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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
63,332 members, 1,240 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
36,316 members, 657 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

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

Score: 7.21

4
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
by Stieg Larsson
37,476 members, 1,648 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
35,907 members, 977 reviews
4.31 stars (4.31 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
110,866 members, 1,839 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (1), cej1027 (9)

Score: 6.31

7
The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
27,728 members, 484 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
19,956 members, 400 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
15,258 members, 400 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (3), ahef1963 (4)

Score: 5.87

Explanations:

selvan_snow (3): COMPLETE ++ Audio

10
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
44,350 members, 875 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

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

Score: 5.62

11
The Catcher in the Rye
by J. D. Salinger
61,157 members, 980 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

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

Score: 5.62

12
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
60,582 members, 1,002 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

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

Score: 5.59

14
A Game of Thrones
by George R. R. Martin
35,156 members, 1,040 reviews
4.36 stars (4.36 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
33,131 members, 518 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

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

Score: 5.44

16
The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood
34,828 members, 1,007 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
21,347 members, 418 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (3), ahef1963 (24)

Score: 4.85

18
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
46,215 members, 1,192 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
12,866 members, 340 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
25,583 members, 428 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

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

Score: 4.77

21
The Tommyknockers
by Stephen King
7,838 members, 72 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
2,525 members, 26 reviews
4.38 stars (4.38 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (9), selvan_snow (10)

Score: 4.56

23
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
by J. K. Rowling
92,346 members, 900 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
90,468 members, 871 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
86,826 members, 803 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
86,401 members, 770 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (13), ahef1963 (13)

Score: 4.21

27
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
67,526 members, 1,206 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
82,469 members, 1,483 reviews
4.42 stars (4.42 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (14), ahef1963 (14)

Score: 4.14

29
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
66,294 members, 1,303 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
87,918 members, 855 reviews
4.36 stars (4.36 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (15), ahef1963 (15)

Score: 4.07

31
Nineteen Eighty-Four
by George Orwell
68,779 members, 1,117 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
7,422 members, 61 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (8), selvan_snow (42)

Score: 3.95

33
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
32,070 members, 373 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (15), ahef1963 (19)

Score: 3.95

34
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck
29,344 members, 410 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (16), selvan_snow (22)

Score: 3.85

35
Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
36,801 members, 418 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (21), ahef1963 (23)

Score: 3.7

36
A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
30,584 members, 399 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (25), ahef1963 (27)

Score: 3.54

37
Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck
32,873 members, 582 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (26), ahef1963 (28)

Score: 3.51

38
The Color Purple
by Alice Walker
16,644 members, 302 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
13,670 members, 406 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
11,488 members, 210 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (32), selvan_snow (34)

Score: 3.34

41
A Clockwork Orange [novel]
by Anthony Burgess
22,359 members, 348 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (33), selvan_snow (35)

Score: 3.31

42
The Colour of Magic
by Terry Pratchett
18,735 members, 370 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (18), selvan_snow (85)

Score: 3.26

43
Light in August
by William Faulkner
8,051 members, 93 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (35), selvan_snow (38)

Score: 3.26

44
Midnight's Children
by Salman Rushdie
12,198 members, 221 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (37), selvan_snow (43)

Score: 3.18

45
The Call of the Wild
by Jack London
15,540 members, 271 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (21), selvan_snow (86)

Score: 3.18

46
Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf
17,412 members, 291 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (38), selvan_snow (45)

Score: 3.16

47
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey
21,020 members, 264 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (39), selvan_snow (46)

Score: 3.14

48
Possession: A Romance
by A. S. Byatt
11,743 members, 264 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (40), selvan_snow (47)

Score: 3.12

49
Watchmen
by Alan Moore
16,783 members, 468 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (41), selvan_snow (50)

Score: 3.09

50
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
41,876 members, 659 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (26), selvan_snow (97)

Score: 3.05

51
The Gunslinger
by Stephen King
19,212 members, 431 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (45), selvan_snow (55)

Score: 3.01

52
It
by Stephen King
17,721 members, 352 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (46), selvan_snow (56)

Score: 3

53
Atonement
by Ian McEwan
23,793 members, 587 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (47), selvan_snow (61)

Score: 2.96

54
Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
34,192 members, 613 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (48), selvan_snow (63)

Score: 2.94

55
Rebecca
by Daphne Du Maurier
17,064 members, 519 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
5,040 members, 192 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (51), selvan_snow (67)

Score: 2.9

58
2001: A Space Odyssey
by Arthur C. Clarke
11,383 members, 180 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (54), selvan_snow (72)

Score: 2.85

59
Foundation
by Isaac Asimov
17,108 members, 306 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (55), selvan_snow (77)

Score: 2.82

60
The Eye of the World
by Robert Jordan
15,294 members, 314 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
19,990 members, 321 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (6)

Score: 2.56

Explanations:

selvan_snow (6): COMPLETE ++ Audio

62
Snow Crash
by Neal Stephenson
17,669 members, 345 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (11)

Score: 2.2

63
Birdsong
by Sebastian Faulks
5,515 members, 150 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (17)

Score: 1.97

64
Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
20,265 members, 408 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (19)

Score: 1.92

65
Dune
by Frank Herbert
32,594 members, 519 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (24)

Score: 1.81

66
Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov
27,876 members, 500 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (27)

Score: 1.76

67
The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas père
20,695 members, 369 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (28)

Score: 1.74

68
Moby Dick
by Herman Melville
29,188 members, 460 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (29)

Score: 1.72

69
Dracula
by Bram Stoker
27,925 members, 531 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (30)

Score: 1.71

70
An American Tragedy
by Theodore Dreiser
3,515 members, 44 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (37)

Score: 1.62

71
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
13,740 members, 171 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (39)

Score: 1.6

72
The Invisible Man
by H. G. Wells
9,033 members, 215 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (40)

Score: 1.59

73
Money: A Suicide Note
by Martin Amis
2,873 members, 52 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (44)

Score: 1.55

74
Rabbit, Run
by John Updike
5,431 members, 100 reviews
3.58 stars (3.58 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (48)

Score: 1.52

75
Red Harvest
by Dashiell Hammett
2,588 members, 74 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (49)

Score: 1.51

76
The Stand {1978}
by Stephen King
3,388 members, 67 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (54)

Score: 1.48

78
The Divine Comedy
by Dante Alighieri
17,392 members, 158 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (58)

Score: 1.45

79
Siddhartha
by Hermann Hesse
24,050 members, 326 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
15,668 members, 344 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (60)

Score: 1.44

81
Eat, Pray, Love
by Elizabeth Gilbert
19,858 members, 809 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
865 members, 22 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (65)

Score: 1.41

83
The Art of War
by Sun Tzu
18,281 members, 203 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (68)

Score: 1.39

84
The Forever War
by Joe Haldeman
8,050 members, 217 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (71)

Score: 1.38

85
Something Wicked This Way Comes
by Ray Bradbury
9,446 members, 250 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (73)

Score: 1.37

86
The Book of the New Sun
by Gene Wolfe
509 members, 8 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (74)

Score: 1.36

87
Ready Player One
by Ernest Cline
13,522 members, 1,056 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (75)

Score: 1.36

Explanations:

selvan_snow (75): COMPLETE

89
Ringworld
by Larry Niven
8,589 members, 159 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 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
2,375 members, 35 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (79)

Score: 1.34

91
Night
by Elie Wiesel
22,563 members, 514 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (80)

Score: 1.34

92
Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand
19,856 members, 352 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 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
9,868 members, 161 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
30,257 members, 819 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (84)

Score: 1.32

96
War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy
23,869 members, 380 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (87)

Score: 1.31

97
Declare
by Tim Powers
1,334 members, 38 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (88)

Score: 1.31

98
Shogun
by James Clavell
6,924 members, 108 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
3,506 members, 173 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: selvan_snow (91)

Score: 1.3

Explanations:

selvan_snow (91): COMPLETE

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