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BBC Big Read

Description: In April 2003 the BBC Big Read survey asked the public to vote for their 200 favourite books of all time. Three quarters of a million votes were received.

Based on tag: BBC Big Read

Members: 32 participating members (show all)

All members' list: [1] 2 3Sort: Score | Title | Author | Date
1
1984
by George Orwell
61,729 members, 986 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: sturlington (1), bigcurlyloz (1), lydia.ao (1), rretzler (1), mspixieears (1), m-andrews (1), paruline (1), Peace2 (2), keach (2), linlef (2), Arrowpolisher (2) — 8 more, amanda4242 (4), Bluewolf0411 (4), ahef1963 (7), Bretzky1 (12), CarltonC (22), roby72 (39), blackdove07 (42), FlorianKarpfinger (54)

Thumbs down: thecoroner

Score: 56.21

2
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
41,245 members, 562 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: Dreesie (1), Peace2 (1), keach (1), linlef (1), Arrowpolisher (1), rretzler (2), Bluewolf0411 (3), blackdove07 (3), amanda4242 (5), sturlington (7), paruline (8) — 9 more, Bretzky1 (13), ahef1963 (14), ALWINN (16), thecoroner (20), CarltonC (28), merrystar (36), FlorianKarpfinger (39), roby72 (51), cej1027

Score: 53.41

3
Animal Farm
by George Orwell
43,815 members, 656 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: bigcurlyloz (2), Bretzky1 (2), blackdove07 (2), Peace2 (3), amanda4242 (3), rretzler (3), mspixieears (3), sturlington (4), linlef (4), Arrowpolisher (4), paruline (5) — 8 more, Bluewolf0411 (6), ahef1963 (9), hipdeep (19), CarltonC (24), merrystar (37), thecoroner (39), roby72 (42), FlorianKarpfinger (53)

Score: 48.27

4
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
59,617 members, 1,185 reviews
4.39 stars (4.39 stars)

Lists: rahulsonar (1), Bluewolf0411 (1), Dreesie (2), hipdeep (2), mspixieears (2), linlef (3), Arrowpolisher (3), bigcurlyloz (4), rretzler (5), Peace2 (6), ahef1963 (8) — 7 more, roby72 (29), merrystar (38), FlorianKarpfinger (46), paruline (49), amanda4242 (73), sturlington (74), cej1027

Thumbs down: thecoroner

Score: 43.64

5
Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë
44,559 members, 734 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (1), ahef1963 (2), Peace2 (4), rretzler (4), mspixieears (4), bigcurlyloz (5), FlorianKarpfinger (5), linlef (6), CarltonC (8), Arrowpolisher (8), roby72 (17) — 7 more, paruline (37), blackdove07 (43), thecoroner (43), sturlington (44), amanda4242 (74), normandie_m, cej1027

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Score: 40.89

6
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
54,527 members, 912 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: blackdove07 (1), bigcurlyloz (3), ahef1963 (4), FranzK72 (5), Peace2 (5), thecoroner (5), mspixieears (5), linlef (5), Arrowpolisher (5), rretzler (6), CarltonC (9) — 7 more, roby72 (18), Bretzky1 (19), paruline (23), FlorianKarpfinger (26), sturlington (28), amanda4242 (75), cej1027

Thumbs down: Dreesie, Bluewolf0411

Score: 39.25

7
Wuthering Heights
by Emily Brontë
37,939 members, 548 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: kaykan (1), CarltonC (4), thecoroner (6), FlorianKarpfinger (6), bigcurlyloz (7), Peace2 (7), rretzler (7), roby72 (10), FranzK72 (11), mspixieears (19), linlef (21) — 6 more, Arrowpolisher (24), ahef1963 (30), merrystar (39), paruline (76), sturlington (85), amanda4242 (88)

Score: 36.64

8
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
16,815 members, 373 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (1), amanda4242 (6), bigcurlyloz (8), Peace2 (8), rretzler (8), linlef (9), paruline (11), sturlington (13), Arrowpolisher (15), FlorianKarpfinger (16), Bretzky1 (20) — 5 more, CarltonC (26), roby72 (45), ahef1963 (55), normandie_m, cej1027

Score: 35.76

9
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
60,800 members, 1,092 reviews
4.42 stars (4.42 stars)

Lists: merrystar (1), ahef1963 (1), rahulsonar (2), FlorianKarpfinger (4), bigcurlyloz (6), amanda4242 (7), Peace2 (9), mspixieears (12), rretzler (13), CarltonC (13), Arrowpolisher (14) — 5 more, FranzK72 (15), roby72 (23), thecoroner (34), paruline (58), sturlington (64)

Thumbs down: Dreesie, Bluewolf0411

Score: 34.33

10
The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
30,961 members, 576 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Lists: Dreesie (3), blackdove07 (6), mspixieears (7), linlef (8), bigcurlyloz (10), Peace2 (10), amanda4242 (10), ALWINN (13), rretzler (14), FranzK72 (19), thecoroner (21) — 6 more, roby72 (38), ahef1963 (41), paruline (42), sturlington (47), normandie_m, cej1027

Thumbs down: Bluewolf0411

Score: 34.18

11
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
18,437 members, 377 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: sturlington (2), paruline (3), Dreesie (4), Liivin (4), FlorianKarpfinger (10), FranzK72 (13), amanda4242 (13), rretzler (15), mspixieears (15), linlef (20), hipdeep (21) — 5 more, thecoroner (22), cej1027 (32), Arrowpolisher (33), ahef1963 (76), Peace2 (81)

Thumbs down: Bluewolf0411

Score: 32.23

12
The Hobbit
by J. R. R. Tolkien
69,387 members, 948 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: kulujian (1), merrystar (2), linlef (7), amanda4242 (8), mspixieears (8), bigcurlyloz (9), blackdove07 (9), Peace2 (11), rretzler (11), ahef1963 (13), ALWINN (15) — 4 more, paruline (33), CarltonC (34), sturlington (37), cej1027

Thumbs down: Dreesie, Bluewolf0411

Score: 30.59

13
Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad
17,841 members, 268 reviews
3.57 stars (3.57 stars)

Lists: kulujian (3), Dreesie (5), thecoroner (7), CarltonC (10), FlorianKarpfinger (11), FranzK72 (12), blackdove07 (14), amanda4242 (16), roby72 (19), mspixieears (20), linlef (23) — 3 more, sturlington (34), ahef1963 (75), cej1027

Score: 29.4

14
The Catcher in the Rye
by J. D. Salinger
56,494 members, 905 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: blackdove07 (4), Dreesie (6), paruline (9), sturlington (10), bigcurlyloz (11), linlef (11), Arrowpolisher (11), amanda4242 (14), ahef1963 (16), CarltonC (19), FranzK72 (20) — 5 more, Bretzky1 (22), roby72 (31), thecoroner (32), merrystar (40), FlorianKarpfinger (62)

Thumbs down: cej1027, Bluewolf0411

Score: 28.65

15
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck
26,478 members, 366 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (5), roby72 (5), Dreesie (9), thecoroner (10), Bluewolf0411 (11), linlef (16), amanda4242 (18), Arrowpolisher (18), paruline (22), hipdeep (23), FranzK72 (23) — 3 more, sturlington (27), FlorianKarpfinger (65), cej1027

Score: 28.57

16
The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
23,871 members, 421 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: Liivin (1), kulujian (2), mspixieears (6), Arrowpolisher (6), Dreesie (7), bigcurlyloz (12), blackdove07 (12), Peace2 (16), ALWINN (18), ahef1963 (18), merrystar (34) — 3 more, paruline (56), sturlington (66), cej1027

Thumbs down: FranzK72, Bluewolf0411

Score: 27.55

17
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
37,340 members, 580 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: Bluewolf0411 (2), Dreesie (8), Arrowpolisher (9), rretzler (10), linlef (10), ahef1963 (10), mspixieears (11), bigcurlyloz (13), Peace2 (13), CarltonC (29), FlorianKarpfinger (31) — 3 more, sturlington (49), roby72 (53), paruline (75)

Thumbs down: FranzK72

Score: 26.98

18
Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck
29,476 members, 538 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: Bluewolf0411 (5), blackdove07 (5), Arrowpolisher (7), amanda4242 (12), Dreesie (13), hipdeep (17), Peace2 (17), bigcurlyloz (19), ahef1963 (23), CarltonC (27), roby72 (49) — 4 more, sturlington (55), rretzler (62), FlorianKarpfinger (64), paruline (68)

Thumbs down: thecoroner

Score: 26.72

19
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
by J. K. Rowling
99,492 members, 1,629 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: Liivin (3), blackdove07 (10), Dreesie (11), amanda4242 (11), mspixieears (13), Peace2 (14), rretzler (16), bigcurlyloz (17), ahef1963 (20), paruline (30), merrystar (31) — 4 more, sturlington (32), CarltonC (36), FlorianKarpfinger (59), cej1027

Thumbs down: FranzK72, Bluewolf0411

Score: 25.8

20
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
by J. K. Rowling
78,858 members, 729 reviews
4.36 stars (4.36 stars)

Lists: Liivin (2), Dreesie (10), mspixieears (14), Peace2 (15), amanda4242 (15), bigcurlyloz (16), rretzler (17), blackdove07 (18), ahef1963 (21), paruline (28), merrystar (41) — 2 more, FlorianKarpfinger (58), cej1027

Thumbs down: FranzK72

Score: 24.21

21
The Hound of the Baskervilles
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
10,629 members, 225 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: rretzler (9), mspixieears (9), Peace2 (12), bigcurlyloz (14), blackdove07 (15), Arrowpolisher (16), ALWINN (19), FlorianKarpfinger (20), CarltonC (25), sturlington (41), roby72 (44) — 2 more, ahef1963 (58), normandie_m

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Score: 23.88

22
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
by J. K. Rowling
82,211 members, 804 reviews
4.4 stars (4.4 stars)

Lists: Liivin (7), hipdeep (13), Dreesie (16), Peace2 (20), amanda4242 (20), blackdove07 (20), bigcurlyloz (22), mspixieears (24), rretzler (29), paruline (29), ahef1963 (29) — 4 more, sturlington (33), merrystar (45), FlorianKarpfinger (60), cej1027

Thumbs down: FranzK72, Bluewolf0411

Score: 23.63

23
The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde
28,380 members, 478 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: roby72 (6), FranzK72 (7), blackdove07 (11), bigcurlyloz (15), thecoroner (19), amanda4242 (23), rretzler (25), mspixieears (27), merrystar (35), sturlington (61), FlorianKarpfinger (75) — 2 more, ahef1963 (83), Peace2 (85)

Score: 23.61

24
Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
29,514 members, 533 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: Dreesie (18), hipdeep (20), paruline (20), rretzler (21), mspixieears (21), bigcurlyloz (23), sturlington (24), Arrowpolisher (26), ahef1963 (43), thecoroner (45), roby72 (46) — 3 more, FlorianKarpfinger (63), amanda4242 (82), Peace2 (86)

Score: 23.57

25
The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco
15,502 members, 241 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: CarltonC (12), Dreesie (15), FranzK72 (17), FlorianKarpfinger (22), roby72 (22), thecoroner (23), Peace2 (30), merrystar (32), sturlington (54), ahef1963 (63), paruline (69) — 2 more, amanda4242 (78), normandie_m

Score: 23.52

26
The Old Man and The Sea
by Ernest Hemingway
22,540 members, 362 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: amanda4242 (9), rretzler (12), mspixieears (16), linlef (17), Arrowpolisher (19), CarltonC (21), ALWINN (21), FlorianKarpfinger (36), roby72 (36), sturlington (56), paruline (67) — 2 more, ahef1963 (74), cej1027

Score: 23.49

27
The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood
29,714 members, 837 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: ALWINN (1), Dreesie (19), CarltonC (20), amanda4242 (21), Bretzky1 (26), paruline (26), sturlington (30), roby72 (34), thecoroner (44), ahef1963 (53), rretzler (56) — 1 more, cej1027

Score: 23

28
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
22,666 members, 323 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (6), Arrowpolisher (10), hipdeep (16), bigcurlyloz (20), Bretzky1 (21), CarltonC (31), thecoroner (46), paruline (47), roby72 (55), mspixieears (62), FlorianKarpfinger (67) — 2 more, sturlington (75), cej1027

Score: 22.89

29
Moby Dick
by Herman Melville
25,800 members, 402 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: FranzK72 (3), thecoroner (4), roby72 (4), Bretzky1 (17), linlef (19), Arrowpolisher (22), ALWINN (22), amanda4242 (26), FlorianKarpfinger (49), sturlington (53), paruline (71)

Score: 22.42

30
Ulysses
by James Joyce
18,564 members, 262 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: FranzK72 (1), thecoroner (1), CarltonC (1), roby72 (1), ALWINN (23), mspixieears (28), linlef (28), FlorianKarpfinger (41), ahef1963 (64)

Thumbs down: Bretzky1

Score: 22.3

31
Bleak House
by Charles Dickens
10,544 members, 205 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: merrystar (3), kaykan (4), ALWINN (12), FlorianKarpfinger (13), Dreesie (14), Bretzky1 (24), FranzK72 (25), Peace2 (28), Arrowpolisher (42), CarltonC (44), ahef1963 (57)

Score: 22.11

32
One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
34,894 members, 520 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: kaykan (2), CarltonC (3), thecoroner (8), FranzK72 (9), roby72 (9), Dreesie (12), blackdove07 (13), bigcurlyloz (18), FlorianKarpfinger (30), merrystar (33), ahef1963 (39) — 1 more, paruline (64)

Thumbs down: sturlington, Bretzky1

Score: 21.99

33
Emma
by Jane Austen
28,496 members, 392 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: FlorianKarpfinger (1), ahef1963 (12), hipdeep (15), paruline (18), sturlington (21), bigcurlyloz (21), rretzler (24), Bretzky1 (25), Peace2 (32), Arrowpolisher (38), CarltonC (39) — 1 more, merrystar (44)

Thumbs down: Bluewolf0411

Score: 21.9

34
A Tale of Two Cities
by Charles Dickens
26,984 members, 357 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: ALWINN (2), ahef1963 (5), Bretzky1 (8), linlef (12), Arrowpolisher (13), Dreesie (17), FlorianKarpfinger (18), roby72 (20), Peace2 (21), paruline (51)

Score: 21.84

35
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
by J. K. Rowling
83,677 members, 812 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: Liivin (6), Peace2 (18), amanda4242 (19), blackdove07 (19), Dreesie (20), mspixieears (23), bigcurlyloz (25), paruline (27), rretzler (28), ahef1963 (28), sturlington (31) — 3 more, merrystar (43), FlorianKarpfinger (57), cej1027

Thumbs down: FranzK72, Bluewolf0411

Score: 21.7

36
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams
29,839 members, 551 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (12), Dreesie (21), amanda4242 (22), linlef (22), ahef1963 (22), bigcurlyloz (26), rretzler (26), Peace2 (27), merrystar (29), paruline (32), sturlington (36) — 3 more, blackdove07 (38), CarltonC (40), cej1027

Thumbs down: FranzK72, Bluewolf0411

Score: 21.01

37
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
by C. S. Lewis
31,778 members, 598 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: merrystar (6), hipdeep (11), ahef1963 (17), Arrowpolisher (20), Dreesie (23), amanda4242 (25), mspixieears (25), bigcurlyloz (28), rretzler (30), Peace2 (33), paruline (41) — 2 more, sturlington (46), cej1027

Thumbs down: FranzK72, Bluewolf0411

Score: 20.17

38
Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
33,276 members, 386 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (2), roby72 (2), kaykan (3), FranzK72 (4), Bretzky1 (15), FlorianKarpfinger (19), linlef (36), ahef1963 (40)

Score: 19.77

39
Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen
28,792 members, 401 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: FlorianKarpfinger (3), merrystar (4), bigcurlyloz (24), Peace2 (29), amanda4242 (29), rretzler (35), ALWINN (40), Arrowpolisher (41), CarltonC (46), thecoroner (47), paruline (54) — 2 more, sturlington (68), ahef1963 (123)

Thumbs down: Dreesie, Bluewolf0411

Score: 19.07

40
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl
17,255 members, 358 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: paruline (10), sturlington (11), Dreesie (27), merrystar (27), amanda4242 (28), mspixieears (29), bigcurlyloz (33), rretzler (33), Arrowpolisher (35), cej1027 (36), Peace2 (36) — 2 more, blackdove07 (40), ahef1963 (46)

Thumbs down: FranzK72, Bluewolf0411

Score: 18.79

41
Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
12,789 members, 197 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: mspixieears (22), rretzler (23), Dreesie (25), linlef (25), Arrowpolisher (28), bigcurlyloz (31), Peace2 (31), ahef1963 (34), paruline (43), sturlington (48), roby72 (48)

Score: 18.64

42
All Quiet on the Western Front
by Erich Maria Remarque
13,719 members, 302 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: paruline (4), Bretzky1 (14), FranzK72 (16), CarltonC (17), thecoroner (24), roby72 (28), linlef (37), Peace2 (40), FlorianKarpfinger (56), rretzler (60)

Score: 18.52

43
Charlotte's Web
by E. B. White
25,048 members, 867 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: lydia.ao (2), sturlington (12), ahef1963 (26), Dreesie (28), linlef (29), amanda4242 (32), Arrowpolisher (34), bigcurlyloz (35), mspixieears (38), rretzler (39), Peace2 (41) — 1 more, cej1027

Thumbs down: FranzK72, Bluewolf0411

Score: 18.44

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Brideshead Revisited
by Evelyn Waugh
9,809 members, 209 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: sturlington (8), thecoroner (25), Peace2 (26), FranzK72 (27), amanda4242 (27), rretzler (31), ALWINN (31), ahef1963 (38), CarltonC (43), FlorianKarpfinger (72), normandie_m

Thumbs down: merrystar

Score: 18.21

45
Rebecca
by Daphne Du Maurier
14,956 members, 453 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: Peace2 (23), amanda4242 (24), rretzler (27), bigcurlyloz (30), mspixieears (31), ahef1963 (37), thecoroner (42), roby72 (47), FlorianKarpfinger (48), paruline (57), sturlington (65)

Score: 17.9

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The Alchemist
by Paulo Coelho
28,783 members, 800 reviews
3.58 stars (3.58 stars)

Lists: ShelbyFlannery (1), paruline (2), blackdove07 (7), ALWINN (14), amanda4242 (31), Peace2 (34), bigcurlyloz (38), ahef1963 (42), roby72 (56)

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Score: 17.89

47
Three Men in a Boat—To Say Nothing of the Dog
by Jerome K. Jerome
5,841 members, 214 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: kulujian (4), Liivin (8), blackdove07 (28), FranzK72 (32), merrystar (42), CarltonC (48), thecoroner (51), sturlington (73), Peace2 (83), cej1027

Score: 17.83

48
War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy
21,139 members, 344 reviews
4.26 stars (4.26 stars)

Lists: FranzK72 (2), CarltonC (2), thecoroner (3), roby72 (3), Bretzky1 (4), FlorianKarpfinger (71)

Score: 17.01

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Middlemarch
by George Eliot
13,281 members, 244 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (6), roby72 (8), thecoroner (14), FranzK72 (18), Dreesie (22), FlorianKarpfinger (24), bigcurlyloz (27), linlef (44), ahef1963 (48), amanda4242 (77)

Thumbs down: sturlington

Score: 16.78

50
Persuasion
by Jane Austen
21,498 members, 425 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: FlorianKarpfinger (2), merrystar (5), FranzK72 (24), ahef1963 (24), bigcurlyloz (32), Peace2 (46), CarltonC (47), mspixieears (57), sturlington (60), paruline (61)

Thumbs down: Bluewolf0411

Score: 16.72

51
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller
32,206 members, 425 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (3), hipdeep (7), blackdove07 (8), sturlington (9), ahef1963 (11), linlef (27), Arrowpolisher (31), FlorianKarpfinger (35), rretzler (38), roby72 (52)

Thumbs down: kaykan, Bluewolf0411

Score: 16.58

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Dune
by Frank Herbert
28,254 members, 420 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: Bluewolf0411 (7), amanda4242 (17), ALWINN (17), paruline (17), rretzler (18), linlef (18), sturlington (19), blackdove07 (21), bigcurlyloz (29), CarltonC (37), FlorianKarpfinger (37) — 1 more, merrystar (46)

Thumbs down: Dreesie, FranzK72, Bretzky1

Score: 16.54

53
Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens
17,282 members, 173 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: ALWINN (3), Bretzky1 (11), FlorianKarpfinger (17), Arrowpolisher (21), Dreesie (24), mspixieears (26), CarltonC (30), ahef1963 (35), thecoroner (48), roby72 (54), paruline (66)

Thumbs down: sturlington, FranzK72

Score: 16.41

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The Very Hungry Caterpillar
by Eric Carle
14,218 members, 914 reviews
4.38 stars (4.38 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (10), linlef (15), merrystar (25), Arrowpolisher (29), Dreesie (30), rretzler (34), Peace2 (39), paruline (46), ahef1963 (68), amanda4242 (76), sturlington (77) — 1 more, cej1027

Thumbs down: FranzK72, Bluewolf0411

Score: 16.31

55
James and the Giant Peach
by Roald Dahl
13,434 members, 299 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: amanda4242 (30), Dreesie (31), mspixieears (34), rretzler (36), Arrowpolisher (37), Peace2 (38), bigcurlyloz (41), sturlington (43), ahef1963 (89), cej1027

Score: 16.29

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The Wind in the Willows
by Kenneth Grahame
15,880 members, 250 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (3), mspixieears (10), Arrowpolisher (12), Peace2 (19), ALWINN (20), merrystar (30), CarltonC (35), sturlington (81), amanda4242 (90), normandie_m, cej1027

Thumbs down: Dreesie, FranzK72, Bluewolf0411

Score: 15.98

57
The Lord of the Rings
by J. R. R. Tolkien
40,329 members, 396 reviews
4.53 stars (4.53 stars)

Lists: blackdove07 (16), rretzler (20), Peace2 (25), linlef (26), Arrowpolisher (30), cej1027 (33), bigcurlyloz (36), mspixieears (36), CarltonC (42), sturlington (50), ahef1963 (62) — 1 more, paruline (74)

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Score: 15.96

58
Anne of Green Gables
by L. M. Montgomery
18,638 members, 408 reviews
4.31 stars (4.31 stars)

Lists: paruline (6), merrystar (7), linlef (13), mspixieears (17), Arrowpolisher (17), rretzler (22), Dreesie (29), ahef1963 (36), bigcurlyloz (37), cej1027

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Score: 15.8

59
Watership Down
by Richard Adams
19,116 members, 375 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: linlef (14), mspixieears (18), rretzler (19), ahef1963 (19), Arrowpolisher (23), Peace2 (24), ALWINN (24), CarltonC (38), paruline (44), sturlington (80)

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Score: 15.78

60
East of Eden
by John Steinbeck
17,561 members, 324 reviews
4.39 stars (4.39 stars)

Lists: kaykan (5), sturlington (20), Dreesie (33), FranzK72 (34), amanda4242 (35), roby72 (35), linlef (48), thecoroner (50), FlorianKarpfinger (66)

Score: 15.61

61
The Mayor of Casterbridge
by Thomas Hardy
6,659 members, 95 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: CarltonC (23), ALWINN (29), linlef (33), FlorianKarpfinger (34), Peace2 (35), roby72 (40), thecoroner (49), paruline (73), amanda4242 (83), ahef1963 (110)

Score: 15.55

62
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
by Milan Kundera
18,248 members, 214 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: CarltonC (14), roby72 (24), thecoroner (27), FranzK72 (28), rretzler (32), ALWINN (33), mspixieears (42), FlorianKarpfinger (44), sturlington (76)

Score: 15.2

63
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
28,564 members, 334 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: CarltonC (5), roby72 (13), FlorianKarpfinger (14), thecoroner (18), Dreesie (26), FranzK72 (30), ahef1963 (32), Peace2 (37), mspixieears (50)

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Score: 15.08

64
Possession: A Romance
by A. S. Byatt
10,986 members, 241 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: CarltonC (18), merrystar (28), ALWINN (28), roby72 (30), linlef (32), thecoroner (33), FranzK72 (36), sturlington (63), ahef1963 (88)

Score: 14.84

65
The Woman in White
by Wilkie Collins
9,948 members, 286 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: CarltonC (15), roby72 (25), merrystar (26), thecoroner (31), Dreesie (34), FranzK72 (37), ahef1963 (51), rretzler (58), sturlington (86)

Score: 14.83

66
Guards! Guards!
by Terry Pratchett
10,927 members, 155 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: amanda4242 (1), Liivin (5), Peace2 (22), blackdove07 (22), paruline (25), linlef (30), bigcurlyloz (34), ahef1963 (90)

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Score: 14.82

67
The Pickwick Papers
by Charles Dickens
6,836 members, 102 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: ALWINN (6), CarltonC (7), thecoroner (11), FlorianKarpfinger (15), roby72 (16), Dreesie (32), FranzK72 (33)

Score: 14.6

68
The Master and Margarita
by Mikhail Bulgakov
14,996 members, 365 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Lists: amanda4242 (2), FlorianKarpfinger (8), thecoroner (9), FranzK72 (10), roby72 (11), blackdove07 (39)

Score: 14.1

69
Atonement
by Ian McEwan
22,256 members, 569 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: sturlington (5), thecoroner (26), ALWINN (27), Dreesie (37), roby72 (37), Peace2 (45), bigcurlyloz (49), ahef1963 (73)

Score: 13.87

70
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
by Thomas Hardy
14,984 members, 203 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: CarltonC (11), ahef1963 (15), roby72 (21), thecoroner (29), FranzK72 (31), FlorianKarpfinger (32), Dreesie (35), Peace2 (48), sturlington (72)

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Score: 13.74

71
Far from the Madding Crowd
by Thomas Hardy
8,452 members, 149 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: CarltonC (6), Bluewolf0411 (10), roby72 (14), thecoroner (28), FranzK72 (35), bigcurlyloz (40), Peace2 (43)

Score: 13.41

72
The Day of the Triffids
by John Wyndham
5,640 members, 162 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: paruline (15), sturlington (17), linlef (24), ALWINN (25), Dreesie (38), CarltonC (41), bigcurlyloz (51), ahef1963 (81), amanda4242 (84)

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Score: 12.94

73
Jude the Obscure
by Thomas Hardy
8,097 members, 108 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (10), roby72 (15), thecoroner (17), FranzK72 (21), FlorianKarpfinger (33), ALWINN (39), linlef (45)

Score: 12.93

74
Black Beauty
by Anna Sewell
11,293 members, 154 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: sturlington (6), paruline (7), ahef1963 (27), Arrowpolisher (32), Dreesie (40), rretzler (61), Peace2 (87)

Score: 12.78

75
Witches Abroad
by Terry Pratchett
8,047 members, 102 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (5), merrystar (9), blackdove07 (34), bigcurlyloz (42), linlef (42), amanda4242 (46), ahef1963 (106)

Score: 12.57

76
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
by Terry Pratchett
25,571 members, 588 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (3), blackdove07 (24), sturlington (26), linlef (31), mspixieears (33), amanda4242 (34), bigcurlyloz (46), ahef1963 (84)

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Score: 12.5

77
Sophie's World
by Jostein Gaarder
14,898 members, 224 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: ALWINN (4), blackdove07 (29), mspixieears (35), bigcurlyloz (43), amanda4242 (70), ahef1963 (85), cej1027

Score: 12.38

78
The War of the Worlds
by H. G. Wells
12,817 members, 238 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (22), ALWINN (35), Arrowpolisher (36), bigcurlyloz (44), paruline (45), FlorianKarpfinger (73), sturlington (78), amanda4242 (79)

Score: 12.28

79
It
by Stephen King
15,321 members, 299 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (8), blackdove07 (17), mspixieears (32), paruline (36), sturlington (42), amanda4242 (80), ahef1963 (99)

Score: 11.84

80
The Pillars of the Earth
by Ken Follett
21,494 members, 654 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: Bluewolf0411 (8), Bretzky1 (18), ahef1963 (25), FlorianKarpfinger (27), ALWINN (30), bigcurlyloz (39), amanda4242 (39), mspixieears (59), paruline (60)

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Score: 11.66

81
Cold Comfort Farm
by Stella Gibbons
4,693 members, 191 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: sturlington (15), merrystar (23), amanda4242 (38), rretzler (41), ALWINN (41), ahef1963 (52), mspixieears (58)

Score: 11.57

82
The Thirty-Nine Steps
by John Buchan
4,064 members, 151 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: FlorianKarpfinger (7), amanda4242 (33), Dreesie (36), ALWINN (37), linlef (41), CarltonC (45), paruline (50), ahef1963 (112)

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Score: 11.24

83
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
by Patrick Süskind
14,516 members, 353 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: blackdove07 (23), ALWINN (26), mspixieears (30), bigcurlyloz (48), sturlington (59), paruline (62), ahef1963 (66)

Score: 11.1

84
The Once and Future King
by T. H. White
12,600 members, 164 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (18), ALWINN (36), linlef (38), mspixieears (39), Peace2 (49), sturlington (57), ahef1963 (86)

Score: 11.07

85
Winnie-the-Pooh
by A. A. Milne
9,319 members, 164 reviews
4.35 stars (4.35 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (4), cej1027 (37), Dreesie (44), rretzler (50), mspixieears (66), ahef1963 (69), Peace2 (70), sturlington (82)

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Score: 11.01

86
I Capture the Castle
by Dodie Smith
7,358 members, 257 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: merrystar (21), paruline (34), mspixieears (43), bigcurlyloz (50), Peace2 (52), ahef1963 (59), rretzler (63)

Score: 10.94

87
Hogfather
by Terry Pratchett
8,923 members, 116 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: merrystar (8), hipdeep (9), blackdove07 (37), bigcurlyloz (45), linlef (47), amanda4242 (52)

Score: 10.87

88
David Copperfield
by Charles Dickens
15,645 members, 206 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: FlorianKarpfinger (12), paruline (14), Bretzky1 (16), thecoroner (38), Arrowpolisher (43), ahef1963 (54)

Score: 10.87

89
Les Misérables
by Victor Hugo
18,758 members, 256 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: Bretzky1 (7), thecoroner (15), FranzK72 (22), roby72 (27), FlorianKarpfinger (38), paruline (40), Arrowpolisher (44)

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Score: 10.85

90
Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
18,363 members, 378 reviews
4.31 stars (4.31 stars)

Lists: merrystar (24), amanda4242 (42), rretzler (45), FlorianKarpfinger (50), roby72 (50), thecoroner (52), Peace2 (84)

Score: 10.74

91
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey
19,258 members, 227 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: ALWINN (5), hipdeep (14), linlef (35), FlorianKarpfinger (43), sturlington (58), ahef1963 (98)

Score: 10.67

92
The BFG
by Roald Dahl
12,866 members, 266 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: Dreesie (39), amanda4242 (43), rretzler (46), Peace2 (47), ahef1963 (50), bigcurlyloz (54), mspixieears (56)

Score: 10.67

93
Midnight's Children
by Salman Rushdie
11,183 members, 205 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: FranzK72 (8), thecoroner (16), CarltonC (16), roby72 (26), ahef1963 (49), FlorianKarpfinger (61), mspixieears (64)

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Score: 10.51

94
The Color Purple
by Alice Walker
14,896 members, 266 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: paruline (13), sturlington (16), Arrowpolisher (27), roby72 (32), ahef1963 (78), Peace2 (82)

Score: 10.22

95
Silas Marner
by George Eliot
8,438 members, 122 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: ALWINN (9), FlorianKarpfinger (23), Arrowpolisher (40), Dreesie (41), CarltonC (49), ahef1963 (70)

Score: 10.2

96
The Truth
by Terry Pratchett
6,907 members, 66 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (6), blackdove07 (35), bigcurlyloz (47), Peace2 (55), amanda4242 (57), ahef1963 (108)

Score: 9.89

97
The Clan of the Cave Bear
by Jean M. Auel
10,328 members, 242 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: paruline (12), sturlington (14), bigcurlyloz (59), amanda4242 (62), Peace2 (66), ahef1963 (67)

Score: 9.89

98
Matilda
by Roald Dahl
15,063 members, 375 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: blackdove07 (26), amanda4242 (40), mspixieears (41), ahef1963 (47), sturlington (51), bigcurlyloz (58)

Score: 9.42

99
Vanity Fair
by William Makepeace Thackeray
11,513 members, 161 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: FranzK72 (14), thecoroner (35), mspixieears (52), roby72 (57), FlorianKarpfinger (69), ahef1963 (79)

Score: 9.39

100
Love in the Time of Cholera
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
22,087 members, 321 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: merrystar (22), FranzK72 (26), ahef1963 (33), blackdove07 (36), FlorianKarpfinger (47), rretzler (51), roby72 (60)

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Score: 9.38

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