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Rank Title Author Added

1

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

47,938 members

1,396 reviews

3.9

8 Members: dara85, roby72, thecoroner, BonnieJune54, alex68, cej1027, ahef1963, jenniferw88

2

The Secret Garden

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

42,249 members

611 reviews

4.1

7 Members: roby72, thecoroner, BonnieJune54, alex68, cej1027, ahef1963, jenniferw88

3

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter

by Carson McCullers

11,983 members

272 reviews

4

6 Members: roby72, thecoroner, BonnieJune54, alex68, ahef1963, jenniferw88

4

Of Mice and Men

by John Steinbeck

44,685 members

724 reviews

3.9

5 Members: roby72, BonnieJune54, alex68, ahef1963, jenniferw88

5

The Hunchback of Notre Dame

16,415 members

207 reviews

3.9

5 Members: roby72, thecoroner, BonnieJune54, alex68, jenniferw88

6

The Phantom of the Opera

by Gaston Leroux

15,588 members

228 reviews

3.8

5 Members: roby72, thecoroner, BonnieJune54, alex68, jenniferw88

7

by José Saramago

14,630 members

432 reviews

4.1

5 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, jenniferw88

8

The Sound and the Fury

by William Faulkner

19,548 members

247 reviews

4

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963

9

The Corrections

by Jonathan Franzen

17,892 members

356 reviews

3.8

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, cej1027

10

Of Human Bondage

by W. Somerset Maugham

9,397 members

165 reviews

4.1

4 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963

11

Flowers for Algernon

by Daniel Keyes

18,682 members

437 reviews

4.1

3 Members: dara85, cej1027, ahef1963

12

The Return of the Native

by Thomas Hardy

8,750 members

101 reviews

3.9

3 Members: BonnieJune54, ahef1963, jenniferw88

13

Al Capone Does My Shirts

by Gennifer Choldenko

6,376 members

341 reviews

4

3 Members: dara85, cej1027, ahef1963

14

Johnny Got His Gun

by Dalton Trumbo

4,152 members

79 reviews

4.2

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

15

A Personal Matter

by Kenzaburō Ōe

2,117 members

38 reviews

3.8

3 Members: roby72, thecoroner, alex68

16

11,335 members

318 reviews

3.8

2 Members: cej1027, ahef1963

17

The View from Saturday

by E. L. Konigsburg

7,198 members

136 reviews

3.9

2 Members: cej1027, ahef1963

18

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly: A Memoir of Life in Death

by Jean-Dominique Bauby

4,916 members

163 reviews

4

2 Members: roby72, alex68

19

The Solitude of Prime Numbers

by Paolo Giordano

4,298 members

199 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: roby72, alex68

20

Unnatural Causes

2,357 members

43 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: BonnieJune54, ahef1963

21

The Memory Keeper's Daughter

18,601 members

491 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ahef1963

22

by John Grisham

11,149 members

110 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ahef1963

23

The Day of the Triffids

by John Wyndham

8,417 members

240 reviews

4

Member: ahef1963

24

The Door in the Wall

by Marguerite De Angeli

7,029 members

61 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: cej1027

25

Angle of Repose

by Wallace Stegner

5,989 members

198 reviews

4.2

Member: ahef1963

26

The Summer of the Swans

5,399 members

72 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: ahef1963

27

by Lori Lansens

2,456 members

141 reviews

3.9

Member: ahef1963

28

by Gene Stratton-Porter

2,337 members

38 reviews

4.1

Member: BonnieJune54

29

The Miracle Worker A Play In Three Acts

by William Gibson

2,044 members

31 reviews

3.9

Member: roby72

30

by Susan Fletcher

1,653 members

23 reviews

4

Member: cej1027

31

by Paul Gallico

1,550 members

40 reviews

4.2

Member: ahef1963

32

A Very Special Critter

by Mercer Mayer

952 members

12 reviews

3.9

Member: ahef1963

33

563 members

8 reviews

4.2

Member: ahef1963

34

by Christy Brown

504 members

12 reviews

3.9

Member: roby72

35

by Heather Gudenkauf

439 members

33 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: dara85

36

426 members

22 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: dara85

37

Have You Seen Luis Velez?

by Catherine Ryan Hyde

344 members

19 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: dara85

38

325 members

15 reviews

4.2

Member: dara85

39

by Giuseppe Pontiggia

274 members

10 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: alex68

40

The Silent Gift

by Michael Landon Jr.

194 members

7 reviews

4

Member: dara85

41

Touching (Republished as: Twink)

by John Neufeld

59 members

3.8

Member: dara85

42

Guiding Emily: A Tale of Love, Loss, and Courage

by Barbara Hinske

33 members

8 reviews

4.1

Member: dara85

43

by Joni Eareckson Tada

2,160 members

15 reviews

4

Member: ahef1963,dara85
Explanations: dara85 : This is non-fiction.

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September 2013
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