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1

We Have Always Lived in the Castle

by Shirley Jackson

10,312 members

503 reviews

4.1

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

2

A Month in the Country

2,989 members

138 reviews

4.2

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

3

Lolly Willowes, or The Loving Huntsman

by Sylvia Townsend Warner

1,934 members

92 reviews

3.8

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

4

by Willa Cather

15,226 members

310 reviews

3.9

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

5

Good Morning, Midnight

1,647 members

41 reviews

½ 3.7

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

6

by Muriel Spark

1,966 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

43,825 members

478 reviews

3.9

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

9

by Nella Larsen

3,557 members

133 reviews

3.8

4 Members: smcwl, pitjrw, ahef1963, nonmodernist

10

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

by Angela Carter

6,424 members

163 reviews

4

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

11

Absolute Beginners

by Colin MacInnes

603 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

23,527 members

511 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

3,175 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

2,047 members

81 reviews

3.9

4 Members: booksinbed, smcwl, pitjrw, nonmodernist

19

by Hilary Mantel

1,953 members

63 reviews

½ 3.4

4 Members: aprille, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

20

Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

1,121 members

35 reviews

½ 3.7

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

21

by Shirley Hazzard

2,108 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

4,463 members

109 reviews

3.9

4 Members: aprille, smcwl, ManWithAnAgenda, nonmodernist

24

The Book of Ebenezer Le Page

by G. B. Edwards

1,063 members

37 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: aprille, smcwl, pitjrw, nonmodernist

25

To Serve Them All My Days

by R. F. Delderfield

934 members

22 reviews

4.2

4 Members: booksinbed, smcwl, ahef1963, nonmodernist

26

The Tortoise and the Hare

by Elizabeth Jenkins

475 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

716 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

26,512 members

447 reviews

3.9

4 Members: smcwl, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, nonmodernist

33

The Return of the King

by J. R. R. Tolkien

54,615 members

336 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

1,080 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

42 members

½ 3.6

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

39

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

1,007 members

11 reviews

3.9

4 Members: aprille, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

40

by D. H. Lawrence

4,664 members

54 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: aprille, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

41

Letters From a Fainthearted Feminist (Picador Books)

by Jill Tweedie

67 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

7,345 members

396 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

603 members

21 reviews

3.9

4 Members: aprille, booksinbed, smcwl, nonmodernist

46

Father and Son: A Study of Two Temperaments

by Edmund Gosse

793 members

12 reviews

4.1

4 Members: aprille, booksinbed, smcwl, nonmodernist

47

The Slaves of Solitude

by Patrick Hamilton

775 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

946 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

475 members

8 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: aprille, smcwl, pitjrw, nonmodernist

53

Last Exit to Brooklyn

by Hubert Selby Jr.

3,305 members

35 reviews

3.8

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

54

The Riddle of the Sands

by Erskine Childers

2,880 members

72 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

380 members

19 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: aprille, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

56

The Anatomy of Melancholy

by Robert Burton

2,453 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

3,106 members

136 reviews

4

4 Members: booksinbed, smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

60

419 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

618 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

460 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

1,285 members

16 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

70

The Animal Family

by Randall Jarrell

715 members

19 reviews

4.2

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

71

732 members

28 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: smcwl, pitjrw, nonmodernist

72

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

3,227 members

61 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

73

Cold Hand in Mine: Strange Stories

by Robert Aickman

761 members

13 reviews

3.9

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

74

A Sport and a Pastime

by James Salter

1,498 members

47 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

75

The Horse's Mouth

1,329 members

20 reviews

3.9

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

76

Hangover Square

by Patrick Hamilton

1,121 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

2,662 members

38 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

79

by Vladimir Nabokov

1,421 members

13 reviews

3.9

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

80

Jesus' Son: Stories

by Denis Johnson

3,185 members

86 reviews

4.1

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

81

Something Happened

by Joseph Heller

2,616 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

1,206 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

2,326 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

1,480 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

10,136 members

175 reviews

4

3 Members: booksinbed, smcwl, nonmodernist

90

How to Talk About Books You Haven't Read

by Pierre Bayard

1,613 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

682 members

14 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

93

by Edith Wharton

209 members

3 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

94

Moominvalley in November

by Tove Jansson

1,418 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

307 members

8 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

97

A Journal of the Plague Year

by Daniel Defoe

4,070 members

74 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

98

Hemlock and After

by Angus Wilson

269 members

2 reviews

½ 3.4

3 Members: aprille, smcwl, nonmodernist

99

Miss Buncle's Book

by D.E. Stevenson

1,444 members

104 reviews

4.1

3 Members: smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

100

The Beatles Anthology

1,856 members

11 reviews

½ 4.5

3 Members: smc1, smcwl, nonmodernist

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