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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30,643 members
380 reviews
½ 4.3
23 Members
eromsted, kerrlm, Cecrow, jarmstrong, richgatlin, TracieG, ncgraham, souloftherose, thecoroner, Dilara86, Bretzky1, gypsysmom, raperper, bcrowl399, leialoha, stevengolson, emmendelson, Jeannine504, JaneM1948, cullengrey, pinkpilled, vinicius76, gutowetzel,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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14,000 members
98 reviews
½ 4.4
14
23,954 members
686 reviews
4.2
19
40,334 members
332 reviews
4.2
24 Members
staffordcastle, enrique_molinero, BookWallah, norabelle414, LuciAHH, Cecrow, richgatlin, theresearcher, merrystar, SylviaC, ncgraham, souloftherose, MDGentleReader, mike_frank, rretzler, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, aearndt, leialoha, stevengolson, JuniperGreen, JaneM1948, ManWithAnAgenda,Edward ,hipdeep ,eromsted ,kageeh ,aulsmith ,thecoroner ,Dilara86 ,Bluewolf0411 ,Peace2
Explanations
hipdeep : Less than 4.3 average stars
aulsmith : Some of there are good; some of them are eh, some of them are extremely offensive to non-Christians. Caveat lector.
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52,373 members
2,240 reviews
½ 4.4
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35,617 members
177 reviews
½ 4.6
17 Members
hipdeep, staffordcastle, kageeh, kerrlm, ncgraham, thecoroner, mike_frank, rretzler, ahef1963, raperper, literary.jess, bcrowl399, kara.shamy, leialoha, JaneM1948, ManWithAnAgenda, Somen.sarkar,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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6,660 members
389 reviews
½ 4.3
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34,302 members
1,538 reviews
½ 4.3
20 Members
kageeh, pmarshall, KimarieBee, dldbizacct, kerrlm, LuciAHH, mmignano11, krazy4katz, ncgraham, susiesharp, souloftherose, BonnieJune54, gypsysmom, MaggieFlo, ahef1963, toschim, bcrowl399, Peace2, JuniperGreen, JaneM1948,eromsted ,aulsmith , , ,Dilara86 ,mike_frank ,
Explanations
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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5,989 members
159 reviews
½ 4.3
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34,491 members
395 reviews
½ 4.4
12 Members
eromsted, cpg, smcwl, kerrlm, Cecrow, TracieG, 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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27,417 members
480 reviews
½ 4.4
13 Members
eromsted, kerrlm, iggyjreilly, mmignano11, Cecrow, richgatlin, TracieG, 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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12,926 members
240 reviews
½ 4.3
35
7,603 members
100 reviews
½ 4.3
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9,032 members
163 reviews
½ 4.3
40
10,535 members
286 reviews
½ 4.6
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20,781 members
368 reviews
4.2
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43,880 members
478 reviews
3.9
45
3,652 members
59 reviews
4.2
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15,390 members
207 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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49,696 members
780 reviews
4.2
49
723 members
3 reviews
½ 4.3
50
15,369 members
273 reviews
4.2
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12,401 members
183 reviews
½ 4.4
53
24,166 members
325 reviews
4.1
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22,321 members
1,093 reviews
½ 4.3
55
2,540 members
80 reviews
½ 4.5
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19,363 members
348 reviews
4.2
57
29,913 members
261 reviews
4
58
44,617 members
724 reviews
3.9
12 Members
starfishian, enrique_molinero, kerrlm, Cecrow, ncgraham, BonnieJune54, gypsysmom, 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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28,146 members
479 reviews
½ 4.4
60
1,875 members
16 reviews
½ 4.4
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62,128 members
812 reviews
3.9
12 Members
smcwl, kerrlm, Cecrow, TracieG, mrmapcase, thecoroner, BonnieJune54, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Peace2, vinicius76, Somen.sarkar,hipdeep ,gypsysmom ,JaneM1948 ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
gypsysmom : Much too violent and scary for my taste.
ManWithAnAgenda: Less than 4.3 average stars
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4,017 members
28 reviews
½ 4.3
63
10,125 members
181 reviews
4.2
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25,291 members
564 reviews
4.2
13 Members
enrique_molinero, kerrlm, mmignano11, Cecrow, TracieG, 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
66
27,960 members
513 reviews
4.2
14 Members
eromsted, MikeBriggs, kerrlm, mmignano11, Cecrow, richgatlin, TracieG, souloftherose, rretzler, BomboChipolata, MaggieFlo, ahef1963, Peace2, JaneM1948,hipdeep ,kageeh ,smcwl ,Bluewolf0411 ,gypsysmom ,jaysbooks ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
gypsysmom : I really liked this book when I first read it but upon re-reading I was put off by the sexism.
ManWithAnAgenda: Less than 4.3 average stars
67
27,152 members
1,054 reviews
4.2
68
15,955 members
223 reviews
½ 4.3
69
10,582 members
566 reviews
½ 4.3
70
2,694 members
101 reviews
½ 4.4
71
4,124 members
112 reviews
4.2
72
14,950 members
136 reviews
½ 4.3
73
16,997 members
238 reviews
4.2
74
11,408 members
144 reviews
½ 4.3
75
1,859 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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8,882 members
134 reviews
½ 4.4
77
8,104 members
133 reviews
4.1
78
4,344 members
60 reviews
½ 4.4
79
7,746 members
74 reviews
½ 4.4
80
18,350 members
931 reviews
4
81
5,563 members
159 reviews
4.1
6 Members
aulsmith, Cecrow, merrystar, BomboChipolata, gypsysmom, ahef1963,hipdeep ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
ManWithAnAgenda: Less than 4.3 average stars
82
9,869 members
91 reviews
½ 4.4
83
12,353 members
471 reviews
4.2
84
22,249 members
1,384 reviews
4
85
3,483 members
114 reviews
½ 4.3
86
30,239 members
247 reviews
4.2
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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15,446 members
214 reviews
½ 4.3
88
5,268 members
195 reviews
4.2
5 Members
aulsmith, merrystar, masiejames, souloftherose, BomboChipolata,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
ManWithAnAgenda : Less than 4.3 average stars.
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2,620 members
34 reviews
½ 4.3
90
5,938 members
178 reviews
4.2
91
1,264 members
18 reviews
½ 4.3
92
30,961 members
1,107 reviews
4.1
7 Members
starfishian, Cecrow, krazy4katz, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, JaneM1948, guitarkhw,hipdeep , ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
ManWithAnAgenda: Less than 4.3 average stars
93
5,601 members
72 reviews
½ 4.3
94
13,232 members
825 reviews
½ 4.3
96
6,958 members
509 reviews
½ 4.4
97
24,194 members
853 reviews
½ 4.4
5 Members
staffordcastle, KimarieBee, Cecrow, ahef1963, Peace2,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
ManWithAnAgenda: Never-ending story
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18,061 members
311 reviews
4.2
99
3,075 members
54 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.
100
13,273 members
609 reviews
½ 4.3