First Novels

1

To Kill a Mockingbird

by Harper Lee

74,446 members

1,409 reviews

½ 4.4

9 Members: hipdeep, KimarieBee, thorold, merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Chris.Wolak, ManWithAnAgenda

2

Jane Eyre

by Charlotte Brontë

55,601 members

882 reviews

4.2

7 Members: alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Chris.Wolak, rfebrer, ManWithAnAgenda

3

Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

48,568 members

660 reviews

3.9

7 Members: jain, merrystar, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

4

Frankenstein

by Mary Shelley

39,283 members

673 reviews

3.8

7 Members: hipdeep, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Chris.Wolak, ManWithAnAgenda

5

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

by Douglas Adams

37,068 members

701 reviews

4.2

7 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, rfebrer, ManWithAnAgenda

6

Adam Bede

by George Eliot

4,164 members

71 reviews

3.9

6 Members: jain, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

7

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

by J. K. Rowling

125,291 members

1,993 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: KimarieBee, merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Chris.Wolak,ManWithAnAgenda

8

The Hobbit

by J. R. R. Tolkien

88,659 members

1,155 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Catcher in the Rye

by J. D. Salinger

66,509 members

1,048 reviews

3.8

5 Members: merrystar, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

10

The Kite Runner

by Khaled Hosseini

50,216 members

1,275 reviews

4.2

5 Members: dara85, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

11

The Picture of Dorian Gray

by Oscar Wilde

36,997 members

602 reviews

4

5 Members: merrystar, alex68, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

12

Sense and Sensibility

by Jane Austen

35,986 members

500 reviews

4.1

5 Members: merrystar, alex68, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

13

Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson

31,464 members

416 reviews

3.8

5 Members: hipdeep, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

14

Neverwhere

by Neil Gaiman

23,933 members

558 reviews

4.1

5 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

15

The Secret History

by Donna Tartt

18,452 members

514 reviews

4.1

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

16

The Time Machine

by H. G. Wells

16,665 members

327 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: KimarieBee, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

17

The Thirteenth Tale

by Diane Setterfield

16,597 members

896 reviews

4

5 Members: gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Chris.Wolak, rfebrer

18

I Capture the Castle

by Dodie Smith

8,850 members

287 reviews

4.1

5 Members: jain, thorold, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: thorold: Great book, but Smith wasn't exactly a new author when she wrote it, she had a lot of successful plays to her credit.

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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

by Mark Haddon

42,785 members

1,298 reviews

3.9

4 Members: dara85, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

20

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

by Ken Kesey

23,097 members

293 reviews

4.1

4 Members: hipdeep, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963

21

Gone with the Wind

by Margaret Mitchell

22,409 members

432 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: dara85, merrystar, alex68, gypsysmom

22

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

by James Joyce

20,308 members

201 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

23

The Name of the Rose

by Umberto Eco

18,820 members

296 reviews

4.2

4 Members: jain, merrystar, alex68, gypsysmom

24

The Night Circus

by Erin Morgenstern

16,727 members

1,218 reviews

4.1

4 Members: jain, KimarieBee, gypsysmom, ahef1963

25

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

by Betty Smith

15,611 members

424 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: dara85, merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963

26

Little House in the Big Woods

by Laura Ingalls Wilder

14,999 members

277 reviews

4.1

4 Members: dara85, merrystar, gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda

27

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

by Junot Díaz

12,531 members

471 reviews

3.8

4 Members: alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy

28

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

by Carson McCullers

10,300 members

237 reviews

4

4 Members: alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

29

The White Tiger

by Aravind Adiga

9,253 members

408 reviews

3.8

4 Members: thorold, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy

30

The Mysterious Affair at Styles

by Agatha Christie

8,147 members

266 reviews

3.8

4 Members: merrystar, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy

31

The Chosen

by Chaim Potok

6,437 members

93 reviews

4.1

4 Members: dara85, jain, alex68, ahef1963

32

Lord of the Flies

by William Golding

47,008 members

719 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy

33

The Time Traveler's Wife

by Audrey Niffenegger

38,550 members

1,256 reviews

4.1

3 Members: KimarieBee, gypsysmom, ahef1963

34

Catch-22

by Joseph Heller

38,290 members

503 reviews

4.1

3 Members: hipdeep, alex68, gypsysmom

35

Don Quixote

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

28,801 members

421 reviews

4.1

3 Members: alex68, gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda

36

Anne of Green Gables

by L. M. Montgomery

27,129 members

531 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963

37

Watership Down

by Richard Adams

23,533 members

455 reviews

4.2

3 Members: alex68, gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda

38

Neuromancer

by William Gibson

22,150 members

361 reviews

3.9

3 Members: hipdeep, alex68, gypsysmom

39

Interview with the Vampire

by Anne Rice

21,723 members

314 reviews

3.8

3 Members: alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963

40

The God of Small Things

by Arundhati Roy

18,842 members

349 reviews

3.9

3 Members: alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy

41

Fight Club

by Chuck Palahniuk

18,620 members

314 reviews

4.1

3 Members: alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

42

The Girl on the Train

by Paula Hawkins

16,029 members

1,070 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: KimarieBee, ahef1963, kara.shamy

43

The House of the Spirits

by Isabel Allende

13,195 members

232 reviews

4.1

3 Members: hipdeep, merrystar, alex68

44

A Separate Peace

by John Knowles

12,231 members

184 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

45

The Namesake

by Jhumpa Lahiri

12,009 members

313 reviews

3.9

3 Members: alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963

46

A Time to Kill

by John Grisham

11,707 members

148 reviews

3.8

3 Members: dara85, KimarieBee, ahef1963

47

The Big Sleep

by Raymond Chandler

9,762 members

271 reviews

4

3 Members: alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

48

A Man Called Ove

by Fredrik Backman

9,688 members

627 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: dara85, gypsysmom, ahef1963

49

The Pickwick Papers

by Charles Dickens

8,577 members

122 reviews

3.9

3 Members: thorold, alex68, gypsysmom

50

Mr Penumbra's 24-hour Bookstore

by Robin Sloan

7,870 members

694 reviews

3.8

3 Members: merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963

51

The Sparrow

by Mary Doria Russell

7,440 members

392 reviews

4.1

3 Members: jain, KimarieBee, gypsysmom

52

The Tin Drum

by Günter Grass

7,332 members

90 reviews

4

3 Members: thorold, alex68, gypsysmom

53

The Rosie Project

by Graeme Simsion

7,054 members

530 reviews

4

3 Members: KimarieBee, gypsysmom, ahef1963

54

Still Life

by Louise Penny

6,201 members

411 reviews

3.8

3 Members: gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy

55

Déjà Dead

by Kathy Reichs

6,114 members

155 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: KimarieBee, gypsysmom, ahef1963

56

The Windup Girl

by Paolo Bacigalupi

5,911 members

286 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: gypsysmom, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

57

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian

by Marina Lewycka

5,572 members

238 reviews

½ 3.4

3 Members: thorold, gypsysmom, ahef1963

58

Agnes Grey

by Anne Brontë

4,865 members

158 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: jain, gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda

59

Behind the Scenes at the Museum

by Kate Atkinson

4,769 members

132 reviews

4

3 Members: KimarieBee, thorold, gypsysmom

60

Cold Sassy Tree

by Olive Ann Burns

4,003 members

86 reviews

3.9

3 Members: dara85, gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda

61

Burial Rites

by Hannah Kent

3,409 members

263 reviews

4

3 Members: KimarieBee, ahef1963, kara.shamy

62

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo

by Stieg Larsson

41,109 members

1,709 reviews

4

2 Members: gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda

63

The Stranger

by Albert Camus

33,687 members

483 reviews

3.9

2 Members: alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

64

The Help

by Kathryn Stockett

28,942 members

1,463 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: dara85, alex68

65

The Shadow of the Wind

by Carlos Ruiz Zafón

26,736 members

1,015 reviews

4.1

2 Members: gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda

66

The Bell Jar

by Sylvia Plath

26,552 members

477 reviews

4

2 Members: alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

67

The Secret Life of Bees

by Sue Monk Kidd

26,249 members

576 reviews

3.9

2 Members: dara85, alex68

68

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

by Lewis Carroll

25,059 members

455 reviews

4

2 Members: jain, alex68

69

Madame Bovary

by Gustave Flaubert

24,947 members

370 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: alex68, gypsysmom

70

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

20,067 members

438 reviews

3.9

3 Members: dara85, merrystar, gypsysmom,ManWithAnAgenda

71

The Joy Luck Club

by Amy Tan

17,011 members

192 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

72

Ready Player One

by Ernest Cline

16,799 members

1,216 reviews

4.1

2 Members: hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda

73

The Memory Keeper's Daughter

by Kim Edwards

16,757 members

474 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: gypsysmom, ahef1963

74

The Phantom Tollbooth

by Norton Juster

16,322 members

416 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

75

The Martian

by Andy Weir

16,291 members

1,183 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: gypsysmom, ahef1963

76

High Fidelity

by Nick Hornby

14,491 members

198 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

77

Everything Is Illuminated

by Jonathan Safran Foer

13,878 members

256 reviews

3.9

2 Members: alex68, ahef1963

78

White Teeth

by Zadie Smith

13,262 members

238 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: alex68, gypsysmom

79

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius and Mistakes We Knew We Were Making

by Dave Eggers

13,137 members

206 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda

80

The Bluest Eye

by Toni Morrison

12,677 members

220 reviews

3.9

2 Members: jain, gypsysmom

81

Snow Falling on Cedars

by David Guterson

12,509 members

189 reviews

3.8

2 Members: KimarieBee, ahef1963

82

Where the Crawdads Sing

by Delia Owens

11,336 members

561 reviews

4.1

2 Members: dara85, gypsysmom

83

The Hunt for Red October

by Tom Clancy

10,710 members

112 reviews

4

2 Members: hipdeep, KimarieBee

84

Nausea

by Jean-Paul Sartre

9,474 members

80 reviews

3.8

2 Members: alex68, ahef1963

85

The Bonfire of the Vanities

by Tom Wolfe

8,636 members

129 reviews

3.8

2 Members: alex68, gypsysmom

86

His Majesty's Dragon

by Naomi Novik

7,671 members

359 reviews

4.1

2 Members: jain, gypsysmom

87

The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie

by Alan Bradley

7,436 members

641 reviews

3.8

2 Members: gypsysmom, kara.shamy

88

Revolutionary Road

by Richard Yates

6,587 members

244 reviews

4

2 Members: alex68, ahef1963

89

Still Alice

by Lisa Genova

6,132 members

441 reviews

4.2

2 Members: dara85, gypsysmom

90

Casino Royale

by Ian Fleming

6,001 members

249 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: gypsysmom, ahef1963

91

Cold Comfort Farm

by Stella Gibbons

5,555 members

219 reviews

4

2 Members: merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

92

The Horse Whisperer

by Nicholas Evans

5,443 members

80 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: gypsysmom, ahef1963

93

Buddenbrooks

by Thomas Mann

5,416 members

103 reviews

4.2

2 Members: thorold, alex68
Explanations: thorold: A first novel that would be the culmination of a lifetime's effort if anyone else had written it.

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