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Description: When I am dead, I hope it may be said: "His sins were scarlet, but his books were read” ...not necessarily, for the authors on this list!

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1
Vanity Fair
by William Makepeace Thackeray
11,518 members, 161 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: JuliaMaria (1), Insatiable8 (1), Baldrian (1), veesing (1), MissJessie (1), smcwl (1), Simone2 (1), zhangyinwe (1), JackAch (1), peterdj (1), ahef1963 (1) — 11 more, 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: 69.59

2
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
by Milan Kundera
18,250 members, 214 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: goldenmoon (1), lavergne_rsl (1), rplinke (1), Insatiable8 (2), SnowcatCradle (2), mnb48 (2), nedhyu (3), romanccm (3), FelixWhelan (3), guyalice (3), gennyt (4) — 7 more, lahochstetler (4), sjmccreary (5), mmignano11 (18), Cecrow (27), SilentInAWay (28), lwbooklover (87), eromsted

Thumbs down: sturlington, aethercowboy, peterdj

Score: 44.9

Explanations:

sturlington (0): Read, unfortunately

3
On the Road
by Jack Kerouac
22,860 members, 313 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: Leeleelittle (1), featherbooks (1), nedhyu (2), smcwl (2), Simone2 (2), FelixWhelan (2), luke4 (2), merrystar (3), JuliaMaria (4), susiesharp (5), SilentInAWay (9) — 8 more, BookWallah (11), gennyt (19), mmignano11 (20), lwbooklover (21), peterdj (25), guyalice (104), ahef1963 (348), eromsted

Thumbs down: sturlington, aethercowboy, lilithcat, aulsmith

Score: 41.08

Explanations:

sturlington (0): Didn't finish.

4
The Golden Notebook
by Doris Lessing
4,213 members, 66 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 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)

Thumbs down: aethercowboy

Score: 40.29

5
The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas père
17,796 members, 319 reviews
4.33 stars (4.33 stars)

Lists: nedhyu (1), balmerline (1), romanccm (1), briarhills (1), JuliaMaria (2), cmtl (2), susiesharp (2), Simone2 (3), Kristelh (3), SnowcatCradle (3), sjmccreary (6) — 5 more, mmignano11 (9), lwbooklover (10), ALWINN (11), guyalice (100), ChingShih

Thumbs down: sturlington, aethercowboy, peterdj, SilentInAWay

Score: 39.1

6
The Satanic Verses
by Salman Rushdie
9,445 members, 114 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: luke4 (1), Kristelh (2), guyalice (2), suitable1 (2), smcwl (3), goldenmoon (4), Baldrian (4), lwbooklover (4), ahef1963 (6), peterdj (8), BookWallah (10) — 4 more, gennyt (11), mmignano11 (17), Cecrow (31), eromsted

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, SilentInAWay

Score: 36.23

7
The Pillars of the Earth
by Ken Follett
21,497 members, 654 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (1), dnrm (1), jaysbooks (1), Baldrian (2), romanccm (2), JackAch (2), JuliaMaria (3), cmtl (3), susiesharp (3), peterdj (7), sjmccreary (7) — 3 more, ALWINN (7), SilentInAWay (8), smcwl (111)

Thumbs down: Selliers, sturlington, aethercowboy

Score: 36.2

Explanations:

sturlington (0): Didn't finish.

8
A Farewell to Arms
by Ernest Hemingway
17,349 members, 189 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: Shariami (1), ro155 (1), Cecrow (1), Insatiable8 (3), lavergne_rsl (3), BookWallah (3), cmtl (5), ahef1963 (5), romanccm (8), smcwl (11), ALWINN (14) — 6 more, eromsted (23), gennyt (25), SilentInAWay (29), lwbooklover (81), guyalice (91), ChingShih

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, peterdj, auntSteelbreaker, aulsmith

Score: 34.4

9
The Moonstone
by Wilkie Collins
8,304 members, 188 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: Peace2 (1), camon63 (1), sjmccreary (1), SilentInAWay (1), ahef1963 (2), goldenmoon (3), Baldrian (3), peterdj (3), smcwl (4), ALWINN (4), jaysbooks (9) — 3 more, Cecrow (12), lwbooklover (13), ncgraham

Thumbs down: merrystar, sturlington, aethercowboy, lilithcat

Score: 34.36

Explanations:

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

10
Fathers and Sons
by Ivan Turgenev
6,608 members, 99 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 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

11
Dracula
by Bram Stoker
24,528 members, 489 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: TeriAndersonNeedham (1), Peace2 (2), lavergne_rsl (2), briarhills (3), nedhyu (6), featherbooks (6), Rennee (8), Cecrow (8), peterdj (10), gennyt (10), BookWallah (13) — 5 more, sjmccreary (13), SilentInAWay (33), ALWINN (48), guyalice (90), ChingShih

Thumbs down: sturlington, aethercowboy, lilithcat, aulsmith

Score: 30.15

Explanations:

sturlington (0): Read and reread

12
The Power and the Glory
by Graham Greene
5,952 members, 81 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: Shariami (2), Peace2 (3), dnrm (3), goldenmoon (6), romanccm (6), featherbooks (10), Kristelh (11), sjmccreary (12), ahef1963 (17), Cecrow (18), peterdj (23) — 3 more, mmignano11 (43), ncgraham (59), SilentInAWay (148)

Thumbs down: aethercowboy

Score: 29.04

13
The Portrait of a Lady
by Henry James
8,721 members, 101 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 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

14
Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens
17,294 members, 173 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: bukowskientrepapas (1), merrystar (2), featherbooks (2), briarhills (2), jaysbooks (3), Kristelh (4), nedhyu (5), smcwl (5), Cecrow (5), ahef1963 (14), ALWINN (16) — 3 more, guyalice (105), ncgraham, eromsted

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

Score: 24.53

15
To the Lighthouse
by Virginia Woolf
13,881 members, 208 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: Bookkat33 (1), featherbooks (3), mnb48 (4), nedhyu (7), smcwl (7), jaysbooks (11), Cecrow (17), ahef1963 (22), ALWINN (26), peterdj (31), gennyt (49) — 2 more, guyalice (98), SilentInAWay (99)

Thumbs down: merrystar, aethercowboy

Score: 24.32

16
The Robber Bride
by Margaret Atwood
6,299 members, 114 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: aethercowboy (1), lavergne_rsl (4), Kristelh (7), featherbooks (7), guyalice (7), ahef1963 (10), sjmccreary (10), susiesharp (11), peterdj (19), ALWINN (27), mmignano11 (37)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 24.19

Explanations:

sturlington (0): Read

17
Journey to the Center of the Earth
by Jules Verne
9,809 members, 151 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: merrystar (1), Rennee (2), cmtl (4), ahef1963 (7), mmignano11 (7), Cecrow (7), SilentInAWay (7), smcwl (9), peterdj (11), BookWallah (12), lwbooklover (12) — 1 more, ChingShih

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, sturlington, aulsmith

Score: 24.15

Explanations:

sturlington (0): Read

18
Never Let Me Go
by Kazuo Ishiguro
17,400 members, 791 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: Patricia_Elizabeth (1), ALWINN (2), SilentInAWay (2), lwbooklover (2), ahef1963 (3), mmignano11 (3), lahochstetler (3), Peace2 (5), nedhyu (20), guyalice (88), thorold

Thumbs down: Selliers, sturlington, aethercowboy, peterdj

Score: 24.12

Explanations:

sturlington (0): Read

19
On the Origin of Species
by Charles Darwin
10,436 members, 86 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

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

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, SilentInAWay

Score: 23.28

20
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
43,756 members, 1,150 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: mnb48 (3), TeriAndersonNeedham (4), Peace2 (4), guyalice (4), cmtl (6), ahef1963 (8), romanccm (14), peterdj (15), nedhyu (18), smcwl (21), Cecrow (30) — 3 more, lwbooklover (53), sjmccreary (109), ncgraham

Thumbs down: BookWallah, aethercowboy, jaysbooks, eromsted

Score: 22.46

21
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
by Laurence Sterne
6,067 members, 83 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: gennyt (3), briarhills (4), CapitalHackels (7), aethercowboy (10), jaysbooks (10), ahef1963 (11), smcwl (12), peterdj (16), Cecrow (16), lwbooklover (34), eromsted (38)

Thumbs down: SilentInAWay

Score: 22.44

22
The Corrections: A Novel
by Jonathan Franzen
14,271 members, 309 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: peterdj (2), mmignano11 (2), lahochstetler (2), aethercowboy (3), SilentInAWay (4), Insatiable8 (5), gennyt (6), ALWINN (6), Cecrow (29), lwbooklover (31), guyalice — 1 more, eromsted

Thumbs down: Selliers, sturlington, sudsjoe, jaysbooks

Score: 22.24

Explanations:

sturlington (0): Read

23
Winesburg, Ohio
by Sherwood Anderson
4,706 members, 98 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

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

Thumbs down: merrystar

Score: 21.95

24
The Glass Bead Game
by Hermann Hesse
5,424 members, 75 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: Cecrow (3), dnrm (5), goldenmoon (9), aethercowboy (11), nedhyu (16), featherbooks (16), mmignano11 (29), gennyt (30), peterdj (34), eromsted (79), SilentInAWay (142)

Score: 21.81

25
The Three Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas
15,444 members, 195 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: aethercowboy (5), jaysbooks (5), cmtl (8), Rennee (9), goldenmoon (10), nedhyu (14), BookWallah (15), susiesharp (18), mmignano11 (31), SilentInAWay (51), guyalice (97) — 2 more, ncgraham, ChingShih

Thumbs down: peterdj, aulsmith

Score: 21.77

26
The Red and the Black
by Stendhal
7,135 members, 98 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 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

27
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess
20,248 members, 308 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

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

Thumbs down: sturlington, aethercowboy, lilithcat

Score: 20.85

28
The Last Tycoon
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
2,050 members, 15 reviews
3.44 stars (3.44 stars)

Lists: Bookkat33 (3), CapitalHackels (3), lavergne_rsl (5), goldenmoon (15), smcwl (17), peterdj (24), gennyt (24), ALWINN (51), mmignano11 (54), lwbooklover (96)

Score: 20.62

29
Beloved
by Toni Morrison
16,983 members, 308 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (1), aethercowboy (2), TeriAndersonNeedham (3), cmtl (7), guyalice (10), nedhyu (17), ahef1963 (33), SilentInAWay (35), peterdj (46), ALWINN (46), mmignano11 (152)

Thumbs down: sturlington, eromsted

Score: 20.61

30
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
by Jared Diamond
19,381 members, 285 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: BookWallah (1), mnb48 (5), CapitalHackels (6), romanccm (7), Kristelh (9), smcwl (10), peterdj (37), gennyt (51), lwbooklover (56), guyalice (92), ChingShih

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, jjwilson61

Score: 19.44

32
The Man in the Iron Mask
by Alexandre Dumas
4,330 members, 26 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: jenniebooks (3), Rennee (4), lahochstetler (8), Kristelh (13), mmignano11 (15), goldenmoon (16), gennyt (18), susiesharp (20), SilentInAWay (78), ncgraham, ChingShih

Thumbs down: peterdj, aulsmith

Score: 18.54

33
The Island of Dr. Moreau
by H. G. Wells
5,199 members, 140 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

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

Thumbs down: sturlington, aethercowboy

Score: 18.04

34
The Mill on the Floss
by George Eliot
6,708 members, 97 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: ALWINN (3), SilentInAWay (5), aethercowboy (6), Kristelh (8), ahef1963 (16), goldenmoon (18), peterdj (21), lwbooklover (25), eromsted (31)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 17.94

35
The History of the Peloponnesian War
by Thucydides
5,933 members, 41 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: lavergne_rsl (6), romanccm (16), featherbooks (18), goldenmoon (19), SilentInAWay (20), smcwl (24), mmignano11 (38), gennyt (41), lwbooklover (42), peterdj (44), eromsted (58)

Thumbs down: merrystar

Score: 17.88

36
The Kindly Ones
by Jonathan Littell
2,273 members, 81 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

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

Score: 17.65

37
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith
12,397 members, 355 reviews
4.33 stars (4.33 stars)

Lists: cmtl (1), .Yvonne (1), sturlington (7), mnb48 (7), goldenmoon (14), sjmccreary (16), guyalice (24), ahef1963 (30), SilentInAWay (46), peterdj (69), ncgraham

Thumbs down: merrystar, aethercowboy, Selliers, eromsted

Score: 17.08

38
The Prophet
by Kahlil Gibran
10,444 members, 124 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: lwbooklover (1), suitable1 (1), dnrm (4), romanccm (10), smcwl (14), BookWallah (14), mmignano11 (16), ahef1963 (20), peterdj (26), eromsted (59)

Thumbs down: sturlington, Bookkat33, lilithcat, SilentInAWay

Score: 16.32

39
The Blind Assassin
by Margaret Atwood
13,753 members, 336 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

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

Thumbs down: sturlington, SilentInAWay

Score: 16.17

40
Angela's Ashes
by Frank McCourt
18,665 members, 298 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: guyalice (6), sjmccreary (8), romanccm (11), jaysbooks (13), SilentInAWay (15), ALWINN (19), lwbooklover (29), peterdj (41), eromsted

Thumbs down: Selliers

Score: 16.06

41
Far from the Madding Crowd
by Thomas Hardy
8,457 members, 149 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

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

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, SilentInAWay, aulsmith

Score: 16.01

42
Our Mutual Friend
by Charles Dickens
4,466 members, 82 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (9), featherbooks (14), nedhyu (15), goldenmoon (22), ALWINN (23), Cecrow (24), mmignano11 (26), gennyt (28), peterdj (32), SilentInAWay (162), ncgraham

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, cpg

Score: 15.86

43
Girl with a Pearl Earring
by Tracy Chevalier
14,783 members, 281 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: jaysbooks (4), Shariami (7), susiesharp (10), Peace2 (17), ahef1963 (26), goldenmoon (30), smcwl (30), peterdj (55), SilentInAWay (136)

Thumbs down: Selliers

Score: 15.34

44
Pierre; or, The Ambiguities
by Herman Melville
668 members, 4 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

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

Thumbs down: aethercowboy

Score: 14.54

45
The Shining
by Stephen King
16,611 members, 348 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

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

Thumbs down: sturlington, Selliers

Score: 14.54

46
The House of Mirth
by Edith Wharton
7,683 members, 164 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 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

47
The Way of All Flesh
by Samuel Butler
2,827 members, 29 reviews
3.55 stars (3.55 stars)

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

Score: 14.46

48
The Wings of the Dove
by Henry James
2,673 members, 28 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

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

Thumbs down: peterdj

Score: 14.36

49
Needful Things
by Stephen King
8,171 members, 98 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: bearlyr (2), Insatiable8 (7), Shariami (8), aethercowboy (9), ahef1963 (38), ALWINN (49), lwbooklover (67), peterdj (85)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 14.35

50
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
by Barbara Ehrenreich
9,191 members, 185 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

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, aulsmith

Score: 14.08

51
Middlemarch
by George Eliot
13,286 members, 244 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: susiesharp (7), sjmccreary (9), ALWINN (12), ahef1963 (13), smcwl (15), peterdj (18), Cecrow (19), goldenmoon (34), SilentInAWay (97)

Thumbs down: sturlington, aethercowboy

Score: 13.85

53
Jude the Obscure
by Thomas Hardy
8,099 members, 108 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

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

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 13.71

54
Little, Big
by John Crowley
3,411 members, 95 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

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

Score: 13.61

55
Timequake
by Kurt Vonnegut
4,550 members, 41 reviews
3.55 stars (3.55 stars)

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

Thumbs down: aethercowboy

Score: 13.6

56
Howards End
by E. M. Forster
7,041 members, 99 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)

Thumbs down: merrystar, smcwl, sturlington

Score: 13.58

Explanations:

smcwl (0): have read

57
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
by Carson McCullers
8,466 members, 197 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

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

Thumbs down: sturlington, aulsmith

Score: 13.5

58
All the King's Men
by Robert Penn Warren
5,727 members, 105 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

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

Score: 13.16

59
The Histories
by Herodotus
8,046 members, 66 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

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

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Score: 13.02

60
The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt
by Albert Camus
3,162 members, 17 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

61
A Game of Thrones
by George R. R. Martin
30,861 members, 953 reviews
4.38 stars (4.38 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (2), TeriAndersonNeedham (5), guyalice (5), mnb48 (6), susiesharp (8), cmtl (9), ahef1963 (25), peterdj (40), ChingShih

Thumbs down: merrystar, sturlington, aethercowboy, auntSteelbreaker

Score: 12.65

62
Brideshead Revisited
by Evelyn Waugh
9,813 members, 209 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: Shariami (3), Peace2 (7), dnrm (7), Insatiable8 (9), ahef1963 (9), SilentInAWay (16), goldenmoon (25), lwbooklover (35), mmignano11 (39), eromsted (41), gennyt (44) — 1 more, ncgraham

Thumbs down: merrystar, sturlington, aethercowboy, aulsmith, peterdj, cpg

Score: 12.4

63
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
by Mary Roach
8,484 members, 396 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

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

Score: 12.38

64
Bleak House
by Charles Dickens
10,548 members, 206 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: briarhills (5), Simone2 (6), Peace2 (11), BookWallah (18), Cecrow (23), goldenmoon (26), ahef1963 (31), ALWINN (65), peterdj (72), SilentInAWay (108), ncgraham

Thumbs down: merrystar, aethercowboy, cpg, lilithcat

Score: 12.34

65
The Secret Agent
by Joseph Conrad
5,068 members, 85 reviews
3.62 stars (3.62 stars)

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

Thumbs down: peterdj

Score: 12.33

66
The Phantom of the Opera
by Gaston Leroux
8,973 members, 154 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

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

Thumbs down: sturlington, Kristelh

Score: 11.97

67
The Prince
by Niccolò Machiavelli
17,175 members, 170 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

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

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 11.91

68
Titus Alone / Gormenghast / Titus Groan
by Mervyn Peake
3,544 members, 54 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

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

Score: 11.83

69
The Mayor of Casterbridge
by Thomas Hardy
6,662 members, 95 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: Peace2 (15), ALWINN (39), goldenmoon (45), ahef1963 (54), smcwl (89), peterdj (108), SilentInAWay (146), ChingShih

Score: 11.66

70
The Return of the Native
by Thomas Hardy
6,318 members, 75 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

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

Thumbs down: aethercowboy

Score: 11.55

71
Misery
by Stephen King
10,857 members, 156 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (3), TeriAndersonNeedham (7), bearlyr (7), Shariami (13), smcwl (64), ALWINN (67), ahef1963 (78), peterdj (141)

Thumbs down: sturlington, Selliers

Score: 11.38

72
The Old Curiosity Shop
by Charles Dickens
4,143 members, 50 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

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

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, cpg

Score: 11.04

73
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Diaz
10,463 members, 407 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: Simone2 (5), guyalice (21), ahef1963 (36), goldenmoon (39), ALWINN (69), eromsted (81), peterdj (83), SilentInAWay (151)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 10.97

74
My Ántonia
by Willa Cather
10,672 members, 244 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

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

Thumbs down: merrystar, aethercowboy

Score: 10.43

75
Artemis Fowl
by Eoin Colfer
14,906 members, 355 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: SnowcatCradle (7), Peace2 (23), goldenmoon (50), ahef1963 (61), smcwl (66), gennyt (81), peterdj (120), mmignano11 (135)

Thumbs down: aethercowboy

Score: 10.34

76
The Book of Lost Tales, Part 1
by J. R. R. Tolkien
4,195 members, 18 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)

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

Thumbs down: aethercowboy

Score: 10.08

77
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
by Jung Chang
6,798 members, 139 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

78
Surfacing
by Margaret Atwood
3,592 members, 88 reviews
3.37 stars (3.37 stars)

Lists: FelixWhelan (6), featherbooks (24), guyalice (28), ahef1963 (50), peterdj (103), mmignano11 (177)

Score: 9.96

79
The Art of War
by Sunzi
15,704 members, 165 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

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

Score: 9.91

80
Agnes Grey
by Anne Brontë
3,892 members, 122 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Lists: sturlington (5), Simone2 (20), merrystar (30), Peace2 (31), goldenmoon (71), mmignano11 (113), ALWINN (131)

Thumbs down: cpg

Score: 9.76

81
The Children's Book
by A. S. Byatt
3,212 members, 183 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (6), Simone2 (19), merrystar (29), goldenmoon (82), smcwl (114), mmignano11 (252)

Score: 9.75

82
The God of Small Things
by Arundhati Roy
15,814 members, 289 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

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

Thumbs down: konallis, SilentInAWay

Score: 9.68

83
Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf
15,617 members, 273 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: Edward (1), lwbooklover (3), ahef1963 (19), ALWINN (22), smcwl (32), gennyt (45), eromsted

Thumbs down: peterdj, lilithcat, SilentInAWay

Score: 9.6

84
The Age of Innocence
by Edith Wharton
10,713 members, 244 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

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

Thumbs down: merrystar, sturlington

Score: 9.52

85
Baudolino
by Umberto Eco
6,446 members, 84 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: merrystar (28), smcwl (38), goldenmoon (75), sjmccreary (114), SilentInAWay (118), peterdj (133), mmignano11 (148)

Score: 9.47

86
Nostromo
by Joseph Conrad
3,682 members, 40 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

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

Score: 9.43

87
Saving Fish from Drowning
by Amy Tan
3,955 members, 95 reviews
3.39 stars (3.39 stars)

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

Score: 9.42

88
O Pioneers!
by Willa Cather
4,734 members, 121 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

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

Score: 9.37

89
Madame Bovary
by Gustave Flaubert
20,127 members, 307 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: lwbooklover (6), susiesharp (9), nedhyu (12), ahef1963 (12), ALWINN (13), BookWallah (17), gennyt (21), merrystar (27), guyalice (101), eromsted, ncgraham

Thumbs down: smcwl, JuliaMaria, sturlington, peterdj, lilithcat, SilentInAWay

Score: 9.35

90
The Second Sex
by Simone de Beauvoir
3,712 members, 25 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

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

Score: 9.21

91
Main Street
by Sinclair Lewis
3,282 members, 56 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

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

Score: 9.2

92
Weaveworld
by Clive Barker
3,408 members, 41 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: briarhills (8), ahef1963 (41), goldenmoon (63), smcwl (82), peterdj (88), mmignano11 (170)

Score: 9.12

93
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
by William Shakespeare
24,781 members, 141 reviews
4.59 stars (4.59 stars)

Lists: BookWallah (4), Edward (5), lwbooklover (18), kara.shamy (20), merrystar (26), Peace2 (27), ahef1963 (117), ChingShih, ncgraham

Thumbs down: sturlington, peterdj, lilithcat, SilentInAWay

Score: 9.05

94
Villette
by Charlotte Brontë
6,775 members, 117 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: featherbooks (23), ahef1963 (27), mmignano11 (52), ALWINN (54), goldenmoon (62), peterdj (65), ncgraham

Thumbs down: cpg

Score: 9.04

95
Underworld
by Don DeLillo
6,585 members, 65 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: SilentInAWay (11), lwbooklover (22), eromsted (22), mmignano11 (28), gennyt (29), peterdj (33)

Thumbs down: Selliers

Score: 9.02

96
Dolores Claiborne
by Stephen King
6,276 members, 68 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)

Lists: bearlyr (8), TeriAndersonNeedham (13), merrystar (25), smcwl (49), lwbooklover (74), ALWINN (75), ahef1963 (80), peterdj (147)

Thumbs down: sturlington, Selliers

Score: 9

97
The Moor's Last Sigh
by Salman Rushdie
3,087 members, 26 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: SilentInAWay (21), mmignano11 (41), lwbooklover (46), gennyt (47), goldenmoon (48), peterdj (48), eromsted (68)

Thumbs down: ShilpaU

Score: 8.95

98
Winter's Tale
by Mark Helprin
3,932 members, 123 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: Cecrow (4), guyalice (11), merrystar (23), gennyt (52), peterdj (54), SilentInAWay (170)

Thumbs down: Selliers

Score: 8.92

99
The Bookseller of Kabul
by Åsne Seierstad
4,734 members, 144 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

Lists: Simone2 (9), sjmccreary (41), goldenmoon (65), smcwl (73), cej1027 (98), mmignano11 (273)

Score: 8.92

100
A People's History of the United States
by Howard Zinn
11,207 members, 113 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

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

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Score: 8.91

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