7 Members: goldenmoon, booksinbed, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

62

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay

by Michael Chabon

18,467 members

409 reviews

4.2

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

63

Gulliver's Travels

by Jonathan Swift

1,037 members

11 reviews

½ 3.5

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

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19,337 members

233 reviews

4

7 Members: booksinbed, thecoroner, alex68, kara.shamy, Elswick1, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

65

The Age of Innocence

by Edith Wharton

13,445 members

296 reviews

4

8 Members: merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Elswick1, FranzK72,Bretzky1

66

Jude the Obscure

by Thomas Hardy

9,935 members

139 reviews

3.9

7 Members: booksinbed, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, kara.shamy, Elswick1, FranzK72

67

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

by Thomas Hardy

18,596 members

241 reviews

3.8

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

68

by J. R. R. Tolkien

90,829 members

1,160 reviews

½ 4.3

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

69

Songs of Innocence and of Experience

by William Blake

3,914 members

37 reviews

4.2

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

70

Winnie-the-Pooh

12,872 members

201 reviews

½ 4.3

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

71

by William Makepeace Thackeray

14,282 members

191 reviews

3.9

7 Members: booksinbed, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

72

All Quiet on the Western Front

by Erich Maria Remarque

18,314 members

391 reviews

4.1

7 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, Elswick1, FranzK72

73

by Albert Camus

34,338 members

490 reviews

3.9

7 Members: merrystar, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Elswick1, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

74

by Pearl S. Buck

13,428 members

262 reviews

4

8 Members: goldenmoon, booksinbed, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, cej1027, ahef1963

75

by George Orwell

57,864 members

850 reviews

4

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.

76

A Room of One's Own

by Virginia Woolf

11,920 members

164 reviews

4.1

8 Members: goldenmoon, booksinbed, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

77

Beezus and Ramona

by Beverly Cleary

6,642 members

109 reviews

3.9

7 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963, TashMason, ManWithAnAgenda

78

by George Eliot

17,109 members

324 reviews

4.2

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

79

Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories

3,527 members

75 reviews

4

8 Members: goldenmoon, booksinbed, aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda, Curran2

80

The Time Traveler's Wife

by Audrey Niffenegger

39,160 members

1,256 reviews

4.1

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

81

21,155 members

138 reviews

3.9

7 Members: sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, kara.shamy, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

82

A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens

35,344 members

438 reviews

3.9

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

83

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

by J. K. Rowling

98,215 members

874 reviews

½ 4.4

8 Members: goldenmoon, MTL, booksinbed, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Curran2,ManWithAnAgenda

84

by William Shakespeare

11,923 members

103 reviews

½ 3.7

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

85

The Elements of Style

by William Strunk Jr.

19,338 members

189 reviews

4.2

7 Members: goldenmoon, booksinbed, merrystar, sturlington, Bretzky1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

86

A Wizard of Earthsea

by Ursula K. Le Guin

15,306 members

356 reviews

4

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

87

38,394 members

1,557 reviews

4.2

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

88

8,394 members

301 reviews

½ 4.4

6 Members: booksinbed, merrystar, sturlington, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda, Curran2

89

by Raymond Chandler

9,982 members

277 reviews

4

7 Members: merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

90

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH

by Robert C. O'Brien

10,680 members

165 reviews

4.2

7 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, Curran2

91

The Corrections

by Jonathan Franzen

16,273 members

340 reviews

3.8

7 Members: booksinbed, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, cej1027, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

92

Absalom, Absalom!

by William Faulkner

7,444 members

107 reviews

4.1

5 Members: hipdeep, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72

93

by Albert Camus

17,902 members

235 reviews

3.9

7 Members: booksinbed, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, Elswick1, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

94

6,364 members

68 reviews

½ 3.7

7 Members: hipdeep, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

95

The Monster at the End of This Book

4,863 members

104 reviews

½ 4.4

7 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, Curran2,

96

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

44,009 members

736 reviews

4.1

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

97

The Remains of the Day

by Kazuo Ishiguro

15,801 members

471 reviews

4.2

7 Members: booksinbed, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, Elswick1, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

98

The Daughter of Time

by Josephine Tey

5,719 members

224 reviews

3.9

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

99

The Hiding Place

by Corrie Ten Boom

9,613 members

144 reviews

½ 4.4

5 Members: MTL, cej1027, ahef1963, SimiSue75, TashMason

100

All the President's Men

by Carl Bernstein

4,593 members

72 reviews

4.1

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

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