Top-Rated Books on LibraryThing

Description
Discovering books with a significant number of owners (>1000) that have a 4-1/2 star rating on LibraryThing. Do these books deserve their high ratings?
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12,259 members
91 reviews
½ 4.4
10
25,540 members
332 reviews
½ 4.3
20 Members
eromsted, kerrlm, Cecrow, jarmstrong, richgatlin, ncgraham, souloftherose, thecoroner, Dilara86, Bretzky1, raperper, bcrowl399, leialoha, stevengolson, emmendelson, Jeannine504, JaneM1948, cullengrey, pinkpilled, vinicius76,aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith : Hugo was paid by the word and this work meanders shamelessly whenever he needed extra money. The digressions are interesting, but I kept losing track of the plot and gave up.
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20,077 members
594 reviews
4.2
15
34,767 members
305 reviews
½ 4.3
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7,823 members
131 reviews
½ 4.3
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30,944 members
170 reviews
½ 4.6
16 Members
hipdeep, staffordcastle, kageeh, kerrlm, ncgraham, thecoroner, mike_frank, rretzler, ahef1963, raperper, literary.jess, bcrowl399, kara.shamy, leialoha, JaneM1948, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith ,Bluewolf0411
Explanations
aulsmith : The Complete Works are NOT a good read. Some of the plays are. A lot of the poetry is. The plays are often better performed, so listen to an audio or watch a DVD.
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29,821 members
1,471 reviews
½ 4.4
19 Members
kageeh, pmarshall, KimarieBee, dldbizacct, kerrlm, LuciAHH, mmignano11, krazy4katz, ncgraham, susiesharp, souloftherose, BonnieJune54, MaggieFlo, ahef1963, toschim, bcrowl399, Peace2, JuniperGreen, JaneM1948,eromsted ,aulsmith , , ,Dilara86 ,mike_frank ,
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aulsmith : White girl helps the poor Negros to tell there story ... written in the 21st century. You can waste your time with better tripe.
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28,734 members
315 reviews
½ 4.4
11 Members
eromsted, cpg, smcwl, kerrlm, Cecrow, thecoroner, Bretzky1, raperper, leialoha, guitarkhw, vinicius76,aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith : This bogs down in the middle. Probably worth pushing on, but not a good read.
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5,362 members
146 reviews
½ 4.3
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22,716 members
412 reviews
½ 4.4
12 Members
eromsted, kerrlm, iggyjreilly, mmignano11, Cecrow, richgatlin, ncgraham, thecoroner, bcrowl399, Jeannine504, JaneM1948, guitarkhw,aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith : A good read? Not really. There's lots of fine writing coupled with Steinbeck's usual misogyny and a group of very dark characters. I still think most of Steinbeck is worth plowing through, but this one isn't for sitting and enjoying.
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5,732 members
340 reviews
4.2
35
26,844 members
566 reviews
½ 4.3
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6,559 members
90 reviews
½ 4.3
38
7,628 members
132 reviews
½ 4.3
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3,240 members
54 reviews
4.2
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13,973 members
202 reviews
½ 4.3
14 Members
iggyjreilly, mmignano11, Cecrow, merrystar, susiesharp, Dilara86, mike_frank, rretzler, BomboChipolata, ahef1963, JuniperGreen, JaneM1948, guitarkhw, ManWithAnAgenda,generalkala ,eromsted ,smcwl ,aulsmith
Explanations
aulsmith : I hate annoying adolescents. If you do too, don't bother with this one.
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17,274 members
325 reviews
4.2
43
8,145 members
237 reviews
½ 4.5
46
11,034 members
164 reviews
½ 4.4
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43,602 members
673 reviews
4.2
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18,262 members
1,002 reviews
½ 4.3
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623 members
3 reviews
½ 4.3
9 Members
starfishian, smcwl, kerrlm, Cecrow, Bretzky1, ahef1963, Peace2, JaneM1948, ManWithAnAgenda,hipdeep
Explanations
hipdeep: Less than 1000 members
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37,436 members
424 reviews
3.9
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2,350 members
73 reviews
½ 4.4
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13,406 members
242 reviews
4.2
54
24,225 members
436 reviews
½ 4.4
55
9,006 members
164 reviews
4.2
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24,269 members
467 reviews
4.2
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25,328 members
220 reviews
4
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17,819 members
325 reviews
4.2
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20,174 members
263 reviews
4.1
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1,668 members
16 reviews
½ 4.4
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3,474 members
24 reviews
½ 4.3
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2,491 members
96 reviews
½ 4.4
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38,119 members
646 reviews
3.9
11 Members
starfishian, enrique_molinero, kerrlm, Cecrow, ncgraham, BonnieJune54, ahef1963, Peace2, Jeannine504, JaneM1948, guitarkhw,hipdeep ,eromsted ,aulsmith ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
aulsmith : Dark, depressing and misogynist.
ManWithAnAgenda: Less than 4.3 average stars
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3,704 members
105 reviews
4.2
66
50,463 members
679 reviews
3.9
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13,408 members
128 reviews
½ 4.3
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19,760 members
521 reviews
4.2
12 Members
enrique_molinero, kerrlm, mmignano11, Cecrow, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, bcrowl399, Peace2, Jeannine504, JaneM1948, rmaness,hipdeep , ,eromsted ,norabelle414 ,aulsmith ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
aulsmith : I find this story of home invasion disturbing.
ManWithAnAgenda: Less than 4.3 average stars
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4,748 members
170 reviews
½ 4.3
70
9,536 members
118 reviews
½ 4.3
71
1,691 members
31 reviews
4.8
7 Members
Edward, staffordcastle, _Zoe_, BookWallah, kerrlm, ahef1963, leialoha,eromsted ,aulsmith ,Bluewolf0411
Explanations
aulsmith : A wonderful book to peruse, but not a good read.
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7,389 members
110 reviews
½ 4.4
73
7,167 members
127 reviews
4.1
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3,650 members
54 reviews
½ 4.3
75
6,516 members
66 reviews
½ 4.4
76
13,035 members
200 reviews
½ 4.3
77
9,297 members
525 reviews
½ 4.3
78
9,771 members
426 reviews
4.2
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3,130 members
97 reviews
½ 4.3
80
23,102 members
971 reviews
4.2
81
13,577 members
222 reviews
4.2
82
25,501 members
215 reviews
½ 4.3
6 Members
cpg, smcwl, richgatlin, merrystar, BonnieJune54, cej1027,aulsmith ,Bluewolf0411
Explanations
aulsmith : It's Christian apologetics. A good read if you agree, tedious if you don't
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13,387 members
192 reviews
½ 4.3
84
2,155 members
35 reviews
½ 4.3
85
5,145 members
146 reviews
4.2
86
1,136 members
17 reviews
½ 4.3
87
4,750 members
62 reviews
½ 4.3
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16,888 members
904 reviews
4
6 Members
starfishian, Cecrow, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Jeannine504, sotw,hipdeep ,eromsted ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
ManWithAnAgenda: Less than 4.3 average stars
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11,293 members
788 reviews
½ 4.3
91
4,935 members
142 reviews
4.1
5 Members
aulsmith, Cecrow, merrystar, BomboChipolata, ahef1963,hipdeep ,ManWithAnAgenda
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ManWithAnAgenda: Less than 4.3 average stars
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5,567 members
451 reviews
½ 4.4
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19,693 members
771 reviews
½ 4.4
5 Members
staffordcastle, KimarieBee, Cecrow, ahef1963, Peace2,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
ManWithAnAgenda: Never-ending story
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17,677 members
1,242 reviews
4.1
5 Members
enrique_molinero, Cecrow, mrmapcase, BomboChipolata, ahef1963,hipdeep ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
ManWithAnAgenda: Less than 4.3 average stars
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16,793 members
287 reviews
4.2
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2,869 members
52 reviews
½ 4.3
6 Members
staffordcastle, Cecrow, merrystar, souloftherose, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith ,ncgraham
Explanations
aulsmith : I don't like this kind of fantasy. Could get past page 20 of the first one.
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8,183 members
75 reviews
½ 4.4
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27,418 members
1,026 reviews
4.1
6 Members
starfishian, Cecrow, krazy4katz, kara.shamy, JaneM1948, guitarkhw,hipdeep , ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
ManWithAnAgenda: Less than 4.3 average stars
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5,366 members
181 reviews
½ 4.3
100
8,692 members
125 reviews
½ 4.3