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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
61,440 members, 1,215 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
34,216 members, 621 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
35,998 members, 1,612 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
34,346 members, 943 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (2), ahef1963 (3)

Score: 6.4

Explanations:

selvan_snow (2): COMPLETE

6
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
by J. K. Rowling
105,731 members, 1,738 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (1), cej1027 (9)

Score: 6.31

7
The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
25,971 members, 451 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

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

Score: 6.25

8
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl
18,750 members, 381 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
14,519 members, 382 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
41,904 members, 826 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
59,193 members, 943 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

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

Score: 5.62

12
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
57,781 members, 950 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
33,267 members, 1,005 reviews
4.37 stars (4.37 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
32,174 members, 503 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
32,644 members, 937 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
20,070 members, 399 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (3), ahef1963 (24)

Score: 4.85

18
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
45,147 members, 1,172 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
11,917 members, 306 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
24,146 members, 397 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

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

Score: 4.77

21
The Tommyknockers
by Stephen King
7,540 members, 68 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
2,742 members, 26 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
88,605 members, 861 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
86,799 members, 845 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
83,381 members, 772 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
83,201 members, 747 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (13), ahef1963 (13)

Score: 4.21

27
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
64,453 members, 1,153 reviews
4.41 stars (4.41 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (12), ahef1963 (16)

Score: 4.15

28
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
by J. K. Rowling
79,428 members, 1,452 reviews
4.43 stars (4.43 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (14), ahef1963 (14)

Score: 4.14

29
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
63,358 members, 1,239 reviews
4.38 stars (4.38 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (13), ahef1963 (17)

Score: 4.08

30
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
by J. K. Rowling
84,871 members, 827 reviews
4.36 stars (4.36 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (15), ahef1963 (15)

Score: 4.07

31
1984
by George Orwell
65,567 members, 1,053 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
6,966 members, 58 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (8), selvan_snow (42)

Score: 3.95

33
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
30,499 members, 355 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (15), ahef1963 (19)

Score: 3.95

34
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck
28,014 members, 381 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (16), selvan_snow (22)

Score: 3.85

35
Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
35,280 members, 409 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
28,957 members, 374 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (25), ahef1963 (27)

Score: 3.54

37
Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck
31,251 members, 567 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (26), ahef1963 (28)

Score: 3.51

38
The Color Purple
by Alice Walker
15,806 members, 286 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
12,942 members, 375 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
10,597 members, 198 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (32), selvan_snow (34)

Score: 3.34

41
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess
21,450 members, 328 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (33), selvan_snow (35)

Score: 3.31

42
The Colour of Magic
by Terry Pratchett
17,843 members, 342 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (18), selvan_snow (85)

Score: 3.26

43
Light in August
by William Faulkner
7,731 members, 84 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (35), selvan_snow (38)

Score: 3.26

44
Midnight's Children
by Salman Rushdie
11,727 members, 216 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
14,474 members, 253 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (21), selvan_snow (86)

Score: 3.18

46
Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf
16,560 members, 288 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (38), selvan_snow (45)

Score: 3.16

47
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey
20,271 members, 245 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (39), selvan_snow (46)

Score: 3.14

48
Possession: A Romance
by A. S. Byatt
11,399 members, 257 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (40), selvan_snow (47)

Score: 3.12

49
Watchmen
by Alan Moore
16,054 members, 437 reviews
4.33 stars (4.33 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (41), selvan_snow (50)

Score: 3.09

50
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
39,794 members, 623 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (26), selvan_snow (97)

Score: 3.05

51
The Gunslinger
by Stephen King
18,252 members, 403 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (45), selvan_snow (55)

Score: 3.01

52
It
by Stephen King
16,656 members, 324 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (46), selvan_snow (56)

Score: 3

53
Atonement
by Ian McEwan
23,051 members, 578 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (47), selvan_snow (61)

Score: 2.96

54
Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
32,162 members, 588 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (48), selvan_snow (63)

Score: 2.94

55
Rebecca
by Daphne Du Maurier
16,046 members, 496 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
4,848 members, 181 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
10,846 members, 170 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (54), selvan_snow (72)

Score: 2.85

59
Foundation
by Isaac Asimov
16,142 members, 282 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (55), selvan_snow (77)

Score: 2.82

60
The Eye of the World
by Robert Jordan
14,588 members, 290 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
19,120 members, 306 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
16,902 members, 317 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (11)

Score: 2.2

63
Birdsong
by Sebastian Faulks
5,359 members, 146 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (17)

Score: 1.97

64
Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
19,436 members, 392 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (19)

Score: 1.92

65
Dune
by Frank Herbert
30,422 members, 475 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (24)

Score: 1.81

66
Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov
26,815 members, 469 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (27)

Score: 1.76

67
The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas père
19,468 members, 345 reviews
4.33 stars (4.33 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (28)

Score: 1.74

68
Moby Dick
by Herman Melville
27,827 members, 434 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (29)

Score: 1.72

69
Dracula
by Bram Stoker
26,473 members, 517 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (30)

Score: 1.71

70
An American Tragedy
by Theodore Dreiser
3,386 members, 40 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (37)

Score: 1.62

71
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
12,971 members, 162 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (39)

Score: 1.6

72
The Invisible Man
by H. G. Wells
8,464 members, 200 reviews
3.51 stars (3.51 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (40)

Score: 1.59

73
Money: A Suicide Note
by Martin Amis
2,771 members, 48 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (44)

Score: 1.55

74
Rabbit, Run
by John Updike
5,214 members, 94 reviews
3.58 stars (3.58 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (48)

Score: 1.52

75
Red Harvest
by Dashiell Hammett
2,440 members, 72 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (49)

Score: 1.51

76
The Stand {1978}
by Stephen King
3,259 members, 68 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (54)

Score: 1.48

78
The Divine Comedy
by Dante Alighieri
16,056 members, 143 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (58)

Score: 1.45

79
Siddhartha
by Hermann Hesse
22,993 members, 299 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (59)

Score: 1.44

80
All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque
14,747 members, 326 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (60)

Score: 1.44

81
Eat, Pray, Love
by Elizabeth Gilbert
19,215 members, 802 reviews
3.55 stars (3.55 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (62)

Score: 1.43

82
The Fall of the House of Usher
by Edgar Allan Poe
835 members, 22 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (65)

Score: 1.41

83
The Art of War
by Sunzi
17,094 members, 188 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (68)

Score: 1.39

84
The Forever War
by Joe Haldeman
7,601 members, 203 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (71)

Score: 1.38

85
Something Wicked This Way Comes
by Ray Bradbury
8,855 members, 236 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (73)

Score: 1.37

86
The Book of the New Sun
by Gene Wolfe
444 members, 6 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (74)

Score: 1.36

87
Ready Player One
by Ernest Cline
11,981 members, 990 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (75)

Score: 1.36

Explanations:

selvan_snow (75): COMPLETE

89
Ringworld
by Larry Niven
8,169 members, 145 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 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
2,257 members, 33 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (79)

Score: 1.34

91
Night
by Elie Wiesel
21,458 members, 497 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (80)

Score: 1.34

92
Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand
19,165 members, 332 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 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: The Complete Collection (Books 1-7)
by J. K. Rowling
9,362 members, 151 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
29,006 members, 786 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (84)

Score: 1.32

96
War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy
22,591 members, 355 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (87)

Score: 1.31

97
Declare
by Tim Powers
1,306 members, 33 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (88)

Score: 1.31

98
Shogun
by James Clavell
6,682 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
3,164 members, 159 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (91)

Score: 1.3

Explanations:

selvan_snow (91): COMPLETE

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