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Top 100 to Read before you Die

Type: Preset list created by selvan_snow

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Members: 4 participating members (show all)

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1
The Da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown
65,794 members, 1,271 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (1), ahef1963 (2), ManWithAnAgenda (57)

Score: 8.82

Explanations:

selvan_snow (1): Robert Langdon Series The DaVinci Code - COMPLETE Angels and Demons - COMPLETE The Lost Symbol - COMPLETE Inferno - COMPLETE

2
The Hobbit
by J. R. R. Tolkien
83,471 members, 1,101 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (2), selvan_snow (16), ahef1963 (20), ManWithAnAgenda (56)

Score: 8.72

Explanations:

selvan_snow (16): COMPLETE

3
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
by C. S. Lewis
39,623 members, 697 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (1), ahef1963 (36), selvan_snow (41), ManWithAnAgenda (55)

Score: 8.68

4
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson
39,359 members, 1,683 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (6), selvan_snow (7), cej1027 (25), ManWithAnAgenda (54)

Score: 8.28

Explanations:

selvan_snow (7): The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Millennium Series) COMPLETE . ++ Audio The Girl in the Spider's Web COMPLETE The Girl Who Takes an Eye for an Eye IN-PROGRESS… (more)

5
The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
30,298 members, 512 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (4), ahef1963 (29), selvan_snow (31), ManWithAnAgenda (53)

Score: 7.73

6
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl
21,596 members, 409 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (5), ahef1963 (34), selvan_snow (36), ManWithAnAgenda (52)

Score: 7.45

7
Into the Wild
by Jon Krakauer
16,186 members, 419 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (3), ahef1963 (4), ManWithAnAgenda (51)

Score: 7.37

Explanations:

selvan_snow (3): COMPLETE ++ Audio

8
The Catcher in the Rye
by J. D. Salinger
64,068 members, 1,020 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (18), ahef1963 (21), cej1027 (24), ManWithAnAgenda (49)

Score: 7.13

9
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
47,392 members, 917 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (6), ahef1963 (42), ManWithAnAgenda (50), selvan_snow (51)

Score: 7.13

10
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
64,497 members, 1,061 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (20), cej1027 (22), ahef1963 (22), ManWithAnAgenda (48)

Score: 7.11

11
The Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank
25,897 members, 481 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (7), ahef1963 (43), ManWithAnAgenda (47), selvan_snow (52)

Score: 7.04

12
Memoirs of a Geisha
by Arthur Golden
34,342 members, 533 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (23), selvan_snow (23), ahef1963 (25), ManWithAnAgenda (46)

Score: 6.98

13
A Game of Thrones
by George R. R. Martin
37,579 members, 1,077 reviews
4.36 stars (4.36 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (4), ahef1963 (5), ManWithAnAgenda (58)

Score: 6.95

Explanations:

selvan_snow (4): A Game of Thrones / A Clash of Kings / A Storm of Swords / A Feast for Crows / A Dance with Dragons (Song of Ice and Fire Series) (A Song of Ice and Fire) COMPLETE… (more)

14
The Eye of the World
by Robert Jordan
16,799 members, 342 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (1), selvan_snow (5)

Score: 6.68

Explanations:

selvan_snow (5): COMPLETE ++ Audio The Eye of the World (1990) The Great Hunt (1990) The Dragon Reborn (1991) The Shadow Rising (1992) The Fires of Heaven (1993) Lord of Chaos (1994) A Crown of Swords (1996) The Path of Daggers (1998) Winter's Heart (2000) Crossroads of Twilight (2003) New Spring (2004) Knife of Dreams (2005) The Gathering Storm (2009) Towers of Midnight (2010) A Memory of Light (2013)… (more)

15
The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood
37,391 members, 1,072 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (19), ahef1963 (44), ManWithAnAgenda (45), selvan_snow (53)

Score: 6.5

Explanations:

selvan_snow (53): COMPLETE

16
Murder on the Orient Express
by Agatha Christie
14,376 members, 376 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (17), ManWithAnAgenda (42), ahef1963 (53), selvan_snow (70)

Score: 6.41

17
Ender's Game
by Orson Scott Card
37,658 members, 1,010 reviews
4.31 stars (4.31 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (2), ahef1963 (3)

Score: 6.4

Explanations:

selvan_snow (2): COMPLETE

18
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
48,709 members, 1,242 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (7), selvan_snow (8), ManWithAnAgenda (43)

Score: 6.4

Explanations:

selvan_snow (8): COMPLETE

19
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
23,179 members, 437 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (3), ahef1963 (24), ManWithAnAgenda (44)

Score: 6.4

20
The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway
27,378 members, 456 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (20), ManWithAnAgenda (41), ahef1963 (52), selvan_snow (69)

Score: 6.35

21
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1)
by J. K. Rowling
118,493 members, 1,930 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (1), cej1027 (9)

Score: 6.31

22
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Four Parts
by Douglas Adams
2,670 members, 24 reviews
4.38 stars (4.38 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (9), selvan_snow (10), ManWithAnAgenda (40)

Score: 6.15

23
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
71,800 members, 1,259 reviews
4.4 stars (4.4 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (12), ahef1963 (16), ManWithAnAgenda (39)

Score: 5.75

24
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
70,519 members, 1,357 reviews
4.38 stars (4.38 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (13), ahef1963 (17), ManWithAnAgenda (38)

Score: 5.69

25
Nineteen Eighty-Four
by George Orwell
73,347 members, 1,184 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (14), ahef1963 (18), ManWithAnAgenda (37)

Score: 5.63

26
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
34,251 members, 391 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (15), ahef1963 (19), ManWithAnAgenda (36)

Score: 5.58

27
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck
30,992 members, 429 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (16), selvan_snow (22), ManWithAnAgenda (35)

Score: 5.49

28
The Prince and the Pauper
by Mark Twain
8,146 members, 68 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (8), selvan_snow (42), ManWithAnAgenda (59)

Score: 5.39

29
Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck
34,891 members, 609 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (26), ahef1963 (28), ManWithAnAgenda (34)

Score: 5.17

30
Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
39,256 members, 443 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (21), ahef1963 (23), ManWithAnAgenda (60)

Score: 5.13

31
The Color Purple
by Alice Walker
17,660 members, 314 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (30), selvan_snow (32), ManWithAnAgenda (33)

Score: 5.06

32
The Remains of the Day
by Kazuo Ishiguro
14,666 members, 430 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (31), ManWithAnAgenda (32), selvan_snow (33)

Score: 5.05

33
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
13,665 members, 231 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (31), ahef1963 (32), selvan_snow (34)

Score: 5.03

34
Light in August
by William Faulkner
8,516 members, 98 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (29), ahef1963 (35), selvan_snow (38)

Score: 4.98

35
A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
32,806 members, 424 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (25), ahef1963 (27), ManWithAnAgenda (61)

Score: 4.98

36
The Colour of Magic
by Terry Pratchett
19,839 members, 398 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (18), ManWithAnAgenda (30), selvan_snow (85)

Score: 4.97

37
The Call of the Wild
by Jack London
17,134 members, 293 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (21), ManWithAnAgenda (28), selvan_snow (86)

Score: 4.92

38
Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf
18,437 members, 308 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (27), ahef1963 (38), selvan_snow (45)

Score: 4.91

39
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey
22,116 members, 283 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (26), ahef1963 (39), selvan_snow (46)

Score: 4.91

40
Possession: A Romance
by A. S. Byatt
12,169 members, 276 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (25), ahef1963 (40), selvan_snow (47)

Score: 4.91

41
Watchmen
by Alan Moore
17,623 members, 472 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (24), ahef1963 (41), selvan_snow (50)

Score: 4.89

42
It
by Stephen King
19,042 members, 380 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (22), ahef1963 (46), selvan_snow (56)

Score: 4.85

43
The Gunslinger
by Stephen King
20,436 members, 452 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (23), ahef1963 (45), selvan_snow (55)

Score: 4.84

44
Rebecca
by Daphne Du Maurier
18,324 members, 557 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (20), ahef1963 (49), selvan_snow (64)

Score: 4.82

45
The Children of Men
by P. D. James
5,315 members, 192 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (19), ahef1963 (51), selvan_snow (67)

Score: 4.81

46
Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
36,957 members, 647 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (21), ahef1963 (48), selvan_snow (63)

Score: 4.81

47
2001: A Space Odyssey
by Arthur C. Clarke
12,188 members, 202 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (18), ahef1963 (54), selvan_snow (72)

Score: 4.79

48
Foundation
by Isaac Asimov
18,373 members, 342 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (17), ahef1963 (55), selvan_snow (77)

Score: 4.79

49
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess
23,693 members, 366 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (33), selvan_snow (35), ManWithAnAgenda (62)

Score: 4.74

50
The Tommyknockers
by Stephen King
8,336 members, 74 reviews
3.31 stars (3.31 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (8), selvan_snow (9)

Score: 4.69

Explanations:

selvan_snow (9): IN-PROGRESS

51
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
by Edgar Allan Poe
10,735 members, 71 reviews
4.37 stars (4.37 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (2), selvan_snow (101)

Score: 4.63

52
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
by J. K. Rowling
98,302 members, 941 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (10), ahef1963 (10)

Score: 4.5

53
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
44,505 members, 701 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (26), ManWithAnAgenda (63), selvan_snow (97)

Score: 4.47

54
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
by J. K. Rowling
95,708 members, 913 reviews
4.4 stars (4.4 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (11), ahef1963 (11)

Score: 4.39

55
Atonement
by Ian McEwan
24,637 members, 601 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (47), selvan_snow (61), ManWithAnAgenda (64)

Score: 4.37

56
Childhood's End
by Arthur C. Clarke
9,233 members, 210 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (3), selvan_snow (93)

Score: 4.33

57
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by Malcolm X
8,583 members, 110 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (50), ManWithAnAgenda (66), selvan_snow (66)

Score: 4.31

58
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
by J. K. Rowling
91,882 members, 834 reviews
4.36 stars (4.36 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (12), ahef1963 (12)

Score: 4.3

59
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
by J. K. Rowling
90,719 members, 816 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (13), ahef1963 (13)

Score: 4.21

60
Snow Crash
by Neal Stephenson
18,530 members, 361 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (11), ManWithAnAgenda (16)

Score: 4.2

61
American Gods
by Neil Gaiman
31,592 members, 882 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (4), selvan_snow (84)

Score: 4.15

62
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
by J. K. Rowling
87,085 members, 1,514 reviews
4.42 stars (4.42 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (14), ahef1963 (14)

Score: 4.14

63
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
by J. K. Rowling
92,197 members, 887 reviews
4.36 stars (4.36 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (15), ahef1963 (15)

Score: 4.07

64
Night
by Elie Wiesel
24,414 members, 538 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (5), selvan_snow (80)

Score: 4.01

65
Neuromancer
by William Gibson
21,217 members, 344 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (6), ManWithAnAgenda (65)

Score: 3.97

Explanations:

selvan_snow (6): COMPLETE ++ Audio

66
Something Wicked This Way Comes
by Ray Bradbury
10,138 members, 272 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (6), selvan_snow (73)

Score: 3.92

67
Dracula
by Bram Stoker
30,261 members, 565 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (12), selvan_snow (30)

Score: 3.86

68
Dune
by Frank Herbert
36,271 members, 603 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (15), selvan_snow (24)

Score: 3.84

69
The Invisible Man
by H. G. Wells
9,751 members, 229 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (10), selvan_snow (40)

Score: 3.84

70
The Forever War
by Joe Haldeman
8,642 members, 227 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (7), selvan_snow (71)

Score: 3.84

71
Moby Dick
by Herman Melville
31,354 members, 492 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (13), selvan_snow (29)

Score: 3.83

72
The Divine Comedy
by Dante Alighieri
18,868 members, 173 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (8), selvan_snow (58)

Score: 3.83

73
Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov
29,230 members, 525 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (14), selvan_snow (27)

Score: 3.82

74
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
14,598 members, 186 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (11), selvan_snow (39)

Score: 3.8

75
The Stand
by Stephen King
3,657 members, 72 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (9), selvan_snow (54)

Score: 3.79

76
Birdsong
by Sebastian Faulks
5,737 members, 150 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (17), ManWithAnAgenda (67)

Score: 3.37

77
Midnight's Children
by Salman Rushdie
12,764 members, 231 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (37), selvan_snow (43)

Score: 3.18

78
The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas père
22,465 members, 390 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (28), ManWithAnAgenda (68)

Score: 3.13

79
Siddhartha
by Hermann Hesse
25,350 members, 347 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (59), ManWithAnAgenda (69)

Score: 2.83

80
All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque
16,775 members, 367 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (60), ManWithAnAgenda (70)

Score: 2.82

81
The Art of War
by Sun Tzu
19,975 members, 219 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (68), ManWithAnAgenda (71)

Score: 2.77

82
War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy
25,480 members, 404 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (72), selvan_snow (87)

Score: 2.68

83
Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
21,425 members, 418 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (19)

Score: 1.92

84
An American Tragedy
by Theodore Dreiser
3,703 members, 45 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (37)

Score: 1.62

85
Money: A Suicide Note
by Martin Amis
3,034 members, 52 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (44)

Score: 1.55

86
Rabbit, Run
by John Updike
5,707 members, 104 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (48)

Score: 1.52

87
Red Harvest
by Dashiell Hammett
2,748 members, 81 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (49)

Score: 1.51

89
Eat, Pray, Love
by Elizabeth Gilbert
20,523 members, 832 reviews
3.54 stars (3.54 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (62)

Score: 1.43

90
The Fall of the House of Usher [short story]
by Edgar Allan Poe
942 members, 26 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (65)

Score: 1.41

91
The Book of the New Sun
by Gene Wolfe
558 members, 8 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (74)

Score: 1.36

92
Ready Player One
by Ernest Cline
15,434 members, 1,145 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (75)

Score: 1.36

Explanations:

selvan_snow (75): COMPLETE

94
Ringworld
by Larry Niven
9,155 members, 164 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (78)

Score: 1.35

Explanations:

selvan_snow (78): COMPLETE ++Audio

95
The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
by Clifford Stoll
2,512 members, 37 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (79)

Score: 1.34

96
Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand
20,831 members, 363 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (81)

Score: 1.33

97
Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere [1996 TV series]
by Dewi Humphreys
96 members, 0 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (82)

Score: 1.33

98
Harry Potter (Books 1-7)
by J. K. Rowling
11,326 members, 169 reviews
4.64 stars (4.64 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (83)

Score: 1.33

Explanations:

selvan_snow (83): 1-Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone - COMPLETE 2-Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets 3-Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban 4-Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire 5-Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix 6-Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 7-Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 8-Harry Potter and the Cursed Child… (more)

99
Declare
by Tim Powers
1,384 members, 39 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (88)

Score: 1.31

100
Shogun
by James Clavell
7,290 members, 115 reviews
4.3 stars (4.3 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (89)

Score: 1.3

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