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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30,574 members
379 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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13,984 members
98 reviews
½ 4.4
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23,913 members
685 reviews
4.2
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40,238 members
331 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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52,263 members
2,239 reviews
½ 4.4
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35,576 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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6,649 members
390 reviews
½ 4.3
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34,250 members
1,537 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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5,979 members
159 reviews
½ 4.3
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34,414 members
394 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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27,334 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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12,921 members
240 reviews
½ 4.3
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7,592 members
100 reviews
½ 4.3
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9,020 members
161 reviews
½ 4.3
40
10,482 members
285 reviews
½ 4.6
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20,744 members
367 reviews
4.2
43
43,974 members
478 reviews
3.9
45
3,642 members
59 reviews
4.2
46
15,365 members
206 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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49,629 members
779 reviews
4.2
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722 members
3 reviews
½ 4.3
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15,340 members
273 reviews
4.2
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12,383 members
182 reviews
½ 4.4
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24,113 members
325 reviews
4.1
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22,284 members
1,093 reviews
½ 4.3
55
2,539 members
80 reviews
½ 4.5
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19,380 members
347 reviews
4.2
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30,171 members
261 reviews
4
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44,537 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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28,071 members
478 reviews
½ 4.4
60
1,873 members
16 reviews
½ 4.4
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61,964 members
809 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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4,013 members
28 reviews
½ 4.3
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10,116 members
180 reviews
4.2
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25,228 members
562 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
27,912 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
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27,103 members
1,053 reviews
4.2
68
15,921 members
223 reviews
½ 4.3
69
10,581 members
566 reviews
½ 4.3
70
2,693 members
101 reviews
½ 4.4
71
4,113 members
111 reviews
4.2
72
14,922 members
136 reviews
½ 4.3
73
16,950 members
238 reviews
4.2
74
11,393 members
144 reviews
½ 4.3
75
1,856 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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8,854 members
134 reviews
½ 4.4
77
8,089 members
133 reviews
4.1
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4,338 members
60 reviews
½ 4.3
79
7,724 members
74 reviews
½ 4.4
80
18,336 members
931 reviews
4
81
5,556 members
158 reviews
4.1
6 Members
aulsmith, Cecrow, merrystar, BomboChipolata, gypsysmom, ahef1963,hipdeep ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
ManWithAnAgenda: Less than 4.3 average stars
82
9,871 members
91 reviews
½ 4.4
83
12,321 members
471 reviews
4.2
84
22,203 members
1,384 reviews
4
85
3,479 members
114 reviews
½ 4.3
86
30,173 members
246 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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15,422 members
214 reviews
½ 4.3
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5,280 members
193 reviews
4.2
5 Members
aulsmith, merrystar, masiejames, souloftherose, BomboChipolata,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
ManWithAnAgenda : Less than 4.3 average stars.
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2,611 members
34 reviews
½ 4.3
90
5,928 members
178 reviews
4.2
91
1,262 members
18 reviews
½ 4.3
92
30,910 members
1,105 reviews
4.1
7 Members
starfishian, Cecrow, krazy4katz, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, JaneM1948, guitarkhw,hipdeep , ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
ManWithAnAgenda: Less than 4.3 average stars
93
5,593 members
72 reviews
½ 4.3
94
13,250 members
823 reviews
½ 4.3
96
6,944 members
509 reviews
½ 4.4
97
24,131 members
853 reviews
½ 4.4
5 Members
staffordcastle, KimarieBee, Cecrow, ahef1963, Peace2,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
ManWithAnAgenda: Never-ending story
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18,189 members
310 reviews
4.2
99
3,072 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
13,223 members
608 reviews
½ 4.3