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Type: Preset list created by klh098

Members: 7 participating members (show all)

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1
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
64,516 members, 1,155 reviews
4.41 stars (4.41 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (1), booksinbed (1), rretzler (1), klh098 (1), merrystar (2), ahef1963 (2)

Score: 22.73

2
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
63,395 members, 1,241 reviews
4.38 stars (4.38 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (1), leslie.98 (2), booksinbed (2), hipdeep (3), rretzler (5), klh098 (5), merrystar (20)

Score: 21.01

3
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
by J. K. Rowling
105,818 members, 1,740 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (3), booksinbed (3), ahef1963 (3), rretzler (4), klh098 (4), merrystar (8), hipdeep (15)

Score: 19.19

4
Winnie-the-Pooh
by A. A. Milne
9,947 members, 174 reviews
4.34 stars (4.34 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (1), leslie.98 (4), booksinbed (4), merrystar (5), ahef1963 (5), rretzler (25), klh098 (40)

Score: 18.39

5
The Hobbit
by J. R. R. Tolkien
74,286 members, 995 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: merrystar (3), leslie.98 (5), booksinbed (5), ahef1963 (8), hipdeep (11), rretzler (14), klh098 (16)

Score: 17.03

6
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
by C. S. Lewis
34,251 members, 621 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (6), booksinbed (6), merrystar (7), hipdeep (7), ahef1963 (13), rretzler (24), klh098 (36)

Score: 15.58

7
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
57,845 members, 951 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (7), booksinbed (7), merrystar (11), ahef1963 (11), hipdeep (13), rretzler (17), klh098 (22)

Score: 15.24

8
Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë
47,362 members, 765 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: rretzler (3), klh098 (3), leslie.98 (8), booksinbed (8), ahef1963 (9), merrystar (24)

Score: 14.95

9
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
20,093 members, 400 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (9), booksinbed (9), hipdeep (10), ahef1963 (15), merrystar (19), rretzler (20), klh098 (29)

Score: 14.43

10
Emma
by Jane Austen
30,253 members, 415 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (8), leslie.98 (10), booksinbed (10), ahef1963 (14), rretzler (22), merrystar (26), klh098 (34)

Score: 14.22

11
Persuasion
by Jane Austen
22,884 members, 445 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: merrystar (1), leslie.98 (11), booksinbed (11), rretzler (23), ahef1963 (25), klh098 (35)

Score: 13.65

12
The Lord of the Rings
by J. R. R. Tolkien
42,337 members, 414 reviews
4.52 stars (4.52 stars)

Lists: rretzler (2), klh098 (2), ahef1963 (7), leslie.98 (12), merrystar (15)

Score: 13.37

13
Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
14,278 members, 220 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: rretzler (10), klh098 (11), booksinbed (12), merrystar (12), leslie.98 (13), ahef1963 (19)

Score: 12.77

14
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
by William Shakespeare
26,303 members, 148 reviews
4.59 stars (4.59 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (2), ahef1963 (4), rretzler (12), klh098 (14), merrystar (17)

Score: 12.38

15
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams
31,689 members, 599 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (9), ahef1963 (10), leslie.98 (14), merrystar (16), rretzler (18), klh098 (25)

Score: 12.36

16
Anne of Green Gables
by L. M. Montgomery
21,328 members, 456 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: merrystar (4), booksinbed (13), leslie.98 (15), ahef1963 (28), rretzler (29), klh098 (46)

Score: 11.97

17
Rebecca
by Daphne Du Maurier
16,077 members, 496 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: rretzler (13), booksinbed (14), klh098 (15), leslie.98 (16), ahef1963 (20), merrystar (27)

Score: 11.85

18
Animal Farm
by George Orwell
46,692 members, 699 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (6), ahef1963 (12), leslie.98 (17), merrystar (25), rretzler (26), klh098 (41)

Score: 11.82

19
The Woman in White
by Wilkie Collins
10,538 members, 300 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: merrystar (6), booksinbed (15), leslie.98 (18), ahef1963 (27), rretzler (28), klh098 (45)

Score: 11.57

20
The Chronicles of Narnia
by C. S. Lewis
28,229 members, 268 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: merrystar (14), booksinbed (16), leslie.98 (19), rretzler (21), ahef1963 (24), klh098 (33)

Score: 11.33

21
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller
33,963 members, 447 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (4), rretzler (11), klh098 (13), booksinbed (17), leslie.98 (20)

Score: 10.99

22
Wuthering Heights
by Emily Brontë
40,331 members, 569 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: rretzler (7), klh098 (7), ahef1963 (16), booksinbed (18), leslie.98 (21)

Score: 10.73

23
His Dark Materials
by Philip Pullman
12,074 members, 187 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: rretzler (9), klh098 (9), merrystar (13), ahef1963 (18), leslie.98 (22)

Score: 10.51

24
1984
by George Orwell
65,634 members, 1,055 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: rretzler (8), klh098 (8), ahef1963 (17), booksinbed (19), leslie.98 (23)

Score: 10.47

25
The Holy Bible: King James Version
7,410 members, 117 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (6), rretzler (6), klh098 (6), hipdeep (14)

Score: 9.74

26
Bleak House
by Charles Dickens
11,201 members, 216 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: merrystar (9), booksinbed (20), klh098 (23), leslie.98 (24), ahef1963 (35)

Score: 9.48

27
The Wind in the Willows
by Kenneth Grahame
17,440 members, 268 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (12), merrystar (18), ahef1963 (22), leslie.98 (25), klh098 (30)

Score: 9.44

28
Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
19,457 members, 393 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: rretzler (16), booksinbed (21), klh098 (21), merrystar (23), leslie.98 (26)

Score: 9.34

29
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
by Thomas Hardy
15,886 members, 216 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: klh098 (12), booksinbed (22), leslie.98 (27), merrystar (28), ahef1963 (32)

Score: 9.17

30
Brideshead Revisited
by Evelyn Waugh
10,374 members, 218 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: rretzler (19), booksinbed (23), ahef1963 (23), klh098 (26), leslie.98 (28)

Score: 9.08

31
The Da Vinci Code
by Dan Brown
61,491 members, 1,216 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: booksinbed (25), ahef1963 (26), rretzler (27), leslie.98 (29), klh098 (42)

Score: 8.61

32
The Handmaid’s Tale
by Margaret Atwood
32,685 members, 941 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: booksinbed (26), ahef1963 (29), leslie.98 (30), rretzler (30), klh098 (48)

Score: 8.43

33
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
39,835 members, 624 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: booksinbed (27), ahef1963 (30), leslie.98 (31), rretzler (31), klh098 (49)

Score: 8.37

34
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck
28,043 members, 381 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (5), booksinbed (28), klh098 (28), leslie.98 (32)

Score: 7.84

35
The Time Traveler's Wife
by Audrey Niffenegger
35,476 members, 1,182 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: rretzler (15), klh098 (19), ahef1963 (21), leslie.98 (33)

Score: 7.49

36
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
30,544 members, 357 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: klh098 (10), booksinbed (29), ahef1963 (31), leslie.98 (34)

Score: 7.33

37
The Catcher in the Rye
by J. D. Salinger
59,250 members, 944 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: klh098 (18), merrystar (21), booksinbed (24), ahef1963 (33)

Score: 7.29

38
Middlemarch
by George Eliot
14,203 members, 267 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: klh098 (20), booksinbed (30), ahef1963 (34), leslie.98 (35)

Score: 6.9

39
Anna Karenina
by Leo Tolstoy
30,977 members, 530 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: merrystar (22), booksinbed (31), klh098 (31), leslie.98 (36)

Score: 6.87

40
David Copperfield
by Charles Dickens
16,677 members, 214 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: booksinbed (32), klh098 (32), leslie.98 (37), ahef1963 (37)

Score: 6.61

41
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
45,167 members, 1,172 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: booksinbed (33), klh098 (37), leslie.98 (38), ahef1963 (38)

Score: 6.51

42
Atonement
by Ian McEwan
23,074 members, 578 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: booksinbed (35), leslie.98 (39), ahef1963 (41), klh098 (50)

Score: 6.33

43
One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
37,055 members, 555 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: merrystar (10), leslie.98 (40), klh098 (43)

Score: 5.4

44
War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy
22,626 members, 358 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: klh098 (24), booksinbed (36), leslie.98 (41)

Score: 5.02

45
Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
35,310 members, 409 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: klh098 (27), ahef1963 (36), leslie.98 (42)

Score: 4.96

46
Memoirs of a Geisha
by Arthur Golden
32,194 members, 504 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: booksinbed (34), klh098 (39), ahef1963 (40)

Score: 4.85

47
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
by Louis De Bernières
7,000 members, 141 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: klh098 (38), ahef1963 (39), leslie.98 (43)

Score: 4.77

48
A Prayer for Owen Meany
by John Irving
16,065 members, 293 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Lists: booksinbed (37), leslie.98 (44), klh098 (44)

Score: 4.73

49
Far from the Madding Crowd
by Thomas Hardy
9,013 members, 161 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (45), klh098 (47)

Score: 3.07

50
Life of Pi
by Yann Martel
37,890 members, 921 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (46), klh098 (51)

Score: 3.03

51
Dune
by Frank Herbert
30,433 members, 477 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (47), klh098 (52)

Score: 3.02

52
Cold Comfort Farm
by Stella Gibbons
4,963 members, 194 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (48), klh098 (53)

Score: 3

53
Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen
30,306 members, 421 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (49), klh098 (54)

Score: 2.99

54
The Shadow of the Wind
by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
23,545 members, 921 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (50), klh098 (56)

Score: 2.97

55
A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
28,995 members, 375 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (51), klh098 (57)

Score: 2.95

56
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
43,902 members, 598 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (52), klh098 (58)

Score: 2.94

57
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Mark Haddon
38,840 members, 1,232 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (53), klh098 (59)

Score: 2.93

58
Love in the Time of Cholera
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
23,350 members, 345 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (54), klh098 (60)

Score: 2.91

59
Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck
31,289 members, 568 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (55), klh098 (61)

Score: 2.9

60
Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov
26,833 members, 471 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (56), klh098 (62)

Score: 2.89

61
The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas père
19,492 members, 346 reviews
4.33 stars (4.33 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (57), klh098 (65)

Score: 2.87

62
Jude the Obscure
by Thomas Hardy
8,507 members, 115 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (58), klh098 (67)

Score: 2.85

63
Bridget Jones's Diary
by Helen Fielding
15,141 members, 238 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (59), klh098 (68)

Score: 2.84

64
Moby Dick
by Herman Melville
27,862 members, 435 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (60), klh098 (70)

Score: 2.82

65
Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens
18,621 members, 184 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (61), klh098 (71)

Score: 2.81

66
Dracula
by Bram Stoker
26,491 members, 518 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (62), klh098 (72)

Score: 2.8

67
The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
26,013 members, 451 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (63), klh098 (73)

Score: 2.79

68
Ulysses
by James Joyce
19,506 members, 270 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (64), klh098 (75)

Score: 2.77

69
Germinal
by Émile Zola
4,267 members, 65 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (65), klh098 (78)

Score: 2.76

70
Vanity Fair
by William Makepeace Thackeray
12,162 members, 176 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (66), klh098 (79)

Score: 2.75

71
Possession: A Romance
by A. S. Byatt
11,405 members, 257 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (67), klh098 (80)

Score: 2.74

72
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
18,406 members, 398 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (68), klh098 (81)

Score: 2.73

73
Cloud Atlas
by David Mitchell
14,642 members, 604 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (69), klh098 (82)

Score: 2.72

74
The Color Purple
by Alice Walker
15,822 members, 286 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (70), klh098 (83)

Score: 2.71

75
The Remains of the Day
by Kazuo Ishiguro
12,965 members, 376 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (71), klh098 (84)

Score: 2.7

76
A Fine Balance
by Rohinton Mistry
8,004 members, 225 reviews
4.37 stars (4.37 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (72), klh098 (86)

Score: 2.69

77
Charlotte's Web
by E. B. White
27,034 members, 913 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (73), klh098 (87)

Score: 2.68

78
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
10,622 members, 198 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (74), klh098 (89)

Score: 2.67

79
Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad
19,110 members, 296 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (75), klh098 (91)

Score: 2.65

80
The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
33,402 members, 609 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (76), klh098 (92)

Score: 2.65

81
Watership Down
by Richard Adams
20,295 members, 403 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (77), klh098 (94)

Score: 2.64

82
A Confederacy of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole
18,190 members, 400 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (78), klh098 (95)

Score: 2.63

83
A Town Like Alice
by Nevil Shute
3,100 members, 117 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (79), klh098 (96)

Score: 2.62

84
The Three Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas
16,801 members, 206 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (80), klh098 (97)

Score: 2.61

85
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
26,330 members, 228 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (81), klh098 (98)

Score: 2.61

86
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl
18,761 members, 381 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (82), klh098 (99)

Score: 2.6

87
Les Misérables
by Victor Hugo
20,278 members, 274 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: leslie.98 (83), klh098 (100)

Score: 2.59

88
Birdsong
by Sebastian Faulks
5,361 members, 146 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: klh098 (17)

Score: 1.97

89
A Suitable Boy
by Vikram Seth
4,965 members, 98 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: klh098 (55)

Score: 1.47

90
The Secret History
by Donna Tartt
14,903 members, 432 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: klh098 (63)

Score: 1.42

91
The Lovely Bones
by Alice Sebold
31,828 members, 893 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: klh098 (64)

Score: 1.41

92
On the Road
by Jack Kerouac
23,713 members, 326 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: klh098 (66)

Score: 1.4

93
Midnight's Children
by Salman Rushdie
11,738 members, 216 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: klh098 (69)

Score: 1.39

94
Notes from a Small Island
by Bill Bryson
8,564 members, 181 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: klh098 (74)

Score: 1.36

95
The Inferno
by Dante Alighieri
18,837 members, 175 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: klh098 (76)

Score: 1.36

96
Swallows and Amazons
by Arthur Ransome
2,832 members, 69 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: klh098 (77)

Score: 1.35

97
Madame Bovary
by Gustave Flaubert
21,390 members, 319 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: klh098 (85)

Score: 1.32

98
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
by Mitch Albom
15,756 members, 369 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: klh098 (88)

Score: 1.31

100
The Wasp Factory
by Iain Banks
6,037 members, 173 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: klh098 (93)

Score: 1.29

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