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1

Nineteen Eighty-Four

by George Orwell

94,446 members

1,451 reviews

4.2

21 Members: adsddy, kerry1897, booksinbed, aulsmith, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, lewbs, Dilara86, MaskedMumbler, leigonj, alex68, Bretzky1, gypsysmom, techbearable, indeedox, ahef1963, kara.shamy, darllenwr_brwd, ManWithAnAgenda, toffeelover

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass

by Lewis Carroll

29,502 members

315 reviews

4.1

18 Members: kerry1897, mlfhlibrarian, booksinbed, worcester, aulsmith, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, lewbs, Dilara86, alex68, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, amy.james.ks, el_len, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

3

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson

19,699 members

367 reviews

½ 3.7

17 Members: kerry1897, aulsmith, roby72, thecoroner, lewbs, leigonj, alex68, Bretzky1, gypsysmom, indeedox, ahef1963, raperper, kara.shamy, el_len, Mahdi.Lotfabadi, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

4

Pride and Prejudice

94,291 members

1,511 reviews

½ 4.4

16 Members: adsddy, cpg, booksinbed, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, Dilara86, alex68, gypsysmom, indeedox, ahef1963, kara.shamy, darllenwr_brwd, el_len, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

5

by Daphne Du Maurier

23,993 members

687 reviews

4.2

15 Members: adsddy, kerry1897, mlfhlibrarian, lahochstetler, booksinbed, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, Dilara86, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, amy.james.ks, ManWithAnAgenda

6

by Charlotte Brontë

68,130 members

1,019 reviews

4.2

18 Members: adsddy, kerry1897, booksinbed, aulsmith, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, Dilara86, leigonj, alex68, Bretzky1, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, amy.james.ks, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

7

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

61,620 members

870 reviews

3.9

16 Members: adsddy, kerry1897, booksinbed, roby72, merrystar, lewbs, Dilara86, leigonj, alex68, Bretzky1, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

8

The Picture of Dorian Gray

47,281 members

749 reviews

4

15 Members: adsddy, kerry1897, booksinbed, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, lewbs, leigonj, alex68, gypsysmom, indeedox, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

9

by George Orwell

70,169 members

1,007 reviews

4

17 Members: kerry1897, booksinbed, aulsmith, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, lewbs, Dilara86, leigonj, alex68, Bretzky1, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, darllenwr_brwd, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

10

44,245 members

571 reviews

4.1

14 Members: adsddy, cpg, booksinbed, aulsmith, merrystar, Dilara86, Bretzky1, gypsysmom, indeedox, ahef1963, kara.shamy, amy.james.ks, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda

11

25,738 members

403 reviews

3.8

15 Members: adsddy, cpg, booksinbed, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, Dilara86, alex68, gypsysmom, indeedox, ahef1963, kara.shamy, el_len, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

12

Gulliver's Travels [Dover Thrift Editions]

by Jonathan Swift

411 members

6 reviews

½ 3.5

15 Members: kerry1897, booksinbed, aulsmith, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, Dilara86, leigonj, alex68, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, el_len, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

13

33,302 members

576 reviews

4.2

13 Members: adsddy, cpg, booksinbed, aulsmith, merrystar, Dilara86, leigonj, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, el_len, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

14

by William Shakespeare

29,967 members

261 reviews

4

14 Members: adsddy, kerry1897, mlfhlibrarian, booksinbed, roby72, merrystar, Dilara86, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, el_len, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

15

Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

62,294 members

813 reviews

3.9

14 Members: adsddy, kerry1897, mlfhlibrarian, booksinbed, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, Dilara86, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

16

The Woman in White

by Wilkie Collins

14,583 members

374 reviews

4

15 Members: kerry1897, mlfhlibrarian, cpg, booksinbed, aulsmith, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

17

Sense and Sensibility

44,199 members

578 reviews

4.1

14 Members: adsddy, cpg, booksinbed, aulsmith, merrystar, lewbs, Dilara86, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, el_len, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

18

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens

29,498 members

599 reviews

4.1

14 Members: adsddy, kerry1897, cpg, aulsmith, merrystar, lewbs, Dilara86, Bretzky1, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda,MaskedMumbler

19

Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens

43,953 members

480 reviews

3.9

13 Members: kerry1897, cpg, booksinbed, roby72, thecoroner, ro155, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda, tjtjtjtj,merrystar

20

The Canterbury Tales

by Geoffrey Chaucer

25,050 members

185 reviews

½ 3.7

11 Members: booksinbed, aulsmith, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, Dilara86, alex68, ahef1963, el_len, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

21

A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens

42,128 members

491 reviews

3.9

11 Members: kerry1897, cpg, KimarieBee, aulsmith, merrystar, leigonj, Bretzky1, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, el_len

22

The Complete Sherlock Holmes

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

14,020 members

98 reviews

½ 4.4

9 Members: cpg, lahochstetler, merrystar, alex68, indeedox, ahef1963, kara.shamy, el_len, tjtjtjtj

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14,275 members

314 reviews

4

12 Members: mlfhlibrarian, booksinbed, thorold, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

24

by Dorothy L. Sayers

5,996 members

159 reviews

½ 4.3

9 Members: kerry1897, mlfhlibrarian, thorold, aulsmith, merrystar, ahef1963, amy.james.ks, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda

25

by George Eliot

20,815 members

368 reviews

4.2

12 Members: kerry1897, mlfhlibrarian, booksinbed, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

26

by William Shakespeare

37,415 members

336 reviews

4.2

11 Members: adsddy, kerry1897, booksinbed, aulsmith, thecoroner, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

27

Jude the Obscure

by Thomas Hardy

11,263 members

157 reviews

3.9

11 Members: kerry1897, mlfhlibrarian, booksinbed, roby72, thecoroner, Dilara86, alex68, Bretzky1, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, FranzK72

28

by Mary Shelley

51,226 members

811 reviews

3.8

12 Members: adsddy, kerry1897, booksinbed, lewbs, Dilara86, leigonj, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

29

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

by Thomas Hardy

21,682 members

264 reviews

3.8

12 Members: kerry1897, mlfhlibrarian, booksinbed, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, Dilara86, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72,tjtjtjtj

30

by George Bernard Shaw

7,719 members

95 reviews

3.9

11 Members: adsddy, kerry1897, booksinbed, aulsmith, roby72, Dilara86, alex68, ahef1963, amy.james.ks, el_len, FranzK72

31

A Midsummer Night's Dream

by William Shakespeare

22,385 members

203 reviews

4

12 Members: adsddy, kerry1897, booksinbed, aulsmith, merrystar, Dilara86, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda

32

Northanger Abbey

25,064 members

463 reviews

3.8

10 Members: adsddy, cpg, booksinbed, merrystar, Dilara86, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda

33

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

by Laurence Sterne

8,554 members

125 reviews

3.9

8 Members: thorold, roby72, thecoroner, MaskedMumbler, alex68, ahef1963, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

34

The Mill on the Floss

by George Eliot

9,766 members

131 reviews

3.8

11 Members: kerry1897, booksinbed, roby72, thecoroner, Dilara86, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

35

The Nine Tailors

by Dorothy L. Sayers

4,854 members

124 reviews

4

9 Members: kerry1897, mlfhlibrarian, lahochstetler, aulsmith, enaid, merrystar, ahef1963, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda

36

The Inimitable Jeeves

by P. G. Wodehouse

3,861 members

93 reviews

4

7 Members: lahochstetler, thorold, aulsmith, merrystar, otheraudra, ahef1963, amy.james.ks

37

by Virginia Woolf

23,312 members

376 reviews

3.9

9 Members: booksinbed, thorold, roby72, thecoroner, Dilara86, alex68, ahef1963, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

38

The Time Machine

20,276 members

385 reviews

½ 3.7

11 Members: kerry1897, booksinbed, KimarieBee, roby72, lewbs, leigonj, alex68, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,MaskedMumbler

39

The Forsyte Saga

by John Galsworthy

2,792 members

44 reviews

4.1

10 Members: kerry1897, mlfhlibrarian, aulsmith, roby72, thecoroner, Dilara86, alex68, gypsysmom, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

40

The Secret Garden

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

42,276 members

611 reviews

4.1

10 Members: adsddy, kerry1897, booksinbed, merrystar, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda

41

The Importance of Being Earnest

12,116 members

196 reviews

4.2

11 Members: adsddy, kerry1897, booksinbed, aulsmith, roby72, alex68, cej1027, ahef1963, el_len, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

42

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

by Douglas Adams

44,027 members

806 reviews

4.2

10 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, Dilara86, MaskedMumbler, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda

43

Far from the Madding Crowd

by Thomas Hardy

13,023 members

212 reviews

4

10 Members: kerry1897, aulsmith, roby72, thecoroner, Dilara86, alex68, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

44

by Charles Dickens

15,387 members

273 reviews

4.2

11 Members: adsddy, mlfhlibrarian, booksinbed, aulsmith, merrystar, Bretzky1, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

45

To the Lighthouse

by Virginia Woolf

20,350 members

312 reviews

3.9

7 Members: kerry1897, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

46

The Wind in the Willows

by Kenneth Grahame

27,841 members

369 reviews

4.1

9 Members: kerry1897, aulsmith, merrystar, Dilara86, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda

47

by William Makepeace Thackeray

16,328 members

201 reviews

3.9

10 Members: adsddy, booksinbed, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, amy.james.ks, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

48

A Passage to India

by E. M. Forster

13,902 members

167 reviews

3.8

10 Members: kerry1897, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

49

Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson

40,948 members

490 reviews

3.8

9 Members: kerry1897, lewbs, Dilara86, Bretzky1, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda

50

by William Shakespeare

7,047 members

99 reviews

4

9 Members: booksinbed, aulsmith, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72

51

Winnie-the-Pooh

15,992 members

223 reviews

½ 4.3

8 Members: kerry1897, booksinbed, merrystar, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda

52

by J. R. R. Tolkien

107,701 members

1,301 reviews

½ 4.3

10 Members: adsddy, booksinbed, merrystar, lewbs, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda

53

The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle

17,936 members

341 reviews

3.9

9 Members: mlfhlibrarian, booksinbed, aulsmith, merrystar, lewbs, gypsysmom, ahef1963, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda

54

by Anthony Trollope

4,882 members

139 reviews

3.8

8 Members: booksinbed, thorold, lewbs, Dilara86, leigonj, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

55

The French Lieutenant's Woman

7,099 members

109 reviews

3.8

8 Members: adsddy, kerry1897, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, FranzK72

56

Songs of Innocence and of Experience

by William Blake

4,571 members

43 reviews

4.1

8 Members: kerry1897, mlfhlibrarian, aulsmith, merrystar, Dilara86, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

57

by William Shakespeare

17,180 members

168 reviews

4.1

9 Members: booksinbed, aulsmith, merrystar, alex68, Bretzky1, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72

58

by Richard Adams

28,000 members

515 reviews

4.2

6 Members: kerry1897, booksinbed, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Sonesson, ManWithAnAgenda

59

by E. M. Forster

9,677 members

144 reviews

4

9 Members: kerry1897, booksinbed, thorold, merrystar, Dilara86, alex68, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

60

Murder Must Advertise

by Dorothy L. Sayers

4,129 members

112 reviews

4.2

7 Members: kerry1897, aulsmith, merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963, amy.james.ks, el_len

61

The Remains of the Day

by Kazuo Ishiguro

19,213 members

525 reviews

4.2

9 Members: kerry1897, booksinbed, merrystar, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

62

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

29,797 members

494 reviews

4.1

8 Members: adsddy, kerry1897, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, amy.james.ks, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda

63

Lord of the Flies

by William Golding

57,466 members

818 reviews

½ 3.7

9 Members: adsddy, kerry1897, booksinbed, aulsmith, lewbs, leigonj, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy,merrystar

64

Northern Lights

by Philip Pullman

40,171 members

793 reviews

4.1

8 Members: kerry1897, booksinbed, merrystar, Dilara86, gypsysmom, ahef1963, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda

65

The Railway Children

7,004 members

88 reviews

3.9

7 Members: kerry1897, aulsmith, merrystar, ahef1963, amy.james.ks, el_len, tjtjtjtj

66

A Clockwork Orange

by Anthony Burgess

28,723 members

416 reviews

4

8 Members: kerry1897, roby72, thecoroner, lewbs, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, FranzK72

67

by Terry Pratchett

12,421 members

183 reviews

½ 4.4

6 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, Dilara86, ahef1963, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda

68

The Mayor of Casterbridge

by Thomas Hardy

9,212 members

126 reviews

3.9

8 Members: kerry1897, booksinbed, Dilara86, alex68, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

69

Five Children and It

5,375 members

83 reviews

3.9

7 Members: kerry1897, thorold, aulsmith, merrystar, ahef1963, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda

70

A Room with a View

by E. M. Forster

12,619 members

246 reviews

3.9

6 Members: kerry1897, thorold, merrystar, Dilara86, ahef1963, kara.shamy

71

The Turn of the Screw

9,451 members

296 reviews

½ 3.4

8 Members: adsddy, roby72, thecoroner, lewbs, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda,

72

Busman's Honeymoon

by Dorothy L. Sayers

4,288 members

100 reviews

4.2

6 Members: kerry1897, aulsmith, merrystar, ahef1963, amy.james.ks, el_len

73

Three Men in a Boat

by Jerome K. Jerome

8,691 members

327 reviews

3.9

6 Members: aulsmith, roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, cej1027

74

Barchester Towers

by Anthony Trollope

5,464 members

112 reviews

4.2

5 Members: booksinbed, thorold, lewbs, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

75

Clouds of Witness

by Dorothy L. Sayers

4,048 members

113 reviews

3.8

6 Members: kerry1897, aulsmith, merrystar, ahef1963, amy.james.ks, el_len

76

by Dorothy L. Sayers

4,875 members

140 reviews

4.1

7 Members: kerry1897, aulsmith, merrystar, ahef1963, amy.james.ks, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda

77

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

47,947 members

1,396 reviews

3.9

6 Members: booksinbed, KimarieBee, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

78

Orlando: A Biography

by Virginia Woolf

12,425 members

203 reviews

3.9

6 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, kara.shamy, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda

79

by William Shakespeare

6,620 members

58 reviews

4

6 Members: booksinbed, aulsmith, roby72, merrystar, ahef1963, kara.shamy

80

The Waste Land, Prufrock and Other Poems (Dover Thrift Editions)

1,175 members

15 reviews

4.2

6 Members: adsddy, mlfhlibrarian, thorold, merrystar, ahef1963, kara.shamy
Explanations: thorold: ...even though he was an American!

81

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

by Tom Stoppard

8,831 members

104 reviews

4.2

7 Members: adsddy, kerry1897, booksinbed, merrystar, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

82

by Elizabeth Gaskell

5,174 members

143 reviews

3.8

6 Members: thorold, merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

83

And Then There Were None

by Agatha Christie

25,585 members

616 reviews

4.2

7 Members: adsddy, booksinbed, merrystar, lewbs, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

84

41,489 members

685 reviews

4

7 Members: lewbs, Dilara86, leigonj, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda,Bretzky1

85

by Walter Scott

15,068 members

137 reviews

½ 3.7

7 Members: booksinbed, aulsmith, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, kara.shamy, FranzK72,Bretzky1

86

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

by Dorothy L. Sayers

3,384 members

97 reviews

3.9

6 Members: kerry1897, aulsmith, merrystar, ahef1963, amy.james.ks, el_len

87

Excellent Women

3,114 members

136 reviews

4

5 Members: kerry1897, lahochstetler, booksinbed, thorold, merrystar

88

The Pickwick Papers

by Charles Dickens

10,390 members

152 reviews

3.9

5 Members: thorold, roby72, alex68, kara.shamy, FranzK72

89

26,215 members

524 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: booksinbed, merrystar, alex68, ahef1963, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda

90

Never Let Me Go

by Kazuo Ishiguro

26,862 members

1,014 reviews

3.8

6 Members: kerry1897, booksinbed, lewbs, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

91

A Bear Called Paddington

by Michael Bond

5,063 members

83 reviews

4.1

6 Members: kerry1897, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963, amy.james.ks, ManWithAnAgenda

92

North and South

by Elizabeth Gaskell

8,661 members

263 reviews

4.1

6 Members: booksinbed, Dilara86, Bretzky1, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy

93

The Sword in the Stone

3,838 members

53 reviews

3.9

6 Members: adsddy, kerry1897, aulsmith, cej1027, gypsysmom, ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: aulsmith: 1939 edtion only.

94

24,102 members

596 reviews

4

7 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, Dilara86, gypsysmom, ahef1963, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda,

95

The Invisible Man

12,758 members

290 reviews

½ 3.5

6 Members: kerry1897, lewbs, gypsysmom, ahef1963, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda

96

by J. M. Barrie

22,763 members

364 reviews

3.9

7 Members: kerry1897, booksinbed, aulsmith, merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963, el_len,cej1027

97

by Beowulf Poet

29,363 members

363 reviews

3.8

6 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

98

The Day of the Triffids

by John Wyndham

8,424 members

240 reviews

4

4 Members: kerry1897, KimarieBee, gypsysmom, ahef1963

99

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

9,245 members

107 reviews

3.8

4 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

100

by Robert Graves

10,136 members

181 reviews

4.2

6 Members: kerry1897, aulsmith, roby72, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72

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