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alex68, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda, ahef1963, Myyst, merrystar, thecoroner, eromsted, roby72, fundevogel, inge87, hipdeep, souloftherose, cej1027, norabelle414, fountainoverflows, raperper, dara85

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by Richard Adams

23,521 members

455 reviews

4.2

10 Members: eromsted, inge87, norabelle414, merrystar, sturlington, fundevogel, souloftherose, thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

2

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

by Douglas Adams

37,049 members

701 reviews

4.2

11 Members: hipdeep, eromsted, norabelle414, merrystar, Myyst, sturlington, fundevogel, souloftherose, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,alex68

3

The Silmarillion

by J. R. R. Tolkien

32,579 members

257 reviews

3.9

8 Members: eromsted, norabelle414, merrystar, Myyst, souloftherose, ahef1963, raperper, ManWithAnAgenda,alex68

4

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler

by Italo Calvino

11,884 members

250 reviews

4.1

7 Members: inge87, roby72, merrystar, Myyst, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963

5

Where the Sidewalk Ends: Poems and Drawings

by Shel Silverstein

14,728 members

452 reviews

½ 4.3

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

6

A Wind in the Door

by Madeleine L'Engle

11,961 members

114 reviews

3.9

7 Members: norabelle414, merrystar, sturlington, fundevogel, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

7

The Princess Bride

by William Goldman

23,802 members

517 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: hipdeep, norabelle414, merrystar, fundevogel, souloftherose

8

Gravity's Rainbow

by Thomas Pynchon

10,319 members

137 reviews

4.1

4 Members: eromsted, roby72, thecoroner, alex68

9

The Westing Game

by Ellen Raskin

11,418 members

376 reviews

4.1

6 Members: merrystar, sturlington, alex68, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

10

Accidental Death of an Anarchist

477 members

16 reviews

4.1

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

11

The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum

by Heinrich Böll

2,385 members

44 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: inge87, roby72, Myyst, thecoroner, alex68

12

Humboldt's Gift

2,873 members

37 reviews

3.8

4 Members: eromsted, roby72, thecoroner, alex68

13

A Swiftly Tilting Planet

by Madeleine L'Engle

11,429 members

98 reviews

4

5 Members: norabelle414, merrystar, sturlington, fundevogel, ManWithAnAgenda

14

In the Night Kitchen

by Maurice Sendak

2,665 members

116 reviews

3.9

5 Members: merrystar, sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

15

by William Gaddis

1,293 members

18 reviews

4.2

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

16

by Elsa Morante

1,306 members

27 reviews

4.2

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

17

Bridge to Terabithia

by Katherine Paterson

20,013 members

593 reviews

4

5 Members: sturlington, alex68, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

18

by Stephen King

21,667 members

434 reviews

4.1

4 Members: hipdeep, sturlington, fundevogel, ManWithAnAgenda

19

Jonathan Livingston Seagull

by Richard Bach

11,006 members

198 reviews

½ 3.6

5 Members: sturlington, alex68, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

20

The Dark Is Rising

by Susan Cooper

8,022 members

219 reviews

4.1

4 Members: merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

21

by Octavia E. Butler

7,502 members

315 reviews

4.2

4 Members: hipdeep, sturlington, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

22

Invisible Cities

by Italo Calvino

8,822 members

193 reviews

4.1

4 Members: roby72, merrystar, Myyst, alex68

23

The Farthest Shore

by Ursula K. Le Guin

7,453 members

105 reviews

4

4 Members: merrystar, Myyst, souloftherose, ManWithAnAgenda

24

The Tombs of Atuan

by Ursula K. Le Guin

8,453 members

143 reviews

4

4 Members: merrystar, Myyst, souloftherose, ManWithAnAgenda

25

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

by Hunter S. Thompson

13,788 members

185 reviews

4.1

4 Members: Myyst, sturlington, alex68, ahef1963

26

The Perilous Gard

by Elizabeth Marie Pope

1,543 members

38 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: merrystar, fountainoverflows, cej1027

27

Life: A User's Manual

by Georges Perec

3,618 members

54 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

28

by Leslie Marmon Silko

3,329 members

56 reviews

3.8

3 Members: inge87, sturlington, cej1027

29

The Periodic Table

3,804 members

66 reviews

4.2

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

30

by Stefano D'Arrigo

90 members

3 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

31

A Five Year Sentence

by Bernice Rubens

137 members

10 reviews

4

2 Members: souloftherose, fountainoverflows

32

by Stephen King

8,609 members

112 reviews

3.8

4 Members: hipdeep, sturlington, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

33

The Stepford Wives

2,895 members

87 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: sturlington, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

34

Frog and Toad Are Friends

by Arnold Lobel

9,380 members

254 reviews

4.2

4 Members: sturlington, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

35

Fantastic Mr. Fox

8,575 members

131 reviews

3.9

3 Members: sturlington, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

36

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

by Angela Carter

5,178 members

141 reviews

4.1

3 Members: inge87, sturlington, fountainoverflows

37

84, Charing Cross Road

by Helene Hanff

5,568 members

341 reviews

4.2

3 Members: roby72, merrystar, thecoroner

38

Flowers In The Attic

by V. C. Andrews

5,897 members

177 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

39

Burger's Daughter

by Nadine Gordimer

1,036 members

19 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

40

by John Gardner

5,775 members

106 reviews

3.8

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

41

A Bend in the River

by V. S. Naipaul

3,089 members

57 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

42

by Stephen King

15,081 members

285 reviews

3.9

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

43

The Word for World is Forest

by Ursula K. Le Guin

2,634 members

82 reviews

3.8

3 Members: Myyst, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

44

Quartet in Autumn

1,211 members

52 reviews

4

2 Members: souloftherose, fountainoverflows

45

The Forever War

by Joe Haldeman

8,967 members

239 reviews

4

3 Members: sturlington, souloftherose, ManWithAnAgenda

46

The Executioner's Song

by Norman Mailer

2,774 members

49 reviews

4

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

47

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret

7,162 members

225 reviews

3.8

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

48

4,660 members

60 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

49

2,772 members

57 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: dara85, merrystar

50

by Stephen King

4,131 members

86 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: sturlington, fundevogel, ManWithAnAgenda

51

The Dispossessed

by Ursula K. Le Guin

10,002 members

252 reviews

4.1

3 Members: Myyst, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

52

La stanza del vescovo

by Piero Chiara

102 members

4 reviews

3.2

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

53

3,975 members

139 reviews

3.9

2 Members: merrystar, sturlington

54

by Stephen King

9,509 members

123 reviews

3.8

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

55

by Edward Gorey

1,445 members

18 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: eromsted, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

56

Song of Solomon

by Toni Morrison

10,244 members

119 reviews

4

2 Members: eromsted, alex68

57

Julie of the Wolves

by Jean Craighead George

7,018 members

119 reviews

3.9

2 Members: fundevogel, ahef1963

58

Angle of Repose

by Wallace Stegner

5,274 members

178 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

59

The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas

by Ursula K. Le Guin

569 members

29 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: Myyst, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

60

The Book of the Dun Cow

by Walter Jr. Wangerin

1,513 members

20 reviews

3.9

2 Members: fundevogel, ahef1963

61

by Thomas Tryon

1,277 members

31 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

62

8,061 members

302 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: sturlington, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

63

The Sea, the Sea

by Iris Murdoch

3,402 members

90 reviews

3.9

2 Members: souloftherose, alex68

64

The Trumpet of the Swan

10,561 members

74 reviews

4.1

3 Members: sturlington, alex68, ahef1963

65

The Boys from Brazil

1,962 members

38 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: eromsted, sturlington, alex68

66

Richard Scarry's Cars and Trucks and Things that Go

by Richard Scarry

1,907 members

19 reviews

4.1

3 Members: sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

67

9,476 members

179 reviews

3.8

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

68

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

by Judi Barrett

9,003 members

332 reviews

4.2

3 Members: sturlington, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

69

Breakfast of Champions

by Kurt Vonnegut

15,643 members

158 reviews

4

2 Members: eromsted, sturlington

70

by Toni Morrison

7,198 members

93 reviews

3.8

2 Members: eromsted, alex68

71

by Stephen King

13,629 members

276 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

72

1,220 members

16 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: eromsted, thecoroner

73

by E. L. Doctorow

6,003 members

118 reviews

3.9

2 Members: eromsted, alex68

74

by Thomas Tryon

1,066 members

33 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

75

Interview with the Vampire

21,709 members

313 reviews

3.8

2 Members: hipdeep, sturlington

76

by Deborah Howe

6,477 members

158 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

77

Helter Skelter: The True Story of the Manson Murders

by Vincent Bugliosi

4,689 members

87 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

78

The Book of Daniel: A Novel

by E. L. Doctorow

1,513 members

24 reviews

3.8

2 Members: eromsted, alex68

79

The Autumn of the Patriarch

by Gabriel García Márquez

3,766 members

41 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Myyst, alex68

80

Asterix in Belgium

by René Goscinny

1,307 members

7 reviews

4

2 Members: merrystar, ahef1963

81

by Rien Poortvliet

2,231 members

36 reviews

4.1

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

82

The Lathe of Heaven

by Ursula K. Le Guin

6,081 members

184 reviews

4

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

83

by Richard Matheson

2,159 members

98 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

84

Vaster than empires and more slow [short fiction]

by Ursula K. Le Guin

41 members

4.1

2 Members: Myyst, ManWithAnAgenda

85

Touch Not the Cat

by Mary Stewart

1,499 members

30 reviews

3.8

Member: inge87

86

This Perfect Day

1,246 members

37 reviews

3.9

Member: sturlington

87

Dancer from the Dance

by Andrew Holleran

943 members

10 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

88

The House with a Clock in Its Walls

by John Bellairs

2,317 members

73 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

89

by Margaret Laurence

1,145 members

19 reviews

4.1

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

90

Another Roadside Attraction

3,544 members

39 reviews

3.9

2 Members: eromsted, ManWithAnAgenda

91

The Raj Quartet

590 members

3 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

92

2,270 members

51 reviews

3.9

2 Members: alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

93

The World According to Garp

14,917 members

190 reviews

4.1

2 Members: sturlington, alex68

94

Then Again, Maybe I Won't

1,661 members

19 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: sturlington, ahef1963

95

All the President's Men

by Carl Bernstein

4,482 members

69 reviews

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

96

by Peter Benchley

3,770 members

140 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: sturlington, alex68

97

by Toni Morrison

12,670 members

219 reviews

3.9

2 Members: sturlington, alex68

98

Sophie's Choice

by William Styron

5,776 members

85 reviews

4.1

2 Members: sturlington, alex68

99

The Monster at the End of This Book

4,672 members

102 reviews

½ 4.5

2 Members: sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

100

Tuck Everlasting

by Natalie Babbitt

14,071 members

540 reviews

3.9

2 Members: alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

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