Blue Pyramid 1,276 Best Books of All Time

1

Hamlet

by William Shakespeare

37,440 members

336 reviews

4.2

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

2

Catch-22

by Joseph Heller

44,451 members

579 reviews

4.1

12 Members: hipdeep, goldenmoon, MTL, booksinbed, sturlington, thecoroner, Bretzky1, ahef1963, graeme.bell3, Elswick1, SimiSue75, Nonconformisto

3

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

by Mark Twain

49,543 members

586 reviews

3.9

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

4

Jane Eyre [Norton Critical Edition]

by Charlotte Brontë

1,877 members

16 reviews

½ 4.4

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

5

Heart of Darkness [Norton Critical Edition]

by Joseph Conrad

3,396 members

22 reviews

3.8

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

6

Charlotte's Web

by E. B. White

41,627 members

1,070 reviews

4.2

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

7

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

by Geoffrey Chaucer

601 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

41,907 members

416 reviews

½ 3.4

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

9

Nineteen Eighty-Four

by George Orwell

94,521 members

1,452 reviews

4.2

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

10

Macbeth

by William Shakespeare

29,984 members

262 reviews

4

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

11

The Odyssey (Norton Critical Edition)

by Homer

368 members

4.1

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

12

Fahrenheit 451

by Ray Bradbury

63,586 members

1,142 reviews

4

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

13

The Grapes of Wrath

by John Steinbeck

39,250 members

520 reviews

4.1

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

14

Notes from Underground

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

14,941 members

189 reviews

4.1

9 Members: booksinbed, aulsmith, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, Joao_Matheus_Andrade, Elswick1, FranzK72

15

Inferno

by Dante Alighieri

27,746 members

229 reviews

4.1

9 Members: hipdeep, goldenmoon, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda, Joanu

16

The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition

by Anne Frank

9,308 members

127 reviews

½ 4.3

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

17

The Metamorphosis [novella]

by Franz Kafka

15,268 members

278 reviews

3.9

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

18

King Lear

by William Shakespeare

17,196 members

168 reviews

4.1

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

19

The Importance of Being Earnest

by Oscar Wilde

12,122 members

196 reviews

4.2

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

20

The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

83,084 members

1,306 reviews

3.8

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

21

A Midsummer Night's Dream

by William Shakespeare

22,387 members

203 reviews

4

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

22

Pride and Prejudice

by Jane Austen

94,339 members

1,511 reviews

½ 4.4

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

23

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

by Mark Twain

38,495 members

370 reviews

3.9

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

24

Sense and Sensibility

by Jane Austen

44,226 members

578 reviews

4.1

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

25

Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

62,334 members

813 reviews

3.9

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

26

The Picture of Dorian Gray

by Oscar Wilde

47,311 members

748 reviews

4

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

27

The Iliad

by Homer

47,721 members

448 reviews

4

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

28

Memoirs of a Geisha

by Arthur Golden

39,239 members

599 reviews

4

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

29

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

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

1,331 members

6 reviews

½ 4.4

8 Members: goldenmoon, augustau, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, Elswick1, FranzK72

30

Don Quixote [Norton Critical Edition]

by Miguel de Cervantes

596 members

6 reviews

½ 4.3

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

31

Bleak House

by Charles Dickens

15,395 members

273 reviews

4.2

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

32

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

26,714 members

479 reviews

3.9

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

33

A Wrinkle in Time

by Madeleine L'Engle

45,530 members

1,039 reviews

4

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

34

Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts

by Samuel Beckett

14,662 members

189 reviews

3.9

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

35

Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

32,950 members

308 reviews

½ 3.7

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

36

To Kill a Mockingbird

by Harper Lee

90,206 members

1,559 reviews

½ 4.4

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

37

The Woman in White

by Wilkie Collins

14,596 members

374 reviews

4

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

38

Little House on the Prairie

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

18,128 members

240 reviews

4.1

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

39

Possession

by A. S. Byatt

14,284 members

314 reviews

4

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

40

War and Peace

by Leo Tolstoy

33,678 members

511 reviews

½ 4.3

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

41

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

61,651 members

871 reviews

3.9

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

42

Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson

40,985 members

491 reviews

3.8

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

43

Where the Wild Things Are

by Maurice Sendak

31,138 members

1,522 reviews

½ 4.3

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

44

Ulysses

by James Joyce

27,523 members

377 reviews

4

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

45

Of Mice and Men

by John Steinbeck

44,744 members

726 reviews

3.9

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

46

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

by Lewis Carroll

159 members

3 reviews

½ 4.3

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

47

Candide

by Voltaire

23,185 members

344 reviews

3.8

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

48

The Phantom Tollbooth

by Norton Juster

20,359 members

472 reviews

½ 4.3

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

49

My Name Is Asher Lev

by Chaim Potok

4,820 members

82 reviews

4.2

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

50

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

by E. L. Konigsburg

19,637 members

302 reviews

4.2

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

51

The Republic of Plato

by Platon

25,633 members

164 reviews

3.9

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

52

Persuasion

by Jane Austen

33,318 members

575 reviews

4.2

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

53

Henry V

by William Shakespeare

6,622 members

58 reviews

4

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

54

The Prince

by Niccolò Machiavelli

27,987 members

305 reviews

½ 3.7

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

55

To the Lighthouse

by Virginia Woolf

20,359 members

312 reviews

3.9

8 Members: goldenmoon, booksinbed, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

56

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

by Dr. Seuss

11,463 members

178 reviews

½ 4.3

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

57

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson

19,711 members

367 reviews

½ 3.7

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

58

The Princess Bride

by William Goldman

29,378 members

601 reviews

½ 4.3

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

59

Rebecca

by Daphne Du Maurier

24,009 members

689 reviews

4.2

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

60

The Plague

by Albert Camus

21,172 members

281 reviews

3.9

8 Members: booksinbed, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, Elswick1, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda, Nonconformisto

61

Madame Bovary

by Gustave Flaubert

29,893 members

428 reviews

½ 3.7

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

62

David Copperfield

by Charles Dickens

24,153 members

325 reviews

4.1

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

63

Watership Down

by Richard Adams

28,018 members

515 reviews

4.2

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

64

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

by Michael Chabon

20,430 members

429 reviews

4.2

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

65

Gulliver's Travels [Dover Thrift Editions]

by Jonathan Swift

411 members

6 reviews

½ 3.5

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

66

The Trial

by Franz Kafka

22,927 members

269 reviews

4

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

67

Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories

by Dr. Seuss

4,500 members

78 reviews

4.1

9 Members: goldenmoon, booksinbed, aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, Curran2

68

The Brothers Karamazov

by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

34,581 members

396 reviews

½ 4.4

6 Members: alex68, Bretzky1, kara.shamy, Elswick1, FranzK72, Nonconformisto,aulsmith
Explanations: aulsmith : It's just not a well-structured novel. It's got a lot of interesting stuff, but after reading it twice, I still can't figure out how it all makes sense together.