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Rank Title Author Added

1

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

by Shirley Jackson

10,276 members

502 reviews

4.1

7 Members: booksinbed, smc1, smcwl, pitjrw, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, nonmodernist

2

A Month in the Country

2,979 members

138 reviews

4.2

6 Members: booksinbed, smc1, smcwl, pitjrw, ManWithAnAgenda, nonmodernist

3

Lolly Willowes, or The Loving Huntsman

by Sylvia Townsend Warner

1,928 members

91 reviews

3.8

6 Members: booksinbed, smc1, smcwl, pitjrw, ManWithAnAgenda, nonmodernist

4

by Willa Cather

15,219 members

310 reviews

3.9

6 Members: dara85, smc1, smcwl, pitjrw, ahef1963, nonmodernist

5

Good Morning, Midnight

1,643 members

41 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: aprille, smc1, smcwl, pitjrw, nonmodernist

6

by Muriel Spark

1,959 members

75 reviews

3.8

5 Members: booksinbed, smc1, smcwl, ManWithAnAgenda, nonmodernist

7

Christie Malry's Own Double-Entry

by B. S. Johnson

548 members

13 reviews

3.9

5 Members: aprille, booksinbed, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

8

Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens

43,940 members

478 reviews

3.9

5 Members: booksinbed, smcwl, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, nonmodernist

9

by Nella Larsen

3,547 members

133 reviews

3.8

4 Members: smcwl, pitjrw, ahef1963, nonmodernist

10

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

by Angela Carter

6,412 members

162 reviews

4

5 Members: aprille, booksinbed, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

11

Absolute Beginners

by Colin MacInnes

602 members

22 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: aprille, booksinbed, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

12

Fire and Hemlock

by Diana Wynne Jones

2,293 members

68 reviews

4.1

4 Members: booksinbed, smcwl, ManWithAnAgenda, nonmodernist

13

by Denton Welch

252 members

8 reviews

4

5 Members: aprille, booksinbed, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

14

A Confederacy of Dunces

by John Kennedy Toole

23,528 members

508 reviews

3.9

4 Members: smc1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, nonmodernist

15

by Nancy Mitford

798 members

16 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: aprille, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

16

The High Window

by Raymond Chandler

3,171 members

57 reviews

4

4 Members: aprille, smcwl, ManWithAnAgenda, nonmodernist

17

A Long Way from Verona

434 members

12 reviews

3.8

5 Members: aprille, booksinbed, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

18

So Long, See You Tomorrow

by William Maxwell

2,038 members

81 reviews

3.9

4 Members: booksinbed, smcwl, pitjrw, nonmodernist

19

by Hilary Mantel

1,952 members

63 reviews

½ 3.4

4 Members: aprille, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

20

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

1,117 members

34 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: aprille, booksinbed, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

21

by Shirley Hazzard

2,107 members

45 reviews

½ 3.4

4 Members: aprille, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

22

290 members

6 reviews

3.8

5 Members: aprille, smc1, smcwl, pitjrw, nonmodernist

23

by James Hilton

4,459 members

109 reviews

3.9

4 Members: aprille, smcwl, ManWithAnAgenda, nonmodernist

24

The Book of Ebenezer Le Page

by G. B. Edwards

1,062 members

37 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: aprille, smcwl, pitjrw, nonmodernist

25

To Serve Them All My Days

by R. F. Delderfield

933 members

22 reviews

4.2

4 Members: booksinbed, smcwl, ahef1963, nonmodernist

26

The Tortoise and the Hare

by Elizabeth Jenkins

474 members

13 reviews

4

5 Members: aprille, booksinbed, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

27

by Penelope Fitzgerald

577 members

16 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: aprille, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

28

The Return of the Soldier

by Rebecca West

1,716 members

81 reviews

3.9

4 Members: aprille, booksinbed, smcwl, nonmodernist

29

The Vet's Daughter

by Barbara Comyns

714 members

26 reviews

3.9

4 Members: aprille, booksinbed, smcwl, nonmodernist

30

The Soul of Kindness

by Elizabeth Taylor

429 members

16 reviews

4

5 Members: aprille, booksinbed, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

31

The Prince of West End Avenue

236 members

4 reviews

3.8

5 Members: aprille, booksinbed, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

32

by Toni Morrison

26,472 members

447 reviews

3.9

4 Members: smcwl, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, nonmodernist

33

The Return of the King

by J. R. R. Tolkien

54,543 members

335 reviews

½ 4.5

4 Members: smcwl, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, nonmodernist

34

by Arnold Bennett

273 members

5 reviews

4.1

5 Members: aprille, booksinbed, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

35

Desperate Characters

1,079 members

43 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: aprille, smcwl, pitjrw, nonmodernist

36

All the Devils Are Here

by David Seabrook

117 members

2 reviews

3.8

4 Members: aprille, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

37

by Joris-Karl Huysmans

3,991 members

80 reviews

3.8

4 Members: aprille, smcwl, ManWithAnAgenda, nonmodernist

38

It Had to Be You

44 members

½ 3.6

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

39

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

1,005 members

11 reviews

3.9

4 Members: aprille, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

40

by D. H. Lawrence

4,656 members

54 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: aprille, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

41

Letters From a Fainthearted Feminist (Picador Books)

by Jill Tweedie

69 members

1 review

½ 2.7

4 Members: aprille, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

42

149 members

3 reviews

3.2

4 Members: aprille, smcwl, pitjrw, nonmodernist

43

Lincoln in the Bardo

by George Saunders

7,329 members

394 reviews

3.9

4 Members: booksinbed, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

44

by Stevie Smith

243 members

5 reviews

½ 3.4

4 Members: aprille, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

45

The Weather in the Streets

by Rosamond Lehmann

602 members

21 reviews

3.9

4 Members: aprille, booksinbed, smcwl, nonmodernist

46

Father and Son: A Study of Two Temperaments

by Edmund Gosse

792 members

12 reviews

4.1

4 Members: aprille, booksinbed, smcwl, nonmodernist

47

The Slaves of Solitude

by Patrick Hamilton

774 members

18 reviews

4.1

4 Members: aprille, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

48

by Anita Brookner

702 members

16 reviews

3.8

4 Members: aprille, booksinbed, smcwl, nonmodernist

49

Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone

by James Baldwin

945 members

8 reviews

4.2

4 Members: aprille, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

50

Drinking Coffee Elsewhere

1,531 members

34 reviews

3.8

4 Members: aprille, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

51

by Brigid Brophy

125 members

3 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: aprille, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

52

A Girl in Winter

by Philip Larkin

476 members

8 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: aprille, smcwl, pitjrw, nonmodernist

53

Last Exit to Brooklyn

by Hubert Selby Jr.

3,302 members

35 reviews

3.8

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

54

The Riddle of the Sands

by Erskine Childers

2,878 members

71 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

55

I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon

by Crystal Zevon

381 members

19 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: aprille, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

56

The Anatomy of Melancholy

by Robert Burton

2,447 members

38 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: aprille, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

57

by Bruce Chatwin

1,420 members

29 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: aprille, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

58

by Alexander Baron

118 members

2 reviews

4.2

4 Members: aprille, booksinbed, smcwl, nonmodernist

59

Excellent Women

3,102 members

136 reviews

4

4 Members: booksinbed, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

60

423 members

11 reviews

3.8

4 Members: aprille, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

61

Told by an Idiot

by Rose Macaulay

257 members

4 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: aprille, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

62

Books Do Furnish a Room

by Anthony Powell

475 members

10 reviews

3.9

4 Members: aprille, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

63

Autumn journal : a poem

by Louis MacNeice

145 members

4 reviews

3.9

4 Members: aprille, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

64

Darkness Falls from the Air

by Nigel Balchin

93 members

1 review

½ 3.6

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

65

by Patricia Highsmith

617 members

26 reviews

4

4 Members: aprille, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

66

The Breaking Point: Short Stories

by Daphne Du Maurier

420 members

8 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: aprille, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

67

Of Walking in Ice

by Werner Herzog

459 members

5 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: aprille, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

68

by Georgette Heyer

2,329 members

98 reviews

4.1

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

69

by J. G. Ballard

1,286 members

16 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

70

The Animal Family

by Randall Jarrell

716 members

19 reviews

4.2

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

71

731 members

28 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: smcwl, pitjrw, nonmodernist

72

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

3,222 members

61 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

73

Cold Hand in Mine: Strange Stories

by Robert Aickman

760 members

13 reviews

3.9

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

74

A Sport and a Pastime

by James Salter

1,497 members

47 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

75

The Horse's Mouth

1,328 members

20 reviews

3.9

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

76

Hangover Square

by Patrick Hamilton

1,119 members

17 reviews

4.1

3 Members: aprille, smc1, nonmodernist

77

934 members

20 reviews

3.8

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

78

by Virginia Woolf

2,661 members

38 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

79

by Vladimir Nabokov

1,419 members

13 reviews

3.9

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

80

Jesus' Son: Stories

by Denis Johnson

3,181 members

86 reviews

4.1

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

81

Something Happened

by Joseph Heller

2,613 members

28 reviews

½ 3.4

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

82

A State of Denmark

by Derek Raymond

111 members

4 reviews

½ 3.4

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

83

Adventures in the Screen Trade

by William Goldman

1,205 members

18 reviews

4

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

84

by Patrick Modiano

340 members

10 reviews

3.8

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

85

The Information

2,327 members

23 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: smcwl, nonmodernist

86

Haunts of the Black Masseur: The Swimmer as Hero

by Charles Sprawson

194 members

4 reviews

3.8

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

87

by Russell Hoban

1,481 members

28 reviews

4.2

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

88

The Fatal Englishman: Three Short Lives

by Sebastian Faulks

424 members

6 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

89

The Illustrated Man

by Ray Bradbury

10,116 members

175 reviews

4

3 Members: booksinbed, smcwl, nonmodernist

90

How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read

by Pierre Bayard

1,611 members

87 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

91

307 members

5 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

92

679 members

14 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

93

by Edith Wharton

208 members

3 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

94

Moominvalley in November

by Tove Jansson

1,417 members

33 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

95

Bert Fegg's Nasty Book for Boys and Girls

1 member

2 Members: smcwl, nonmodernist

96

The Lion and the Unicorn: Socialism and the English Genius

by George Orwell

306 members

8 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

97

A Journal of the Plague Year

by Daniel Defoe

4,066 members

74 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

98

Hemlock and After

by Angus Wilson

268 members

2 reviews

½ 3.4

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

99

Miss Buncle's Book

by D.E. Stevenson

1,443 members

104 reviews

4.1

3 Members: smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

100

The Beatles Anthology

1,855 members

11 reviews

½ 4.5

3 Members: smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

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