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1
Vanity Fair
by William Makepeace Thackeray
12,645 members, 172 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: dhm (1), ela.tarcalova (1), JuliaMaria (1), Insatiable8 (1), Baldrian (1), veesing (1), MissJessie (1), smcwl (1), Simone2 (1), zhangyinwe (1), JackAch (1) — 12 more, peterdj (1), mmignano11 (1), lahochstetler (1), camon63 (2), SilentInAWay (3), gennyt (5), ALWINN (5), lwbooklover (7), jaysbooks (8), Cecrow (26), ncgraham, eromsted

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, lilithcat

Score: 73.59

2
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
by Milan Kundera
19,875 members, 232 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: HxBuff (1), goldenmoon (1), lavergne_rsl (1), rplinke (1), Insatiable8 (2), SnowcatCradle (2), mnb48 (2), nedhyu (3), romanccm (3), FelixWhelan (3), guyalice (3) — 8 more, gennyt (4), lahochstetler (4), sjmccreary (5), mmignano11 (18), Cecrow (27), SilentInAWay (28), lwbooklover (87), eromsted

Thumbs down: sturlington, aethercowboy, peterdj

Score: 48.9

Explanations:

sturlington (0): Read, unfortunately

3
The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas père
20,644 members, 368 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: DaleCarney (1), nedhyu (1), balmerline (1), romanccm (1), briarhills (1), JuliaMaria (2), cmtl (2), susiesharp (2), Simone2 (3), Kristelh (3), SnowcatCradle (3) — 7 more, HxBuff (4), sjmccreary (6), mmignano11 (9), lwbooklover (10), ALWINN (11), guyalice (100), ChingShih

Thumbs down: sturlington, aethercowboy, peterdj, SilentInAWay

Score: 45.93

4
On the Road
by Jack Kerouac
24,223 members, 335 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: Leeleelittle (1), featherbooks (1), HxBuff (2), nedhyu (2), smcwl (2), Simone2 (2), FelixWhelan (2), luke4 (2), merrystar (3), JuliaMaria (4), susiesharp (5) — 9 more, SilentInAWay (9), BookWallah (11), gennyt (19), mmignano11 (20), lwbooklover (21), peterdj (25), guyalice (104), ahef1963 (333), eromsted

Thumbs down: sturlington, aethercowboy, lilithcat, aulsmith

Score: 44.46

Explanations:

sturlington (0): Didn't finish.

5
Pillars of the Earth
by Ken Follett
23,602 members, 695 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

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Thumbs down: Selliers, sturlington, aethercowboy

Score: 42.6

Explanations:

sturlington (0): Didn't finish.

6
Dracula
by Bram Stoker
27,782 members, 528 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: TeriAndersonNeedham (1), brhill45 (2), Peace2 (2), lavergne_rsl (2), briarhills (3), dhm (4), nedhyu (6), featherbooks (6), HxBuff (7), Rennee (8), Cecrow (8) — 9 more, peterdj (10), gennyt (10), BookWallah (13), sjmccreary (13), SilentInAWay (33), kara.shamy (41), ALWINN (48), guyalice (90), ChingShih

Thumbs down: sturlington, aethercowboy, lilithcat, aulsmith

Score: 40.38

Explanations:

sturlington (0): Read and reread

7
The Golden Notebook
by Doris Lessing
4,664 members, 77 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

Lists: Kristelh (1), FelixWhelan (1), gennyt (1), ALWINN (1), goldenmoon (2), zhangyinwe (2), merrystar (4), peterdj (4), mmignano11 (4), thorold (5), SilentInAWay (6) — 3 more, lwbooklover (9), Cecrow (13), eromsted (62)

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Score: 40.29

8
A Farewell to Arms
by Ernest Hemingway
19,053 members, 209 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

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Thumbs down: aethercowboy, peterdj, auntSteelbreaker, aulsmith

Score: 38.4

9
The Moonstone
by Wilkie Collins
9,218 members, 213 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

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Thumbs down: merrystar, sturlington, aethercowboy, lilithcat

Score: 36.59

Explanations:

sturlington (0): May have read this as a child; could not complete a reread

10
The Satanic Verses
by Salman Rushdie
10,352 members, 123 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: luke4 (1), Kristelh (2), guyalice (2), suitable1 (2), smcwl (3), goldenmoon (4), Baldrian (4), lwbooklover (4), peterdj (8), BookWallah (10), gennyt (11) — 3 more, mmignano11 (17), Cecrow (31), eromsted

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, SilentInAWay

Score: 33.68

11
Fathers and Sons
by Ivan Turgenev
7,338 members, 108 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: Bookkat33 (2), Insatiable8 (4), nedhyu (4), romanccm (4), goldenmoon (5), featherbooks (5), smcwl (6), Kristelh (6), mmignano11 (10), gennyt (13), peterdj (14) — 5 more, ALWINN (15), SilentInAWay (18), lwbooklover (37), eromsted (49), ncgraham

Thumbs down: Selliers, aethercowboy

Score: 33.5

12
The Power and the Glory
by Graham Greene
6,625 members, 105 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: Shariami (2), Peace2 (3), dnrm (3), dhm (5), goldenmoon (6), romanccm (6), ahef1963 (6), featherbooks (10), Kristelh (11), sjmccreary (12), Cecrow (18) — 4 more, peterdj (23), mmignano11 (43), ncgraham (59), SilentInAWay (148)

Thumbs down: aethercowboy

Score: 32.3

13
Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens
19,527 members, 189 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

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Thumbs down: Selliers, aethercowboy, peterdj, aulsmith, cpg, SilentInAWay

Score: 30.92

14
On the Origin of Species
by Charles Darwin
11,728 members, 98 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (1), jenniebooks (2), Edward (4), lwbooklover (5), peterdj (6), nedhyu (8), smcwl (8), dhm (9), goldenmoon (11), mmignano11 (11), gennyt (14) — 1 more, eromsted (24)

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, SilentInAWay

Score: 26.76

15
Journey to the Center of the Earth
by Jules Verne
11,593 members, 186 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: merrystar (1), Rennee (2), cmtl (4), dhm (6), mmignano11 (7), Cecrow (7), SilentInAWay (7), HxBuff (9), smcwl (9), peterdj (11), BookWallah (12) — 2 more, lwbooklover (12), ChingShih

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, sturlington, aulsmith

Score: 26.56

Explanations:

sturlington (0): Read

16
The Portrait of a Lady
by Henry James
9,603 members, 113 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: jenniebooks (1), featherbooks (4), sjmccreary (4), Kristelh (5), Insatiable8 (6), susiesharp (6), mmignano11 (8), gennyt (9), ALWINN (10), Cecrow (10), SilentInAWay (104) — 1 more, ncgraham

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, peterdj

Score: 25.54

17
The Last Tycoon
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
2,273 members, 19 reviews
3.45 stars (3.45 stars)

Lists: Bookkat33 (3), CapitalHackels (3), lavergne_rsl (5), aethercowboy (6), dhm (10), goldenmoon (15), smcwl (17), peterdj (24), gennyt (24), ALWINN (51), mmignano11 (54) — 1 more, lwbooklover (96)

Score: 25.43

18
The Man in the Iron Mask
by Alexandre Dumas
4,856 members, 26 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: jenniebooks (3), Rennee (4), aethercowboy (8), lahochstetler (8), dhm (11), HxBuff (12), Kristelh (13), mmignano11 (15), goldenmoon (16), gennyt (18), susiesharp (20) — 3 more, SilentInAWay (78), ncgraham, ChingShih

Thumbs down: peterdj, aulsmith

Score: 25.26

19
To the Lighthouse
by Virginia Woolf
15,388 members, 239 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: Bookkat33 (1), featherbooks (3), mnb48 (4), nedhyu (7), smcwl (7), jaysbooks (11), ahef1963 (11), Cecrow (17), ALWINN (26), peterdj (31), gennyt (49) — 2 more, guyalice (98), SilentInAWay (99)

Thumbs down: merrystar, aethercowboy

Score: 24.67

20
The Robber Bride
by Margaret Atwood
6,707 members, 121 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: aethercowboy (1), lavergne_rsl (4), dhm (7), Kristelh (7), featherbooks (7), guyalice (7), sjmccreary (10), susiesharp (11), peterdj (19), ALWINN (27), mmignano11 (37)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 24.4

Explanations:

sturlington (0): Read

21
The History of the Peloponnesian War
by Thucydides
6,649 members, 54 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: lavergne_rsl (6), aethercowboy (9), dhm (15), HxBuff (15), romanccm (16), featherbooks (18), goldenmoon (19), SilentInAWay (20), smcwl (24), mmignano11 (38), gennyt (41) — 3 more, lwbooklover (42), peterdj (44), eromsted (58)

Thumbs down: merrystar

Score: 24.25

22
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (P.S.)
by Simon Winchester
10,467 members, 261 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: Shariami (5), dnrm (6), aethercowboy (7), guyalice (8), HxBuff (10), Peace2 (10), goldenmoon (13), romanccm (13), kara.shamy (32), gennyt (34), peterdj (38) — 2 more, mmignano11 (66), SilentInAWay (213)

Thumbs down: lilithcat

Score: 24.18

23
Angela's Ashes
by Frank McCourt
19,830 members, 314 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: guyalice (6), sjmccreary (8), aethercowboy (10), romanccm (11), jaysbooks (13), SilentInAWay (15), HxBuff (19), ALWINN (19), dhm (22), lwbooklover (29), peterdj (41) — 2 more, kara.shamy (42), eromsted

Thumbs down: Selliers

Score: 23.65

24
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
by Jared Diamond
21,485 members, 320 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: BookWallah (1), mnb48 (5), CapitalHackels (6), romanccm (7), Kristelh (9), smcwl (10), HxBuff (11), dhm (16), peterdj (37), gennyt (51), lwbooklover (56) — 2 more, guyalice (92), ChingShih

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, jjwilson61

Score: 23.64

25
Never Let Me Go
by Kazuo Ishiguro
19,255 members, 855 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: Patricia_Elizabeth (1), ALWINN (2), SilentInAWay (2), lwbooklover (2), mmignano11 (3), lahochstetler (3), Peace2 (5), dhm (8), nedhyu (20), guyalice (88), thorold

Thumbs down: Selliers, sturlington, aethercowboy, peterdj

Score: 23.46

Explanations:

sturlington (0): Read

26
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
by Laurence Sterne
6,742 members, 100 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: gennyt (3), aethercowboy (4), briarhills (4), CapitalHackels (7), jaysbooks (10), dhm (12), smcwl (12), peterdj (16), Cecrow (16), lwbooklover (34), eromsted (38)

Thumbs down: SilentInAWay

Score: 22.97

27
A Clockwork Orange [novel]
by Anthony Burgess
22,304 members, 346 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: mnb48 (1), TeriAndersonNeedham (2), dnrm (2), romanccm (5), Rennee (7), gennyt (12), SilentInAWay (12), peterdj (13), dhm (17), mmignano11 (23), lwbooklover (57) — 1 more, guyalice (89)

Thumbs down: sturlington, aethercowboy, lilithcat

Score: 22.82

28
The Glass Bead Game
by Hermann Hesse
5,967 members, 91 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: Cecrow (3), aethercowboy (5), dnrm (5), goldenmoon (9), nedhyu (16), featherbooks (16), mmignano11 (29), gennyt (30), peterdj (34), eromsted (79), SilentInAWay (142)

Score: 22.29

29
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
46,109 members, 1,190 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: mnb48 (3), TeriAndersonNeedham (4), Peace2 (4), guyalice (4), cmtl (6), dhm (14), romanccm (14), peterdj (15), nedhyu (18), smcwl (21), Cecrow (30) — 3 more, lwbooklover (53), sjmccreary (109), ncgraham

Thumbs down: BookWallah, aethercowboy, jaysbooks, eromsted

Score: 22.15

30
The Island of Dr. Moreau
by H. G. Wells
5,962 members, 151 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

Lists: Rennee (1), sjmccreary (3), peterdj (5), lahochstetler (5), mmignano11 (6), gennyt (8), HxBuff (14), goldenmoon (17), dhm (18), ALWINN (34), SilentInAWay (184)

Thumbs down: sturlington, aethercowboy

Score: 22.05

31
The Red and the Black
by Stendhal
8,034 members, 112 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: MonaWilliams (1), gennyt (2), lwbooklover (8), romanccm (9), Kristelh (10), goldenmoon (12), smcwl (13), mmignano11 (14), ALWINN (18), nedhyu (19), Cecrow (32) — 1 more, eromsted (54)

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, peterdj, SilentInAWay

Score: 21.64

32
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith
13,799 members, 386 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: cmtl (1), .Yvonne (1), sturlington (7), mnb48 (7), goldenmoon (14), sjmccreary (16), HxBuff (17), ahef1963 (19), dhm (20), guyalice (24), SilentInAWay (46) — 2 more, peterdj (69), ncgraham

Thumbs down: merrystar, aethercowboy, Selliers, eromsted

Score: 21.15

33
The Three Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas
17,749 members, 220 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: jaysbooks (5), cmtl (8), Rennee (9), goldenmoon (10), nedhyu (14), BookWallah (15), HxBuff (16), susiesharp (18), dhm (19), mmignano11 (31), SilentInAWay (51) — 3 more, guyalice (97), ncgraham, ChingShih

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, peterdj, aulsmith

Score: 21.01

34
The Devil in the White City
by Erik Larson
18,507 members, 623 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: SnowcatCradle (1), susiesharp (1), sjmccreary (2), brhill45 (4), Cecrow (6), gennyt (7), peterdj (9), dhm (21), HxBuff (21), eromsted (27), lwbooklover (82)

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, Selliers, lilithcat, aulsmith

Score: 20.34

35
The Prophet
by Kahlil Gibran
11,752 members, 144 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: lwbooklover (1), suitable1 (1), dnrm (4), ahef1963 (9), romanccm (10), smcwl (14), BookWallah (14), mmignano11 (16), HxBuff (18), peterdj (26), kara.shamy (43) — 1 more, eromsted (59)

Thumbs down: sturlington, Bookkat33, lilithcat, SilentInAWay

Score: 20.24

36
Beloved
by Toni Morrison
19,076 members, 359 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (1), TeriAndersonNeedham (3), brhill45 (5), cmtl (7), guyalice (10), nedhyu (17), ahef1963 (22), dhm (23), SilentInAWay (35), peterdj (46), ALWINN (46) — 1 more, mmignano11 (152)

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, sturlington, eromsted

Score: 19.92

37
Winesburg, Ohio
by Sherwood Anderson
5,177 members, 110 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: FelixWhelan (4), CapitalHackels (4), goldenmoon (7), jaysbooks (7), featherbooks (9), dhm (13), Cecrow (34), gennyt (42), SilentInAWay (44), eromsted (67), peterdj (77) — 1 more, mmignano11 (190)

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, merrystar

Score: 19.6

38
The Kindly Ones
by Jonathan Littell
2,522 members, 89 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: romanccm (12), featherbooks (12), lwbooklover (14), goldenmoon (20), dhm (24), mmignano11 (24), gennyt (26), peterdj (29), SilentInAWay (210), thorold

Score: 19.46

39
Our Mutual Friend
by Charles Dickens
4,961 members, 92 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: fvg (1), featherbooks (14), nedhyu (15), goldenmoon (22), ALWINN (23), Cecrow (24), mmignano11 (26), dhm (28), gennyt (28), peterdj (32), SilentInAWay (162) — 1 more, ncgraham

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, cpg

Score: 19.29

40
The Blind Assassin
by Margaret Atwood
14,626 members, 350 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (1), aethercowboy (2), lavergne_rsl (7), dnrm (8), sjmccreary (11), guyalice (12), susiesharp (21), dhm (26), ALWINN (53), peterdj (101)

Thumbs down: sturlington, SilentInAWay

Score: 18.93

41
The Shining
by Stephen King
18,907 members, 397 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: bearlyr (1), brhill45 (6), TeriAndersonNeedham (6), Shariami (6), nedhyu (11), guyalice (22), dhm (25), lwbooklover (61), smcwl (69), ALWINN (71), peterdj (129)

Thumbs down: sturlington, Selliers

Score: 18.88

42
The Mill on the Floss
by George Eliot
7,407 members, 103 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: ALWINN (3), ahef1963 (5), SilentInAWay (5), Kristelh (8), HxBuff (13), goldenmoon (18), peterdj (21), lwbooklover (25), dhm (30), eromsted (31)

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, sturlington

Score: 17.88

43
Far from the Madding Crowd
by Thomas Hardy
9,477 members, 167 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: CapitalHackels (1), Simone2 (4), Peace2 (6), smcwl (16), dhm (27), ALWINN (33), eromsted (33), mmignano11 (50), peterdj (51), lwbooklover (85), ncgraham — 1 more, ChingShih

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, SilentInAWay, aulsmith

Score: 17.77

44
Jude the Obscure
by Thomas Hardy
8,843 members, 118 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: CapitalHackels (10), jaysbooks (12), smcwl (20), Cecrow (20), HxBuff (22), ALWINN (28), dhm (29), peterdj (36), mmignano11 (40), SilentInAWay (106), ChingShih

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 17.28

45
The Corrections
by Jonathan Franzen
15,135 members, 323 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: peterdj (2), mmignano11 (2), lahochstetler (2), SilentInAWay (4), Insatiable8 (5), gennyt (6), ALWINN (6), Cecrow (29), lwbooklover (31), guyalice, eromsted

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, Selliers, sturlington, sudsjoe, jaysbooks

Score: 17.2

Explanations:

sturlington (0): Read

46
Middlemarch
by George Eliot
14,888 members, 289 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (2), susiesharp (7), sjmccreary (9), ALWINN (12), smcwl (15), peterdj (18), Cecrow (19), HxBuff (20), goldenmoon (34), SilentInAWay (97)

Thumbs down: sturlington, aethercowboy

Score: 16.99

47
Needful Things: The Last Castle Rock Story
by Stephen King
9,059 members, 106 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: bearlyr (2), aethercowboy (3), Insatiable8 (7), Shariami (8), ahef1963 (27), dhm (31), ALWINN (49), lwbooklover (67), peterdj (85)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 16.92

48
The Histories
by Herodotus
8,368 members, 71 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: romanccm (17), sjmccreary (18), featherbooks (19), Cecrow (21), HxBuff (24), smcwl (26), dhm (32), goldenmoon (38), gennyt (65), peterdj (74), SilentInAWay (137)

Thumbs down: aethercowboy

Score: 16.51

49
Girl with a Pearl Earring
by Tracy Chevalier
15,735 members, 291 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: jaysbooks (4), Shariami (7), susiesharp (10), ahef1963 (15), Peace2 (17), goldenmoon (30), smcwl (30), peterdj (55), SilentInAWay (136)

Thumbs down: Selliers

Score: 15.6

50
All the King's Men
by Robert Penn Warren
6,275 members, 111 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: SnowcatCradle (5), sturlington (8), HxBuff (23), gennyt (61), peterdj (70), sjmccreary (110), mmignano11 (120), SilentInAWay (125), ncgraham

Score: 14.99

51
Pierre; or, The Ambiguities
by Herman Melville
752 members, 4 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: Insatiable8 (8), featherbooks (15), lwbooklover (15), goldenmoon (24), mmignano11 (25), gennyt (27), peterdj (30), thorold

Thumbs down: aethercowboy

Score: 14.54

52
The House of Mirth
by Edith Wharton
8,456 members, 184 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: Peace2 (9), featherbooks (11), smcwl (18), Cecrow (22), goldenmoon (23), gennyt (32), ALWINN (32), mmignano11 (49), peterdj (68), guyalice (93), SilentInAWay (128) — 1 more, ncgraham

Thumbs down: merrystar, sturlington, lilithcat

Score: 14.52

53
The Way of All Flesh
by Samuel Butler
3,084 members, 34 reviews
3.54 stars (3.54 stars)

Lists: CapitalHackels (2), smcwl (19), peterdj (20), gennyt (20), ALWINN (52), mmignano11 (53), eromsted (73), SilentInAWay (208)

Score: 14.46

54
The Wings of the Dove
by Henry James
2,934 members, 31 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)

Lists: mmignano11 (12), nedhyu (13), gennyt (15), ALWINN (17), smcwl (25), goldenmoon (32), lwbooklover (44), eromsted (63), ncgraham

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Score: 14.36

55
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
by Carson McCullers
9,377 members, 212 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: Cecrow (2), ahef1963 (4), romanccm (15), smcwl (23), peterdj (27), gennyt (33), goldenmoon (36), eromsted (39), SilentInAWay (40)

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Score: 14.3

56
The Secret Agent
by Joseph Conrad
5,642 members, 94 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: lavergne_rsl (8), SilentInAWay (19), nedhyu (21), sturlington (23), HxBuff (25), mmignano11 (35), gennyt (36), lwbooklover (39), eromsted (56)

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Score: 14.12

57
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
by Barbara Ehrenreich
9,803 members, 195 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: dara85 (1), jaysbooks (2), goldenmoon (27), gennyt (40), peterdj (43), lwbooklover (43), mmignano11 (51), eromsted (61), ChingShih

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Score: 14.08

58
The Prince
by Niccolò Machiavelli
19,398 members, 216 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: BookWallah (6), Shariami (12), HxBuff (26), Peace2 (29), goldenmoon (42), SilentInAWay (43), smcwl (45), eromsted (52), ChingShih

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Score: 13.69

59
Little, Big
by John Crowley
3,704 members, 105 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: sturlington (18), guyalice (19), featherbooks (20), susiesharp (22), goldenmoon (29), gennyt (53), peterdj (56), lwbooklover (79)

Score: 13.61

60
Timequake
by Kurt Vonnegut
4,870 members, 50 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: SnowcatCradle (4), Rennee (6), peterdj (22), mmignano11 (22), gennyt (23), goldenmoon (28), lwbooklover (45), eromsted (64)

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Score: 13.6

61
Howards End
by E. M. Forster
7,723 members, 116 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: mmignano11 (5), ALWINN (8), Cecrow (11), Kristelh (12), SilentInAWay (17), goldenmoon (21), peterdj (28), lwbooklover (36), eromsted (48), ncgraham (58)

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Score: 13.58

Explanations:

smcwl (0): have read

62
The Mayor of Casterbridge
by Thomas Hardy
7,274 members, 101 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: Peace2 (15), HxBuff (27), ALWINN (39), ahef1963 (41), goldenmoon (45), smcwl (89), peterdj (108), SilentInAWay (146), ChingShih

Score: 13.52

63
Main Street
by Sinclair Lewis
3,546 members, 61 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: brhill45 (7), FelixWhelan (7), HxBuff (33), ALWINN (36), goldenmoon (61), smcwl (86), cej1027 (99), SilentInAWay (180)

Score: 13.33

64
The Return of the Native
by Thomas Hardy
6,893 members, 85 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: SilentInAWay (14), lwbooklover (26), smcwl (27), HxBuff (28), mmignano11 (32), eromsted (34), peterdj (35), ncgraham, ChingShih

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Score: 13.29

65
The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt
by Albert Camus
3,499 members, 20 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: romanccm (19), SilentInAWay (22), goldenmoon (31), mmignano11 (42), lwbooklover (47), gennyt (48), peterdj (49), eromsted (69)

Score: 12.98

66
A Game of Thrones
by George R. R. Martin
34,964 members, 1,044 reviews
4.36 stars (4.36 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (2), TeriAndersonNeedham (5), guyalice (5), mnb48 (6), susiesharp (8), cmtl (9), ahef1963 (14), peterdj (40), ChingShih

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Score: 12.93

67
In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote
19,996 members, 404 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: Pamgose (1), brhill45 (8), TeriAndersonNeedham (8), bearlyr (10), SilentInAWay (13), HxBuff (37), lwbooklover (62), ALWINN (79), ahef1963 (91)

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Score: 12.8

68
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Díaz
11,501 members, 450 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: Simone2 (5), guyalice (21), ahef1963 (25), goldenmoon (39), kara.shamy (44), ALWINN (69), eromsted (81), peterdj (83), SilentInAWay (151)

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Score: 12.67

69
Bleak House
by Charles Dickens
11,660 members, 220 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: briarhills (5), Simone2 (6), Peace2 (11), BookWallah (18), ahef1963 (20), Cecrow (23), goldenmoon (26), ALWINN (65), peterdj (72), SilentInAWay (108), ncgraham

Thumbs down: merrystar, aethercowboy, cpg, lilithcat

Score: 12.54

70
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
by Mary Roach
9,310 members, 420 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: SnowcatCradle (6), dara85 (13), sjmccreary (14), susiesharp (36), gennyt (57), mmignano11 (86), smcwl (95)

Score: 12.41

71
My Ántonia
by Willa Cather
11,708 members, 255 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: sturlington (9), Shariami (9), Cecrow (15), HxBuff (29), smcwl (31), goldenmoon (40), peterdj (60), gennyt (66), ncgraham

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Score: 12.16

72
The Phantom of the Opera
by Gaston Leroux
10,256 members, 166 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: Rennee (3), lahochstetler (7), peterdj (12), mmignano11 (13), gennyt (16), goldenmoon (33), SilentInAWay (114), ChingShih

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Score: 11.97

73
The Gormenghast Trilogy
by Mervyn Peake
3,874 members, 65 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: briarhills (9), Peace2 (18), goldenmoon (41), smcwl (65), peterdj (137), ALWINN (201), SilentInAWay (217), ChingShih

Score: 11.83

74
The Art of War
by Sun Tzu
18,138 members, 205 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: Cecrow (14), HxBuff (30), goldenmoon (55), smcwl (68), peterdj (99), SilentInAWay (115), mmignano11 (134), ChingShih

Score: 11.62

75
Misery
by Stephen King
12,231 members, 169 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (3), TeriAndersonNeedham (7), bearlyr (7), Shariami (13), smcwl (64), ahef1963 (64), ALWINN (67), peterdj (141)

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Score: 11.45

76
The God of Small Things
by Arundhati Roy
17,302 members, 320 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: auntSteelbreaker (2), Peace2 (14), romanccm (22), sjmccreary (27), lwbooklover (30), kara.shamy (45), peterdj (73), eromsted

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Score: 11.23

77
O Pioneers!
by Willa Cather
5,266 members, 140 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: dara85 (6), HxBuff (31), goldenmoon (60), smcwl (80), peterdj (91), SilentInAWay (185), ncgraham

Score: 11.06

78
The Old Curiosity Shop
by Charles Dickens
4,671 members, 54 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: Cecrow (9), Rennee (10), smcwl (28), gennyt (39), peterdj (42), goldenmoon (47), guyalice (96), SilentInAWay (171), ncgraham

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Score: 11.04

79
Winter's Tale
by Mark Helprin
4,218 members, 132 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: Cecrow (4), guyalice (11), merrystar (22), HxBuff (35), gennyt (52), peterdj (54), SilentInAWay (170)

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Score: 10.59

80
A People's History of the United States
by Howard Zinn
12,609 members, 133 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: romanccm (21), Cecrow (25), HxBuff (36), mmignano11 (45), goldenmoon (49), peterdj (57), gennyt (60), lwbooklover (89)

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Score: 10.54

81
Artemis Fowl
by Eoin Colfer
16,736 members, 379 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: SnowcatCradle (7), Peace2 (23), ahef1963 (48), goldenmoon (50), smcwl (66), gennyt (81), peterdj (120), mmignano11 (135)

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Score: 10.43

82
Night
by Elie Wiesel
22,438 members, 513 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: susiesharp (19), ahef1963 (33), HxBuff (38), goldenmoon (68), smcwl (70), peterdj (97), SilentInAWay (134)

Score: 10.42

83
Brideshead Revisited
by Evelyn Waugh
10,820 members, 230 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: Shariami (3), Peace2 (7), dnrm (7), Insatiable8 (9), SilentInAWay (16), goldenmoon (25), lwbooklover (35), mmignano11 (39), eromsted (41), gennyt (44), ncgraham

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Score: 10.09

84
Surfacing
by Margaret Atwood
3,889 members, 90 reviews
3.37 stars (3.37 stars)

Lists: FelixWhelan (6), featherbooks (24), guyalice (28), ahef1963 (37), peterdj (103), mmignano11 (177)

Score: 10.08

85
The Book of Lost Tales, Part 1
by J. R. R. Tolkien
4,625 members, 21 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

Lists: jenniebooks (4), konallis (8), goldenmoon (44), peterdj (53), ncgraham (63), SilentInAWay (178), ChingShih

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Score: 10.08

86
Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf
17,304 members, 292 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: Edward (1), lwbooklover (3), ahef1963 (8), ALWINN (22), smcwl (32), gennyt (45), eromsted

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Score: 10.06

87
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
by Jung Chang
7,346 members, 150 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: Peace2 (24), sjmccreary (34), smcwl (53), goldenmoon (54), gennyt (71), peterdj (113), ALWINN (223)

Score: 10.06

88
Moll Flanders
by Daniel Defoe
6,604 members, 90 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: CapitalHackels (8), susiesharp (14), ALWINN (25), lwbooklover (27), ahef1963 (28), smcwl (29), eromsted (35), HxBuff (40), peterdj (86)

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Score: 10

89
Tom Jones
by Henry Fielding
6,958 members, 75 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: merrystar (18), smcwl (35), guyalice (35), HxBuff (39), sjmccreary (49), ahef1963 (57), ALWINN (78), peterdj (134), ncgraham

Thumbs down: konallis, SilentInAWay

Score: 9.98

90
Agnes Grey
by Anne Brontë
4,324 members, 140 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Lists: sturlington (5), Simone2 (20), merrystar (28), Peace2 (31), goldenmoon (71), mmignano11 (113), ALWINN (131)

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Score: 9.79

91
The Children's Book
by A. S. Byatt
3,492 members, 198 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (6), Simone2 (19), merrystar (27), goldenmoon (82), smcwl (114), mmignano11 (252)

Score: 9.78

92
Around the World in Eighty Days
by Jules Verne
13,397 members, 226 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: merrystar (16), ALWINN (35), HxBuff (41), ahef1963 (42), SilentInAWay (57), goldenmoon (89), peterdj (110), ChingShih, ncgraham

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Score: 9.76

93
The Age of Innocence
by Edith Wharton
11,829 members, 266 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: featherbooks (8), lahochstetler (9), mmignano11 (33), goldenmoon (43), ALWINN (44), peterdj (47), guyalice (99), SilentInAWay (105)

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Score: 9.52

94
Baudolino
by Umberto Eco
6,997 members, 95 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: merrystar (26), smcwl (38), goldenmoon (75), sjmccreary (114), SilentInAWay (118), peterdj (133), mmignano11 (148)

Score: 9.5

95
Nostromo
by Joseph Conrad
4,075 members, 53 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: Simone2 (8), CapitalHackels (15), goldenmoon (58), smcwl (84), peterdj (144), SilentInAWay (177)

Score: 9.43

96
Saving Fish from Drowning
by Amy Tan
4,223 members, 96 reviews
3.38 stars (3.38 stars)

Lists: guyalice (13), goldenmoon (46), lwbooklover (50), gennyt (55), peterdj (61), eromsted (72)

Score: 9.42

97
Weaveworld
by Clive Barker
3,668 members, 45 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: briarhills (8), ahef1963 (30), goldenmoon (63), smcwl (82), peterdj (88), mmignano11 (170)

Score: 9.25

98
The Second Sex
by Simone de Beauvoir
4,002 members, 27 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (4), goldenmoon (59), eromsted (80), peterdj (135), mmignano11 (167), ChingShih

Score: 9.21

99
Anthem
by Ayn Rand
9,224 members, 188 reviews
3.58 stars (3.58 stars)

Lists: merrystar (14), Shariami (25), HxBuff (42), Peace2 (50), mmignano11 (132), peterdj (183)

Score: 9.2

100
Dolores Claiborne
by Stephen King
6,993 members, 76 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: bearlyr (8), TeriAndersonNeedham (13), merrystar (23), smcwl (49), ahef1963 (66), lwbooklover (74), ALWINN (75), peterdj (147)

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Score: 9.1

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