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by George Orwell

60,021 members

885 reviews

4

14 Members: Edward, hipdeep, devenish, Ragnell, thorold, aulsmith, blackdove07, andreas.wpv, thecoroner, misshiss, alex68, ahef1963, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Importance of Being Earnest

10,777 members

178 reviews

4.2

10 Members: hipdeep, parlerodermime, aulsmith, blackdove07, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, dwarren13, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda

3

Slaughterhouse-Five

by Kurt Vonnegut

44,008 members

705 reviews

4.1

9 Members: hipdeep, Ragnell, aulsmith, blackdove07, andreas.wpv, ahef1963, mspixieears, VictoriaLynn, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Joseph Heller

40,007 members

526 reviews

4.1

9 Members: Edward, hipdeep, devenish, Ragnell, thorold, aulsmith, blackdove07, thecoroner, alex68,andreas.wpv

5

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

by Douglas Adams

38,788 members

720 reviews

4.2

10 Members: hipdeep, devenish, Ragnell, blackdove07, andreas.wpv, cej1027, ahef1963, bukowskientrepapas, VictoriaLynn, ManWithAnAgenda

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Gulliver's Travels

by Jonathan Swift

1,130 members

11 reviews

½ 3.5

8 Members: thorold, aulsmith, andreas.wpv, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda

7

Cold Comfort Farm

by Stella Gibbons

5,773 members

222 reviews

4

7 Members: devenish, lahochstetler, AnnaClaire, thecoroner, ahef1963, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith

8

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

by Douglas Adams

18,296 members

190 reviews

4.1

7 Members: hipdeep, Ragnell, andreas.wpv, ahef1963, bukowskientrepapas, VictoriaLynn, ManWithAnAgenda

9

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

42,971 members

518 reviews

3.9

7 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, thecoroner, misshiss, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

10

Guards! Guards!

by Terry Pratchett

14,122 members

241 reviews

4.2

7 Members: Ragnell, aulsmith, blackdove07, misshiss, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

11

Monstrous Regiment

by Terry Pratchett

9,390 members

131 reviews

4

6 Members: Ragnell, thorold, aulsmith, misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Terry Pratchett

11,280 members

166 reviews

½ 4.4

6 Members: Ragnell, aulsmith, blackdove07, misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by William Makepeace Thackeray

14,687 members

190 reviews

3.9

5 Members: thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, VictoriaLynn, ManWithAnAgenda

14

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

by Tom Stoppard

8,004 members

90 reviews

4.2

5 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, novicebaker, ahef1963, mspixieears

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The Rape of the Lock

by Alexander Pope

677 members

7 reviews

½ 3.5

5 Members: hipdeep, thorold, novicebaker, ahef1963, VictoriaLynn

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34,711 members

788 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: hipdeep, blackdove07, andreas.wpv, ahef1963, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda,misshiss

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by Terry Pratchett

12,118 members

180 reviews

4.2

5 Members: Ragnell, aulsmith, misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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Northanger Abbey

21,619 members

419 reviews

3.8

5 Members: AnnaClaire, thecoroner, ahef1963, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda

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by George Bernard Shaw

6,736 members

78 reviews

3.8

5 Members: parlerodermime, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, mspixieears

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by Kurt Vonnegut

22,320 members

300 reviews

4.1

5 Members: Ragnell, blackdove07, ahef1963, VictoriaLynn, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Henry Fielding

8,121 members

96 reviews

3.9

5 Members: thecoroner, novicebaker, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Terry Pratchett

14,425 members

254 reviews

3.8

5 Members: misshiss, cej1027, ahef1963, bukowskientrepapas, ManWithAnAgenda

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America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction

7,413 members

61 reviews

4.1

5 Members: hipdeep, AnnaClaire, novicebaker, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

by Laurence Sterne

7,667 members

113 reviews

3.9

4 Members: thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Code of the Woosters

by P. G. Wodehouse

3,860 members

66 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: hipdeep, novicebaker, ahef1963, fredsmithx

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by Yevgeny Zamyatin

8,461 members

214 reviews

3.8

5 Members: blackdove07, thecoroner, novicebaker, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

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20,551 members

307 reviews

3.8

5 Members: thecoroner, novicebaker, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Terry Pratchett

11,788 members

207 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: misshiss, cej1027, ahef1963, VictoriaLynn, ManWithAnAgenda

29

1066 and All That

2,617 members

51 reviews

4

3 Members: thorold, AnnaClaire, ahef1963

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The Colour of Magic

by Terry Pratchett

22,018 members

447 reviews

3.8

5 Members: misshiss, novicebaker, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Terry Pratchett

10,048 members

120 reviews

4.1

5 Members: aulsmith, misshiss, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Evelyn Waugh

3,563 members

75 reviews

3.8

4 Members: hipdeep, parlerodermime, novicebaker, alex68

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House of Leaves

by Mark Z. Danielewski

15,680 members

377 reviews

4.1

5 Members: thecoroner, misshiss, novicebaker, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Terry Pratchett

10,158 members

139 reviews

4.1

4 Members: hipdeep, misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Terry Pratchett

5,023 members

71 reviews

4

4 Members: Ragnell, blackdove07, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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22,493 members

357 reviews

3.8

4 Members: thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

37

Our Man in Havana

by Graham Greene

5,352 members

139 reviews

3.9

4 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963

38

The Screwtape Letters

7,861 members

89 reviews

4.1

4 Members: hipdeep, misshiss, cej1027, ahef1963

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by Terry Pratchett

8,480 members

83 reviews

4.2

4 Members: hipdeep, misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

40

The Screwtape Letters / Screwtape Proposes a Toast

17,404 members

153 reviews

4.1

4 Members: hipdeep, misshiss, cej1027, ahef1963

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by Terry Pratchett

15,828 members

252 reviews

4.1

4 Members: misshiss, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

42

Moving Pictures

by Terry Pratchett

9,664 members

107 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: misshiss, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Fifth Elephant

by Terry Pratchett

9,833 members

103 reviews

4.1

4 Members: misshiss, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Terry Pratchett

11,297 members

157 reviews

4.1

4 Members: hipdeep, misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

45

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

24,213 members

299 reviews

4.1

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, VictoriaLynn

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by Douglas Coupland

3,202 members

108 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: novicebaker, ahef1963, VictoriaLynn, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Terry Pratchett

8,851 members

130 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: misshiss, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

48

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

by Terry Pratchett

7,042 members

134 reviews

4

4 Members: misshiss, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

49

The Sirens of Titan

by Kurt Vonnegut

10,416 members

125 reviews

4

3 Members: aulsmith, ahef1963, VictoriaLynn

50

A Modest Proposal [essay]

by Jonathan Swift

1,288 members

45 reviews

4

3 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, VictoriaLynn

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The School for Scandal

by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

1,050 members

17 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: novicebaker, ahef1963, mspixieears

52

The White Tiger

by Aravind Adiga

9,591 members

423 reviews

3.8

3 Members: thorold, novicebaker, ahef1963

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I, Lucifer: Finally, the Other Side of the Story

1,371 members

34 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: blackdove07, novicebaker, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Mouse on Wall Street

by Leonard Wibberley

98 members

3 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: parlerodermime, novicebaker

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The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade

95 members

5 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: lahochstetler, novicebaker

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2,542 members

60 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: lahochstetler, novicebaker

57

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

by Lewis Carroll

27,068 members

479 reviews

4

3 Members: thecoroner, cej1027, ahef1963

58

by Kingsley Amis

5,801 members

155 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: thorold, novicebaker, ahef1963

59

The Diary of a Nobody

by George Grossmith

3,276 members

92 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: thorold, novicebaker, ahef1963

60

Portnoy's Complaint

7,371 members

154 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963

61

by Terry Pratchett

12,494 members

189 reviews

4

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

62

Breakfast of Champions

by Kurt Vonnegut

16,260 members

167 reviews

4

3 Members: blackdove07, ahef1963, VictoriaLynn

63

2,115 members

34 reviews

3.9

3 Members: thorold, thecoroner, ahef1963

64

by Terry Pratchett

11,542 members

151 reviews

4.1

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

65

by Terry Pratchett

10,181 members

143 reviews

4.1

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

66

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

by Jon Scieszka

11,448 members

678 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: aulsmith, cej1027, ahef1963

67

by Terry Pratchett

9,387 members

106 reviews

4

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

68

A Confederacy of Dunces

by John Kennedy Toole

21,374 members

475 reviews

3.9

3 Members: hipdeep, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

69

by Terry Pratchett

10,463 members

121 reviews

4.2

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

70

by Terry Pratchett

9,873 members

115 reviews

4.1

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

71

by Terry Pratchett

9,306 members

119 reviews

4

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

72

Lords and Ladies

by Terry Pratchett

9,716 members

125 reviews

4

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

73

by Terry Pratchett

8,714 members

178 reviews

4

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

74

The Last Continent

by Terry Pratchett

8,672 members

96 reviews

3.8

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

75

The Lecturer's Tale

494 members

8 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: lahochstetler, novicebaker

76

The Wee Free Men

by Terry Pratchett

10,783 members

258 reviews

4.2

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

77

by Terry Pratchett

5,010 members

172 reviews

4

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

78

The Princess Bride

by William Goldman

24,839 members

530 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: aulsmith, cej1027, ahef1963

79

The Complete Yes Minister: The Diaries of a Cabinet Minister

by Jonathan Lynn

961 members

15 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Edward, ahef1963

80

The Satires of Juvenal

by Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis

1,782 members

14 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Edward, novicebaker

81

When You Are Engulfed in Flames

by David Sedaris

9,141 members

268 reviews

3.9

2 Members: blackdove07, VictoriaLynn

82

The Mouse that Roared

by Leonard Wibberley

808 members

15 reviews

3.8

2 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith

83

by Margaret Atwood

16,962 members

536 reviews

3.9

2 Members: novicebaker, ahef1963

84

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

by Kurt Vonnegut

6,282 members

55 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Ragnell, blackdove07

85

Unseen Academicals

by Terry Pratchett

6,271 members

186 reviews

3.9

2 Members: hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda

86

Kafka in Tangier

by Mohammed Said Hjiouij

16 members

9 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: hjiouij

87

I Am America (And So Can You!)

by Stephen Colbert

5,860 members

132 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

88

by Chuck Palahniuk

8,716 members

96 reviews

3.8

2 Members: novicebaker, ahef1963

89

The Metamorphosis [Bantam Classics]

5,139 members

72 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

90

by Chuck Palahniuk

19,334 members

326 reviews

4.1

2 Members: blackdove07, ahef1963

91

by Charles Dickens

13,701 members

248 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

92

by Michael Chabon

4,308 members

104 reviews

4

2 Members: hipdeep, novicebaker

93

by W. Somerset Maugham

1,954 members

41 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

94

The Dilbert Principle

3,979 members

42 reviews

3.8

2 Members: thorold, ahef1963

95

The Mouse on the Moon

by Leonard Wibberley

294 members

4 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: parlerodermime

96

Me Talk Pretty One Day

by David Sedaris

21,075 members

368 reviews

4

2 Members: blackdove07, ahef1963

97

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

by Hunter S. Thompson

14,403 members

192 reviews

4

2 Members: blackdove07, ahef1963

98

The Man Who Was Thursday: A Nightmare

by G.K. Chesterton

7,048 members

169 reviews

3.8

2 Members: cej1027, ahef1963

99

by Terry Pratchett

5,153 members

246 reviews

4.1

2 Members: misshiss, ahef1963

100

The Devil Wears Prada

by Lauren Weisberger

11,706 members

227 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: misshiss, ahef1963

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