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Top 100 to Read before you Die

Type: Preset list created by selvan_snow

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1
The Da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown
59,423 members, 1,196 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (1), ahef1963 (2)

Score: 7.36

Explanations:

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

2
The Hobbit
0 members, 0 reviews

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

Score: 7.26

Explanations:

selvan_snow (16): COMPLETE

3
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
by C. S. Lewis
31,996 members, 603 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

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

Score: 7.21

4
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson
34,316 members, 1,576 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

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

Score: 6.8

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
Ender's Game
by Orson Scott Card
32,833 members, 908 reviews
4.33 stars (4.33 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (2), ahef1963 (3)

Score: 6.4

Explanations:

selvan_snow (2): COMPLETE

6
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1)
by J. K. Rowling
99,910 members, 1,650 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (1), cej1027 (9)

Score: 6.31

7
The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
24,048 members, 427 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

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

Score: 6.25

8
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl
17,397 members, 360 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

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

Score: 5.96

9
Into the Wild
by Jon Krakauer
13,741 members, 371 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (3), ahef1963 (4)

Score: 5.87

Explanations:

selvan_snow (3): COMPLETE ++ Audio

10
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
39,296 members, 770 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

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

Score: 5.62

11
The Catcher in the Rye
by J. D. Salinger
56,661 members, 911 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

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

Score: 5.62

12
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
54,731 members, 917 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

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

Score: 5.59

14
A Game of Thrones
by George R. R. Martin
31,053 members, 960 reviews
4.38 stars (4.38 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (4), ahef1963 (5)

Score: 5.5

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)

15
Memoirs of a Geisha
by Arthur Golden
31,123 members, 498 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

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

Score: 5.44

16
The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood
29,862 members, 843 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

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

Score: 4.95

Explanations:

selvan_snow (53): COMPLETE

17
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
18,556 members, 378 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (3), ahef1963 (24)

Score: 4.85

18
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
43,884 members, 1,153 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (7), selvan_snow (8)

Score: 4.84

Explanations:

selvan_snow (8): COMPLETE

19
Murder on the Orient Express
by Agatha Christie
10,836 members, 284 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

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

Score: 4.84

20
The Old Man and The Sea
by Ernest Hemingway
22,616 members, 367 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

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

Score: 4.77

21
The Tommyknockers
by Stephen King
7,148 members, 65 reviews
3.32 stars (3.32 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (8), selvan_snow (9)

Score: 4.69

Explanations:

selvan_snow (9): IN-PROGRESS

22
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Four Parts
by Douglas Adams
2,624 members, 24 reviews
4.37 stars (4.37 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (9), selvan_snow (10)

Score: 4.56

23
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
by J. K. Rowling
84,040 members, 825 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (10), ahef1963 (10)

Score: 4.5

24
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
by J. K. Rowling
82,495 members, 813 reviews
4.4 stars (4.4 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (11), ahef1963 (11)

Score: 4.39

25
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
by J. K. Rowling
79,118 members, 731 reviews
4.36 stars (4.36 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (12), ahef1963 (12)

Score: 4.3

26
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
by J. K. Rowling
79,639 members, 722 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (13), ahef1963 (13)

Score: 4.21

27
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
61,074 members, 1,099 reviews
4.42 stars (4.42 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (12), ahef1963 (16)

Score: 4.15

28
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
by J. K. Rowling
75,822 members, 1,415 reviews
4.43 stars (4.43 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (14), ahef1963 (14)

Score: 4.14

29
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
59,924 members, 1,192 reviews
4.39 stars (4.39 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (13), ahef1963 (17)

Score: 4.08

30
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
by J. K. Rowling
81,344 members, 800 reviews
4.36 stars (4.36 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (15), ahef1963 (15)

Score: 4.07

31
1984
by George Orwell
62,025 members, 1,000 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (14), ahef1963 (18)

Score: 4.01

32
The Prince and the Pauper
by Mark Twain
6,440 members, 56 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (8), selvan_snow (42)

Score: 3.95

33
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
28,769 members, 336 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (15), ahef1963 (19)

Score: 3.95

34
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck
26,601 members, 370 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (16), selvan_snow (22)

Score: 3.85

35
Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
33,432 members, 390 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (21), ahef1963 (23)

Score: 3.7

36
A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
27,145 members, 358 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (25), ahef1963 (27)

Score: 3.54

37
Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck
29,594 members, 540 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (26), ahef1963 (28)

Score: 3.51

38
The Color Purple
by Alice Walker
14,993 members, 269 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (30), selvan_snow (32)

Score: 3.39

39
The Remains of the Day
by Kazuo Ishiguro
12,097 members, 351 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (31), selvan_snow (33)

Score: 3.36

40
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
9,796 members, 186 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (32), selvan_snow (34)

Score: 3.34

41
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess
20,331 members, 308 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (33), selvan_snow (35)

Score: 3.31

42
The Colour of Magic
by Terry Pratchett
16,882 members, 324 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (18), selvan_snow (85)

Score: 3.26

43
Light in August
by William Faulkner
7,369 members, 79 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (35), selvan_snow (38)

Score: 3.26

44
Midnight's Children
by Salman Rushdie
11,214 members, 205 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (37), selvan_snow (43)

Score: 3.18

45
The Call of the Wild
by Jack London
13,182 members, 233 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (21), selvan_snow (86)

Score: 3.18

46
Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf
15,683 members, 274 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (38), selvan_snow (45)

Score: 3.16

47
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey
19,303 members, 228 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (39), selvan_snow (46)

Score: 3.14

48
Possession: A Romance
by A. S. Byatt
11,009 members, 241 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (40), selvan_snow (47)

Score: 3.12

49
Watchmen
by Alan Moore
15,225 members, 420 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (41), selvan_snow (50)

Score: 3.09

50
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
37,511 members, 585 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (26), selvan_snow (97)

Score: 3.05

51
The Gunslinger
by Stephen King
17,186 members, 377 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (45), selvan_snow (55)

Score: 3.01

52
It
by Stephen King
15,437 members, 301 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (46), selvan_snow (56)

Score: 3

53
Atonement
by Ian McEwan
22,317 members, 571 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (47), selvan_snow (61)

Score: 2.96

54
Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
29,697 members, 540 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (48), selvan_snow (63)

Score: 2.94

55
Rebecca
by Daphne Du Maurier
15,048 members, 454 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (49), selvan_snow (64)

Score: 2.93

57
The Children of Men
by P. D. James
4,550 members, 174 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (51), selvan_snow (67)

Score: 2.9

58
2001: A Space Odyssey
by Arthur C. Clarke
10,171 members, 156 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (54), selvan_snow (72)

Score: 2.85

59
Foundation
by Isaac Asimov
15,131 members, 256 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (55), selvan_snow (77)

Score: 2.82

60
The Eye of the World
by Robert Jordan
13,627 members, 262 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (5)

Score: 2.68

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)

61
Neuromancer
by William Gibson
18,149 members, 294 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (6)

Score: 2.56

Explanations:

selvan_snow (6): COMPLETE ++ Audio

62
Snow Crash
by Neal Stephenson
16,091 members, 297 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (11)

Score: 2.2

63
Birdsong
by Sebastian Faulks
5,137 members, 140 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (17)

Score: 1.97

64
Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
18,431 members, 380 reviews
4.31 stars (4.31 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (19)

Score: 1.92

65
Dune
by Frank Herbert
28,422 members, 426 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (24)

Score: 1.81

66
Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov
25,630 members, 438 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (27)

Score: 1.76

67
The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas père
17,867 members, 322 reviews
4.33 stars (4.33 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (28)

Score: 1.74

68
Moby Dick
by Herman Melville
25,927 members, 407 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (29)

Score: 1.72

69
Dracula
by Bram Stoker
24,630 members, 490 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (30)

Score: 1.71

70
An American Tragedy
by Theodore Dreiser
3,247 members, 37 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (37)

Score: 1.62

71
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
12,265 members, 150 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (39)

Score: 1.6

72
The Invisible Man
by H. G. Wells
7,785 members, 183 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (40)

Score: 1.59

73
Money: a suicide note
by Martin Amis
2,627 members, 47 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (44)

Score: 1.55

74
Rabbit, Run
by John Updike
4,957 members, 86 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (48)

Score: 1.52

75
Red Harvest
by Dashiell Hammett
2,263 members, 68 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (49)

Score: 1.51

76
The Stand {1978}
by Stephen King
3,123 members, 61 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (54)

Score: 1.48

78
The Divine Comedy
by Dante Alighieri
14,962 members, 128 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (58)

Score: 1.45

79
Siddhartha
by Hermann Hesse
21,698 members, 279 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (59)

Score: 1.44

80
All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque
13,795 members, 306 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (60)

Score: 1.44

81
Eat, Pray, Love
by Elizabeth Gilbert
18,490 members, 789 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (62)

Score: 1.43

82
The Fall of the House of Usher
by Edgar Allan Poe
703 members, 19 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (65)

Score: 1.41

83
The Art of War
by Sunzi
15,815 members, 165 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (68)

Score: 1.39

84
The Forever War
by Joe Haldeman
7,150 members, 189 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (71)

Score: 1.38

85
Something Wicked This Way Comes
by Ray Bradbury
8,304 members, 225 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (73)

Score: 1.37

86
The Book of the New Sun
by Gene Wolfe
389 members, 6 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (74)

Score: 1.36

87
Ready Player One
by Ernest Cline
10,402 members, 897 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (75)

Score: 1.36

Explanations:

selvan_snow (75): COMPLETE

89
Ringworld
by Larry Niven
7,750 members, 138 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (78)

Score: 1.35

Explanations:

selvan_snow (78): COMPLETE ++Audio

90
The Cuckoo's Egg: Tracking a Spy Through the Maze of Computer Espionage
by Clifford Stoll
2,125 members, 31 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (79)

Score: 1.34

91
Night
by Elie Wiesel
20,202 members, 478 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (80)

Score: 1.34

92
Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand
18,396 members, 312 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (81)

Score: 1.33

93
Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere
2 members, 0 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (82)

Score: 1.33

94
Harry Potter Box Set (Books 1-7)
by J. K. Rowling
8,672 members, 143 reviews
4.65 stars (4.65 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)

95
American Gods
by Neil Gaiman
27,614 members, 746 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (84)

Score: 1.32

96
War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy
21,213 members, 346 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (87)

Score: 1.31

97
Declare
by Tim Powers
1,227 members, 30 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (88)

Score: 1.31

98
Shogun
by James Clavell
6,467 members, 104 reviews
4.3 stars (4.3 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (89)

Score: 1.3

100
The Girl in the Spider's Web
by David Lagercrantz
2,718 members, 148 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (91)

Score: 1.3

Explanations:

selvan_snow (91): COMPLETE

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