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ahef1963's List80 LibraryThing161

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1

by George Orwell

81,799 members

1,267 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 9

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

2

Pride and Prejudice

80,482 members

1,365 reviews

½ 4.4

Global Rank 10

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

3

To Kill a Mockingbird

78,319 members

1,431 reviews

½ 4.4

Global Rank 11

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

4

by Charlotte Brontë

58,837 members

913 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 12

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

5

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

53,823 members

770 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 1

5 Members: Rtrace, sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963, kara.shamy

6

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

44,269 members

1,327 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 25

3 Members: dara85, sturlington, ahef1963

7

43,573 members

1,013 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 27

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, kara.shamy

8

Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

51,885 members

698 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 2

5 Members: Rtrace, sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963, kara.shamy

9

The Time Traveler's Wife

by Audrey Niffenegger

39,442 members

1,271 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 53

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

10

Lord of the Flies

by William Golding

49,515 members

744 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 23

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, kara.shamy

11

Slaughterhouse-Five

by Kurt Vonnegut

43,953 members

704 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 26

3 Members: Rtrace, sturlington, ahef1963

12

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

45,569 members

756 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 24

3 Members: Rtrace, sturlington, ahef1963

13

The Picture of Dorian Gray

39,413 members

629 reviews

4

Global Rank 13

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

14

by Mary Shelley

42,555 members

708 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 3

5 Members: Rtrace, sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963, kara.shamy

15

The Handmaid's Tale

by Margaret Atwood

42,200 members

1,135 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 4

5 Members: Rtrace, sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963, kara.shamy

16

A Wrinkle in Time

by Madeleine L'Engle

39,377 members

958 reviews

4

Global Rank 5

5 Members: dara85, Rtrace, sturlington, ahef1963, kara.shamy

17

The Scarlet Letter

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

36,483 members

371 reviews

½ 3.4

Global Rank 14

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

18

Water for Elephants

28,867 members

1,180 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 56

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

19

Charlotte's Web

36,060 members

1,021 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 6

5 Members: dara85, Rtrace, sturlington, ahef1963, kara.shamy

20

by Gustave Flaubert

26,174 members

390 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 31

3 Members: sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963

21

by Kurt Vonnegut

22,291 members

300 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 32

3 Members: Rtrace, sturlington, ahef1963

22

Where the Wild Things Are

by Maurice Sendak

25,933 members

1,444 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 16

4 Members: dara85, Rtrace, sturlington, ahef1963

23

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

by Mary Ann Shaffer

19,351 members

1,246 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 59

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

24

by Daphne Du Maurier

20,697 members

609 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 7

5 Members: sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963, kara.shamy, crookedcat

25

The Secret History

20,277 members

554 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 34

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, kara.shamy

26

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

21,900 members

423 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 18

4 Members: Rtrace, sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963

27

12,946 members

288 reviews

4

Global Rank 20

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

28

by Pearl S. Buck

13,852 members

265 reviews

4

Global Rank 8

5 Members: Rtrace, sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963, crookedcat

29

A Wizard of Earthsea

by Ursula K. Le Guin

15,950 members

370 reviews

4

Global Rank 38

3 Members: Rtrace, sturlington, ahef1963

30

by J. M. Barrie

18,855 members

324 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 60

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

31

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

13,062 members

485 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 40

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, kara.shamy

32

Death of a Salesman

by Arthur Miller

12,175 members

116 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 42

3 Members: sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963

33

A Room with a View

by E. M. Forster

11,163 members

222 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 21

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

34

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

10,168 members

238 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 63

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

35

9,173 members

179 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 67

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

36

by Kate Atkinson

7,912 members

348 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 70

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

37

by Marilynne Robinson

6,352 members

213 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 47

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, kara.shamy

38

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

8,993 members

162 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 68

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

39

The Haunting of Hill House

by Shirley Jackson

9,699 members

430 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 44

3 Members: Rtrace, sturlington, ahef1963

40

Presumed Innocent

4,315 members

76 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 49

3 Members: dara85, sturlington, ahef1963

41

3,279 members

41 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 50

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, kara.shamy

42

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass (with Alice's Adventures Under Ground)

by Lewis Carroll

2,004 members

18 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 51

3 Members: Rtrace, sturlington, ahef1963

43

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

160 members

2 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 22

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

44

The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle

15,301 members

298 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 39

3 Members: Rtrace, sturlington, ahef1963

45

by Albert Camus

35,449 members

501 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 54

3 Members: thecoroner, ahef1963, kara.shamy,sturlington

46

by Toni Morrison

22,786 members

405 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 17

4 Members: sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963, crookedcat

47

Things Fall Apart

by Chinua Achebe

20,609 members

431 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 33

4 Members: thecoroner, ahef1963, kara.shamy, crookedcat,sturlington

48

by George Eliot

17,703 members

330 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 19

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

49

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

16,497 members

440 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 82

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963,sturlington

50

by Richard Russo

8,769 members

182 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 46

3 Members: Rtrace, sturlington, ahef1963

51

The White Tiger

by Aravind Adiga

9,575 members

423 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 85

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy,sturlington

52

by Edith Wharton

9,479 members

214 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 66

3 Members: thecoroner, ahef1963, kara.shamy,sturlington

53

by Chris Cleave

8,415 members

524 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 112

Member: ahef1963,sturlington

54

The Quiet American

by Graham Greene

8,022 members

181 reviews

4

Global Rank 88

2 Members: thecoroner, ahef1963,sturlington

55

4,495 members

97 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 96

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy,sturlington

56

6,419 members

450 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 93

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963,sturlington

57

The Heart of the Matter

by Graham Greene

5,066 members

83 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 117

Member: ahef1963,sturlington

58

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie

by Muriel Spark

5,196 members

169 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 48

3 Members: sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963

59

The Imperfectionists

3,773 members

224 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 118

Member: ahef1963,sturlington

60

A Town Like Alice

3,737 members

139 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 119

Member: ahef1963,sturlington

61

My Brilliant Career

by Miles Franklin

1,199 members

31 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 125

Member: ahef1963,sturlington

62

Anne of Green Gables

by L. M. Montgomery

29,286 members

556 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 55

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

63

The Da Vinci Code

70,193 members

1,305 reviews

½ 3.5

Global Rank 104

Member: ahef1963,sturlington

64

The Kite Runner

by Khaled Hosseini

52,735 members

1,300 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 52

3 Members: dara85, ahef1963, kara.shamy,sturlington

65

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson

43,138 members

1,747 reviews

4

Global Rank 28

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, kara.shamy

66

by Paulo Coelho

39,075 members

1,033 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 105

Member: ahef1963,sturlington

67

A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens

36,586 members

455 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 77

2 Members: thecoroner, ahef1963,sturlington

68

by Kathryn Stockett

30,493 members

1,487 reviews

½ 4.4

Global Rank 30

3 Members: dara85, sturlington, ahef1963

69

Love in the Time of Cholera

by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

27,768 members

407 reviews

4

Global Rank 57

3 Members: thecoroner, ahef1963, crookedcat,sturlington

70

A Farewell to Arms

by Ernest Hemingway

22,369 members

243 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 78

2 Members: thecoroner, ahef1963,sturlington

71

The God of Small Things

by Arundhati Roy

19,602 members

372 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 81

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy,sturlington

72

Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

19,712 members

365 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 80

2 Members: dara85, ahef1963,sturlington

73

The Memory Keeper's Daughter

17,305 members

480 reviews

½ 3.5

Global Rank 107

Member: ahef1963,sturlington

74

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values

by Robert M. Pirsig

18,766 members

283 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 35

3 Members: Rtrace, sturlington, ahef1963

75

by Jhumpa Lahiri

12,364 members

322 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 109

Member: ahef1963,sturlington

76

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

by Alexander Solzhenitsyn

12,920 members

201 reviews

4

Global Rank 41

3 Members: sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963

77

by Marilynne Robinson

10,806 members

363 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 43

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, kara.shamy

78

by Charlotte Brontë

8,768 members

144 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 87

2 Members: thecoroner, ahef1963,sturlington

79

The Screwtape Letters

7,855 members

89 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 89

2 Members: Rtrace, ahef1963,sturlington

80

by Marilynne Robinson

3,788 members

149 reviews

4

Global Rank 98

2 Members: ahef1963, kara.shamy,sturlington

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