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1
Animal Farm
by George Orwell
53,701 members, 809 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: starbox (1), MarcioNemec (1), ahef1963 (1), aulsmith (1), Bretzky1 (1), norabelle414 (1), elkiedee (5), eromsted (7), kara.shamy (9), sturlington (10), edwinbcn (14) — 8 more, hipdeep (15), souloftherose (19), roby72 (29), alex68 (32), thecoroner (35), ManWithAnAgenda (56), fundevogel, Myyst

Score: 51.2

2
Nineteen Eighty-Four
by George Orwell
73,451 members, 1,186 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: Laura1124 (1), edwinbcn (1), norabelle414 (1), starbox (2), ahef1963 (2), aulsmith (2), Bretzky1 (2), eromsted (3), elkiedee (4), hipdeep (17), sturlington (18) — 6 more, souloftherose (20), roby72 (25), thecoroner (36), alex68 (42), ManWithAnAgenda (55), Myyst

Score: 45.53

3
The Stranger
by Albert Camus
32,158 members, 459 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: eromsted (1), norabelle414 (1), Laura1124 (2), kara.shamy (2), starbox (3), roby72 (3), ahef1963 (3), aulsmith (3), ManWithAnAgenda (4), raperper (4), thecoroner (17) — 3 more, alex68 (21), fundevogel, Myyst

Score: 41.36

4
The Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank
25,933 members, 481 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: elkiedee (1), souloftherose (2), Laura1124 (3), starbox (7), roby72 (12), ahef1963 (13), thecoroner (18), sturlington (20), ManWithAnAgenda (27), alex68 (34), cej1027

Score: 27.19

5
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
by Carson McCullers
9,908 members, 223 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: sturlington (1), ManWithAnAgenda (3), Laura1124 (8), starbox (8), ahef1963 (10), edwinbcn (17), thecoroner (27), alex68 (29), roby72 (36), fundevogel

Thumbs down: Bretzky1

Score: 22.17

6
Cry, the Beloved Country
by Alan Paton
8,604 members, 172 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (1), souloftherose (1), inge87 (3), Laura1124 (4), kara.shamy (5), edwinbcn (9), ahef1963 (21)

Score: 20.72

7
The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
39,123 members, 703 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: norabelle414 (1), starbox (4), ahef1963 (4), sturlington (7), roby72 (9), thecoroner (21), alex68 (49), cej1027

Score: 20.63

8
Brideshead Revisited
by Evelyn Waugh
11,477 members, 242 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: starbox (5), edwinbcn (5), Laura1124 (6), ManWithAnAgenda (8), ahef1963 (8), sturlington (11), thecoroner (15), roby72 (15), alex68 (27)

Thumbs down: merrystar

Score: 18.68

9
Fictions
by Jorge Luis Borges
6,760 members, 100 reviews
4.38 stars (4.38 stars)

Lists: merrystar (1), eromsted (2), alex68 (3), thecoroner (3), roby72 (4), Myyst

Score: 18.21

10
For Whom the Bell Tolls
by Ernest Hemingway
17,161 members, 162 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: edwinbcn (3), Bretzky1 (3), Laura1124 (5), ahef1963 (11), thecoroner (25), roby72 (30), alex68 (52), Myyst

Score: 17.88

11
I Capture the Castle
by Dodie Smith
8,532 members, 285 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (1), merrystar (2), souloftherose (5), starbox (10), edwinbcn (12), ahef1963 (23)

Score: 16.26

12
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith
14,856 members, 412 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: edwinbcn (4), starbox (6), ahef1963 (6), Laura1124 (7), eromsted (12), merrystar (14), thecoroner (37)

Score: 16.24

13
Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller
10,912 members, 107 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (4), ahef1963 (7), thecoroner (13), roby72 (18), ManWithAnAgenda (32), fundevogel, Myyst

Score: 16

14
Goodnight Moon
by Margaret Wise Brown
15,685 members, 658 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: merrystar (6), sturlington (13), Laura1124 (16), ahef1963 (17), hipdeep (19), ManWithAnAgenda (35), cej1027

Score: 15.02

15
Stuart Little
by E. B. White
12,365 members, 132 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: sturlington (9), merrystar (10), Laura1124 (12), eromsted (14), ahef1963 (19), alex68 (72), cej1027

Score: 14.89

16
Pippi Longstocking
by Astrid Lindgren
8,774 members, 152 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: merrystar (4), Laura1124 (10), ahef1963 (24), ManWithAnAgenda (30), roby72 (35), alex68 (70), cej1027

Score: 14.45

17
The Screwtape Letters
by C. S. Lewis
7,145 members, 71 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: souloftherose (4), hipdeep (12), starbox (12), merrystar (16), ahef1963 (22), cej1027

Score: 13.8

18
Blueberries for Sal
by Robert McCloskey
6,691 members, 134 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: merrystar (5), ahef1963 (12), hipdeep (16), sturlington (21), ManWithAnAgenda (39), cej1027

Score: 13.12

19
Other Voices, Other Rooms
by Truman Capote
2,362 members, 46 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (2), starbox (11), sturlington (14), thecoroner (16), roby72 (24), alex68 (50)

Score: 12.94

20
The Glass Menagerie
by Tennessee Williams
5,959 members, 63 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (5), edwinbcn (15), ahef1963 (15), sturlington (22), ManWithAnAgenda (24), Myyst

Score: 12.34

21
Native Son
by Richard Wright
7,043 members, 87 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: eromsted (4), kara.shamy (6), Laura1124 (9), starbox (9), edwinbcn (11)

Score: 12.2

22
Cannery Row
by John Steinbeck
9,032 members, 176 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (3), eromsted (6), edwinbcn (7), ahef1963 (14), Laura1124 (19), ManWithAnAgenda (25)

Thumbs down: starbox

Score: 11.83

23
The Plague
by Albert Camus
16,722 members, 224 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (4), roby72 (8), eromsted (8), alex68 (12), ManWithAnAgenda (14)

Score: 11.8

24
Curious George
by H. A. Rey
5,381 members, 86 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: merrystar (9), hipdeep (18), Laura1124 (20), ahef1963 (20), sturlington (23), ManWithAnAgenda (49)

Score: 11.37

25
Under the Volcano
by Malcolm Lowry
4,013 members, 79 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: roby72 (2), alex68 (4), thecoroner (7), Laura1124 (17)

Score: 10.62

26
The Second Sex
by Simone de Beauvoir
2,041 members, 15 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (3), alex68 (5), roby72 (6), thecoroner (9)

Score: 10.58

27
Dangling Man
by Saul Bellow
928 members, 12 reviews
3.36 stars (3.36 stars)

Lists: edwinbcn (6), Laura1124 (11), eromsted (11), roby72 (22), alex68 (55)

Score: 10.26

28
Doctor Faustus: The Life of the German Composer Adrian Leverkuhn As Told by a Friend
by Thomas Mann
3,730 members, 43 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: roby72 (1), alex68 (2), thecoroner (5)

Score: 10.04

29
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
14,615 members, 186 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (1), Laura1124 (13), starbox (15), thecoroner (26)

Score: 9.91

30
The Death of Virgil
by Hermann Broch
1,090 members, 11 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: alex68 (1), thecoroner (1), roby72 (20)

Score: 9.89

31
The Once and Future King
by T. H. White
13,869 members, 186 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (5), aulsmith (5), eromsted (10), hipdeep (13), Laura1124 (14)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 9.77

Explanations:

sturlington (0): the omnibus was published in 1958

32
The Naked and the Dead
by Norman Mailer
3,836 members, 42 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: roby72 (5), eromsted (5), thecoroner (11), alex68 (13)

Score: 9.65

33
The Power and the Glory
by Graham Greene
7,110 members, 115 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: Laura1124 (18), roby72 (19), alex68 (24), thecoroner (24), ahef1963 (26)

Score: 9.24

34
The Bridge on the Drina
by Ivo Andrić
2,112 members, 61 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: alex68 (6), thecoroner (8), starbox (13), roby72 (13)

Score: 9.15

35
No Exit
by Jean-Paul Sartre
837 members, 14 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (4), ahef1963 (18), sturlington (24), Myyst

Score: 8.52

36
A Streetcar Named Desire
by Tennessee Williams
7,133 members, 82 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (4), ManWithAnAgenda (22), ahef1963 (27), Myyst

Score: 8.37

37
The Makioka Sisters
by Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
1,928 members, 40 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (10), starbox (14), alex68 (16), roby72 (17)

Score: 8.29

38
Suite Française
by Irène Némirovsky
9,368 members, 331 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: elkiedee (8), ManWithAnAgenda (16), starbox (19), Laura1124 (22)

Score: 8.14

39
The Razor's Edge
by W. Somerset Maugham
5,701 members, 111 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (10), ManWithAnAgenda (20), ahef1963 (25), roby72 (37)

Score: 7.55

40
The Thurber Carnival
by James Thurber
2,399 members, 31 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: edwinbcn (10), hipdeep (11), fundevogel

Score: 7.49

41
Christ Stopped at Eboli
by Carlo Levi
1,777 members, 36 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (6), roby72 (7), alex68 (11)

Score: 7.21

42
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
by H. P. Lovecraft
1,510 members, 31 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: raperper (3), ahef1963 (9), ManWithAnAgenda (48)

Score: 6.87

43
Conversations in Sicily
by Elio Vittorini
591 members, 7 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: alex68 (9), roby72 (10), thecoroner (12)

Score: 6.71

44
The Tartar Steppe
by Dino Buzzati
2,154 members, 53 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: roby72 (11), alex68 (14), thecoroner (14)

Score: 6.33

45
Confessions of a Mask
by Yukio Mishima
2,257 members, 40 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: roby72 (14), alex68 (17), thecoroner (20)

Score: 5.93

47
House of Liars
by Elsa Morante
177 members, 4 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: alex68 (8), roby72 (26), thecoroner (31)

Score: 5.85

48
The President
by Miguel Ángel Asturias
865 members, 17 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: roby72 (16), alex68 (23), thecoroner (23)

Score: 5.65

49
The Aleph
by Jorge Luis Borges
2,151 members, 53 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: raperper (1), alex68 (43)

Score: 5.56

50
Finn Family Moomintroll
by Tove Jansson
2,244 members, 46 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: souloftherose (3), merrystar (7)

Score: 5.5

51
Miracle on 34th Street
by Valentine Davies
842 members, 14 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: merrystar (17), hipdeep (20), ManWithAnAgenda (36)

Score: 5.49

52
The Wayward Bus
by John Steinbeck
1,896 members, 36 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: edwinbcn (2), eromsted (13)

Score: 5.47

53
Beautiful Antonio
by Vitaliano Brancati
200 members, 3 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (19), alex68 (26), roby72 (28)

Score: 5.43

54
Lettere di una novizia
by Guido Piovene
29 members, 1 review
3.6 stars (3.6 stars)

Lists: alex68 (18), roby72 (27), thecoroner (32)

Score: 5.38

55
Palladian
by Elizabeth Taylor
268 members, 11 reviews
3.68 stars (3.68 stars)

Lists: elkiedee (3), souloftherose (9)

Score: 5.35

56
The Lady in the Lake
by Raymond Chandler
3,026 members, 60 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (9), roby72 (38), alex68 (75)

Score: 5.28

57
Saplings
by Noel Streatfeild
326 members, 17 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: elkiedee (2), souloftherose (21)

Score: 5.23

58
Don Giovanni in Sicilia
by Vitaliano Brancati
198 members, 4 reviews
3.46 stars (3.46 stars)

Lists: alex68 (25), thecoroner (28), roby72 (33)

Score: 5.2

59
Men and Not Men
by Elio Vittorini
332 members, 6 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: roby72 (23), thecoroner (34), alex68 (38)

Score: 5.09

60
Agostino
by Alberto Moravia
419 members, 13 reviews
3.33 stars (3.33 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (22), roby72 (32), alex68 (48)

Score: 5.05

61
A View of the Harbour
by Elizabeth Taylor
515 members, 30 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: elkiedee (6), souloftherose (7)

Score: 5.02

62
The Pursuit of Love
by Nancy Mitford
1,703 members, 62 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: merrystar (3), starbox (18)

Score: 4.98

63
A Time to Kill
by Ennio Flaiano
197 members, 4 reviews
3.55 stars (3.55 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (33), roby72 (34), alex68 (37)

Score: 4.95

64
The Invention of Morel
by Adolfo Bioy Casares
2,246 members, 67 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (29), roby72 (31), alex68 (54)

Score: 4.89

65
The Dream-Quest of Unknown Kadath
by H. P. Lovecraft
1,240 members, 16 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: raperper (2), ManWithAnAgenda (50)

Score: 4.87

66
Four Quartets
by T. S. Eliot
2,916 members, 38 reviews
4.35 stars (4.35 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (2), alex68 (56)

Score: 4.83

67
The Little White Horse
by Elizabeth Goudge
2,228 members, 47 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: merrystar (8), souloftherose (10)

Score: 4.63

68
House-Bound
by Winifred Peck
114 members, 3 reviews
3.52 stars (3.52 stars)

Lists: elkiedee (7), souloftherose (15)

Score: 4.49

69
If This Is a Man
by Primo Levi
5,490 members, 93 reviews
4.31 stars (4.31 stars)

Lists: alex68 (7), Myyst

Score: 4.4

70
The Reluctant Widow
by Georgette Heyer
1,485 members, 54 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: inge87 (10), merrystar (15)

Score: 4.28

71
Gigi
by Colette
320 members, 7 reviews
3.66 stars (3.66 stars)

Lists: inge87 (6), alex68 (30)

Score: 4.27

72
Life of Galileo
by Bertolt Brecht
2,325 members, 18 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (10), Myyst

Score: 4.19

73
Delta Wedding
by Eudora Welty
905 members, 21 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)

Lists: inge87 (11), Laura1124 (21)

Score: 4.07

74
Alicia
by Alicia Appleman-Jurman
573 members, 9 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: dara85 (1)

Score: 4

75
One Fine Day
by Mollie Panter-Downes
325 members, 14 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: inge87 (1)

Score: 4

76
Hiroshima
by John Hersey
1,964 members, 34 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (6), alex68 (71)

Score: 3.93

77
The Little House
by Virginia Lee Burton
4,442 members, 123 reviews
4.34 stars (4.34 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (15), sturlington (25)

Score: 3.82

78
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
by Betty MacDonald
3,934 members, 36 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: merrystar (11), ManWithAnAgenda (40)

Score: 3.79

79
The Long Winter
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
8,607 members, 87 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: merrystar (12), ManWithAnAgenda (44)

Score: 3.7

80
Joseph and His Brothers: The Stories of Jacob, Young Joseph, Joseph in Egypt, Joseph the Provider
by Thomas Mann
968 members, 18 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (2), alex68 (10)

Thumbs down: ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 3.61

Explanations:

ManWithAnAgenda (0): Published 1933

81
Silverlock
by John Myers Myers
962 members, 19 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: merrystar (13), ManWithAnAgenda (53)

Score: 3.59

82
The Sheltering Sky
by Paul Bowles
4,002 members, 74 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: sturlington (16), alex68 (44)

Score: 3.55

83
Chess Story
by Stefan Zweig
3,486 members, 101 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: alex68 (40), Myyst

Score: 3.53

84
Horton Hatches the Egg
by Dr. Seuss
3,689 members, 54 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: sturlington (26), ManWithAnAgenda (38)

Score: 3.38

85
Now, Voyager
by Olive Higgins Prouty
191 members, 8 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: sturlington (2)

Score: 3.36

86
Caligula
by Albert Camus
359 members, 9 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: alex68 (86), Myyst

Score: 3.26

87
The Thief's Journal
by Jean Genet
1,359 members, 5 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (30), alex68 (46)

Score: 3.25

88
The Black Stallion
by Walter Farley
4,247 members, 52 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: sturlington (27), alex68 (73)

Score: 3.12

89
My Enemy's Cradle
by Sara Pennypacker
461 members, 22 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: dara85 (3)

Score: 3.04

90
The White Deer
by James Thurber
303 members, 1 review
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: fundevogel

Score: 3.04

91
The Uninvited
by Dorothy Macardle
201 members, 17 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: sturlington (3)

Score: 3.04

92
The Pearl
by John Steinbeck
11,719 members, 182 reviews
3.48 stars (3.48 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (42), alex68 (63)

Score: 2.99

93
Montana 1948
by Larry Watson
1,466 members, 68 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: dara85 (4)

Score: 2.83

94
Dust Tracks on a Road: An Autobiography
by Zora Neale Hurston
1,209 members, 15 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: sturlington (4)

Score: 2.83

95
Mine Boy
by Peter Abrahams
168 members, 4 reviews
3.46 stars (3.46 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (4)

Score: 2.83

96
Der Tod von Reval
by Werner Bergengruen
37 members, 2 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: inge87 (4)

Score: 2.83

97
Laura
by Vera Caspary
520 members, 21 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: sturlington (5)

Score: 2.68

98
The City and the Pillar {original}
by Gore Vidal
184 members, 1 review
3.64 stars (3.64 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (5)

Score: 2.68

99
The Lark in the Morn
by Elfrida Vipont
106 members, 3 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: inge87 (5)

Score: 2.68

100
Farewell, My Lovely
by Raymond Chandler
4,166 members, 98 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (6)

Score: 2.56

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