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by Ray Bradbury

63,231 members

1,141 reviews

4

11 Members: edwinbcn, roby72, merrystar, Myyst, sturlington, ncgraham, Dilara86, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

2

The Return of the King

by J. R. R. Tolkien

54,542 members

335 reviews

½ 4.5

11 Members: eromsted, norabelle414, merrystar, Myyst, sturlington, ncgraham, fundevogel, cej1027, ahef1963, raperper, ManWithAnAgenda,roby72

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by J. R. R. Tolkien

56,176 members

355 reviews

½ 4.4

11 Members: eromsted, norabelle414, merrystar, Myyst, sturlington, ncgraham, fundevogel, cej1027, ahef1963, raperper, ManWithAnAgenda

4

Things Fall Apart

by Chinua Achebe

23,295 members

460 reviews

3.8

10 Members: eromsted, edwinbcn, roby72, mkbird, thecoroner, Dilara86, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

5

The Fellowship of the Ring

by J. R. R. Tolkien

63,603 members

574 reviews

½ 4.4

11 Members: eromsted, norabelle414, merrystar, Myyst, sturlington, ncgraham, fundevogel, cej1027, ahef1963, raperper, ManWithAnAgenda,roby72

6

The Catcher in the Rye

by J. D. Salinger

77,046 members

1,196 reviews

3.8

11 Members: eromsted, edwinbcn, roby72, merrystar, Myyst, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,cej1027

7

by Günter Grass

8,396 members

104 reviews

4

7 Members: eromsted, edwinbcn, roby72, thecoroner, Dilara86, alex68, ahef1963

8

31,255 members

281 reviews

3.9

9 Members: eromsted, norabelle414, merrystar, sturlington, ncgraham, fundevogel, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

9

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

29,917 members

297 reviews

4

9 Members: eromsted, norabelle414, merrystar, sturlington, ncgraham, fundevogel, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

10

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

53,951 members

854 reviews

4.1

9 Members: eromsted, norabelle414, merrystar, sturlington, ncgraham, fundevogel, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

11

The Magician's Nephew

34,488 members

410 reviews

3.9

9 Members: eromsted, norabelle414, merrystar, sturlington, ncgraham, fundevogel, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

12

The Silver Chair

28,380 members

225 reviews

3.9

9 Members: eromsted, norabelle414, merrystar, sturlington, ncgraham, fundevogel, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

13

by Jack Kerouac

30,630 members

423 reviews

½ 3.6

8 Members: edwinbcn, aulsmith, roby72, mkbird, Myyst, sturlington, thecoroner, Bretzky1

14

Go Tell It on the Mountain

by James Baldwin

6,897 members

134 reviews

3.9

8 Members: eromsted, edwinbcn, aulsmith, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

15

by John Steinbeck

27,304 members

480 reviews

½ 4.4

8 Members: eromsted, edwinbcn, roby72, mkbird, sturlington, ncgraham, thecoroner, alex68

16

The Horse and His Boy

30,425 members

272 reviews

3.9

8 Members: eromsted, norabelle414, sturlington, ncgraham, fundevogel, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

17

The Last Battle

27,423 members

223 reviews

3.9

8 Members: eromsted, norabelle414, sturlington, ncgraham, fundevogel, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Vladimir Nabokov

35,197 members

633 reviews

4.1

6 Members: edwinbcn, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ManWithAnAgenda,cej1027

19

Lord of the Flies

by William Golding

57,217 members

816 reviews

½ 3.7

8 Members: eromsted, edwinbcn, norabelle414, roby72, sturlington, fundevogel, thecoroner, ahef1963,ncgraham

20

Memoirs of Hadrian ; and, Reflections on the composition of Memoirs of Hadrian

by Marguerite Yourcenar

2,988 members

68 reviews

4.1

5 Members: roby72, mkbird, thecoroner, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

21

Our Man in Havana

by Graham Greene

5,962 members

156 reviews

3.9

7 Members: eromsted, roby72, mkbird, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963

22

The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street

by Naguib Mahfouz

1,262 members

18 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: eromsted, roby72, thecoroner, Dilara86, alex68

23

Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts

by Samuel Beckett

14,591 members

189 reviews

3.9

7 Members: edwinbcn, roby72, Myyst, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

24

The Martian Chronicles

by Ray Bradbury

18,595 members

363 reviews

4

6 Members: merrystar, Myyst, sturlington, alex68, Bretzky1, ahef1963

25

A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories

by Flannery O'Connor

4,700 members

110 reviews

4.1

6 Members: roby72, mkbird, sturlington, fundevogel, thecoroner, alex68

26

Giovanni's Room

by James Baldwin

7,624 members

177 reviews

4.2

6 Members: eromsted, edwinbcn, aulsmith, thecoroner, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Arthur Miller

17,818 members

186 reviews

½ 3.7

6 Members: eromsted, edwinbcn, norabelle414, Myyst, fundevogel, alex68

28

My Side of the Mountain

by Jean Craighead George

14,482 members

162 reviews

4

5 Members: norabelle414, fundevogel, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

29

I, Robot [Anthology]

by Isaac Asimov

17,105 members

311 reviews

4

6 Members: norabelle414, fundevogel, alex68, ahef1963, raperper, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith

30

2,868 members

47 reviews

½ 3.5

6 Members: eromsted, edwinbcn, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1

31

The Recognitions

by William Gaddis

2,607 members

34 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: eromsted, edwinbcn, roby72, thecoroner, alex68

32

The Devil to Pay in the Backlands

by João Guimarães Rosa

1,207 members

18 reviews

½ 4.5

4 Members: roby72, mkbird, thecoroner, alex68

33

The Old Man and the Sea

by Ernest Hemingway

35,286 members

561 reviews

3.8

6 Members: edwinbcn, sturlington, thecoroner, cej1027, ahef1963, raperper,ncgraham

34

The Haunting of Hill House

by Shirley Jackson

12,751 members

517 reviews

3.9

5 Members: edwinbcn, sturlington, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

35

The Daughter of Time

by Josephine Tey

6,641 members

250 reviews

3.9

5 Members: inge87, merrystar, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

36

The Once and Future King

17,305 members

225 reviews

4.1

6 Members: eromsted, norabelle414, mkbird, fundevogel, alex68, ahef1963,aulsmith

37

The Long Goodbye

by Raymond Chandler

5,869 members

126 reviews

4.2

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

38

by Simone de Beauvoir

1,953 members

22 reviews

4.1

4 Members: roby72, mkbird, thecoroner, alex68

39

The Adventures of Augie March

4,231 members

80 reviews

3.8

4 Members: eromsted, roby72, thecoroner, alex68

40

by Ralph Ellison

18,365 members

230 reviews

4

4 Members: edwinbcn, roby72, alex68, Bretzky1

41

That Awful Mess on Via Merulana

by Carlo Emilio Gadda

1,394 members

33 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: roby72, mkbird, thecoroner, alex68

42

by Isaac Asimov

23,331 members

442 reviews

4

5 Members: merrystar, sturlington, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

43

The Quiet American

by Graham Greene

8,707 members

206 reviews

4

4 Members: inge87, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by John Wyndham

5,344 members

142 reviews

3.9

5 Members: edwinbcn, mkbird, sturlington, alex68, ahef1963

45

Breakfast at Tiffany's: A Short Novel and Three Stories

by Truman Capote

9,386 members

244 reviews

3.8

4 Members: sturlington, thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

46

The Talented Mr. Ripley

by Patricia Highsmith

7,211 members

222 reviews

3.9

5 Members: roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963

47

by Boris Pasternak

13,001 members

172 reviews

3.8

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

48

by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa

7,626 members

171 reviews

4.1

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

49

Naked Lunch: The Restored Text

by William S. Burroughs

4,874 members

62 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: eromsted, roby72, Myyst, thecoroner

50

Howl and Other Poems

by Allen Ginsberg

6,170 members

71 reviews

4

4 Members: eromsted, Myyst, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

51

by Ivy Compton-Burnett

107 members

1 review

3.1

4 Members: roby72, mkbird, thecoroner, alex68

52

by Pauline Réage

3,966 members

88 reviews

½ 3.3

4 Members: fundevogel, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963

53

The Grand Sophy

by Georgette Heyer

3,202 members

140 reviews

4.2

4 Members: inge87, merrystar, alex68, ahef1963

54

24,595 members

426 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: edwinbcn, thecoroner, alex68, Bretzky1

55

Nine Coaches Waiting

by Mary Stewart

1,755 members

49 reviews

4

3 Members: inge87, merrystar, ahef1963

56

by Eugène Ionesco

1,654 members

18 reviews

4

4 Members: roby72, Myyst, thecoroner, alex68

57

The Day of the Triffids

by John Wyndham

8,405 members

239 reviews

4

4 Members: edwinbcn, sturlington, alex68, ahef1963

58

by Georgette Heyer

2,329 members

98 reviews

4.1

2 Members: inge87, merrystar

59

Childhood's End

by Arthur C. Clarke

11,432 members

271 reviews

3.9

4 Members: sturlington, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

60

4,373 members

101 reviews

4

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

61

Zazie in the Metro

by Raymond Queneau

1,889 members

34 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: roby72, mkbird, thecoroner, alex68

62

2,797 members

30 reviews

3.8

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

63

by John Steinbeck

3,244 members

56 reviews

4

4 Members: eromsted, edwinbcn, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

64

by Vladimir Nabokov

4,794 members

99 reviews

3.9

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

65

Strangers on a Train

by Patricia Highsmith

3,011 members

106 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: sturlington, alex68, ahef1963

66

by J. D. Salinger

12,733 members

123 reviews

4.1

3 Members: eromsted, thecoroner, ManWithAnAgenda

67

Three Novels: Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable

by Samuel Beckett

3,354 members

30 reviews

4.2

2 Members: eromsted, edwinbcn

68

The Sound of Waves

by Yukio Mishima

2,091 members

48 reviews

3.8

3 Members: inge87, mkbird, alex68

69

by Friedrich Dürrenmatt

1,253 members

29 reviews

4

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

70

by Pier Paolo Pasolini

793 members

7 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

71

Excellent Women

3,102 members

136 reviews

4

3 Members: merrystar, sturlington, alex68

72

My Father's Glory

by Marcel Pagnol

980 members

11 reviews

4

3 Members: inge87, mkbird, alex68

73

The End of the Affair

by Graham Greene

7,260 members

192 reviews

3.9

3 Members: merrystar, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

74

The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: Parts I-II

by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

6,015 members

48 reviews

4.2

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

75

by Friedrich Dürrenmatt

2,085 members

17 reviews

3.9

3 Members: roby72, Myyst, alex68

76

The Moon and the Bonfires

by Cesare Pavese

1,643 members

32 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

77

A Separate Peace

by John Knowles

14,233 members

205 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: eromsted, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

78

by Pär Lagerkvist

1,553 members

27 reviews

3.9

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

79

The Sirens of Titan

by Kurt Vonnegut

11,669 members

149 reviews

4

3 Members: eromsted, alex68, ahef1963

80

12,912 members

240 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

81

by Alain Robbe-Grillet

697 members

13 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: mkbird, thecoroner, alex68

82

The Dying Earth

1,614 members

42 reviews

3.8

3 Members: mkbird, Myyst, alex68

83

by Flannery O'Connor

4,378 members

124 reviews

3.8

3 Members: sturlington, alex68, ahef1963

84

A Murder Is Announced

by Agatha Christie

5,472 members

112 reviews

3.8

3 Members: merrystar, alex68, ahef1963

85

A Time to Keep Silence

by Patrick Leigh Fermor

947 members

34 reviews

4

2 Members: inge87, mkbird

86

The Ugly American

by William J. Lederer

1,544 members

27 reviews

3.8

2 Members: mkbird, Bretzky1

87

A Town Like Alice

4,090 members

150 reviews

4

3 Members: merrystar, alex68, ahef1963

88

A Raisin in the Sun

by Lorraine Hansberry

6,401 members

87 reviews

3.8

3 Members: alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

89

10,220 members

133 reviews

3.9

3 Members: alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

90

Horton Hears a Who!

7,918 members

137 reviews

4.2

3 Members: alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

91

The Unknown Ajax

by Georgette Heyer

1,638 members

61 reviews

4

2 Members: inge87, merrystar

92

How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

11,384 members

178 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: sturlington, alex68, ahef1963

93

Asterix the Gaul

by René Goscinny

3,000 members

42 reviews

4

3 Members: merrystar, alex68, ahef1963

94

5,400 members

192 reviews

3.9

3 Members: sturlington, alex68, ahef1963

95

by Margery Sharp

1,369 members

24 reviews

3.8

2 Members: inge87, ManWithAnAgenda

96

The City and the Stars

by Arthur C. Clarke

3,332 members

69 reviews

3.9

3 Members: sturlington, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

97

The Mousetrap: A Play

by Agatha Christie

136 members

3 reviews

4.2

2 Members: fundevogel, ahef1963

98

A Bear Called Paddington

by Michael Bond

5,056 members

82 reviews

4.1

3 Members: alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

99

Starship Troopers

by Robert A. Heinlein

13,489 members

252 reviews

3.8

3 Members: sturlington, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

100

A Coney Island of the Mind

by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

2,051 members

32 reviews

4.1

2 Members: eromsted, mkbird

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