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1
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
64,411 members, 1,153 reviews
4.41 stars (4.41 stars)

Lists: peterveen (1), Jenna.McMillen (1), jeffza (1), merrystar (1), Quaisior (3), ahef1963 (4), briarhills (10), aleteo

Thumbs down: BatSands

Score: 24.31

2
Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë
47,292 members, 762 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (1), smcwl (1), Quaisior (1), SylviaC (1), Jenna.McMillen (2), cej1027 (3), briarhills (3)

Thumbs down: BatSands

Score: 23.44

3
Persuasion
by Jane Austen
22,843 members, 445 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: tanhome (1), jeffza (2), Jenna.McMillen (3), briarhills (4), ahef1963 (6), merrystar (9), aleteo

Thumbs down: BatSands

Score: 18.29

4
The Hobbit
by J. R. R. Tolkien
74,149 members, 992 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (1), ahef1963 (2), briarhills (2), devenish (3), SylviaC (6), merrystar (18)

Score: 18.26

5
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
63,299 members, 1,236 reviews
4.38 stars (4.38 stars)

Lists: mazzy7 (1), lahochstetler (1), cej1027 (2), ahef1963 (11), aleteo

Score: 15.76

6
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
18,371 members, 396 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: devenish (1), Quaisior (2), ahef1963 (3), SylviaC (31), briarhills (45)

Score: 13.64

7
Busman's Honeymoon: A Love Story with Detective Interruptions
by Dorothy L. Sayers
3,404 members, 70 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: mkbird (1), aulsmith (2), merrystar (14), ahef1963 (31), SylviaC (46)

Score: 12.66

8
The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
25,953 members, 450 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: smcwl (5), ahef1963 (10), SylviaC (10), briarhills (13), aleteo

Score: 11.48

9
Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
14,244 members, 220 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: Jenna.McMillen (4), smcwl (4), ahef1963 (7), SylviaC (7), Quaisior (8)

Thumbs down: BatSands

Score: 10.95

10
The Blue Castle
by L. M. Montgomery
2,271 members, 94 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: bjappleg8 (1), mkbird (4), briarhills (9), merrystar (24)

Score: 10.95

11
The Phantom Tollbooth
by Norton Juster
13,503 members, 375 reviews
4.31 stars (4.31 stars)

Lists: smcwl (2), SylviaC (3), merrystar (8), cej1027 (17)

Score: 10.75

12
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
by Jon Krakauer
11,622 members, 275 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: dara85 (1), gathernomoss (2), smcwl (28), ahef1963 (81)

Score: 10.44

13
Gaudy Night
by Dorothy L. Sayers
4,598 members, 119 reviews
4.33 stars (4.33 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (1), merrystar (5), ahef1963 (20), SylviaC (34)

Score: 10.22

14
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
9,862 members, 88 reviews
4.42 stars (4.42 stars)

Lists: mcnabbp (1), smcwl (8), ahef1963 (22), briarhills (22)

Score: 10.07

15
A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
30,431 members, 791 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: andomck (1), SylviaC (2), Quaisior (4), ahef1963 (23)

Thumbs down: devenish

Score: 10.02

16
A Short History of Nearly Everything
by Bill Bryson
19,305 members, 337 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: gathernomoss (1), peterveen (5), SylviaC (29), ahef1963 (82)

Score: 9.73

17
A Light in the Attic
by Shel Silverstein
8,500 members, 186 reviews
4.31 stars (4.31 stars)

Lists: dnsdong (1), SylviaC (5), Quaisior (6), ahef1963 (8)

Thumbs down: devenish

Score: 9.61

18
Tigana
by Guy Gavriel Kay
4,225 members, 123 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: peterveen (3), mkbird (5), merrystar (11), ahef1963 (49)

Score: 9.42

19
A Room with a View
by E. M. Forster
8,580 members, 162 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: peterveen (2), smcwl (11), ahef1963 (46), aleteo

Score: 9.29

20
1984
by George Orwell
65,523 members, 1,052 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: devenish (2), ahef1963 (5), Quaisior (5)

Score: 8.71

21
Rilla of Ingleside
by L. M. Montgomery
4,631 members, 53 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: mkbird (2), merrystar (31), ahef1963 (36), SylviaC (38)

Score: 8.3

22
Watership Down
by Richard Adams
20,281 members, 401 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: hailsus (1), ahef1963 (13), briarhills (15)

Score: 8.14

23
Emma
by Jane Austen
30,217 members, 413 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: smcwl (3), Jenna.McMillen (6), ahef1963 (9), Quaisior (13)

Thumbs down: BatSands

Score: 8.01

24
The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco
16,426 members, 257 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: peterveen (7), gathernomoss (8), aleteo (21), ahef1963 (133)

Score: 7.88

25
The Lord of the Rings
by J. R. R. Tolkien
42,271 members, 414 reviews
4.52 stars (4.52 stars)

Lists: briarhills (1), ahef1963 (14), Quaisior (24)

Score: 7.88

26
The Handmaid’s Tale
by Margaret Atwood
32,615 members, 937 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: lahochstetler (2), gathernomoss (5), ahef1963 (35)

Score: 7.68

27
Howl's Moving Castle
by Diana Wynne Jones
8,764 members, 356 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: aleteo (7), briarhills (18), merrystar (32), ahef1963 (58)

Score: 7.53

28
Gilead
by Marilynne Robinson
9,278 members, 339 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: gathernomoss (9), peterveen (10), mkbird (23), ahef1963 (189)

Score: 7.46

29
Rose Daughter
by Robin McKinley
2,569 members, 54 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: mkbird (3), briarhills (5), merrystar (29)

Score: 7.44

30
Matilda
by Roald Dahl
16,391 members, 398 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: dnsdong (2), ahef1963 (15), briarhills (17)

Score: 7.37

31
Charlotte's Web
by E. B. White
27,016 members, 912 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: dara85 (3), Jenna.McMillen (5), ahef1963 (136)

Score: 6.89

32
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
34,847 members, 1,918 reviews
4.37 stars (4.37 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (4), gathernomoss (6), dara85 (10), ahef1963 (107)

Thumbs down: hailsus

Score: 6.88

33
The Bell at Sealey Head
by Patricia A. McKillip
515 members, 30 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: mkbird (6), merrystar (12), briarhills (12)

Score: 6.85

34
The Blue Sword
by Robin McKinley
5,335 members, 123 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: merrystar (7), Quaisior (11), SylviaC (11)

Score: 6.85

35
The Fellowship of the Ring
by J. R. R. Tolkien
42,070 members, 351 reviews
4.37 stars (4.37 stars)

Lists: jeffza (3), Quaisior (16), ahef1963 (27)

Score: 6.79

36
A Ring of Endless Light
by Madeleine L'Engle
2,910 members, 31 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: mkbird (10), merrystar (37), SylviaC (45), ahef1963 (106)

Score: 6.66

37
Madame Bovary
by Gustave Flaubert
21,364 members, 317 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: peterveen (4), jeffza (6), ahef1963 (137)

Score: 6.55

38
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
by William Shakespeare
26,261 members, 148 reviews
4.59 stars (4.59 stars)

Lists: andomck (2), Quaisior (28), ahef1963 (80)

Score: 6.44

39
Harry Potter: The Complete Collection (Books 1-7)
by J. K. Rowling
9,349 members, 150 reviews
4.65 stars (4.65 stars)

Lists: briarhills (7), Jenna.McMillen (8), ahef1963 (41)

Score: 6.42

40
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
57,781 members, 948 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: jeffza (5), Jenna.McMillen (7), ahef1963 (110)

Score: 6.37

41
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
by Anne Fadiman
4,002 members, 200 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: mkbird (7), briarhills (11), merrystar (33)

Score: 6.32

42
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
by Jared Diamond
20,576 members, 303 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: peterveen (6), mkbird (22), SylviaC (28)

Score: 6.14

43
A Little Princess
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
11,763 members, 184 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: smcwl (7), SylviaC (13), ahef1963 (18), merrystar (36)

Thumbs down: stephjones

Score: 6.14

44
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
20,055 members, 399 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: jeffza (4), smcwl (23), ahef1963 (66)

Score: 6.06

45
The Hero and the Crown
by Robin McKinley
5,452 members, 109 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: Quaisior (15), SylviaC (18), merrystar (20)

Score: 5.87

46
A Swiftly Tilting Planet
by Madeleine L'Engle
9,859 members, 82 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: Quaisior (14), SylviaC (17), ahef1963 (25)

Score: 5.83

47
Middlemarch
by George Eliot
14,177 members, 266 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: peterveen (8), jeffza (8), ahef1963 (258)

Score: 5.76

48
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer
16,099 members, 1,120 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: SylviaC (15), ahef1963 (52), aleteo

Score: 5.72

49
Beauty: A Retelling of the Story of Beauty and the Beast
by Robin McKinley
5,509 members, 187 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: Quaisior (12), SylviaC (14), merrystar (19), briarhills (46)

Thumbs down: JeffersonBallard

Score: 5.67

50
84, Charing Cross Road
by Helene Hanff
4,745 members, 290 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: aleteo (8), smcwl (21), ahef1963 (65)

Score: 5.66

51
A Fine Balance
by Rohinton Mistry
7,986 members, 225 reviews
4.37 stars (4.37 stars)

Lists: peterveen (9), KimarieBee (20), ahef1963 (63)

Score: 5.62

52
The Changeover
by Margaret Mahy
752 members, 32 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: mkbird (13), Quaisior (22), SylviaC (48)

Score: 5.47

53
The Dark Is Rising
by Susan Cooper
7,037 members, 192 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: SylviaC (21), merrystar (26), ahef1963 (29)

Score: 5.36

54
A Wind in the Door
by Madeleine L'Engle
10,382 members, 94 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: Quaisior (19), ahef1963 (32), SylviaC (36)

Score: 5.23

55
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
by Robert C. O'Brien
8,145 members, 141 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (16), briarhills (23), ahef1963 (67)

Score: 5.23

56
The Time Traveler's Wife
by Audrey Niffenegger
35,432 members, 1,181 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: gathernomoss (3), KimarieBee (5), ahef1963 (53)

Thumbs down: JeffersonBallard

Score: 5.2

57
The Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka
8,427 members, 128 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: andomck (3), peterveen (12)

Score: 5.19

58
The Westing Game
by Ellen Raskin
9,067 members, 281 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (15), SylviaC (26), ahef1963 (77)

Score: 5.15

59
Dragonsong
by Anne McCaffrey
6,040 members, 84 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: Quaisior (20), ahef1963 (33), SylviaC (40)

Score: 5.15

60
The BFG
by Roald Dahl
14,098 members, 279 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: mkbird (12), SylviaC (32), ahef1963 (87)

Score: 5.14

61
Dragonsinger
by Anne McCaffrey
5,357 members, 56 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: Quaisior (21), ahef1963 (34), SylviaC (42)

Score: 5.1

62
The House at Pooh Corner
by A. A. Milne
6,359 members, 65 reviews
4.4 stars (4.4 stars)

Lists: mkbird (11), smcwl (41), ahef1963 (99)

Score: 5.05

63
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
by C. S. Lewis
19,126 members, 196 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (14), SylviaC (16), merrystar (35), ahef1963 (83)

Thumbs down: Quaisior

Score: 5.04

64
The Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank
22,551 members, 431 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (13), smcwl (36), ahef1963 (91)

Score: 5.04

65
The Green Mile
by Stephen King
9,788 members, 137 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: dara85 (2), ahef1963 (44)

Score: 4.92

66
My Family and Other Animals & Birds, Beasts and Relatives
by Gerald Durrell
15 members, 1 review
3.63 stars (3.63 stars)

Lists: mkbird (19), briarhills (32), ahef1963 (88)

Score: 4.9

67
The Last Unicorn
by Peter S. Beagle
0 members, 0 reviews

Lists: briarhills (6), mkbird (9)

Score: 4.87

68
Water for Elephants
by Sara Gruen
24,972 members, 1,113 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: gathernomoss (7), KimarieBee (8)

Score: 4.84

69
The Uncommon Reader
by Alan Bennett
5,010 members, 534 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: mkbird (8), briarhills (8)

Score: 4.76

70
To Say Nothing of the Dog
by Connie Willis
5,754 members, 252 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: merrystar (3), ahef1963 (37)

Score: 4.66

71
Anne of Green Gables
by L. M. Montgomery
21,271 members, 455 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: Quaisior (9), SylviaC (9), ahef1963 (17)

Thumbs down: BatSands

Score: 4.59

72
Dune
by Frank Herbert
30,394 members, 472 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: andomck (4), Quaisior (27)

Score: 4.58

73
Rebecca
by Daphne Du Maurier
16,029 members, 496 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: smcwl (6), ahef1963 (16)

Score: 4.56

74
Goodnight Moon
by Margaret Wise Brown
13,343 members, 625 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: SylviaC (4), ahef1963 (38)

Score: 4.44

75
Never Let Me Go
by Kazuo Ishiguro
18,434 members, 824 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: gathernomoss (4), ahef1963 (51)

Score: 4.33

76
My Family and Other Animals
by Gerald Durrell
4,112 members, 124 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: aleteo (9), mkbird (17)

Score: 4.28

77
Oryx and Crake
by Margaret Atwood
14,384 members, 458 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: andomck (5), ahef1963 (48)

Score: 4.2

78
The Name of the Wind
by Patrick Rothfuss
14,507 members, 622 reviews
4.38 stars (4.38 stars)

Lists: aleteo (11), KimarieBee (18)

Score: 4.14

79
Wives and Daughters
by Elizabeth Gaskell
3,369 members, 67 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: aleteo (14), mkbird (15)

Score: 4.1

80
The Princess Bride
by William Goldman
20,037 members, 463 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: briarhills (14), mkbird (16)

Score: 4.07

81
The Help
by Kathryn Stockett
25,185 members, 1,403 reviews
4.37 stars (4.37 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (7), ahef1963 (39)

Score: 4.06

82
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut
36,800 members, 566 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: andomck (6), ahef1963 (54)

Score: 4.03

83
Ship of Magic
by Robin Hobb
4,807 members, 76 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (1)

Score: 4

84
Mort
by Terry Pratchett
12,904 members, 198 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: hailsus (2), Quaisior (7), ahef1963 (12)

Thumbs down: BatSands, JeffersonBallard

Score: 3.97

85
The Catcher in the Rye
by J. D. Salinger
59,157 members, 941 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: smcwl (9), Quaisior (23), ahef1963 (24)

Thumbs down: aulsmith

Score: 3.94

86
Winter Rose
by Patricia A. McKillip
1,481 members, 40 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: mkbird (14), merrystar (21)

Score: 3.94

87
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
43,830 members, 594 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: andomck (7), ahef1963 (57)

Score: 3.92

88
Where the Red Fern Grows
by Wilson Rawls
10,519 members, 225 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (4), ahef1963 (187)

Score: 3.91

89
Memoirs of a Geisha
by Arthur Golden
32,157 members, 503 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: dara85 (4), ahef1963 (211)

Score: 3.88

90
Sunshine
by Robin McKinley
5,023 members, 229 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: merrystar (10), briarhills (44)

Score: 3.8

91
Life of Pi
by Yann Martel
37,840 members, 920 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: KimarieBee (6), ahef1963 (108)

Score: 3.8

92
Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life
by Anne Lamott
8,203 members, 198 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: smcwl (10), ahef1963 (45)

Score: 3.79

93
The Golden Compass
by Philip Pullman
30,115 members, 648 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: andomck (8), ahef1963 (69)

Score: 3.77

94
From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
by E. L. Konigsburg
11,853 members, 234 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (5), ahef1963 (184)

Score: 3.76

95
Harold and the Purple Crayon
by Crockett Johnson
5,469 members, 180 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (11), smcwl (44)

Score: 3.75

96
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith
13,231 members, 371 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: dara85 (5), ahef1963 (215)

Score: 3.72

97
The Two Towers
by J. R. R. Tolkien
37,358 members, 217 reviews
4.39 stars (4.39 stars)

Lists: Quaisior (17), ahef1963 (28)

Score: 3.71

98
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
by Lewis Carroll
19,995 members, 257 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: smcwl (12), ahef1963 (47)

Score: 3.68

99
The Return of The King
by J. R. R. Tolkien
36,164 members, 201 reviews
4.46 stars (4.46 stars)

Lists: Quaisior (18), ahef1963 (30)

Score: 3.65

100
Flowers for Algernon
by Daniel Keyes
12,183 members, 311 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: cej1027 (6), ahef1963 (180)

Score: 3.65

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