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Catch-22
by Joseph Heller
39,986 members
525 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 19
15 Members
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4
The Martian Chronicles
by Ray Bradbury
16,617 members
323 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 262
4 Members
merrystar, Myyst, Bretzky1, gypsysmom
5
Red Storm Rising
by Tom Clancy
6,575 members
59 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 388
2 Members
hipdeep, Bretzky1
6
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
16,371 members
212 reviews
4
Global Rank 34
13 Members
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Explanations
ahef1963 : Cannot get into this book or even understand it.
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One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
by Alexander Solzhenitsyn
12,934 members
201 reviews
4
Global Rank 72
8 Members
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Explanations
ahef1963: This book gets rave reviews from me.
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Main Street
by Sinclair Lewis
4,105 members
75 reviews
½ 3.7
Global Rank 357
3 Members
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9
Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov
31,693 members
563 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 54
12 Members
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Midnight's Children
by Salman Rushdie
13,885 members
242 reviews
4
Global Rank 29
14 Members
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12
Arrowsmith
by Sinclair Lewis
2,084 members
32 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 452
2 Members
Bretzky1, Laura1124
13
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
53,865 members
995 reviews
4
Global Rank 18
16 Members
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Explanations
ahef1963 : Disliked it very much.
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Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
53,871 members
772 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 4
22 Members
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Explanations
ahef1963: I love this book.
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All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque
19,057 members
403 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 17
19 Members
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Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
20,638 members
432 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 9
18 Members
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The Sea Wolf
by Jack London
4,377 members
53 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 621
Member
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The Big Sleep
by Raymond Chandler
10,280 members
284 reviews
4
Global Rank 68
10 Members
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Farewell, My Lovely
by Raymond Chandler
4,515 members
103 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 234
5 Members
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20
Red Square
by Marin Cruz Smith
1,527 members
25 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 476
2 Members
Bretzky1, gypsysmom
21
The Ugly American
by William J. Lederer
1,292 members
27 reviews
½ 3.7
Global Rank 635
Member
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22
Cauldron
by Larry Bond
526 members
5 reviews
½ 3.4
Global Rank 639
Member
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Babbitt
by Sinclair Lewis
5,056 members
96 reviews
½ 3.7
Global Rank 470
2 Members
Bretzky1, Laura1124
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The High Window
by Raymond Chandler
2,822 members
52 reviews
4
Global Rank 304
3 Members
rory1000, Bretzky1, ManWithAnAgenda
25
Pale Horse, Pale Rider: Three Short Novels
by Katherine Anne Porter
920 members
13 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 448
2 Members
Bretzky1, ManWithAnAgenda
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Russka
by Edward Rutherfurd
2,278 members
32 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 648
Member
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The Pillars of the Earth
by Ken Follett
27,238 members
753 reviews
4.2
Global Rank 192
8 Members
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Alaska
by James A. Michener
2,289 members
33 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 653
Member
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Elmer Gantry
by Sinclair Lewis
1,536 members
44 reviews
4
Global Rank 442
2 Members
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30
Atlas Shrugged
by Ayn Rand
22,410 members
397 reviews
½ 3.7
Global Rank 482
2 Members
Bretzky1, Laura1124
32
The Call of the Wild
by Jack London
20,143 members
321 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 106
10 Members
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33
Siddhartha
by Hermann Hesse
27,811 members
379 reviews
4
Global Rank 103
9 Members
SigmundFraud, roby72, amanda4242, Bretzky1, konika11, jaredstein, mspixieears, sabinebine, micaclare,alex68
34
A Place Called Freedom
by Ken Follett
2,894 members
49 reviews
½ 3.6
Global Rank 514
2 Members
Bretzky1, kara.shamy
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Our Man in Havana
by Graham Greene
5,352 members
139 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 119
7 Members
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The Phantom of the Opera
by Gaston Leroux
12,988 members
204 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 510
2 Members
Bretzky1, gypsysmom
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The Accidental Tourist
by Anne Tyler
5,391 members
98 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 330
4 Members
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Ethan Frome
by Edith Wharton
9,492 members
214 reviews
½ 3.6
Global Rank 45
12 Members
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On the Road
by Jack Kerouac
27,926 members
386 reviews
½ 3.6
Global Rank 186
8 Members
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Explanations
ahef1963 : Too misogynistic for me to read the whole thing.
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Winesburg, Ohio
by Sherwood Anderson
5,927 members
120 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 73
9 Members
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For Whom the Bell Tolls
by Ernest Hemingway
18,958 members
185 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 230
7 Members
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Mine Boy
by Peter Abrahams
192 members
4 reviews
½ 3.5
Global Rank 686
Member
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Seize the Day
by Saul Bellow
2,585 members
41 reviews
½ 3.5
Global Rank 243
5 Members
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45
Sarum
by Edward Rutherfurd
4,051 members
78 reviews
4
Global Rank 430
3 Members
Bretzky1, gypsysmom, ahef1963
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In the Days of the Comet
by H. G. Wells
846 members
17 reviews
3.1
Global Rank 692
Member
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The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood
42,239 members
1,138 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 20
15 Members
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Explanations
ahef1963: One of my favourites.
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Mirror Image
by Jeff Rovin
1,477 members
4 reviews
3.1
Global Rank 695
Member
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The Bear and the Dragon
by Tom Clancy
5,625 members
39 reviews
½ 3.5
Global Rank 1,105
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Dune
by Frank Herbert
42,474 members
687 reviews
½ 4.3
Global Rank 384
5 Members
amanda4242, Myyst, gypsysmom, linlef, ManWithAnAgenda,Bretzky1
Explanations
Bretzky1: Very good story. Very poor writing. For me, the latter overwhelms the former.
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It Can't Happen Here
by Sinclair Lewis
3,356 members
88 reviews
½ 3.7
Global Rank 1,011
2 Members
elkiedee, Laura1124,Bretzky1
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The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
by Carson McCullers
10,711 members
243 reviews
4
Global Rank 261
6 Members
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Space
by James A. Michener
2,273 members
17 reviews
½ 3.7
Global Rank 1,107
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A Thousand Acres
by Jane Smiley
6,163 members
136 reviews
½ 3.7
Global Rank 410
5 Members
booksinbed, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, ManWithAnAgenda,Bretzky1
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Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut
43,990 members
704 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 38
13 Members
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The Age of Innocence
by Edith Wharton
13,911 members
300 reviews
4
Global Rank 121
9 Members
roby72, amanda4242, merrystar, thecoroner, alex68, gypsysmom, kara.shamy, Laura1124, FranzK72,Bretzky1
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The House of the Spirits
by Isabel Allende
13,970 members
245 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 202
7 Members
hipdeep, booksinbed, roby72, merrystar, lewbs, alex68, FranzK72,Bretzky1
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Wide Sargasso Sea
by Jean Rhys
8,452 members
254 reviews
½ 3.5
Global Rank 115
10 Members
SigmundFraud, booksinbed, amanda4242, elkiedee, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, konika11, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda,Bretzky1
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Ulysses
by James Joyce
24,065 members
377 reviews
4
Global Rank 11
14 Members
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Doctor Zhivago
by Boris Pasternak
11,369 members
152 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 415
4 Members
roby72, alex68, gypsysmom, linlef,Bretzky1
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Abyssinian Chronicles
by Moses Isegawa
517 members
10 reviews
½ 3.3
Global Rank 1,111
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The Riddle of the Sands
by Erskine Childers
2,589 members
68 reviews
½ 3.6
Global Rank 1,106
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The Natural
by Bernard Malamud
2,022 members
39 reviews
½ 3.6
Global Rank 1,108