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by Wilkie Collins

12,120 members

274 reviews

4

12 Members: thorold, roby72, cbl_tn, merrystar, souloftherose, thecoroner, alex68, electrice, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda, Sissalou

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by Mary Shelley

51,426 members

814 reviews

3.8

10 Members: hipdeep, roby72, cbl_tn, souloftherose, thecoroner, alex68, Tess_W, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

3

The Woman in White

by Wilkie Collins

14,621 members

374 reviews

4

10 Members: roby72, cbl_tn, merrystar, souloftherose, thecoroner, alex68, Tess_W, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, Sissalou

4

2,307 members

108 reviews

½ 3.6

10 Members: AnnaClaire, aulsmith, cbl_tn, merrystar, souloftherose, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Rusty37, ManWithAnAgenda, Sissalou

5

The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe

by Daniel Defoe

29,168 members

364 reviews

½ 3.6

9 Members: roby72, cbl_tn, thecoroner, alex68, Tess_W, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda, Sissalou

6

Les Liaisons Dangereuses

by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

7,357 members

106 reviews

4.1

8 Members: Bookmarque, thorold, roby72, thecoroner, Dilara86, alex68, Tess_W, kara.shamy

7

41,642 members

686 reviews

4

7 Members: hipdeep, cbl_tn, souloftherose, Tess_W, raperper, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

8

14,311 members

316 reviews

4

7 Members: roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

9

84, Charing Cross Road

by Helene Hanff

6,687 members

389 reviews

½ 4.3

7 Members: roby72, cbl_tn, merrystar, souloftherose, thecoroner, Tess_W, ahef1963

10

Daddy-Long-Legs

by Jean Webster

3,813 members

117 reviews

4.1

7 Members: inge87, roby72, cbl_tn, merrystar, souloftherose, ahef1963, Rusty37

11

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

by Mary Ann Shaffer

21,327 members

1,312 reviews

4.2

6 Members: cbl_tn, merrystar, souloftherose, Tess_W, ahef1963, Rusty37

12

The Screwtape Letters

9,424 members

118 reviews

4.1

6 Members: hipdeep, cbl_tn, merrystar, souloftherose, Tess_W, ahef1963

13

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

by Anne Brontë

9,162 members

196 reviews

3.9

6 Members: roby72, merrystar, thecoroner, Tess_W, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

14

Pamela: or, Virtue Rewarded

by Samuel Richardson

2,865 members

48 reviews

2.9

6 Members: inge87, roby72, thecoroner, alex68, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda

15

The Color Purple

by Alice Walker

22,693 members

371 reviews

4.1

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

16

The White Tiger

by Aravind Adiga

10,406 members

443 reviews

3.8

5 Members: thorold, roby72, electrice, ahef1963, kara.shamy

17

Clarissa; or, The History of a Young Lady

by Samuel Richardson

1,595 members

29 reviews

½ 3.5

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

18

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and Other Stories of the Supernatural

by Robert Louis Stevenson

707 members

3 reviews

3.8

5 Members: thecoroner, alex68, Tess_W, ahef1963, kara.shamy

19

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

by Stephen Chbosky

24,397 members

814 reviews

4

4 Members: Bookmarque, roby72, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

20

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

13,592 members

244 reviews

4.1

4 Members: dara85, thecoroner, alex68, Tess_W

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Ella Minnow Pea

4,595 members

281 reviews

3.9

4 Members: cbl_tn, souloftherose, MDGentleReader, Sissalou
Explanations: Sissalou: This is an incredibly clever and entertaining book.

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Sorcery and Cecelia or The Enchanted Chocolate Pot

by Patricia C. Wrede

3,464 members

144 reviews

4

4 Members: inge87, merrystar, souloftherose, MDGentleReader

23

The Documents in the Case

by Dorothy L. Sayers

1,732 members

28 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: aulsmith, merrystar, souloftherose, ahef1963

24

A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens

42,182 members

491 reviews

3.9

3 Members: merrystar, Tess_W, kara.shamy

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by Elizabeth Kostova

23,183 members

797 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: Bookmarque, Tess_W, ahef1963

26

Anne of Windy Poplars

by L. M. Montgomery

10,087 members

94 reviews

3.9

3 Members: merrystar, souloftherose, MDGentleReader

27

The Sorrows of Young Werther

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

9,282 members

151 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

28

5,712 members

68 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

29

Letters From Father Christmas

by J. R. R. Tolkien

3,780 members

75 reviews

4.2

3 Members: aulsmith, souloftherose, ahef1963

30

Evelina; or, The History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World

by Fanny Burney

2,854 members

46 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: thorold, souloftherose, ManWithAnAgenda

31

Up the Down Staircase

1,497 members

41 reviews

3.9

3 Members: dara85, MDGentleReader, ahef1963

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by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

1,462 members

39 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

33

Thus Was Adonis Murdered

by Sarah Caudwell

1,243 members

49 reviews

4

3 Members: cbl_tn, merrystar, souloftherose

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by Jean Webster

722 members

30 reviews

3.8

3 Members: inge87, merrystar, souloftherose

35

Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis

649 members

6 reviews

½ 3.4

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

36

Flowers for Algernon

by Daniel Keyes

18,765 members

438 reviews

4.1

2 Members: hipdeep, ahef1963

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by Stephen King

17,237 members

342 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: Bookmarque, ahef1963

38

We Need to Talk About Kevin

by Lionel Shriver

8,571 members

412 reviews

4.1

2 Members: Bookmarque, ahef1963

39

by Douglas Coupland

5,141 members

66 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

40

4,414 members

98 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Bookmarque, electrice

41

Griffin & Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence

by Nick Bantock

2,994 members

71 reviews

4.2

2 Members: hipdeep, Bookmarque

42

1,913 members

28 reviews

4

2 Members: thecoroner, alex68

43

Freedom and Necessity

by Steven Brust

1,134 members

21 reviews

3.9

2 Members: aulsmith, merrystar

44

The Griffin & Sabine Trilogy Boxed Set: Griffin & Sabine/Sabine's Notebook/The Golden Mean

by Nick Bantock

824 members

12 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: hipdeep, ahef1963

45

The Adrian Mole Diaries: The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13¾ & The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole

by Sue Townsend

690 members

10 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Bookmarque, ahef1963

46

Heroides [in translation]

667 members

5 reviews

3.9

2 Members: inge87, thecoroner

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by Sandra Dallas

533 members

19 reviews

3.8

2 Members: cbl_tn, kara.shamy

48

Julie, or, The New Héloise

by Jean-Jacques Rousseau

506 members

7 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: roby72, thecoroner

49

A Meeting by the River

by Christopher Isherwood

348 members

3 reviews

3.8

2 Members: thorold, aulsmith

50

Across the Miles: Tales of Correspondence

by L. M. Montgomery

289 members

5 reviews

3.8

2 Members: merrystar, MDGentleReader

51

Letters of Two Brides

by Honoré de Balzac

275 members

5 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: roby72, thecoroner

52

Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister

213 members

1 review

3.1

2 Members: roby72, souloftherose

53

Sophie's World: A Novel About the History of Philosophy

by Jostein Gaarder

20,843 members

318 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

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Dear Mr. Henshaw

by Beverly Cleary

9,991 members

155 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

55

Where'd You Go, Bernadette

by Maria Semple

8,625 members

594 reviews

3.9

Member: Bookmarque

56

The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾

by Sue Townsend

3,943 members

73 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

57

Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Sarajevo

by Zlata Filipović

2,721 members

31 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: dara85

58

Any Human Heart

by William Boyd

2,680 members

109 reviews

4.1

Member: Bookmarque

59

Daisy Fay and the Miracle Man

by Fannie Flagg

2,227 members

51 reviews

3.8

Member: dara85

60

These Is My Words

by Nancy E. Turner

2,031 members

92 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: dara85

61

The Egyptologist

by Arthur Phillips

1,856 members

81 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: Bookmarque

62

The Expedition of Humphry Clinker

by Tobias Smollett

1,685 members

25 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ahef1963

63

by Douglas Coupland

1,633 members

43 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

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So Long a Letter

1,524 members

50 reviews

3.8

Member: Dilara86

65

Dear Committee Members

by Julie Schumacher

1,359 members

115 reviews

3.8

Member: hipdeep

66

Waiting for Sunrise

by William Boyd

1,171 members

54 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: Bookmarque

67

At the Edge of the Orchard

by Tracy Chevalier

1,101 members

69 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Bookmarque

68

The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves

by M. T. Anderson

928 members

34 reviews

4.1

Member: ahef1963

69

Letters from Skye

by Jessica Brockmole

899 members

85 reviews

3.8

Member: cbl_tn

70

The Glass of Time

824 members

48 reviews

4

Member: ahef1963

71

by Friedrich Hölderlin

752 members

6 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: roby72

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The Late George Apley

by John P. Marquand

731 members

10 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: aulsmith

73

A Woman of Independent Means

by Elizabeth Forsythe Hailey

693 members

13 reviews

3.9

Member: ahef1963

74

Episode Thirteen

by Craig Dilouie

686 members

29 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: Bookmarque

75

Letters to Alice on First Reading Jane Austen

618 members

17 reviews

3.8

Member: cbl_tn

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by Matt Beaumont

598 members

18 reviews

3.9

Member: Bookmarque

77

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [Norton Critical Edition]

by Robert Louis Stevenson

534 members

6 reviews

3.8

Member: kara.shamy

78

by Nancy E. Turner

505 members

26 reviews

4.1

Member: dara85

79

The Divorce Papers

by Susan Rieger

432 members

97 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: Bookmarque

80

Zenzele: A Letter for My Daughter

by J. Nozipo Maraire

375 members

23 reviews

4.2

Member: cbl_tn

81

Renfield: Slave of Dracula

by Barbara Hambly

339 members

12 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: aulsmith

82

The Anderson Tapes

by Lawrence Sanders

332 members

4 reviews

½ 3.3

Member: roby72

83

The Love Letters of a Portuguese Nun

by Mariana Alcoforado

318 members

3 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: roby72

84

Letters to Father: Sister Maria Celeste to Galileo, 1623-1633

by Maria Celeste Galilei

294 members

1 review

½ 3.5

Member: AnnaClaire

85

When You Read This: A Novel

207 members

14 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

86

Feast Your Eyes: A Novel

by Myla Goldberg

197 members

12 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: Bookmarque

87

by Isaac Asimov

145 members

2 reviews

4.2

Member: aulsmith

88

Business as Usual

125 members

5 reviews

4.1

Member: Bookmarque

89

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society {abridged audiobook}

by Mary Ann Shaffer

124 members

25 reviews

4.1

Member: ahef1963

90

My Dear Charlotte

99 members

5 reviews

3.8

Member: souloftherose

91

by Stephen King

95 members

4 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: Bookmarque

92

The Box Children

82 members

5 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: dara85

93

by Bridget Boland

71 members

2 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: inge87

94

Journal of Callie Wade

65 members

1 review

½ 3.7

Member: dara85

95

Yours for Eternity: A Love Story on Death Row

by Damien Echols

64 members

6 reviews

3.1

Member: dara85

96

A Visit to Highbury: Another View of Emma

by Joan Austen-Leigh

62 members

3 reviews

3.8

Member: cbl_tn

97

by Samuel Richardson

56 members

3.9

Member: kara.shamy

98

The Ship of Death

by Kyle Winkler

4 members

1 review

4

Member: jdavidhacker

99

If I were a boy

by Lucy Elliot Keeler

1 member

Member: roby72

100

The Things They Carried

16,538 members

415 reviews

4.2

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