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Type: Preset list created by ahef1963

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1
Anne of Green Gables
by L. M. Montgomery
21,497 members, 460 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (1), ahef1963 (1)

Score: 8

2
Catch Me If You Can: The True Story of a Real Fake
by Frank W. Abagnale
2,307 members, 80 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (2), ahef1963 (18)

Score: 5.31

Explanations:

ahef1963 (18): Read, but OMG it was sexist.

3
Each Peach Pear Plum
by Allan Ahlberg
2,512 members, 59 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (3), ahef1963 (34)

Score: 4.7

4
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
42,168 members, 832 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (4), ahef1963 (43)

Score: 4.39

Explanations:

ahef1963 (43): Who knew that classic science fiction could be so dull?

5
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
by J. K. Rowling
79,734 members, 1,455 reviews
4.43 stars (4.43 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (5), ahef1963 (62)

Score: 4.1

6
In a Sunburned Country
by Bill Bryson
7,930 members, 208 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (6), ahef1963 (71)

Score: 3.93

7
Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë
47,527 members, 771 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (7), ahef1963 (75)

Score: 3.82

8
Mort
by Terry Pratchett
12,983 members, 199 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (8), ahef1963 (99)

Score: 3.65

9
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
22,471 members, 231 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (9), ahef1963 (135)

Score: 3.48

10
Sarah's Key
by Tatiana de Rosnay
9,475 members, 612 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (10), ahef1963 (141)

Score: 3.41

11
Artemis Fowl
by Eoin Colfer
16,059 members, 369 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (2)

Score: 3.36

12
Wide Sargasso Sea
by Jean Rhys
6,826 members, 199 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (12), ahef1963 (158)

Score: 3.28

13
All the President's Men
by Bob Woodward
3,859 members, 62 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (3)

Score: 3.04

Explanations:

ahef1963 (3): Read, but BORING.

14
Atonement
by Ian McEwan
23,115 members, 579 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (4)

Score: 2.83

15
All the Colours of Darkness
by Peter Robinson
968 members, 37 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (5)

Score: 2.68

16
All Together Dead
by Charlaine Harris
7,783 members, 187 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (6)

Score: 2.56

17
As For Me and My House
by Sinclair Ross
376 members, 10 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (7)

Score: 2.46

Explanations:

ahef1963 (7): Lovely book. Canada's school of prairie literature at its finest.

18
Ah but Your Land Is Beautiful
by Alan Paton
243 members, 1 review
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (8)

Score: 2.38

19
Before I Go to Sleep
by S. J. Watson
5,200 members, 432 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (9)

Score: 2.31

20
Bury Your Dead
by Louise Penny
2,120 members, 178 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (10)

Score: 2.25

21
Uglies
by Scott Westerfeld
11,788 members, 614 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (11)

Score: 2.2

22
Baltasar and Blimunda
by José Saramago
1,935 members, 43 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (11)

Score: 2.2

Explanations:

ahef1963 (11): One of my favourites.

23
Bel Canto
by Ann Patchett
11,689 members, 413 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (12)

Score: 2.15

Explanations:

ahef1963 (12): Another one of my favourites!

24
Before the Frost
by Henning Mankell
2,264 members, 49 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (13)

Score: 2.11

25
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
by Katherine Boo
3,530 members, 269 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (14)

Score: 2.07

26
Blue Shoes and Happiness
by Alexander McCall Smith
3,572 members, 64 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (15)

Score: 2.03

27
Blindness
by José Saramago
10,717 members, 344 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (16)

Score: 2

28
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
by Tennessee Williams
2,443 members, 27 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (17)

Score: 1.97

Explanations:

ahef1963 (17): Such a brilliant play. Shocking subject matter even now, can't imagine how it must have been received sixty years ago.

29
Christine
by Stephen King
7,157 members, 82 reviews
3.54 stars (3.54 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (19)

Score: 1.92

Explanations:

ahef1963 (19): Between this and From a Buick 8, King has managed to make me afraid of cars. I wish I were joking.

30
Circle of Friends
by Maeve Binchy
3,394 members, 50 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (20)

Score: 1.89

31
Cannery Row
by John Steinbeck
8,222 members, 168 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (21)

Score: 1.87

32
City of Bones
by Cassandra Clare
15,019 members, 786 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (22)

Score: 1.85

33
Cat's Cradle
by Kurt Vonnegut
18,962 members, 244 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (23)

Score: 1.83

Explanations:

ahef1963 (23): Read, but did not like.

34
Catch Me a Colobus
by Gerald Durrell
390 members, 4 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (24)

Score: 1.81

35
Daddy-Long-Legs
by Jean Webster
2,612 members, 94 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (25)

Score: 1.79

36
Death Comes as the End
by Agatha Christie
2,112 members, 42 reviews
3.55 stars (3.55 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (26)

Score: 1.77

37
Desperation
by Stephen King
7,846 members, 89 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (27)

Score: 1.76

38
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
by Douglas Adams
11,981 members, 196 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (28)

Score: 1.74

39
Dolores Claiborne
by Stephen King
6,767 members, 74 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (29)

Score: 1.72

40
Daughter of Fortune: A Novel (P.S.)
by Isabel Allende
7,449 members, 165 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (30)

Score: 1.71

41
Dead Man's Ransom
by Ellis Peters
1,461 members, 29 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (31)

Score: 1.7

42
Every Secret Thing
by Laura Lippman
927 members, 27 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (32)

Score: 1.68

43
Every Secret Thing: My Family, My Country
by Gillian Slovo
115 members, 2 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (33)

Score: 1.67

44
Eclipse
by Stephenie Meyer
36,057 members, 772 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (35)

Score: 1.65

45
Eleanor Rigby
by Douglas Coupland
1,923 members, 33 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (36)

Score: 1.63

46
Ender's Game
by Orson Scott Card
34,511 members, 949 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (37)

Score: 1.62

47
Emma
by Jane Austen
30,397 members, 416 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (38)

Score: 1.61

48
Equal Rites
by Terry Pratchett
11,942 members, 197 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (39)

Score: 1.6

49
Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
32,397 members, 590 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (40)

Score: 1.59

Explanations:

ahef1963 (40): This was a real slog to get through.

50
Fall on Your Knees
by Ann-Marie MacDonald
4,886 members, 118 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (41)

Score: 1.58

51
Fire on the Mountain
by Anita Desai
165 members, 2 reviews
3.26 stars (3.26 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (42)

Score: 1.57

52
Feet of Clay
by Terry Pratchett
8,506 members, 102 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (44)

Score: 1.55

53
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
by Hunter S. Thompson
12,369 members, 162 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (45)

Score: 1.54

54
Family Matters
by Rohinton Mistry
2,316 members, 47 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (46)

Score: 1.54

55
Fingersmith
by Sarah Waters
6,857 members, 255 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (47)

Score: 1.53

56
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
by Margaret Sidney
2,793 members, 41 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (48)

Score: 1.52

57
Garnethill
by Denise Mina
966 members, 30 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (49)

Score: 1.51

58
Galilee
by Clive Barker
1,204 members, 9 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (50)

Score: 1.5

59
Gilead
by Marilynne Robinson
9,343 members, 340 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (51)

Score: 1.5

60
Gone Girl
by Gillian Flynn
16,325 members, 1,346 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (52)

Score: 1.49

61
Gorillas in the Mist
by Dian Fossey
845 members, 13 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (53)

Score: 1.48

62
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
by Terry Pratchett
27,690 members, 667 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (54)

Score: 1.48

63
Goodnight Mister Tom
by Michelle Magorian
2,054 members, 58 reviews
4.3 stars (4.3 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (55)

Score: 1.47

64
Giacomo Joyce
by James Joyce
212 members, 3 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (56)

Score: 1.46

65
Grendel
by John Gardner
5,076 members, 97 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (57)

Score: 1.46

66
Hard Times
by Charles Dickens
8,958 members, 121 reviews
3.51 stars (3.51 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (58)

Score: 1.45

67
Hey Nostradamus!
by Douglas Coupland
2,611 members, 37 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (59)

Score: 1.44

68
Horns
by Joe Hill
3,511 members, 257 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (60)

Score: 1.44

Explanations:

ahef1963 (60): This book was AWFUL.

69
High Fidelity
by Nick Hornby
13,592 members, 176 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (61)

Score: 1.43

Explanations:

ahef1963 (61): I loved this book. I had so much in common with its narrator.

70
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
26,442 members, 230 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (63)

Score: 1.42

71
Half of a Yellow Sun
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
5,355 members, 258 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (64)

Score: 1.41

72
Headhunters on My Doorstep: A True Treasure Island Ghost Story
by J. Maarten Troost
105 members, 7 reviews
3.47 stars (3.47 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (65)

Score: 1.41

73
I, Claudius
by Robert Graves
7,630 members, 139 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (66)

Score: 1.4

74
In the Frame
by Dick Francis
1,004 members, 20 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (67)

Score: 1.4

75
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
by Jon Krakauer
11,704 members, 281 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (68)

Score: 1.39

Explanations:

ahef1963 (68): Absolutely astounding book of disaster and courage. I've read it at least three times, maybe more.

76
Into the Wild
by Jon Krakauer
14,609 members, 384 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (69)

Score: 1.39

77
I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Notes on Returning to America After 20 Years Away
by Bill Bryson
6,493 members, 108 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (70)

Score: 1.38

78
In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote
19,303 members, 390 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (72)

Score: 1.37

79
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
by Nathaniel Philbrick
4,930 members, 141 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (73)

Score: 1.37

80
Jamaica Inn
by Daphne Du Maurier
3,099 members, 92 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (74)

Score: 1.36

81
Julius Caesar
by William Shakespeare
9,686 members, 85 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (76)

Score: 1.36

82
July's People
by Nadine Gordimer
1,484 members, 34 reviews
3.44 stars (3.44 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (77)

Score: 1.35

83
Jingo
by Terry Pratchett
8,055 members, 97 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (78)

Score: 1.35

Explanations:

ahef1963 (78): Possibly my favourte Pratchett. Having Nobby and the Patrician in the same closed space was brilliant.

84
Joy in the Morning
by P. G. Wodehouse
1,789 members, 35 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (79)

Score: 1.34

85
Jar City
by Arnaldur Indriðason
2,590 members, 128 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (80)

Score: 1.34

86
Just Killing Time
by Derek Van Arman
144 members, 4 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (81)

Score: 1.33

87
JPod
by Douglas Coupland
2,992 members, 101 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (82)

Score: 1.33

88
King Lear
by William Shakespeare
12,120 members, 113 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (83)

Score: 1.33

89
Kidnapped
by Robert Louis Stevenson
8,235 members, 93 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (84)

Score: 1.32

90
Knots and Crosses
by Ian Rankin
3,032 members, 112 reviews
3.55 stars (3.55 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (85)

Score: 1.32

91
Kiss of the Spider Woman
by Manuel Puig
1,861 members, 25 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (86)

Score: 1.31

92
Love's Labour's Lost
by William Shakespeare
1 member, 0 reviews

Lists: ahef1963 (87)

Score: 1.31

93
Lucy
by Donald C. Johanson
920 members, 7 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (88)

Score: 1.31

94
Lord of Emperors
by Guy Gavriel Kay
1,710 members, 32 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (89)

Score: 1.3

95
Lady Chatterley's Lover
by D. H. Lawrence
11,308 members, 176 reviews
3.49 stars (3.49 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (90)

Score: 1.3

96
Lazybones
by Mark Billingham
660 members, 14 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (91)

Score: 1.3

97
Life After Life
by Kate Atkinson
6,602 members, 507 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (92)

Score: 1.29

98
Light in August
by William Faulkner
7,765 members, 85 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (93)

Score: 1.29

Explanations:

ahef1963 (93): One of the books I have loathed the most. Holy cow, do I dislike Faulkner, this one particularly.

99
My Family and Other Animals
by Gerald Durrell
4,127 members, 124 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (94)

Score: 1.29

Explanations:

ahef1963 (94): Have read it at least one million times and it never grows old.

100
Madame Bovary
by Gustave Flaubert
21,463 members, 321 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (95)

Score: 1.28

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