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Type: Preset list created by ahef1963

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1
Anne of Green Gables
by L. M. Montgomery
25,422 members, 512 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
2,560 members, 93 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (2), ahef1963 (18)

Score: 5.31

Explanations:

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

3
Each Peach Pear Plum
by Janet Ahlberg
2,985 members, 60 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (3), ahef1963 (34)

Score: 4.7

4
Equal Rites
by Terry Pratchett
13,097 members, 226 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (4), ahef1963 (39)

Score: 4.43

5
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
47,410 members, 918 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (5), ahef1963 (43)

Score: 4.24

Explanations:

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

6
Feet of Clay
by Terry Pratchett
9,240 members, 115 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (6), ahef1963 (44)

Score: 4.11

7
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
by J. K. Rowling
87,116 members, 1,514 reviews
4.42 stars (4.42 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (7), ahef1963 (62)

Score: 3.89

8
In a Sunburned Country
by Bill Bryson
8,518 members, 223 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (8), ahef1963 (71)

Score: 3.76

9
Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë
52,775 members, 845 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (9), ahef1963 (75)

Score: 3.67

10
Mort
by Terry Pratchett
14,304 members, 231 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (10), ahef1963 (99)

Score: 3.52

11
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
25,349 members, 254 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (11), ahef1963 (135)

Score: 3.37

12
Artemis Fowl
by Eoin Colfer
17,905 members, 398 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (2)

Score: 3.36

13
Sarah's Key
by Tatiana de Rosnay
10,279 members, 630 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (12), ahef1963 (141)

Score: 3.31

14
Wide Sargasso Sea
by Jean Rhys
7,676 members, 227 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (14), ahef1963 (158)

Score: 3.2

15
All the President's Men
by Bob Woodward
4,285 members, 68 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (3)

Score: 3.04

Explanations:

ahef1963 (3): Read, but BORING.

16
Atonement
by Ian McEwan
24,644 members, 601 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (4)

Score: 2.83

17
All the Colours of Darkness
by Peter Robinson
995 members, 37 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (5)

Score: 2.68

18
All Together Dead
by Charlaine Harris
8,298 members, 192 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (6)

Score: 2.56

19
As For Me and My House
by Sinclair Ross
399 members, 10 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (7)

Score: 2.46

Explanations:

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

20
Ah, But Your Land is Beautiful
by Alan Paton
277 members, 1 review
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (8)

Score: 2.38

21
Before I Go to Sleep
by S. J. Watson
5,650 members, 456 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (9)

Score: 2.31

22
Bury Your Dead
by Louise Penny
2,572 members, 196 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (10)

Score: 2.25

23
Baltasar and Blimunda
by José Saramago
2,213 members, 48 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (11)

Score: 2.2

Explanations:

ahef1963 (11): One of my favourites.

24
Bel Canto
by Ann Patchett
12,459 members, 430 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (12)

Score: 2.15

Explanations:

ahef1963 (12): Another one of my favourites!

25
Uglies
by Scott Westerfeld
12,973 members, 627 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

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Score: 2.11

26
Before the Frost
by Henning Mankell
2,452 members, 54 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (13)

Score: 2.11

27
Behind the Beautiful Forevers
by Katherine Boo
3,935 members, 283 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (14)

Score: 2.07

28
Blue Shoes and Happiness
by Alexander McCall Smith
3,798 members, 71 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (15)

Score: 2.03

29
Blindness
by José Saramago
11,882 members, 368 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (16)

Score: 2

30
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
by Tennessee Williams
2,689 members, 29 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 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.

31
Christine
by Stephen King
7,960 members, 84 reviews
3.55 stars (3.55 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.

32
Circle of Friends
by Maeve Binchy
3,603 members, 50 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (20)

Score: 1.89

33
Cannery Row
by John Steinbeck
9,023 members, 176 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (21)

Score: 1.87

34
City of Bones
by Cassandra Clare
17,626 members, 834 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (22)

Score: 1.85

35
Cat's Cradle
by Kurt Vonnegut
20,598 members, 268 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (23)

Score: 1.83

Explanations:

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

36
Catch Me a Colobus
by Gerald Durrell
420 members, 4 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (24)

Score: 1.81

37
Daddy-Long-Legs
by Jean Webster
2,997 members, 100 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (25)

Score: 1.79

38
Death Comes as the End
by Agatha Christie
2,433 members, 46 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (26)

Score: 1.77

39
Desperation
by Stephen King
8,685 members, 96 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (27)

Score: 1.76

40
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
by Douglas Adams
12,975 members, 217 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (28)

Score: 1.74

41
Dolores Claiborne
by Stephen King
7,591 members, 85 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (29)

Score: 1.72

42
Daughter of Fortune
by Isabel Allende
8,029 members, 180 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (30)

Score: 1.71

43
Dead Man's Ransom
by Ellis Peters
1,574 members, 31 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (31)

Score: 1.7

44
Every Secret Thing
by Laura Lippman
973 members, 29 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (32)

Score: 1.68

45
Every Secret Thing: My Family, My Country
by Gillian Slovo
125 members, 2 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (33)

Score: 1.67

46
Eclipse
by Stephenie Meyer
39,157 members, 808 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (35)

Score: 1.65

47
Eleanor Rigby
by Douglas Coupland
1,970 members, 35 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (36)

Score: 1.63

48
Ender's Game
by Orson Scott Card
37,670 members, 1,012 reviews
4.31 stars (4.31 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (37)

Score: 1.62

49
Emma
by Jane Austen
33,789 members, 467 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (38)

Score: 1.61

50
Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
36,965 members, 648 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (40)

Score: 1.59

Explanations:

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

51
Fall on Your Knees
by Ann-Marie MacDonald
5,158 members, 119 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (41)

Score: 1.58

52
Fire on the Mountain
by Anita Desai
182 members, 1 review
3.27 stars (3.27 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (42)

Score: 1.57

53
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
by Hunter S. Thompson
13,339 members, 180 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (45)

Score: 1.54

54
Family Matters
by Rohinton Mistry
2,450 members, 48 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (46)

Score: 1.54

55
Fingersmith
by Sarah Waters
7,411 members, 273 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (47)

Score: 1.53

56
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew
by Margaret Sidney
3,375 members, 43 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (48)

Score: 1.52

57
Garnethill
by Denise Mina
1,005 members, 33 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (49)

Score: 1.51

58
Galilee
by Clive Barker
1,279 members, 10 reviews
3.58 stars (3.58 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (50)

Score: 1.5

59
Gilead
by Marilynne Robinson
10,128 members, 355 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (51)

Score: 1.5

60
Gone Girl
by Gillian Flynn
19,151 members, 1,453 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (52)

Score: 1.49

61
Gorillas in the Mist
by Dian Fossey
941 members, 14 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
31,007 members, 730 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (54)

Score: 1.48

63
Goodnight Mister Tom
by Michelle Magorian
2,325 members, 63 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (55)

Score: 1.47

64
Giacomo Joyce
by James Joyce
242 members, 4 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (56)

Score: 1.46

65
Grendel
by John Gardner
5,526 members, 103 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (57)

Score: 1.46

66
Hard Times
by Charles Dickens
10,023 members, 128 reviews
3.51 stars (3.51 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (58)

Score: 1.45

67
Hey Nostradamus!
by Douglas Coupland
2,703 members, 38 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (59)

Score: 1.44

68
Horns
by Joe Hill
4,076 members, 286 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
14,110 members, 190 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
29,522 members, 269 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (63)

Score: 1.42

71
Half of a Yellow Sun
by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
6,119 members, 281 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
120 members, 8 reviews
3.47 stars (3.47 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (65)

Score: 1.41

73
I, Claudius
by Robert Graves
8,474 members, 157 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (66)

Score: 1.4

74
In the Frame
by Dick Francis
1,078 members, 22 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (67)

Score: 1.4

75
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
by Jon Krakauer
12,930 members, 298 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 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
16,191 members, 419 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (69)

Score: 1.39

77
Notes from a Big Country: A Selection
by Bill Bryson
6,861 members, 108 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (70)

Score: 1.38

78
In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote
21,323 members, 429 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (72)

Score: 1.37

79
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
by Nathaniel Philbrick
5,616 members, 156 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (73)

Score: 1.37

80
Jamaica Inn
by Daphne Du Maurier
3,420 members, 104 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (74)

Score: 1.36

81
Julius Caesar
by William Shakespeare
11,003 members, 96 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (76)

Score: 1.36

82
July's People
by Nadine Gordimer
1,636 members, 35 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (77)

Score: 1.35

83
Jingo
by Terry Pratchett
8,730 members, 111 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 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
1,968 members, 37 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (79)

Score: 1.34

85
Jar City
by Arnaldur Indridason
2,796 members, 131 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (80)

Score: 1.34

86
Just Killing Time
by Derek Van Arman
163 members, 4 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (81)

Score: 1.33

87
JPod
by Douglas Coupland
3,094 members, 105 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (82)

Score: 1.33

88
King Lear
by William Shakespeare
13,580 members, 131 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (83)

Score: 1.33

89
Kidnapped
by Robert Louis Stevenson
9,466 members, 111 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (84)

Score: 1.32

90
Knots and Crosses
by Ian Rankin
3,330 members, 122 reviews
3.54 stars (3.54 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (85)

Score: 1.32

91
Kiss of the Spider Woman
by Manuel Puig
2,039 members, 28 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (86)

Score: 1.31

92
Love's Labour's Lost [DVD]
by William Shakespeare
3 members, 0 reviews

Lists: ahef1963 (87)

Score: 1.31

93
Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind
by Donald C. Johanson
996 members, 7 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (88)

Score: 1.31

94
Lord of Emperors
by Guy Gavriel Kay
1,823 members, 37 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (89)

Score: 1.3

95
Lady Chatterley's Lover
by D. H. Lawrence
12,421 members, 197 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (90)

Score: 1.3

96
Lazybones
by Mark Billingham
716 members, 15 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (91)

Score: 1.3

97
Life After Life
by Kate Atkinson
7,520 members, 566 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (92)

Score: 1.29

98
Light in August
by William Faulkner
8,518 members, 98 reviews
4 stars (4 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
4,720 members, 141 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 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
23,830 members, 350 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (95)

Score: 1.28

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