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1
Vanity Fair
by William Makepeace Thackeray
13,285 members, 182 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 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: posquacchera, ManWithAnAgenda, aethercowboy, lilithcat

Score: 69.59

2
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
by Milan Kundera
20,732 members, 246 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
22,089 members, 386 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) — 8 more, HxBuff (4), sjmccreary (6), mmignano11 (9), lwbooklover (10), ALWINN (11), guyalice (100), ManWithAnAgenda (256), ChingShih

Thumbs down: reconditereader, sturlington, aethercowboy, peterdj, SilentInAWay

Score: 44.93

4
Pillars of the Earth
by Ken Follett
24,714 members, 710 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (1), dnrm (1), jaysbooks (1), dhm (2), Baldrian (2), romanccm (2), JackAch (2), HxBuff (3), JuliaMaria (3), cmtl (3), susiesharp (3) — 7 more, peterdj (7), sjmccreary (7), ALWINN (7), SilentInAWay (8), kara.shamy (72), smcwl (111), ManWithAnAgenda (255)

Thumbs down: reconditereader, Selliers, sturlington, aethercowboy

Score: 42.97

Explanations:

sturlington (0): Didn't finish.

5
On the Road
by Jack Kerouac
25,712 members, 356 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 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: posquacchera, sturlington, aethercowboy, lilithcat, aulsmith

Score: 42.46

Explanations:

sturlington (0): Didn't finish.

6
The Golden Notebook
by Doris Lessing
4,889 members, 79 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Lists: Kristelh (1), FelixWhelan (1), gennyt (1), ALWINN (1), goldenmoon (2), zhangyinwe (2), merrystar (4), peterdj (4), mmignano11 (4), thorold (5), SilentInAWay (6) — 4 more, lwbooklover (9), Cecrow (13), eromsted (62), ManWithAnAgenda (254)

Thumbs down: aethercowboy

Score: 41.29

7
A Farewell to Arms
by Ernest Hemingway
20,038 members, 218 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: brhill45 (1), Shariami (1), ro155 (1), Cecrow (1), Insatiable8 (3), lavergne_rsl (3), BookWallah (3), HxBuff (5), cmtl (5), romanccm (8), smcwl (11) — 8 more, ALWINN (14), eromsted (23), gennyt (25), SilentInAWay (29), lwbooklover (81), guyalice (91), ManWithAnAgenda (253), ChingShih

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, peterdj, auntSteelbreaker, aulsmith

Score: 39.4

8
Dracula
by Bram Stoker
29,638 members, 550 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 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) — 8 more, peterdj (10), gennyt (10), BookWallah (13), sjmccreary (13), SilentInAWay (33), ALWINN (48), guyalice (90), ChingShih

Thumbs down: ManWithAnAgenda, reconditereader, sturlington, aethercowboy, lilithcat, aulsmith

Score: 34.81

Explanations:

reconditereader (0): Read and reread

sturlington (0): Read and reread

9
The Moonstone
by Wilkie Collins
9,719 members, 229 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: Peace2 (1), camon63 (1), sjmccreary (1), SilentInAWay (1), dhm (3), goldenmoon (3), Baldrian (3), peterdj (3), smcwl (4), ALWINN (4), HxBuff (6) — 4 more, jaysbooks (9), Cecrow (12), lwbooklover (13), ncgraham

Thumbs down: ManWithAnAgenda, merrystar, sturlington, aethercowboy, lilithcat

Score: 34.59

Explanations:

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

10
Fathers and Sons
by Ivan Turgenev
7,769 members, 116 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) — 6 more, ALWINN (15), SilentInAWay (18), lwbooklover (37), eromsted (49), ManWithAnAgenda (252), ncgraham

Thumbs down: Selliers, aethercowboy

Score: 34.5

11
The Power and the Glory
by Graham Greene
7,004 members, 111 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: Shariami (2), Peace2 (3), dnrm (3), dhm (5), goldenmoon (6), romanccm (6), ahef1963 (6), featherbooks (10), Kristelh (11), sjmccreary (12), Cecrow (18) — 5 more, peterdj (23), mmignano11 (43), ncgraham (59), SilentInAWay (148), ManWithAnAgenda (251)

Thumbs down: aethercowboy

Score: 33.31

12
Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens
20,862 members, 202 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: bukowskientrepapas (1), merrystar (2), featherbooks (2), briarhills (2), brhill45 (3), jaysbooks (3), ahef1963 (3), Kristelh (4), nedhyu (5), smcwl (5), Cecrow (5) — 6 more, HxBuff (8), ALWINN (16), guyalice (105), ManWithAnAgenda (250), ncgraham, eromsted

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

Score: 31.92

13
The Satanic Verses
by Salman Rushdie
10,748 members, 128 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 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: ManWithAnAgenda, aethercowboy, SilentInAWay

Score: 31.68

14
The Last Tycoon
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
2,435 members, 21 reviews
3.44 stars (3.44 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) — 2 more, lwbooklover (96), ManWithAnAgenda (249)

Score: 26.43

15
The Man in the Iron Mask
by Alexandre Dumas
5,144 members, 32 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: jenniebooks (3), Rennee (4), aethercowboy (8), lahochstetler (8), dhm (11), HxBuff (12), Kristelh (13), mmignano11 (15), goldenmoon (16), gennyt (18), susiesharp (20) — 4 more, SilentInAWay (78), ManWithAnAgenda (248), ncgraham, ChingShih

Thumbs down: peterdj, aulsmith

Score: 26.27

16
The History of the Peloponnesian War
by Thucydides
6,909 members, 52 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 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) — 4 more, lwbooklover (42), peterdj (44), eromsted (58), ManWithAnAgenda (247)

Thumbs down: merrystar

Score: 25.26

17
On the Origin of Species
by Charles Darwin
12,409 members, 103 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 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: ManWithAnAgenda, aethercowboy, SilentInAWay

Score: 24.76

18
Journey to the Center of the Earth
by Jules Verne
12,481 members, 192 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 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: ManWithAnAgenda, aethercowboy, sturlington, aulsmith

Score: 24.56

Explanations:

sturlington (0): Read

19
Angela's Ashes
by Frank McCourt
20,418 members, 324 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), kara.shamy (41) — 2 more, peterdj (41), eromsted

Thumbs down: Selliers

Score: 23.65

20
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
by Jared Diamond
22,519 members, 339 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

21
The Portrait of a Lady
by Henry James
10,085 members, 119 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 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: ManWithAnAgenda, aethercowboy, peterdj

Score: 23.54

22
The Island of Dr. Moreau
by H. G. Wells
6,351 members, 161 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) — 1 more, ManWithAnAgenda (246)

Thumbs down: sturlington, aethercowboy

Score: 23.06

23
To the Lighthouse
by Virginia Woolf
16,199 members, 240 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: ManWithAnAgenda, merrystar, aethercowboy

Score: 22.67

24
The Red and the Black
by Stendhal
8,476 members, 117 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) — 2 more, eromsted (54), ManWithAnAgenda (245)

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, peterdj, SilentInAWay

Score: 22.65

25
The Robber Bride
by Margaret Atwood
6,905 members, 126 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 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: reconditereader, sturlington

Score: 22.4

Explanations:

sturlington (0): Read

26
The Glass Bead Game
by Hermann Hesse
6,240 members, 90 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 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

28
The Three Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas père
18,877 members, 228 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) — 4 more, guyalice (97), ManWithAnAgenda (243), ncgraham, ChingShih

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, peterdj, aulsmith

Score: 22.03

29
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess
23,450 members, 359 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: mnb48 (1), TeriAndersonNeedham (2), dnrm (2), romanccm (5), Rennee (7), gennyt (12), SilentInAWay (12), peterdj (13), dhm (17), mmignano11 (23), lwbooklover (57) — 2 more, guyalice (89), ManWithAnAgenda (242)

Thumbs down: reconditereader, sturlington, aethercowboy, lilithcat

Score: 21.84

30
Never Let Me Go
by Kazuo Ishiguro
20,341 members, 886 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 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: ManWithAnAgenda, Selliers, sturlington, aethercowboy, peterdj

Score: 21.46

Explanations:

sturlington (0): Read

31
The Devil in the White City
by Erik Larson
19,548 members, 652 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) — 1 more, ManWithAnAgenda (241)

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, Selliers, lilithcat, aulsmith

Score: 21.35

32
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
by Laurence Sterne
7,031 members, 104 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: ManWithAnAgenda, SilentInAWay

Score: 20.97

33
Our Mutual Friend
by Charles Dickens
5,211 members, 92 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: fvg (1), featherbooks (14), nedhyu (15), goldenmoon (22), ALWINN (23), Cecrow (24), mmignano11 (26), dhm (28), gennyt (28), peterdj (32), SilentInAWay (162) — 2 more, ManWithAnAgenda (240), ncgraham

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, cpg

Score: 20.31

34
The Prophet
by Kahlil Gibran
12,475 members, 152 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: lwbooklover (1), suitable1 (1), dnrm (4), ahef1963 (9), romanccm (10), smcwl (14), BookWallah (14), mmignano11 (16), HxBuff (18), peterdj (26), kara.shamy (42) — 1 more, eromsted (59)

Thumbs down: sturlington, Bookkat33, lilithcat, SilentInAWay

Score: 20.25

35
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith
14,622 members, 403 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) — 3 more, peterdj (69), ManWithAnAgenda (244), ncgraham

Thumbs down: MccMichaelR, merrystar, aethercowboy, Selliers, eromsted

Score: 20.16

36
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
48,101 members, 1,234 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 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: ManWithAnAgenda, BookWallah, aethercowboy, jaysbooks, eromsted

Score: 20.15

37
The Kindly Ones
by Jonathan Littell
2,648 members, 91 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

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

Score: 19.46

38
The Blind Assassin
by Margaret Atwood
15,316 members, 364 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 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

39
Jude the Obscure
by Thomas Hardy
9,318 members, 128 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), ManWithAnAgenda (239) — 1 more, ChingShih

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 18.3

40
Needful Things
by Stephen King
9,532 members, 111 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), ManWithAnAgenda (238)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 17.94

41
Winesburg, Ohio
by Sherwood Anderson
5,415 members, 117 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 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: ManWithAnAgenda, aethercowboy, merrystar

Score: 17.6

42
The Shining
by Stephen King
20,084 members, 413 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: ManWithAnAgenda, sturlington, Selliers

Score: 16.88

43
Beloved
by Toni Morrison
20,163 members, 377 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: ManWithAnAgenda, reconditereader, aethercowboy, sturlington, eromsted

Score: 15.92

44
The Mill on the Floss
by George Eliot
7,809 members, 108 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: ManWithAnAgenda, aethercowboy, sturlington

Score: 15.88

45
Far from the Madding Crowd
by Thomas Hardy
10,075 members, 177 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: ManWithAnAgenda, aethercowboy, SilentInAWay, aulsmith

Score: 15.77

46
Girl with a Pearl Earring
by Tracy Chevalier
16,216 members, 302 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

47
Pierre; or, The Ambiguities
by Herman Melville
676 members, 4 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: Insatiable8 (8), featherbooks (15), lwbooklover (15), goldenmoon (24), mmignano11 (25), gennyt (27), peterdj (30), ManWithAnAgenda (237), thorold

Thumbs down: aethercowboy

Score: 15.56

48
The House of Mirth
by Edith Wharton
8,774 members, 186 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) — 2 more, ManWithAnAgenda (236), ncgraham

Thumbs down: merrystar, sturlington, lilithcat

Score: 15.54

49
The Way of All Flesh
by Samuel Butler
3,253 members, 36 reviews
3.55 stars (3.55 stars)

Lists: CapitalHackels (2), smcwl (19), peterdj (20), gennyt (20), ALWINN (52), mmignano11 (53), eromsted (73), SilentInAWay (208), ManWithAnAgenda (235)

Score: 15.48

50
The Wings of the Dove
by Henry James
3,088 members, 34 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Lists: mmignano11 (12), nedhyu (13), gennyt (15), ALWINN (17), smcwl (25), goldenmoon (32), lwbooklover (44), eromsted (63), ManWithAnAgenda (234), ncgraham

Thumbs down: peterdj

Score: 15.38

51
The Corrections
by Jonathan Franzen
15,642 members, 328 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: ManWithAnAgenda, aethercowboy, Selliers, sturlington, sudsjoe, jaysbooks

Score: 15.2

Explanations:

sturlington (0): Read

52
Middlemarch
by George Eliot
15,723 members, 295 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

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

Thumbs down: ManWithAnAgenda, sturlington, aethercowboy

Score: 14.99

53
All the King's Men
by Robert Penn Warren
6,601 members, 117 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

54
The Histories
by Herodotus
8,833 members, 77 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 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: ManWithAnAgenda, aethercowboy

Score: 14.51

55
Main Street
by Sinclair Lewis
3,730 members, 65 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: brhill45 (7), FelixWhelan (7), HxBuff (33), ALWINN (36), goldenmoon (61), smcwl (86), cej1027 (99), SilentInAWay (180), ManWithAnAgenda (233)

Score: 14.35

56
The Return of the Native
by Thomas Hardy
7,221 members, 87 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: SilentInAWay (14), lwbooklover (26), smcwl (27), HxBuff (28), mmignano11 (32), eromsted (34), peterdj (35), ManWithAnAgenda (232), ncgraham, ChingShih

Thumbs down: aethercowboy

Score: 14.32

57
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
by Barbara Ehrenreich
10,147 members, 199 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

58
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Díaz
11,988 members, 457 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: Simone2 (5), guyalice (21), ahef1963 (25), goldenmoon (39), kara.shamy (43), ALWINN (69), eromsted (81), peterdj (83), SilentInAWay (151), ManWithAnAgenda (231)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 13.71

59
Timequake
by Kurt Vonnegut
5,015 members, 52 reviews
3.54 stars (3.54 stars)

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

Thumbs down: aethercowboy

Score: 13.6

60
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
by Mary Roach
9,843 members, 433 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: SnowcatCradle (6), dara85 (13), sjmccreary (14), susiesharp (36), gennyt (57), mmignano11 (86), smcwl (95), ManWithAnAgenda (230)

Score: 13.44

61
My Ántonia
by Willa Cather
12,308 members, 260 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: sturlington (9), Shariami (9), Cecrow (15), HxBuff (29), smcwl (31), goldenmoon (40), peterdj (60), gennyt (66), ManWithAnAgenda (229), ncgraham

Thumbs down: merrystar, aethercowboy

Score: 13.19

62
The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt
by Albert Camus
3,687 members, 22 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

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

Score: 12.98

63
The Art of War
by Sun Tzu
19,551 members, 214 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: Cecrow (14), HxBuff (30), goldenmoon (55), smcwl (68), peterdj (99), SilentInAWay (115), mmignano11 (134), ManWithAnAgenda (227), ChingShih

Score: 12.66

64
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
by Carson McCullers
9,832 members, 221 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)

Thumbs down: ManWithAnAgenda, sturlington, aulsmith

Score: 12.3

65
The God of Small Things
by Arundhati Roy
17,975 members, 327 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: auntSteelbreaker (2), Peace2 (14), romanccm (22), sjmccreary (27), lwbooklover (30), kara.shamy (44), peterdj (73), ManWithAnAgenda (226), eromsted

Thumbs down: konallis, SilentInAWay

Score: 12.27

66
The Secret Agent
by Joseph Conrad
5,915 members, 96 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

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

Thumbs down: ManWithAnAgenda, peterdj

Score: 12.12

67
O Pioneers!
by Willa Cather
5,589 members, 150 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: dara85 (6), HxBuff (31), goldenmoon (60), smcwl (80), peterdj (91), SilentInAWay (185), ManWithAnAgenda (225), ncgraham

Score: 12.1

68
The Old Curiosity Shop
by Charles Dickens
4,986 members, 59 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: Cecrow (9), Rennee (10), smcwl (28), gennyt (39), peterdj (42), goldenmoon (47), guyalice (96), SilentInAWay (171), ManWithAnAgenda (224), ncgraham

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, cpg

Score: 12.07

69
The Prince
by Niccolò Machiavelli
20,752 members, 231 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

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

Thumbs down: ManWithAnAgenda, sturlington

Score: 11.69

70
Little, Big
by John Crowley
3,834 members, 106 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

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

Thumbs down: reconditereader

Score: 11.61

71
Howards End
by E. M. Forster
8,049 members, 123 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: ManWithAnAgenda, merrystar, smcwl, sturlington

Score: 11.58

Explanations:

smcwl (0): have read

72
A People's History of the United States
by Howard Zinn
13,319 members, 144 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: romanccm (21), Cecrow (25), HxBuff (36), mmignano11 (45), goldenmoon (49), peterdj (57), gennyt (60), lwbooklover (89), ManWithAnAgenda (223)

Thumbs down: eromsted

Score: 11.58

73
The Mayor of Casterbridge
by Thomas Hardy
7,632 members, 103 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

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

Thumbs down: ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 11.53

74
Surfacing
by Margaret Atwood
4,010 members, 98 reviews
3.39 stars (3.39 stars)

Lists: FelixWhelan (6), featherbooks (24), guyalice (28), ahef1963 (37), peterdj (103), mmignano11 (177), ManWithAnAgenda (222)

Score: 11.11

75
Moll Flanders
by Daniel Defoe
6,950 members, 98 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), ManWithAnAgenda (221)

Thumbs down: sturlington, konallis, SilentInAWay

Score: 11.04

76
The Phantom of the Opera
by Gaston Leroux
10,969 members, 179 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: Rennee (3), lahochstetler (7), peterdj (12), mmignano11 (13), gennyt (16), goldenmoon (33), SilentInAWay (114), ManWithAnAgenda (220), ChingShih

Thumbs down: reconditereader, sturlington, Kristelh

Score: 11.01

Explanations:

reconditereader (0): This was bonkers

77
A Game of Thrones
by George R. R. Martin
37,001 members, 1,071 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

Thumbs down: ManWithAnAgenda, merrystar, sturlington, aethercowboy, auntSteelbreaker

Score: 10.94

78
In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote
21,076 members, 416 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

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

Thumbs down: ManWithAnAgenda, sturlington, peterdj, lilithcat

Score: 10.8

79
Winter's Tale
by Mark Helprin
4,367 members, 136 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

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

Thumbs down: Selliers

Score: 10.59

80
The Age of Innocence
by Edith Wharton
12,469 members, 280 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: featherbooks (8), lahochstetler (9), mmignano11 (33), goldenmoon (43), ALWINN (44), peterdj (47), guyalice (99), SilentInAWay (105), ManWithAnAgenda (219)

Thumbs down: merrystar, sturlington

Score: 10.56

81
Bleak House
by Charles Dickens
12,311 members, 227 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 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: ManWithAnAgenda, merrystar, aethercowboy, cpg, lilithcat

Score: 10.54

82
Misery
by Stephen King
13,062 members, 179 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (3), TeriAndersonNeedham (7), bearlyr (7), Shariami (13), smcwl (64), ahef1963 (64), ALWINN (67), peterdj (141), ManWithAnAgenda (218)

Thumbs down: reconditereader, sturlington, Selliers

Score: 10.49

83
Nostromo
by Joseph Conrad
4,300 members, 53 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: Simone2 (8), CapitalHackels (15), goldenmoon (58), smcwl (84), peterdj (144), SilentInAWay (177), ManWithAnAgenda (215)

Score: 10.48

84
Saving Fish from Drowning
by Amy Tan
4,380 members, 98 reviews
3.39 stars (3.39 stars)

Lists: guyalice (13), goldenmoon (46), lwbooklover (50), gennyt (55), peterdj (61), eromsted (72), ManWithAnAgenda (216)

Score: 10.46

85
Artemis Fowl
by Eoin Colfer
17,559 members, 392 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

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

Thumbs down: aethercowboy

Score: 10.43

86
Roots
by Alex Haley
5,986 members, 79 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Lists: merrystar (11), TeriAndersonNeedham (22), HxBuff (47), kara.shamy (73), ManWithAnAgenda (205), ALWINN (219), ChingShih

Score: 10.36

87
Dolores Claiborne
by Stephen King
7,467 members, 84 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: bearlyr (8), TeriAndersonNeedham (13), merrystar (23), smcwl (49), ahef1963 (66), lwbooklover (74), ALWINN (75), peterdj (147), ManWithAnAgenda (217)

Thumbs down: sturlington, Selliers

Score: 10.14

88
Underworld
by Don DeLillo
7,354 members, 78 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: SilentInAWay (11), lwbooklover (22), eromsted (22), mmignano11 (28), gennyt (29), peterdj (33), ManWithAnAgenda (214)

Thumbs down: Selliers

Score: 10.07

89
Wild Swans: Three Daughters of China
by Jung Chang
7,663 members, 152 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

90
The Hundred Secret Senses
by Amy Tan
5,305 members, 61 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: Shariami (14), guyalice (33), ahef1963 (43), smcwl (59), peterdj (111), ManWithAnAgenda (213), mmignano11 (240)

Score: 10.04

91
The Children's Book
by A. S. Byatt
3,584 members, 201 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

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

Score: 9.78

92
The Things They Carried
by Tim O'Brien
12,669 members, 360 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: romanccm (20), mmignano11 (30), gennyt (31), lwbooklover (41), goldenmoon (51), eromsted (57), ncgraham (61), peterdj (66), ManWithAnAgenda (212)

Thumbs down: sturlington, aethercowboy

Score: 9.71

93
Lord Jim
by Joseph Conrad
8,149 members, 101 reviews
3.69 stars (3.69 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (38), ALWINN (43), HxBuff (45), smcwl (63), peterdj (104), SilentInAWay (112), ManWithAnAgenda (211)

Score: 9.67

94
Sons and Lovers
by D. H. Lawrence
8,694 members, 89 reviews
3.58 stars (3.58 stars)

Lists: sturlington (2), merrystar (21), SilentInAWay (62), goldenmoon (86), ahef1963 (98), ALWINN (108), ManWithAnAgenda (210)

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 9.53

95
Baudolino
by Umberto Eco
7,256 members, 98 reviews
3.54 stars (3.54 stars)

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

Score: 9.5

96
Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Zora Neale Hurston
16,923 members, 314 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: SnowcatCradle (9), Shariami (16), merrystar (20), smcwl (40), susiesharp (46), ahef1963 (69), gennyt (87), ALWINN (94), peterdj (154), ManWithAnAgenda (209)

Thumbs down: sturlington, lilithcat, eromsted

Score: 9.5

97
The Ambassadors
by Henry James
3,574 members, 39 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: mmignano11 (21), ALWINN (21), gennyt (22), SilentInAWay (23), lwbooklover (49), eromsted (71), ManWithAnAgenda (208)

Thumbs down: peterdj

Score: 9.35

98
Weaveworld
by Clive Barker
3,824 members, 49 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

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

Score: 9.25

99
The Second Sex [abridged English translation by H. M. Parshley]
by Simone de Beauvoir
4,121 members, 28 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

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

Score: 9.22

100
Anthem
by Ayn Rand
9,588 members, 196 reviews
3.58 stars (3.58 stars)

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

Score: 9.2

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