Best of British Literature

80,524 members

1,366 reviews

½ 4.4

Global Rank 3

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2

Gaudy Night

The Lady's Not for Burning

5,448 members

149 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 20

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

3

by Christopher Fry

454 members

7 reviews

½ 4.5

Global Rank 142

2 Members: aulsmith, merrystar

4

Winnie-the-Pooh

by A. A. Milne

13,423 members

203 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 49

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5

Persuasion

28,664 members

532 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 13

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

6

Murder Must Advertise

3,774 members

106 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 58

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

7

Clouds of Witness

The Complete Sherlock Holmes: All 4 Novels and 56 Short Stories

3,651 members

102 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 80

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

8

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

12,562 members

91 reviews

½ 4.4

Global Rank 21

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9

Busman's Honeymoon: A Love Story with Detective Interruptions

The Serial Garden: The Complete Armitage Family Stories

3,938 members

93 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 73

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

10

by Joan Aiken

323 members

8 reviews

½ 4.4

Global Rank 204

Member: merrystar

11

The Secret Garden

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

35,196 members

553 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 35

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

12

Five Children and It

by E. Nesbit

4,646 members

73 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 66

8 Members: kerry1897, thorold, aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda

13

Sense and Sensibility

38,063 members

525 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 15

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

14

The Inimitable Jeeves

by P. G. Wodehouse

3,368 members

80 reviews

4

Global Rank 39

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

15

Neverwhere

by Neil Gaiman

24,906 members

576 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 127

5 Members: merrystar, sturlington, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

16

A Christmas Carol

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

24,639 members

524 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 16

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

17

by Douglas Adams

38,772 members

718 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 36

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

18

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

by T. S. Eliot

1,106 members

15 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 75

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

19

Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)

by Jerome K. Jerome

7,689 members

290 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 71

7 Members: aulsmith, roby72, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, cej1027

20

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

by Roald Dahl

24,955 members

449 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 62

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

21

Strong Poison

4,462 members

121 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 84

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

22

Bleak House

13,681 members

247 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 45

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

23

The Railway Children

by E. Nesbit

5,889 members

76 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 69

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

24

A Tale of Two Cities

A Midsummer Night's Dream

36,609 members

456 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 26

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

25

The Story of the Treasure Seekers

19,790 members

177 reviews

4

Global Rank 44

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

26

The Wind in the Willows

by Kenneth Grahame

23,679 members

329 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 41

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

27

A Room with a View

by E. M. Forster

11,157 members

222 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 64

7 Members: kerry1897, thorold, merrystar, sturlington, Dilara86, ahef1963, kara.shamy

28

A Bear Called Paddington

by Michael Bond

4,095 members

70 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 82

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

29

by E. Nesbit

1,784 members

26 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 126

5 Members: kerry1897, aulsmith, merrystar, ahef1963, el_len

30

Cold Comfort Farm

by Stella Gibbons

5,764 members

221 reviews

4

Global Rank 125

5 Members: booksinbed, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

31

The Hobbit

by J. R. R. Tolkien

94,211 members

1,187 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 52

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

32

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

by Anne Brontë

7,484 members

168 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 117

5 Members: booksinbed, merrystar, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

33

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

by Lewis Carroll

25,465 members

293 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 2

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

34

Jane Eyre

by Charlotte Brontë

58,869 members

913 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 6

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

35

Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

51,903 members

699 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 14

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

36

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

3,047 members

88 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 96

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

37

The Woman in White

by Wilkie Collins

12,791 members

336 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 17

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

38

Northern Lights

by Philip Pullman

36,151 members

742 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 65

9 Members: kerry1897, booksinbed, merrystar, sturlington, Dilara86, gypsysmom, ahef1963, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda

39

Peter Pan

by J. M. Barrie

18,877 members

326 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 88

8 Members: kerry1897, booksinbed, aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, gypsysmom, ahef1963, el_len,cej1027

40

by Tom Stoppard

7,996 members

90 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 77

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

41

A Passage to India

by E. M. Forster

12,418 members

142 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 46

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

42

Howards End

by E. M. Forster

8,766 members

131 reviews

4

Global Rank 56

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

43

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

53,829 members

770 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 7

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

44

Rebecca

by Daphne Du Maurier

20,675 members

610 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 5

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

45

Excellent Women

by Barbara Pym

2,731 members

125 reviews

4

Global Rank 97

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

46

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone

by J. K. Rowling

133,537 members

2,046 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 113

8 Members: kerry1897, booksinbed, merrystar, sturlington, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy,aulsmith ,ManWithAnAgenda

47

My Man Jeeves

by P. G. Wodehouse

2,137 members

108 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 157

3 Members: merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963

48

The Canterbury Tales

by Geoffrey Chaucer

21,968 members

168 reviews

½ 3.7

Global Rank 19

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

49

A Caribbean Mystery

by Agatha Christie

3,630 members

86 reviews

½ 3.6

Global Rank 122

5 Members: kerry1897, merrystar, ahef1963, amy.james.ks, el_len

50

Perelandra

by C. S. Lewis

8,809 members

106 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 185

3 Members: merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963,aulsmith
Explanations: aulsmith : A dull allegory.

51

The Subtle Knife

by Philip Pullman

24,885 members

353 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 135

4 Members: merrystar, Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

52

The Amber Spyglass

by Philip Pullman

23,589 members

407 reviews

4

Global Rank 136

4 Members: merrystar, Dilara86, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

53

The Nine Tailors

4,379 members

116 reviews

4

Global Rank 38

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

54

Possession

by A.S. Byatt

12,951 members

288 reviews

4

Global Rank 22

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

55

Macbeth

Murder on the Orient Express

26,053 members

225 reviews

4

Global Rank 18

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

56

by Agatha Christie

17,068 members

421 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 168

3 Members: merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963

57

Gulliver's Travels

by Jonathan Swift

1,131 members

11 reviews

½ 3.5

Global Rank 12

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

58

Mansfield Park

22,460 members

357 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 11

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

59

Emma

37,916 members

505 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 10

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

60

I Capture the Castle

by Dodie Smith

9,188 members

294 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 141

3 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

61

Stardust

by Neil Gaiman

21,920 members

562 reviews

4

Global Rank 102

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

62

Northanger Abbey

Songs of Innocence and of Experience

21,605 members

418 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 28

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

63

by William Blake

4,045 members

38 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 54

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

64

The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle

15,313 members

298 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 50

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

66

The Remains of the Day

by Kazuo Ishiguro

16,334 members

475 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 59

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

67

All Creatures Great and Small

by James Herriot

7,835 members

137 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 119

5 Members: kerry1897, merrystar, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963

68

Matilda

by Roald Dahl

22,059 members

478 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 81

7 Members: booksinbed, merrystar, sturlington, alex68, ahef1963, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda

69

When We Were Very Young

by A. A. Milne

5,569 members

52 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 108

6 Members: kerry1897, merrystar, sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963, el_len

70

Beowulf

by Beowulf Poet

25,325 members

333 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 89

7 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

71

Cranford

by Elizabeth Gaskell

4,528 members

131 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 90

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

72

The Picture of Dorian Gray

by Oscar Wilde

39,439 members

630 reviews

4

Global Rank 8

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

73

Henry V

Sir Gawain and the Green Knight

6,023 members

53 reviews

4

Global Rank 109

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

74

by Gawain Poet

7,844 members

104 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 91

5 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

75

King Lear

A Child's Christmas in Wales

15,051 members

145 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 67

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

76

To the Lighthouse

by Virginia Woolf

17,560 members

268 reviews

3.9

Global Rank 48

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

77

The Code of the Woosters

by P. G. Wodehouse

3,854 members

65 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 132

4 Members: thorold, merrystar, ahef1963, amy.james.ks

78

The Faerie Queene

by Edmund Spenser

2,550 members

24 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 115

5 Members: mlfhlibrarian, merrystar, sturlington, Dilara86, ManWithAnAgenda

79

by Dylan Thomas

1,876 members

50 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 143

4 Members: kerry1897, aulsmith, merrystar, gypsysmom

80

That Hideous Strength

by C. S. Lewis

8,268 members

88 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 159

4 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, cej1027, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda

81

The Lord of the Rings

by J. R. R. Tolkien

50,329 members

450 reviews

½ 4.5

Global Rank 100

6 Members: KimarieBee, merrystar, sturlington, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

82

Going Postal

by Terry Pratchett

11,777 members

207 reviews

½ 4.3

Global Rank 139

4 Members: merrystar, ahef1963, el_len, ManWithAnAgenda

83

Kim

by Rudyard Kipling

8,970 members

201 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 131

4 Members: thorold, aulsmith, merrystar, gypsysmom

84

1984

by George Orwell

81,838 members

1,268 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 1

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

85

Animal Farm

by George Orwell

59,906 members

880 reviews

4

Global Rank 9

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

86

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

by Thomas Hardy

19,148 members

244 reviews

3.8

Global Rank 27

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

87

And Then There Were None

by Agatha Christie

21,212 members

535 reviews

4.2

Global Rank 78

8 Members: adsddy, booksinbed, merrystar, sturlington, lewbs, gypsysmom, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

88

Night Watch

by Terry Pratchett

11,270 members

166 reviews

½ 4.4

Global Rank 72

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

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The Mists of Avalon

by Marion Zimmer Bradley

16,344 members

299 reviews

4.1

Global Rank 243

3 Members: booksinbed, gypsysmom, ahef1963,mlfhlibrarian ,aulsmith ,merrystar ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations: merrystar : Author is American
sturlington : Not british.

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Great Expectations