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1,001 BYMRBYD Concensus

Type: Preset list created by skavlanj

Description: The books which are on all the 1,001 Books You Must Read Before You Die lists (currently five). This list shrinks with every new publication, whereas the other grows.

Members: 16 participating members (show all)

All members' list: [1] 2 3 4 5 6 7 8Sort: Score | Title | Author | Date
5
The Hobbit
by J. R. R. Tolkien
82,042 members, 1,081 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: FAMeulstee, ahef1963, merrystar, kara.shamy, NinieB, gilroy, gravir, ManWithAnAgenda, skavlanj, sturlington

Score: 10

6
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
70,670 members, 1,248 reviews
4.4 stars (4.4 stars)

Lists: merrystar, ahef1963, NinieB, gravir, si, steller0707, sturlington, FAMeulstee, skavlanj, ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 10

7
Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë
51,932 members, 834 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: NinieB, si, gravir, ahef1963, sturlington, steller0707, skavlanj, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda, FAMeulstee

Score: 10

12
Nineteen Eighty-Four
by George Orwell
71,656 members, 1,163 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: ahef1963, steller0707, NinieB, gilroy, gravir, FAMeulstee, skavlanj, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 9

14
The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway
27,005 members, 452 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: gravir, NinieB, gilroy, ahef1963, steller0707, sturlington, merrystar, FAMeulstee, skavlanj

Score: 9

17
The Catcher in the Rye
by J. D. Salinger
63,359 members, 1,007 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: ahef1963, NinieB, gravir, steller0707, merrystar, sturlington, skavlanj, ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 8

19
Life of Pi
by Yann Martel
40,287 members, 964 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: FAMeulstee, kara.shamy, gilroy, steller0707, gravir, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 8

21
The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
32,255 members, 341 reviews
3.38 stars (3.38 stars)

Lists: NinieB, gilroy, ahef1963, steller0707, sturlington, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda, skavlanj

Score: 8

22
The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath
24,952 members, 444 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy, steller0707, NinieB, ahef1963, FAMeulstee, sturlington, skavlanj, ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 8

23
Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad
21,055 members, 337 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: gravir, steller0707, sturlington, ahef1963, skavlanj, merrystar, FAMeulstee, ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 8

24
Candide
by Voltaire
18,460 members, 280 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: aprille, gravir, ahef1963, merrystar, FAMeulstee, ManWithAnAgenda, sturlington, skavlanj

Score: 8

25
The Color Purple
by Alice Walker
17,422 members, 307 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy, NinieB, steller0707, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, skavlanj, sturlington, FAMeulstee

Score: 8

28
The Nine Tailors
by Dorothy L. Sayers
3,972 members, 107 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: NinieB, aprille, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, sturlington, ahef1963, skavlanj

Score: 8

29
The Two Towers
by J. R. R. Tolkien
41,485 members, 266 reviews
4.39 stars (4.39 stars)

Lists: FAMeulstee, ahef1963, gravir, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda, sturlington, skavlanj

Score: 7

30
The Return of The King
by J. R. R. Tolkien
40,134 members, 244 reviews
4.47 stars (4.47 stars)

Lists: FAMeulstee, ahef1963, gravir, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda, sturlington, skavlanj

Score: 7

31
Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
36,308 members, 636 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: gilroy, steller0707, ahef1963, FAMeulstee, skavlanj, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 7

32
Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck
34,398 members, 602 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: steller0707, hipdeep, ahef1963, skavlanj, FAMeulstee, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 7

33
The Stranger
by Albert Camus
31,772 members, 451 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: gravir, steller0707, ahef1963, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda, FAMeulstee, skavlanj

Score: 7

34
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck
30,612 members, 424 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: ThoughtPolice, gilroy, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda, sturlington, skavlanj, FAMeulstee

Score: 7

35
Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov
28,903 members, 517 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: gilroy, steller0707, gravir, skavlanj, sturlington, FAMeulstee, ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 7

36
Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
23,981 members, 386 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: sturlington, kara.shamy, NinieB, merrystar, FAMeulstee, ahef1963, skavlanj

Score: 7

37
Madame Bovary
by Gustave Flaubert
23,543 members, 347 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: aprille, steller0707, FAMeulstee, NinieB, ahef1963, sturlington, skavlanj

Score: 7

38
Beloved
by Toni Morrison
20,176 members, 377 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: NinieB, skavlanj, steller0707, ahef1963, sturlington, FAMeulstee, ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 7

40
Rebecca
by Daphne Du Maurier
18,072 members, 547 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy, NinieB, sturlington, steller0707, ahef1963, skavlanj, ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 7

41
Watchmen
by Alan Moore
17,489 members, 471 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: hipdeep, gravir, FAMeulstee, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, skavlanj

Score: 7

43
The Remains of the Day
by Kazuo Ishiguro
14,456 members, 426 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: aprille, kara.shamy, steller0707, ahef1963, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda, skavlanj

Score: 7

44
The House of the Spirits
by Isabel Allende
12,528 members, 220 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: hipdeep, NinieB, aprille, merrystar, gravir, steller0707, FAMeulstee

Score: 7

45
The Age of Innocence
by Edith Wharton
12,475 members, 280 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: NinieB, merrystar, aprille, steller0707, skavlanj, sturlington, ahef1963

Score: 7

46
The Woman in White
by Wilkie Collins
11,524 members, 315 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: aprille, sturlington, NinieB, merrystar, steller0707, ManWithAnAgenda, ahef1963

Score: 7

47
Brideshead Revisited
by Evelyn Waugh
11,367 members, 239 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: steller0707, NinieB, skavlanj, FAMeulstee, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, sturlington

Score: 7

48
The Moonstone
by Wilkie Collins
9,731 members, 229 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: sturlington, NinieB, merrystar, steller0707, ahef1963, skavlanj, ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 7

49
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
by Agatha Christie
8,304 members, 269 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: merrystar, sturlington, NinieB, aprille, ManWithAnAgenda, ahef1963, skavlanj

Score: 7

52
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
43,881 members, 691 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: ahef1963, kara.shamy, gravir, sturlington, skavlanj, FAMeulstee

Score: 6

53
The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
38,358 members, 692 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: gravir, steller0707, merrystar, FAMeulstee, ahef1963, sturlington

Score: 6

54
The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood
36,773 members, 1,055 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: sturlington, kara.shamy, ahef1963, steller0707, skavlanj, ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 6

55
Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen
33,645 members, 473 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, NinieB, skavlanj, ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 6

56
Emma
by Jane Austen
33,219 members, 462 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: sturlington, NinieB, merrystar, steller0707, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 6

57
Dracula
by Bram Stoker
29,656 members, 550 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: gilroy, hipdeep, skavlanj, ManWithAnAgenda, sturlington, ahef1963

Score: 6

58
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
26,774 members, 356 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: hipdeep, gravir, FAMeulstee, ahef1963, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 6

59
Don Quixote
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
26,707 members, 368 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: FAMeulstee, gravir, hipdeep, skavlanj, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 6

60
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey
21,870 members, 273 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: steller0707, hipdeep, ahef1963, FAMeulstee, sturlington, skavlanj

Score: 6

61
Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
21,181 members, 413 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: FAMeulstee, steller0707, NinieB, merrystar, skavlanj, aprille

Score: 6

62
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
18,037 members, 393 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy, steller0707, ahef1963, FAMeulstee, ManWithAnAgenda, skavlanj

Score: 6

63
The Time Machine
by H. G. Wells
16,127 members, 317 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: gilroy, steller0707, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, sturlington, skavlanj

Score: 6

64
The War of the Worlds
by H. G. Wells
15,833 members, 283 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: aprille, hipdeep, ahef1963, merrystar, sturlington, skavlanj

Score: 6

66
I, Robot
by Isaac Asimov
13,289 members, 243 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: aprille, gravir, merrystar, FAMeulstee, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 6

67
The Shipping News
by E. Annie Proulx
12,612 members, 236 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: aprille, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda, ahef1963, sturlington, skavlanj

Score: 6

68
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
by Victor Hugo
12,413 members, 161 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: aprille, ManWithAnAgenda, merrystar, steller0707, FAMeulstee, skavlanj

Score: 6

69
Lady Chatterley's Lover
by D. H. Lawrence
12,307 members, 195 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: aprille, steller0707, skavlanj, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, sturlington

Score: 6

70
Tender is the Night
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
11,663 members, 171 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: aprille, gravir, sturlington, steller0707, ahef1963, skavlanj

Score: 6

71
A Passage to India
by E. M. Forster
11,213 members, 124 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: skavlanj, aprille, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 6

72
Ethan Frome
by Edith Wharton
8,655 members, 196 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: aprille, NinieB, skavlanj, steller0707, merrystar, ahef1963

Score: 6

73
The Awakening
by Kate Chopin
8,439 members, 167 reviews
3.6 stars (3.6 stars)

Lists: aprille, sturlington, steller0707, ManWithAnAgenda, ahef1963, skavlanj

Score: 6

75
Wide Sargasso Sea
by Jean Rhys
7,510 members, 222 reviews
3.55 stars (3.55 stars)

Lists: NinieB, steller0707, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, sturlington, skavlanj

Score: 6

76
We: A Novel
by Yevgeny Zamyatin
7,402 members, 198 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: aprille, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda, FAMeulstee, sturlington, skavlanj

Score: 6

77
Portnoy's Complaint
by Philip Roth
6,871 members, 141 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: aprille, gravir, steller0707, ahef1963, skavlanj, FAMeulstee

Score: 6

78
The End of the Affair
by Graham Greene
5,950 members, 159 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: hipdeep, aprille, merrystar, steller0707, skavlanj, ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 6

79
Cold Comfort Farm
by Stella Gibbons
5,328 members, 209 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: merrystar, NinieB, sturlington, steller0707, ManWithAnAgenda, ahef1963

Score: 6

80
The Long Goodbye
by Raymond Chandler
4,757 members, 100 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: aprille, merrystar, gravir, ahef1963, skavlanj, ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 6

81
The Postman Always Rings Twice
by James M. Cain
3,117 members, 112 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: sturlington, aprille, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda, ahef1963, skavlanj

Score: 6

82
A Modest Proposal
by Jonathan Swift
1,096 members, 40 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: skavlanj, aprille, hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, sturlington

Score: 6

83
One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
40,094 members, 604 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: merrystar, NinieB, sturlington, skavlanj, ahef1963

Score: 5

84
The Poisonwood Bible
by Barbara Kingsolver
24,443 members, 468 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, sturlington, skavlanj

Score: 5

85
Robinson Crusoe
by Daniel Defoe
21,414 members, 286 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Lists: ahef1963, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda, skavlanj, FAMeulstee

Score: 5

86
In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote
21,082 members, 418 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: sturlington, aprille, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, ahef1963

Score: 5

87
The Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway
20,862 members, 297 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: aprille, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, sturlington, skavlanj

Score: 5

88
Cat's Cradle
by Kurt Vonnegut
20,356 members, 265 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: aprille, skavlanj, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, sturlington

Score: 5

89
The Shining
by Stephen King
20,095 members, 413 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: hipdeep, aprille, ManWithAnAgenda, sturlington, ahef1963

Score: 5

90
Mansfield Park
by Jane Austen
20,026 members, 333 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: sturlington, merrystar, NinieB, ManWithAnAgenda, ahef1963

Score: 5

91
Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf
18,247 members, 304 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: steller0707, ahef1963, FAMeulstee, skavlanj, ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 5

92
Foundation
by Isaac Asimov
18,178 members, 335 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: sturlington, merrystar, aprille, ManWithAnAgenda, ahef1963

Score: 5

93
The God of Small Things
by Arundhati Roy
17,978 members, 327 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy, gravir, steller0707, ahef1963, skavlanj

Score: 5

94
The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco
17,929 members, 281 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: FAMeulstee, merrystar, gravir, sturlington, ahef1963

Score: 5

95
Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Zora Neale Hurston
16,936 members, 314 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: hipdeep, steller0707, ahef1963, sturlington, skavlanj

Score: 5

96
For Whom the Bell Tolls
by Ernest Hemingway
16,927 members, 160 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: steller0707, FAMeulstee, aprille, ahef1963, skavlanj

Score: 5

97
Middlemarch
by George Eliot
15,698 members, 295 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: sturlington, steller0707, FAMeulstee, ManWithAnAgenda, ahef1963

Score: 5

98
Uncle Tom's Cabin
by Harriet Beecher Stowe
14,625 members, 173 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: sturlington, FAMeulstee, NinieB, aprille, skavlanj

Score: 5

99
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
14,382 members, 183 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy, skavlanj, NinieB, merrystar, FAMeulstee

Score: 5

100
The Once and Future King
by T. H. White
13,650 members, 183 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: hipdeep, FAMeulstee, ManWithAnAgenda, ahef1963, sturlington

Score: 5

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