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by J. R. R. Tolkien

107,161 members

1,296 reviews

½ 4.3

13 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, aulsmith, avatiakh, sturlington, souloftherose, eclecticdodo, rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Lord of the Rings

by J. R. R. Tolkien

56,851 members

496 reviews

½ 4.5

13 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, aulsmith, avatiakh, sturlington, souloftherose, eclecticdodo, rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

by Douglas Adams

43,849 members

802 reviews

4.2

13 Members: lorax, hipdeep, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, aulsmith, sturlington, souloftherose, eclecticdodo, rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Chronicles of Narnia

40,154 members

330 reviews

4.2

12 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, mckait, aulsmith, avatiakh, sturlington, souloftherose, eclecticdodo, rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

5

Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

32,781 members

311 reviews

½ 3.7

12 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, aulsmith, avatiakh, sturlington, eclecticdodo, rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

by William Shakespeare

22,278 members

205 reviews

4

12 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, aulsmith, avatiakh, sturlington, eclecticdodo, rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by William Shakespeare

15,837 members

191 reviews

3.9

12 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, aulsmith, sturlington, souloftherose, eclecticdodo, rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Charlotte Brontë

67,755 members

1,016 reviews

4.2

11 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, mckait, aulsmith, avatiakh, sturlington, souloftherose, rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

9

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

61,312 members

867 reviews

3.9

11 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, aulsmith, avatiakh, sturlington, rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Frank Herbert

50,378 members

803 reviews

½ 4.3

11 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, aulsmith, avatiakh, sturlington, souloftherose, rretzler, ManWithAnAgenda

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A Wizard of Earthsea

by Ursula K. Le Guin

18,338 members

434 reviews

4

11 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, aulsmith, avatiakh, sturlington, souloftherose, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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A Canticle for Leibowitz

by Walter M. Miller

13,225 members

341 reviews

3.9

11 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, aulsmith, avatiakh, sturlington, rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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43,918 members

567 reviews

4.1

10 Members: anglemark, richardderus, mckait, aulsmith, avatiakh, sturlington, souloftherose, rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Raven [poem]

by Edgar Allan Poe

2,373 members

53 reviews

4.2

10 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, aulsmith, sturlington, rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Canterbury Tales

by Geoffrey Chaucer

24,996 members

185 reviews

½ 3.7

9 Members: lorax, hipdeep, anglemark, richardderus, mckait, aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Kurt Vonnegut

24,813 members

347 reviews

4.1

9 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Man in the High Castle

by Philip K. Dick

15,969 members

399 reviews

½ 3.7

9 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, aulsmith, sturlington, souloftherose, rretzler, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Dispossessed

by Ursula K. Le Guin

12,812 members

310 reviews

4.2

9 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, aulsmith, sturlington, souloftherose, rretzler, ManWithAnAgenda

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Childhood's End

by Arthur C. Clarke

11,426 members

272 reviews

3.9

9 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, aulsmith, sturlington, rretzler, ManWithAnAgenda

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I Capture the Castle

10,119 members

322 reviews

4.1

9 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, mckait, avatiakh, souloftherose, rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Louisa May Alcott

33,073 members

472 reviews

4

8 Members: anglemark, mckait, aulsmith, avatiakh, sturlington, souloftherose, rretzler, ahef1963

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Out of the Silent Planet

12,502 members

184 reviews

3.8

8 Members: anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, aulsmith, souloftherose, eclecticdodo, rretzler, ahef1963

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by William Shakespeare

12,472 members

131 reviews

4

8 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, aulsmith, sturlington, eclecticdodo, ahef1963

24

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

by Robert A. Heinlein

11,392 members

211 reviews

4.1

8 Members: anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, aulsmith, eclecticdodo, rretzler, ahef1963

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by Anne McCaffrey

10,109 members

186 reviews

3.9

8 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, aulsmith, avatiakh, souloftherose

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Lord Foul's Bane

by Stephen R. Donaldson

6,717 members

98 reviews

½ 3.5

8 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, avatiakh, sturlington, souloftherose

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The Daughter of Time

by Josephine Tey

6,561 members

252 reviews

3.9

8 Members: lorax, anglemark, aulsmith, avatiakh, sturlington, rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Susan Cooper

6,435 members

97 reviews

4.1

8 Members: lorax, RedQueen, anglemark, avatiakh, sturlington, souloftherose, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Crystal Cave

by Mary Stewart

6,408 members

119 reviews

4.1

8 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, aulsmith, souloftherose, ahef1963

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Silver on the Tree

by Susan Cooper

5,477 members

73 reviews

4

8 Members: lorax, RedQueen, anglemark, avatiakh, sturlington, souloftherose, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

31

The Dark Is Rising Sequence

by Susan Cooper

3,069 members

54 reviews

½ 4.3

8 Members: lorax, RedQueen, anglemark, avatiakh, sturlington, souloftherose, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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1,169 members

25 reviews

4

8 Members: hipdeep, anglemark, richardderus, aulsmith, avatiakh, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

33

Houston, Houston, Do You Read? {novella}

by James Jr. Tiptree

177 members

7 reviews

3.9

8 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, aulsmith, sturlington, souloftherose, ManWithAnAgenda

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2001: A Space Odyssey

by Arthur C. Clarke

15,141 members

247 reviews

4

7 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, sturlington, rretzler

35

The Lathe of Heaven

by Ursula K. Le Guin

7,646 members

227 reviews

4

7 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, sturlington, rretzler, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Anne McCaffrey

6,820 members

71 reviews

4.1

7 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, avatiakh, ahef1963

37

Nine Princes in Amber

by Roger Zelazny

4,022 members

120 reviews

3.9

7 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, aulsmith, rretzler, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Word for World Is Forest

by Ursula K. Le Guin

3,675 members

116 reviews

3.9

7 Members: RedQueen, anglemark, richardderus, aulsmith, sturlington, souloftherose, ManWithAnAgenda

39

Stand on Zanzibar

by John Brunner

3,566 members

61 reviews

3.9

7 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, aulsmith, sturlington, souloftherose

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by Samuel R. Delany

3,041 members

99 reviews

½ 3.7

7 Members: anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, aulsmith, sturlington, rretzler, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Wind's Twelve Quarters

by Ursula K. Le Guin

2,734 members

40 reviews

3.9

7 Members: lorax, RedQueen, anglemark, richardderus, mckait, aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda

42

City of Illusions

by Ursula K. Le Guin

1,799 members

45 reviews

½ 3.6

7 Members: lorax, RedQueen, anglemark, Rtrace, aulsmith, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

43

The Silmarillion

by J. R. R. Tolkien

40,883 members

307 reviews

3.9

6 Members: lorax, anglemark, Rtrace, mckait, souloftherose, ahef1963

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by Robert Graves

10,098 members

180 reviews

4.2

6 Members: anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, aulsmith, avatiakh, ahef1963

45

The White Dragon

by Anne McCaffrey

6,982 members

63 reviews

4

6 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, avatiakh

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by Eleanor H. Porter

5,823 members

78 reviews

3.8

6 Members: anglemark, mckait, aulsmith, avatiakh, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

47

Tales from Earthsea

by Ursula K. Le Guin

4,131 members

65 reviews

3.9

6 Members: lorax, anglemark, mckait, aulsmith, avatiakh, souloftherose

48

Have Spacesuit, Will Travel

by Robert A. Heinlein

4,057 members

64 reviews

3.8

6 Members: hipdeep, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, aulsmith, avatiakh

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by Josephine Tey

2,084 members

86 reviews

4

6 Members: anglemark, richardderus, avatiakh, souloftherose, rretzler, ahef1963

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The Republic of Plato

25,477 members

162 reviews

3.9

5 Members: anglemark, richardderus, aulsmith, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

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Far from the Madding Crowd

by Thomas Hardy

12,986 members

211 reviews

4

5 Members: lorax, anglemark, aulsmith, avatiakh, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Sirens of Titan

by Kurt Vonnegut

11,648 members

148 reviews

4

5 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, aulsmith

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10,964 members

213 reviews

3.8

5 Members: lorax, anglemark, Rtrace, sturlington, rretzler

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The Sword of Shannara

by Terry Brooks

8,718 members

121 reviews

½ 3.5

5 Members: lorax, anglemark, mckait, sturlington, souloftherose

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7,549 members

84 reviews

4

5 Members: anglemark, richardderus, aulsmith, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Winter's Tale

by William Shakespeare

5,531 members

69 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, sturlington, ahef1963

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by John Wyndham

5,347 members

142 reviews

3.9

5 Members: anglemark, avatiakh, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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King Richard II

by William Shakespeare

4,810 members

66 reviews

3.8

5 Members: hipdeep, anglemark, Rtrace, sturlington, ahef1963

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The End of Eternity

by Isaac Asimov

4,137 members

109 reviews

4

5 Members: lorax, anglemark, Rtrace, aulsmith, rretzler

60

The Persian Boy

by Mary Renault

2,563 members

43 reviews

4.1

5 Members: anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Guns of Avalon

by Roger Zelazny

2,517 members

52 reviews

3.9

5 Members: anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, rretzler, ManWithAnAgenda

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1,890 members

9 reviews

4.1

5 Members: anglemark, richardderus, aulsmith, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Last of the Wine

by Mary Renault

1,839 members

30 reviews

4.1

5 Members: lorax, RedQueen, anglemark, richardderus, ManWithAnAgenda

64

The Broken Sword

by Poul Anderson

1,647 members

45 reviews

3.8

5 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, souloftherose

65

The Eye of the Heron

by Ursula K. Le Guin

1,120 members

22 reviews

½ 3.5

5 Members: RedQueen, anglemark, aulsmith, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

66

Too Many Magicians

by Randall Garrett

527 members

9 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: RedQueen, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, aulsmith

67

And I awoke and found me here on the cold hill's side [short fiction]

by James Tiptree Jr.

14 members

½ 3.5

5 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, souloftherose, ManWithAnAgenda

68

The Aeneid (translations)

26,660 members

228 reviews

3.9

4 Members: anglemark, richardderus, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

69

Gone with the Wind

by Margaret Mitchell

26,025 members

477 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: anglemark, richardderus, avatiakh, rretzler

70

The Communist Manifesto

17,913 members

163 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, aulsmith

71

Breakfast of Champions

by Kurt Vonnegut

17,775 members

194 reviews

4

4 Members: anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, sturlington

72

The Mote in God's Eye

6,923 members

122 reviews

3.9

4 Members: lorax, anglemark, mckait, sturlington

73

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

by Kurt Vonnegut

6,895 members

62 reviews

3.9

4 Members: anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, aulsmith

74

Time Enough for Love

by Robert A. Heinlein

5,961 members

67 reviews

3.9

4 Members: anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, ManWithAnAgenda

75

by Robert A. Heinlein

3,896 members

56 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: anglemark, Rtrace, mckait, aulsmith

76

3,732 members

47 reviews

½ 4.4

4 Members: hipdeep, anglemark, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

77

by Clifford D. Simak

2,876 members

89 reviews

4

4 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace

78

by Susan Coolidge

2,422 members

40 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: anglemark, avatiakh, souloftherose, ahef1963

79

Sign of the Unicorn

by Roger Zelazny

2,231 members

44 reviews

3.9

4 Members: anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, rretzler

80

The Shockwave Rider

by John Brunner

1,765 members

31 reviews

3.8

4 Members: lorax, anglemark, aulsmith, sturlington

81

by Robert Silverberg

1,744 members

57 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: lorax, RedQueen, anglemark, Rtrace

82

The Magus {original}

1,647 members

33 reviews

3.9

4 Members: anglemark, richardderus, mckait, ahef1963

83

Callahan's Crosstime Saloon

by Spider Robinson

1,621 members

39 reviews

3.9

4 Members: hipdeep, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace

84

by Keith Roberts

1,533 members

47 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, souloftherose

85

Creatures of Light and Darkness

by Roger Zelazny

1,321 members

21 reviews

3.8

4 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace

86

The Starlight Barking

545 members

12 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: anglemark, souloftherose, eclecticdodo, ManWithAnAgenda

87

Warm Worlds and Otherwise

by James Jr. Tiptree

487 members

7 reviews

4

4 Members: lorax, RedQueen, anglemark, ManWithAnAgenda

88

Lord Darcy: A 3-in-1 volume

by Randall Garrett

292 members

1 review

4.1

4 Members: RedQueen, anglemark, richardderus, aulsmith

89

The Girl Who Was Plugged In [short fiction]

by James Jr. Tiptree

66 members

3 reviews

3.9

4 Members: lorax, anglemark, souloftherose, ManWithAnAgenda

90

Love Is The Plan The Plan Is Death [novelette]

by James Tiptree Jr.

19 members

2 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: lorax, anglemark, Rtrace, souloftherose

91

Welcome to the Monkey House

by Kurt Vonnegut

7,882 members

72 reviews

4

3 Members: anglemark, Rtrace, ManWithAnAgenda

92

Our Mutual Friend

by Charles Dickens

6,559 members

111 reviews

4.2

3 Members: anglemark, avatiakh, souloftherose

93

A Spell for Chameleon

by Piers Anthony

5,458 members

97 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: anglemark, Rtrace, sturlington

94

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

3,352 members

55 reviews

4

3 Members: anglemark, avatiakh, souloftherose

95

by Arthur C. Clarke

2,431 members

26 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus

96

by Roger Zelazny

2,207 members

40 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: anglemark, Rtrace, rretzler

97

Waldo & Magic, Inc.

by Robert A. Heinlein

1,850 members

20 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: anglemark, Rtrace, aulsmith

98

The Bull from the Sea

by Mary Renault

1,844 members

33 reviews

3.9

3 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus

99

Make Room! Make Room!

by Harry Harrison

1,784 members

53 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: anglemark, richardderus, sturlington

100

Jane of Lantern Hill

by L. M. Montgomery

1,698 members

38 reviews

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3 Members: anglemark, souloftherose, ahef1963

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