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Newark Public Library's 1904 List of a Thousand of the Best Novels

Based on bookaward: Newark Public Library's 1904 List of a Thousand of the Best Novels

Members: 4 participating members (show all)

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1
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
19,652 members, 417 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: merrystar (1), ahef1963 (1), hipdeep (1), NinieB

Score: 13.71

2
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
11,467 members, 210 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: merrystar (2), ahef1963 (2), hipdeep (2), NinieB

Score: 11.8

3
Emma
by Jane Austen
31,679 members, 430 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (5), hipdeep (7), merrystar (13), NinieB

Score: 8.95

4
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
36,208 members, 467 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (3), hipdeep (3), NinieB

Score: 7.79

5
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
67,486 members, 1,205 reviews
4.41 stars (4.41 stars)

Lists: merrystar (3), ahef1963 (8), NinieB

Score: 7.13

6
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain
26,523 members, 285 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (4), hipdeep (6), NinieB

Score: 7.09

7
The War of the Worlds
by H. G. Wells
14,930 members, 270 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (7), hipdeep (8), merrystar (18)

Score: 6.78

8
Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
by Edgar Allan Poe
857 members, 10 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (5), merrystar (19), NinieB

Score: 6.3

9
Bleak House
by Charles Dickens
11,737 members, 220 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: merrystar (6), ahef1963 (16), NinieB

Score: 6.27

10
Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen
32,104 members, 446 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: merrystar (4), ahef1963 (28), NinieB (58)

Score: 6.02

11
The Moonstone
by Wilkie Collins
9,272 members, 213 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: merrystar (9), ahef1963 (18), NinieB

Score: 5.96

12
Cranford
by Elizabeth Gaskell
3,805 members, 115 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: merrystar (8), ahef1963 (23), NinieB

Score: 5.91

13
Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë
49,520 members, 795 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (9), merrystar (20), NinieB

Score: 5.91

14
The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
30,170 members, 317 reviews
3.39 stars (3.39 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (11), merrystar (21), NinieB

Score: 5.77

15
The Sign of Four (Penguin Classics)
by Arthur Conan Doyle
4,108 members, 136 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: merrystar (11), ahef1963 (22), NinieB

Score: 5.75

16
The Woman in White
by Wilkie Collins
11,040 members, 306 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: merrystar (14), ahef1963 (17), NinieB

Score: 5.75

17
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
24,975 members, 339 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (4), ahef1963 (6)

Score: 5.38

18
Northanger Abbey
by Jane Austen
18,172 members, 369 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: merrystar (23), ahef1963 (30), NinieB (57)

Score: 4.99

19
20,000 Leagues under the Sea
by Jules Verne
14,407 members, 213 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: merrystar (5), ahef1963 (35)

Score: 4.32

20
A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
30,558 members, 398 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: merrystar (7), ahef1963 (29)

Score: 4.18

21
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
32,081 members, 373 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (10), NinieB

Score: 3.96

22
Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens
19,624 members, 188 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (12), NinieB

Score: 3.86

23
David Copperfield
by Charles Dickens
17,617 members, 224 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (13), NinieB

Score: 3.82

24
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
by Robert Louis Stevenson
14,352 members, 276 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (14), NinieB

Score: 3.78

25
House of the Seven Gables
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
7,265 members, 105 reviews
3.51 stars (3.51 stars)

Lists: merrystar (12), ahef1963 (39)

Score: 3.75

26
Vanity Fair
by William Makepeace Thackeray
12,710 members, 173 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (15), NinieB

Score: 3.74

27
The Mill on the Floss
by George Eliot
7,438 members, 103 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (19), NinieB

Score: 3.63

28
The Mayor of Casterbridge
by Thomas Hardy
7,327 members, 101 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (20), NinieB

Score: 3.6

29
Tom Jones
by Henry Fielding
6,978 members, 76 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (21), NinieB

Score: 3.58

30
Anna Karenina
by Leo Tolstoy
32,407 members, 553 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: merrystar (22), NinieB

Score: 3.56

31
Adam Bede
by George Eliot
3,718 members, 62 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (24), NinieB

Score: 3.52

32
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
by Thomas Hardy
16,541 members, 220 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: merrystar (24), ahef1963 (31)

Score: 3.5

33
Armadale
by Wilkie Collins
1,086 members, 29 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (25), NinieB

Score: 3.5

34
Rip van Winkle
by Washington Irving
1,012 members, 14 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (26), NinieB

Score: 3.48

35
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm
by Kate Douglas Wiggin
3,114 members, 38 reviews
3.59 stars (3.59 stars)

Lists: merrystar (10)

Score: 2.25

36
The Blithedale Romance
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
1,478 members, 21 reviews
3.33 stars (3.33 stars)

Lists: merrystar (15)

Score: 2.03

37
To Have and to Hold
by Mary Johnston
257 members, 9 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: merrystar (16)

Score: 2

38
The Virginian: A Horseman of the Plains
by Owen Wister
1,880 members, 31 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: merrystar (17)

Score: 1.97

39
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
by Victor Hugo
11,699 members, 151 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: merrystar (25)

Score: 1.79

40
Les Misérables
by Victor Hugo
21,373 members, 290 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: merrystar (26)

Score: 1.77

41
Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
36,770 members, 418 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (27)

Score: 1.76

42
Uncle Tom's Cabin
by Harriet Beecher-Stowe
13,731 members, 163 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: NinieB

Score: 1.71

43
The Portrait of a Lady
by Henry James
9,662 members, 112 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: NinieB

Score: 1.71

44
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
by Mark Twain
9,661 members, 114 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: NinieB

Score: 1.71

45
The Pickwick Papers
by Charles Dickens
7,676 members, 111 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: NinieB

Score: 1.71

46
Nicholas Nickleby
by Charles Dickens
5,922 members, 76 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: NinieB

Score: 1.71

47
Barchester Towers
by Anthony Trollope
4,173 members, 95 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: NinieB

Score: 1.71

48
Shirley
by Charlotte Brontë
3,429 members, 52 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: NinieB

Score: 1.71

49
Lady Audley's Secret
by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
2,304 members, 73 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: NinieB

Score: 1.71

50
The Professor
by Charlotte Brontë
2,270 members, 37 reviews
3.34 stars (3.34 stars)

Lists: NinieB

Score: 1.71

51
Evelina
by Frances Burney
2,151 members, 35 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: NinieB

Score: 1.71

52
Doctor Thorne
by Anthony Trollope
1,742 members, 56 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: NinieB

Score: 1.71

53
Phineas Finn
by Anthony Trollope
1,638 members, 27 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: NinieB

Score: 1.71

54
Framley Parsonage
by Anthony Trollope
1,624 members, 42 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: NinieB

Score: 1.71

55
The Last Chronicle of Barset
by Anthony Trollope
1,554 members, 40 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: NinieB

Score: 1.71

56
The Small House at Allington
by Anthony Trollope
1,524 members, 38 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: NinieB

Score: 1.71

57
The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.
by Washington Irving
1,260 members, 14 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: NinieB

Score: 1.71

58
Scenes of Clerical Life
by George Eliot
732 members, 14 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: NinieB

Score: 1.71

59
Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman
by E. W. Hornung
679 members, 30 reviews
3.33 stars (3.33 stars)

Lists: NinieB

Score: 1.71

60
Quentin Durward
by Sir Walter Scott
658 members, 9 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: NinieB

Score: 1.71

61
Ramona
by Helen Hunt Jackson
613 members, 16 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Lists: NinieB

Score: 1.71

62
East Lynne
by Ellen Wood
561 members, 16 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: NinieB

Score: 1.71

63
The Leavenworth Case: A Lawyer's Story
by Anna Katharine Green
418 members, 13 reviews
3.44 stars (3.44 stars)

Lists: NinieB

Score: 1.71

64
Aurora Floyd
by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
255 members, 7 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: NinieB

Score: 1.71

65
A Country Doctor
by Sarah Orne Jewett
192 members, 7 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: NinieB

Score: 1.71

66
The recollections of Geoffry Hamlyn
by Henry Kingsley
57 members, 0 reviews
5 stars (5 stars)

Lists: NinieB

Score: 1.71

67
The Greater Inclination
by Edith Wharton
38 members, 1 review
3.36 stars (3.36 stars)

Lists: NinieB

Score: 1.71

68
Castle Nowhere
by Constance Fenimore Woolson
19 members, 1 review
4.5 stars (4.5 stars)

Lists: NinieB

Score: 1.71

69
Old Kensington
by Miss Thackeray
10 members, 1 review
4.5 stars (4.5 stars)

Lists: NinieB

Score: 1.71

70
Count Kostia
by Victor Cherbuliez
8 members, 0 reviews
3 stars (3 stars)

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Score: 1.71

71
Middlemarch
by George Eliot
14,979 members, 286 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (32)

Score: 1.68

72
The Time Machine
by H. G. Wells
15,212 members, 302 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (33)

Score: 1.67

73
The Call of the Wild
by Jack London
15,510 members, 271 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (34)

Score: 1.66

74
Around the World in Eighty Days
by Jules Verne
13,538 members, 224 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (36)

Score: 1.63

75
Kidnapped
by Robert Louis Stevenson
8,704 members, 102 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (37)

Score: 1.62

76
Villette
by Charlotte Brontë
7,433 members, 130 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (38)

Score: 1.61

77
King Solomon's Mines
by H. Rider Haggard
4,743 members, 111 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (40)

Score: 1.59

78
She
by H. Rider Haggard
2,569 members, 67 reviews
3.44 stars (3.44 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (41)

Score: 1.58

79
A Kentucky Cardinal
by James Lane Allen
30 members, 0 reviews
2.25 stars (2.25 stars)

Lists: NinieB (56)

Score: 1.46

80
Doctor Zay
by Elizabeth Stuart Phelps
32 members, 0 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: NinieB (59)

Score: 1.44

81
The Stillwater Tragedy
by Thomas Bailey Aldrich
17 members, 1 review
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: NinieB (60)

Score: 1.44

82
War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy
23,847 members, 378 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)
83
The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas père
20,691 members, 368 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)
84
The Three Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas
17,822 members, 216 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)
85
Ivanhoe
by Sir Walter Scott
10,734 members, 99 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)
86
The Last of the Mohicans
by James Fenimore Cooper
10,669 members, 109 reviews
3.48 stars (3.48 stars)
87
Far from the Madding Crowd
by Thomas Hardy
9,543 members, 169 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)
88
Silas Marner
by George Eliot
9,438 members, 137 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)
89
The Red Badge of Courage
by Stephen Crane
9,056 members, 109 reviews
3.43 stars (3.43 stars)
90
Dead Souls
by Nikolai Gogol
7,828 members, 106 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)
91
Lord Jim
by Joseph Conrad
7,763 members, 99 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)
92
Kim
by Rudyard Kipling
7,477 members, 170 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)
93
Fathers and Sons
by Ivan Turgenev
7,368 members, 110 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)
94
The Return of the Native
by Thomas Hardy
6,909 members, 85 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)
95
Old Goriot
by Honoré de Balzac
5,107 members, 87 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)
96
Our Mutual Friend
by Charles Dickens
4,981 members, 92 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)
97
Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ
by Lew Wallace
4,201 members, 59 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)
98
Captains Courageous: A Story of the Grand Banks
by Rudyard Kipling
3,976 members, 42 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)
99
The Mysterious Island
by Jules Verne
3,902 members, 66 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)
100
Washington Square
by Henry James
3,789 members, 78 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)
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