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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
11,204 members, 153 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: 69.58

2
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
by Milan Kundera
17,905 members, 208 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

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

Thumbs down: sturlington, aethercowboy, peterdj

Score: 43.36

Explanations:

sturlington (0): Read, unfortunately

3
The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas père
17,166 members, 311 reviews
4.33 stars (4.33 stars)

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

Thumbs down: sturlington, aethercowboy, peterdj, SilentInAWay

Score: 42.13

4
The Pillars of the Earth
by Ken Follett
20,965 members, 645 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (1), dnrm (1), jaysbooks (1), Baldrian (2), romanccm (2), JackAch (2), JuliaMaria (3), cmtl (3), ahef1963 (3), susiesharp (3), peterdj (7) — 3 more, sjmccreary (7), ALWINN (7), SilentInAWay (8)

Thumbs down: Selliers, sturlington, aethercowboy

Score: 38

Explanations:

sturlington (0): Didn't finish.

5
On the Road
by Jack Kerouac
22,528 members, 310 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: Leeleelittle (1), featherbooks (1), nedhyu (2), smcwl (2), Simone2 (2), FelixWhelan (2), luke4 (2), JuliaMaria (4), susiesharp (5), SilentInAWay (9), BookWallah (11) — 6 more, gennyt (19), mmignano11 (20), lwbooklover (21), peterdj (25), guyalice (104), eromsted

Thumbs down: sturlington, aethercowboy, lilithcat, aulsmith

Score: 37.12

Explanations:

sturlington (0): Didn't finish.

6
The Golden Notebook
by Doris Lessing
4,104 members, 64 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)

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

Thumbs down: aethercowboy

Score: 34.09

7
A Farewell to Arms
by Ernest Hemingway
16,943 members, 187 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: Shariami (1), ro155 (1), Cecrow (1), Insatiable8 (3), lavergne_rsl (3), BookWallah (3), cmtl (5), ahef1963 (6), romanccm (8), ALWINN (14), smcwl (22) — 6 more, eromsted (23), gennyt (25), SilentInAWay (29), lwbooklover (81), guyalice (91), ChingShih

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, peterdj, auntSteelbreaker, aulsmith

Score: 33.92

8
The Moonstone
by Wilkie Collins
8,036 members, 185 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: Peace2 (1), camon63 (1), sjmccreary (1), SilentInAWay (1), ahef1963 (2), Baldrian (3), peterdj (3), ALWINN (4), smcwl (5), jaysbooks (9), Cecrow (12) — 2 more, lwbooklover (13), ncgraham

Thumbs down: sturlington, aethercowboy, lilithcat

Score: 33.16

Explanations:

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

9
The Satanic Verses
by Salman Rushdie
9,280 members, 104 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: luke4 (1), Kristelh (2), guyalice (2), suitable1 (2), Baldrian (4), smcwl (4), lwbooklover (4), ahef1963 (7), peterdj (8), BookWallah (10), gennyt (11) — 3 more, mmignano11 (17), Cecrow (31), eromsted

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, SilentInAWay

Score: 33.1

10
Fathers and Sons
by Ivan Turgenev
6,385 members, 95 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

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

Thumbs down: Selliers, aethercowboy

Score: 30.51

11
The Power and the Glory
by Graham Greene
5,774 members, 76 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

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

Thumbs down: aethercowboy

Score: 28.4

12
Dracula
by Bram Stoker
23,824 members, 478 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: Peace2 (2), lavergne_rsl (2), briarhills (3), nedhyu (6), featherbooks (6), Rennee (8), Cecrow (8), peterdj (10), gennyt (10), BookWallah (13), sjmccreary (13) — 5 more, smcwl (14), SilentInAWay (33), ALWINN (48), guyalice (90), ChingShih

Thumbs down: sturlington, aethercowboy, lilithcat, aulsmith

Score: 28.21

Explanations:

sturlington (0): Read and reread

13
To the Lighthouse
by Virginia Woolf
13,514 members, 199 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: Bookkat33 (1), featherbooks (3), mnb48 (4), nedhyu (7), smcwl (11), jaysbooks (11), Cecrow (17), ahef1963 (23), ALWINN (26), peterdj (31), gennyt (49) — 2 more, guyalice (98), SilentInAWay (99)

Thumbs down: aethercowboy

Score: 26.03

14
Never Let Me Go
by Kazuo Ishiguro
16,938 members, 776 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: Patricia_Elizabeth (1), ALWINN (2), SilentInAWay (2), lwbooklover (2), mmignano11 (3), lahochstetler (3), ahef1963 (4), Peace2 (5), smcwl (17), nedhyu (20), guyalice (88) — 1 more, thorold

Thumbs down: Selliers, sturlington, aethercowboy, peterdj

Score: 25.88

Explanations:

sturlington (0): Read

15
The Portrait of a Lady
by Henry James
8,488 members, 98 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: 25.53

16
The Robber Bride
by Margaret Atwood
6,172 members, 115 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: aethercowboy (2), lavergne_rsl (4), Kristelh (7), featherbooks (7), guyalice (7), sjmccreary (10), ahef1963 (11), susiesharp (11), smcwl (19), peterdj (19), ALWINN (27) — 1 more, mmignano11 (37)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 25.42

Explanations:

sturlington (0): Read

17
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith
12,000 members, 346 reviews
4.33 stars (4.33 stars)

Lists: aethercowboy (1), cmtl (1), .Yvonne (1), sturlington (7), mnb48 (7), sjmccreary (16), guyalice (24), smcwl (31), ahef1963 (33), SilentInAWay (46), peterdj (69) — 1 more, ncgraham

Thumbs down: Selliers, eromsted

Score: 24.66

18
The Corrections
by Jonathan Franzen
14,002 members, 301 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

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

Thumbs down: Selliers, sturlington, sudsjoe, jaysbooks

Score: 24.56

Explanations:

sturlington (0): Read

19
Winesburg, Ohio
by Sherwood Anderson
4,617 members, 91 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: FelixWhelan (4), CapitalHackels (4), jaysbooks (7), aethercowboy (8), featherbooks (9), smcwl (30), Cecrow (34), gennyt (42), SilentInAWay (44), eromsted (67), peterdj (77) — 1 more, mmignano11 (190)

Score: 23.12

20
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
by Laurence Sterne
5,871 members, 78 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: gennyt (3), briarhills (4), CapitalHackels (7), jaysbooks (10), aethercowboy (11), ahef1963 (12), peterdj (16), Cecrow (16), smcwl (23), lwbooklover (34), eromsted (38)

Thumbs down: SilentInAWay

Score: 22.02

21
The Big Over Easy
by Jasper Fforde
5,133 members, 168 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: Shariami (4), aethercowboy (5), Rennee (5), Peace2 (8), susiesharp (13), peterdj (17), gennyt (17), mmignano11 (19), smcwl (40), guyalice (102)

Score: 21.37

22
The Three Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas
14,902 members, 192 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: jaysbooks (5), aethercowboy (6), cmtl (8), Rennee (9), nedhyu (14), BookWallah (15), susiesharp (18), mmignano11 (31), smcwl (42), SilentInAWay (51), guyalice (97) — 2 more, ncgraham, ChingShih

Thumbs down: peterdj, aulsmith

Score: 20.95

23
Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens
16,675 members, 170 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: bukowskientrepapas (1), featherbooks (2), briarhills (2), jaysbooks (3), Kristelh (4), nedhyu (5), Cecrow (5), smcwl (8), ahef1963 (15), ALWINN (16), guyalice (105) — 2 more, ncgraham, eromsted

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

Score: 20.82

24
On the Origin of Species
by Charles Darwin
10,108 members, 88 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: jenniebooks (2), Edward (4), ahef1963 (5), lwbooklover (5), peterdj (6), nedhyu (8), mmignano11 (11), gennyt (14), smcwl (15), eromsted (24)

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, SilentInAWay

Score: 20.58

25
Journey to the Center of the Earth
by Jules Verne
9,429 members, 146 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: Rennee (2), cmtl (4), mmignano11 (7), Cecrow (7), SilentInAWay (7), ahef1963 (8), peterdj (11), BookWallah (12), lwbooklover (12), smcwl (16), ChingShih

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, sturlington, aulsmith

Score: 19.75

Explanations:

sturlington (0): Read

26
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess
19,787 members, 295 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

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

Thumbs down: sturlington, aethercowboy, lilithcat

Score: 19.59

27
Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
43,081 members, 1,143 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: mnb48 (3), Peace2 (4), guyalice (4), cmtl (6), ahef1963 (9), romanccm (14), peterdj (15), nedhyu (18), Cecrow (30), smcwl (47), lwbooklover (53) — 2 more, sjmccreary (109), ncgraham

Thumbs down: BookWallah, aethercowboy, jaysbooks, eromsted

Score: 19.21

28
The Red and the Black
by Stendhal
6,902 members, 91 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: MonaWilliams (1), gennyt (2), lwbooklover (8), romanccm (9), Kristelh (10), mmignano11 (14), ALWINN (18), nedhyu (19), smcwl (24), Cecrow (32), eromsted (54)

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, peterdj, SilentInAWay

Score: 19.19

29
The Glass Bead Game
by Hermann Hesse
5,265 members, 72 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: Cecrow (3), dnrm (5), nedhyu (16), featherbooks (16), smcwl (27), mmignano11 (29), gennyt (30), peterdj (34), eromsted (79), SilentInAWay (142)

Score: 19.06

30
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
by Jared Diamond
18,912 members, 272 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: BookWallah (1), mnb48 (5), CapitalHackels (6), romanccm (7), Kristelh (9), smcwl (21), peterdj (37), gennyt (51), lwbooklover (56), guyalice (92), ChingShih

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, jjwilson61

Score: 19.05

31
Beloved
by Toni Morrison
16,521 members, 294 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (1), aethercowboy (3), cmtl (7), guyalice (10), nedhyu (17), smcwl (29), SilentInAWay (35), ahef1963 (36), peterdj (46), ALWINN (46), mmignano11 (152)

Thumbs down: sturlington, eromsted

Score: 18.93

32
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (P.S.)
by Simon Winchester
9,396 members, 226 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: Shariami (5), dnrm (6), guyalice (8), Peace2 (10), romanccm (13), gennyt (34), kara.shamy (35), peterdj (38), smcwl (43), mmignano11 (66), SilentInAWay (213)

Thumbs down: lilithcat

Score: 18.89

33
The Last Tycoon
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
2,010 members, 14 reviews
3.46 stars (3.46 stars)

Lists: Bookkat33 (3), CapitalHackels (3), lavergne_rsl (5), peterdj (24), gennyt (24), smcwl (34), ALWINN (51), mmignano11 (54), lwbooklover (96)

Score: 18.28

34
The Man in the Iron Mask
by Alexandre Dumas
4,160 members, 27 reviews
3.8 stars (3.8 stars)

Lists: jenniebooks (3), Rennee (4), lahochstetler (8), Kristelh (13), mmignano11 (15), gennyt (18), susiesharp (20), smcwl (28), SilentInAWay (78), ncgraham, ChingShih

Thumbs down: peterdj, aulsmith

Score: 18.25

35
The Island of Dr. Moreau
by H. G. Wells
5,038 members, 134 reviews
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

Lists: Rennee (1), sjmccreary (3), peterdj (5), lahochstetler (5), mmignano11 (6), gennyt (8), smcwl (12), ALWINN (34), SilentInAWay (184)

Thumbs down: sturlington, aethercowboy

Score: 18.22

36
The Mill on the Floss
by George Eliot
6,553 members, 93 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: ALWINN (3), SilentInAWay (5), aethercowboy (7), Kristelh (8), ahef1963 (17), smcwl (20), peterdj (21), lwbooklover (25), eromsted (31)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 17.77

37
Angela's Ashes
by Frank McCourt
18,287 members, 295 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: guyalice (6), sjmccreary (8), romanccm (11), jaysbooks (13), SilentInAWay (15), ALWINN (19), lwbooklover (29), smcwl (35), peterdj (41), eromsted

Thumbs down: Selliers

Score: 17.71

38
The History of the Peloponnesian War
by Thucydides
5,818 members, 40 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: lavergne_rsl (6), romanccm (16), featherbooks (18), SilentInAWay (20), mmignano11 (38), gennyt (41), lwbooklover (42), peterdj (44), smcwl (53), eromsted (58)

Score: 17.64

39
The Blind Assassin
by Margaret Atwood
13,457 members, 333 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (1), lavergne_rsl (7), dnrm (8), aethercowboy (9), sjmccreary (11), guyalice (12), susiesharp (21), ALWINN (53), smcwl (59), peterdj (101)

Thumbs down: sturlington, SilentInAWay

Score: 17.55

40
The Kindly Ones
by Jonathan Littell
2,203 members, 78 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: romanccm (12), featherbooks (12), lwbooklover (14), mmignano11 (24), gennyt (26), peterdj (29), smcwl (38), SilentInAWay (210), thorold

Score: 17.37

42
The Prophet
by Kahlil Gibran
10,067 members, 117 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: lwbooklover (1), suitable1 (1), dnrm (4), romanccm (10), BookWallah (14), mmignano11 (16), ahef1963 (21), smcwl (25), peterdj (26), eromsted (59)

Thumbs down: sturlington, Bookkat33, lilithcat, SilentInAWay

Score: 16.02

43
Bleak House
by Charles Dickens
10,260 members, 199 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: briarhills (5), Simone2 (6), Peace2 (11), BookWallah (18), Cecrow (23), ahef1963 (34), ALWINN (65), peterdj (72), smcwl (77), SilentInAWay (108), ncgraham

Thumbs down: cpg, lilithcat

Score: 15.87

44
Howards End
by E. M. Forster
6,863 members, 97 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

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

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 15.71

45
Far from the Madding Crowd
by Thomas Hardy
8,209 members, 146 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

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

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, SilentInAWay, aulsmith

Score: 15.66

46
Our Mutual Friend
by Charles Dickens
4,330 members, 76 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (9), featherbooks (14), nedhyu (15), ALWINN (23), Cecrow (24), mmignano11 (26), gennyt (28), peterdj (32), smcwl (39), SilentInAWay (162), ncgraham

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, cpg

Score: 15.6

47
Needful Things
by Stephen King
7,985 members, 93 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: bearlyr (2), Insatiable8 (7), Shariami (8), aethercowboy (10), ahef1963 (41), ALWINN (49), lwbooklover (67), smcwl (84), peterdj (85)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 15.58

48
All the King's Men
by Robert Penn Warren
5,558 members, 100 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: SnowcatCradle (5), sturlington (8), smcwl (57), gennyt (61), peterdj (70), sjmccreary (110), mmignano11 (120), SilentInAWay (125), ncgraham

Score: 14.61

49
The House of Mirth
by Edith Wharton
7,524 members, 163 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: Peace2 (9), featherbooks (11), Cecrow (22), gennyt (32), ALWINN (32), smcwl (37), mmignano11 (49), peterdj (68), guyalice (93), SilentInAWay (128), ncgraham

Thumbs down: sturlington, lilithcat

Score: 14.37

50
Pierre; or, The Ambiguities
by Herman Melville
655 members, 4 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: Insatiable8 (8), featherbooks (15), lwbooklover (15), mmignano11 (25), gennyt (27), peterdj (30), smcwl (49), thorold

Thumbs down: aethercowboy

Score: 14.25

51
Brideshead Revisited
by Evelyn Waugh
9,541 members, 204 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: Shariami (3), Peace2 (7), dnrm (7), Insatiable8 (9), ahef1963 (10), SilentInAWay (16), lwbooklover (35), mmignano11 (39), smcwl (41), eromsted (41), gennyt (44) — 1 more, ncgraham

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

Score: 14.12

52
The Way of All Flesh
by Samuel Butler
2,748 members, 28 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: CapitalHackels (2), peterdj (20), gennyt (20), smcwl (45), ALWINN (52), mmignano11 (53), eromsted (73), SilentInAWay (208)

Score: 14.09

53
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
by Barbara Ehrenreich
9,057 members, 182 reviews
3.74 stars (3.74 stars)

Lists: dara85 (1), jaysbooks (2), gennyt (40), peterdj (43), lwbooklover (43), smcwl (48), mmignano11 (51), eromsted (61), ChingShih

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, aulsmith

Score: 13.83

54
The Secret Agent
by Joseph Conrad
4,924 members, 81 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: lavergne_rsl (8), SilentInAWay (19), nedhyu (21), sturlington (23), mmignano11 (35), gennyt (36), lwbooklover (39), eromsted (56), smcwl (86)

Thumbs down: peterdj

Score: 13.64

55
Timequake
by Kurt Vonnegut
4,462 members, 41 reviews
3.55 stars (3.55 stars)

Lists: SnowcatCradle (4), Rennee (6), peterdj (22), mmignano11 (22), gennyt (23), smcwl (36), lwbooklover (45), eromsted (64)

Thumbs down: aethercowboy

Score: 13.5

56
Jude the Obscure
by Thomas Hardy
7,896 members, 106 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: CapitalHackels (10), jaysbooks (12), Cecrow (20), ALWINN (28), peterdj (36), mmignano11 (40), smcwl (46), SilentInAWay (106), ChingShih

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 13.34

57
A Game of Thrones
by George R. R. Martin
29,779 members, 933 reviews
4.38 stars (4.38 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (2), guyalice (5), mnb48 (6), susiesharp (8), cmtl (9), ahef1963 (26), peterdj (40), smcwl (71), ChingShih

Thumbs down: sturlington, aethercowboy, auntSteelbreaker

Score: 13.33

58
Little, Big
by John Crowley
3,344 members, 91 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: sturlington (18), guyalice (19), featherbooks (20), susiesharp (22), gennyt (53), peterdj (56), smcwl (62), lwbooklover (79)

Score: 13.31

59
Girl with a Pearl Earring
by Tracy Chevalier
14,563 members, 282 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: jaysbooks (4), Shariami (7), susiesharp (10), Peace2 (17), ahef1963 (27), peterdj (55), smcwl (74), SilentInAWay (136)

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Score: 13.27

60
The Rebel: An Essay on Man in Revolt
by Albert Camus
3,063 members, 15 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: romanccm (19), SilentInAWay (22), mmignano11 (42), lwbooklover (47), gennyt (48), peterdj (49), smcwl (66), eromsted (69)

Score: 12.69

61
The Wings of the Dove
by Henry James
2,602 members, 26 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: mmignano11 (12), nedhyu (13), gennyt (15), ALWINN (17), lwbooklover (44), smcwl (54), eromsted (63), ncgraham

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Score: 12.35

62
Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers
by Mary Roach
8,314 members, 390 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: SnowcatCradle (6), sjmccreary (14), dara85 (15), susiesharp (36), gennyt (57), mmignano11 (86), smcwl (174)

Score: 12.16

63
A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini
23,801 members, 776 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: cmtl (10), Peace2 (13), sjmccreary (24), ahef1963 (29), peterdj (63), gennyt (67), smcwl (85)

Score: 12.02

64
The Phantom of the Opera
by Gaston Leroux
8,645 members, 148 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: Rennee (3), lahochstetler (7), peterdj (12), mmignano11 (13), gennyt (16), smcwl (32), SilentInAWay (114), ChingShih

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Score: 11.97

65
Middlemarch
by George Eliot
12,881 members, 233 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: susiesharp (7), sjmccreary (9), ALWINN (12), ahef1963 (14), peterdj (18), Cecrow (19), smcwl (26), SilentInAWay (97)

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Score: 11.89

66
The Shining
by Stephen King
16,142 members, 335 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: bearlyr (1), Shariami (6), nedhyu (11), guyalice (22), lwbooklover (61), ALWINN (71), peterdj (129), smcwl (148)

Thumbs down: sturlington, Selliers

Score: 11.74

67
The Stars My Destination
by Alfred Bester
4,666 members, 125 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: FelixWhelan (5), featherbooks (13), lwbooklover (17), gennyt (43), smcwl (44), peterdj (62), mmignano11 (164), ChingShih

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Score: 11.72

68
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
by Anne Brontë
5,243 members, 124 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: sturlington (4), sjmccreary (21), susiesharp (40), ALWINN (57), ncgraham (67), peterdj (105), ChingShih

Score: 11.7

69
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
by Carson McCullers
8,272 members, 188 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: Cecrow (2), romanccm (15), ahef1963 (16), peterdj (27), gennyt (33), eromsted (39), SilentInAWay (40), smcwl (52)

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Score: 11.5

70
The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
by Douglas Adams
5,443 members, 58 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: Enroh (1), CapitalHackels (9), romanccm (18), smcwl (60), peterdj (94), mmignano11 (201), ChingShih

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Score: 11.34

71
The Return of the Native
by Thomas Hardy
6,258 members, 78 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: SilentInAWay (14), lwbooklover (26), mmignano11 (32), eromsted (34), peterdj (35), smcwl (58), ncgraham, ChingShih

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Score: 11.22

72
The Histories
by Herodotus
7,877 members, 63 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: romanccm (17), sjmccreary (18), featherbooks (19), Cecrow (21), smcwl (56), gennyt (65), peterdj (74), SilentInAWay (137)

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Score: 11.1

73
The God of Small Things
by Arundhati Roy
15,439 members, 279 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: auntSteelbreaker (2), Peace2 (14), romanccm (22), sjmccreary (27), lwbooklover (30), peterdj (73), smcwl (83), eromsted

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Score: 11.01

74
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
by Junot Diaz
10,180 members, 405 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: Simone2 (5), guyalice (21), ahef1963 (39), smcwl (50), ALWINN (69), eromsted (81), peterdj (83), SilentInAWay (151)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 10.84

75
Underworld
by Don DeLillo
6,445 members, 63 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: SilentInAWay (11), lwbooklover (22), eromsted (22), mmignano11 (28), gennyt (29), peterdj (33), smcwl (55)

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Score: 10.49

76
My Ántonia
by Willa Cather
10,386 members, 232 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: sturlington (9), Shariami (9), Cecrow (15), peterdj (60), gennyt (66), smcwl (79), ncgraham

Thumbs down: aethercowboy

Score: 10.48

77
Titus Alone / Gormenghast / Titus Groan
by Mervyn Peake
3,484 members, 54 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: briarhills (9), Peace2 (18), peterdj (137), smcwl (144), ALWINN (201), SilentInAWay (217), ChingShih

Score: 9.99

78
The Prince
by Niccolò Machiavelli
16,566 members, 161 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: BookWallah (6), Shariami (12), Peace2 (29), SilentInAWay (43), eromsted (52), smcwl (124), ChingShih

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Score: 9.99

79
The Age of Innocence
by Edith Wharton
10,424 members, 240 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

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

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 9.96

80
Surfacing
by Margaret Atwood
3,525 members, 83 reviews
3.36 stars (3.36 stars)

Lists: FelixWhelan (6), featherbooks (24), guyalice (28), ahef1963 (53), peterdj (103), mmignano11 (177)

Score: 9.94

81
The Book of Lost Tales, Part 1
by J. R. R. Tolkien
4,065 members, 18 reviews
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Lists: jenniebooks (4), konallis (8), peterdj (53), ncgraham (63), smcwl (68), SilentInAWay (178), ChingShih

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Score: 9.9

82
The Mayor of Casterbridge
by Thomas Hardy
6,479 members, 91 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: Peace2 (15), ALWINN (39), ahef1963 (57), peterdj (108), SilentInAWay (146), smcwl (168), ChingShih

Score: 9.9

83
The Ambassadors
by Henry James
3,031 members, 31 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: mmignano11 (21), ALWINN (21), gennyt (22), SilentInAWay (23), lwbooklover (49), eromsted (71), smcwl (76)

Thumbs down: peterdj

Score: 9.66

84
Madame Bovary
by Gustave Flaubert
19,600 members, 298 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

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

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

Score: 9.54

85
Doctor Zhivago
by Boris Pasternak
8,181 members, 111 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: nedhyu (9), sjmccreary (17), lwbooklover (23), eromsted (25), gennyt (62), ncgraham (62), peterdj (71), smcwl (82)

Thumbs down: aethercowboy, SilentInAWay

Score: 9.45

86
Mrs. Dalloway
by Virginia Woolf
15,233 members, 261 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: Edward (1), lwbooklover (3), ahef1963 (20), ALWINN (22), gennyt (45), smcwl (80), eromsted

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Score: 9.23

87
Saving Fish from Drowning
by Amy Tan
3,893 members, 94 reviews
3.38 stars (3.38 stars)

Lists: guyalice (13), lwbooklover (50), gennyt (55), peterdj (61), eromsted (72), smcwl (81)

Score: 9.22

88
The Old Curiosity Shop
by Charles Dickens
4,015 members, 48 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: Cecrow (9), Rennee (10), gennyt (39), peterdj (42), smcwl (63), guyalice (96), SilentInAWay (171), ncgraham

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Score: 9.18

89
A Room with a View
by E. M. Forster
8,576 members, 159 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: lahochstetler (6), BookWallah (16), ahef1963 (22), SilentInAWay (24), mmignano11 (27), eromsted (42), ALWINN (47)

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Score: 9.06

90
Dandelion Wine
by Ray Bradbury
5,650 members, 145 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: featherbooks (22), Cecrow (33), mmignano11 (44), gennyt (54), peterdj (58), ChingShih, ncgraham

Thumbs down: aethercowboy

Score: 8.94

91
The Moor's Last Sigh
by Salman Rushdie
3,037 members, 26 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: SilentInAWay (21), mmignano11 (41), lwbooklover (46), gennyt (47), peterdj (48), smcwl (65), eromsted (68)

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Score: 8.83

92
A People's History of the United States
by Howard Zinn
10,930 members, 113 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: romanccm (21), Cecrow (25), mmignano11 (45), peterdj (57), gennyt (60), smcwl (78), lwbooklover (89)

Thumbs down: eromsted

Score: 8.74

93
Misery
by Stephen King
10,531 members, 147 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (3), bearlyr (7), Shariami (13), ALWINN (67), ahef1963 (82), peterdj (141), smcwl (143)

Thumbs down: sturlington, Selliers

Score: 8.65

94
The Hundred Secret Senses
by Amy Tan
4,838 members, 55 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: Shariami (14), guyalice (33), ahef1963 (59), peterdj (111), smcwl (138), mmignano11 (240)

Score: 8.6

95
Artemis Fowl
by Eoin Colfer
14,496 members, 348 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: SnowcatCradle (7), Peace2 (23), ahef1963 (64), gennyt (81), peterdj (120), mmignano11 (135), smcwl (145)

Thumbs down: aethercowboy

Score: 8.57

96
The Things They Carried
by Tim O'Brien
10,265 members, 300 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: romanccm (20), mmignano11 (30), gennyt (31), lwbooklover (41), eromsted (57), ncgraham (61), peterdj (66), smcwl (67)

Thumbs down: sturlington, aethercowboy

Score: 8.57

97
The Crimson Petal and the White
by Michel Faber
5,782 members, 177 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (10), mmignano11 (34), gennyt (35), peterdj (39), smcwl (69)

Score: 8.54

98
Winter's Tale
by Mark Helprin
3,860 members, 122 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: Cecrow (4), guyalice (11), gennyt (52), peterdj (54), smcwl (70), SilentInAWay (170)

Thumbs down: Selliers

Score: 8.48

99
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
by William Shakespeare
24,195 members, 141 reviews
4.59 stars (4.59 stars)

Lists: BookWallah (4), Edward (5), lwbooklover (18), kara.shamy (20), Peace2 (27), smcwl (110), ahef1963 (123), ChingShih, ncgraham

Thumbs down: sturlington, peterdj, lilithcat, SilentInAWay

Score: 8.48

100
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
by Thomas Hardy
14,645 members, 200 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: susiesharp (4), ALWINN (9), Peace2 (12), lwbooklover (32), ahef1963 (37), guyalice (103), ncgraham, eromsted, ChingShih

Thumbs down: sturlington, aethercowboy, konallis, SilentInAWay

Score: 8.37

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