501 Must-Read Books

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501 Must-Read
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The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco
19,493 members
310 reviews
4.2
Global Rank 28
20 Members
Cecrow, roby72, merrystar, sturlington, paruline, thecoroner, Simone2, alex68, HxBuff, Bluewolf0411, Tess_W, Twixi, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Bookkat33, jeffza, Peace2, FlorianKarpfinger, nedhyu, FranzK72,JuliaMaria
16
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
by Agatha Christie
9,978 members
322 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 69
13 Members
Cecrow, roby72, merrystar, blackdove07, sturlington, paruline, Simone2, Twixi, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Bookkat33, FlorianKarpfinger, ManWithAnAgenda
17
Where the Wild Things Are
by Maurice Sendak
25,943 members
1,445 reviews
½ 4.3
Global Rank 58
14 Members
sparhalke, Cecrow, merrystar, sturlington, paruline, elkiedee, Simone2, Tess_W, cej1027, ahef1963, Bookkat33, jeffza, Peace2, bethanyseeley,ayaeckel ,Bluewolf0411
18
Life of Pi
by Yann Martel
43,580 members
1,013 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 45
16 Members
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24
Sophie's World
by Jostein Gaarder
18,700 members
284 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 124
8 Members
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26
Rebecca
by Daphne Du Maurier
20,665 members
609 reviews
4.2
Global Rank 43
18 Members
sparhalke, Cecrow, roby72, merrystar, sturlington, paruline, Simone2, alex68, Tess_W, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Bookkat33, kara.shamy, Peace2, FlorianKarpfinger, mspixieears, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda
27
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess
25,848 members
386 reviews
4
Global Rank 52
15 Members
Rtrace, roby72, blackdove07, sturlington, Simone2, alex68, si, Twixi, JuliaMaria, gypsysmom, ahef1963, thegreenmikado, FlorianKarpfinger, mspixieears, FranzK72
30
Candide
by Voltaire
20,527 members
306 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 44
17 Members
Rtrace, Cecrow, roby72, paruline, thecoroner, Simone2, alex68, HxBuff, Twixi, JuliaMaria, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Bookkat33, kara.shamy, mspixieears, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda
31
To the Lighthouse
by Virginia Woolf
17,554 members
268 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 38
15 Members
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32
The English Patient
by Michael Ondaatje
11,546 members
174 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 100
11 Members
Cecrow, merrystar, sturlington, paruline, Simone2, si, Twixi, gypsysmom, ahef1963, FlorianKarpfinger, mspixieears
34
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
by Patrick Süskind
18,096 members
447 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 113
10 Members
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35
Smilla's Sense of Snow
by Peter Høeg
7,368 members
163 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 136
9 Members
KimarieBee, Cecrow, blackdove07, paruline, Simone2, HxBuff, Twixi, ahef1963, Bookkat33,JuliaMaria
36
The Stranger
by Albert Camus
35,454 members
501 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 26
20 Members
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38
The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood
42,206 members
1,136 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 27
21 Members
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39
War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy
28,741 members
455 reviews
½ 4.3
Global Rank 17
18 Members
ayaeckel, longway, Cecrow, roby72, thecoroner, Simone2, alex68, Tess_W, Twixi, JuliaMaria, peterveen, Bretzky1, gypsysmom, jeffza, FlorianKarpfinger, rplinke, nedhyu, FranzK72
40
The Corrections
by Jonathan Franzen
16,571 members
340 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 88
13 Members
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42
Contes
by Hans Christian Andersen
24 members
5
Global Rank 79
13 Members
Cecrow, roby72, merrystar, sturlington, bookwormelf, Simone2, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, deven.bookman, Peace2, YanaLeletEsguerra, FranzK72
43
Les Misérables
by Victor Hugo
26,222 members
338 reviews
½ 4.3
Global Rank 32
18 Members
Cecrow, roby72, merrystar, paruline, thecoroner, Simone2, alex68, HxBuff, Tess_W, Twixi, Bretzky1, gypsysmom, raperper, FlorianKarpfinger, nedhyu, bethanyseeley, MTaniyama, FranzK72
45
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
by Milan Kundera
22,448 members
268 reviews
4
Global Rank 63
15 Members
roby72, sturlington, thecoroner, Simone2, alex68, HxBuff, si, Twixi, JuliaMaria, gypsysmom, Bookkat33, FlorianKarpfinger, mspixieears, nedhyu, FranzK72
46
The Remains of the Day
by Kazuo Ishiguro
16,327 members
475 reviews
4.2
Global Rank 61
14 Members
Rtrace, sturlington, paruline, bookwormelf, Simone2, Twixi, peterveen, gypsysmom, ahef1963, jeffza, kara.shamy, Peace2, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda
47
The Castle of Otranto
by Horace Walpole
3,679 members
125 reviews
3.1
Global Rank 138
8 Members
Cecrow, roby72, paruline, Simone2, alex68, ahef1963, Bookkat33, Peace2
48
The Sorrows of Young Werther
by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
8,057 members
127 reviews
½ 3.6
Global Rank 77
12 Members
longway, Cecrow, roby72, thecoroner, Simone2, alex68, Twixi, Bookkat33, matthewmason, kara.shamy, eliana_f, FranzK72,bookwormelf
49
The Moonstone
by Wilkie Collins
10,809 members
251 reviews
4
Global Rank 51
17 Members
sparhalke, Cecrow, roby72, merrystar, sturlington, paruline, Simone2, HxBuff, Twixi, Bretzky1, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Bookkat33, kara.shamy, Peace2, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda
50
Crime and Punishment
by Fyodor Dostoevsky
44,107 members
492 reviews
4.2
Global Rank 36
15 Members
sparhalke, ayaeckel, Cecrow, roby72, thecoroner, Simone2, alex68, HxBuff, Twixi, JuliaMaria, Bretzky1, gypsysmom, ahef1963, FlorianKarpfinger, FranzK72
51
The Spy Who Came in From the Cold
by John le Carré
8,591 members
239 reviews
4
Global Rank 132
10 Members
ayaeckel, Cecrow, roby72, blackdove07, Simone2, HxBuff, Twixi, gypsysmom, ahef1963, FlorianKarpfinger,sturlington
52
The Woman in White
by Wilkie Collins
12,787 members
336 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 65
16 Members
Cecrow, roby72, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, Simone2, alex68, HxBuff, Twixi, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Bookkat33, kara.shamy, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda
53
Howards End
by E. M. Forster
8,761 members
131 reviews
4
Global Rank 101
11 Members
Rtrace, Cecrow, roby72, merrystar, sturlington, Simone2, gypsysmom, Bookkat33, kara.shamy, FlorianKarpfinger, ManWithAnAgenda
54
A Fine Balance
by Rohinton Mistry
9,157 members
255 reviews
½ 4.4
Global Rank 141
7 Members
KimarieBee, paruline, Simone2, Twixi, peterveen, gypsysmom, ahef1963
55
The Magic Mountain
by Thomas Mann
9,590 members
175 reviews
4.2
Global Rank 49
14 Members
sparhalke, longway, roby72, thecoroner, Simone2, alex68, HxBuff, Twixi, JuliaMaria, peterveen, FlorianKarpfinger, mspixieears, nedhyu, FranzK72
56
Pippi Longstocking
by Astrid Lindgren
10,474 members
160 reviews
4
Global Rank 107
13 Members
Cecrow, roby72, merrystar, blackdove07, paruline, bookwormelf, Simone2, Tess_W, cej1027, ahef1963, Peace2, bethanyseeley, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington ,Bluewolf0411
57
Bonjour Tristesse
by Françoise Sagan
3,337 members
103 reviews
½ 3.5
Global Rank 135
8 Members
paruline, Simone2, alex68, Twixi, JuliaMaria, Bookkat33, FlorianKarpfinger, FranzK72
58
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
20,612 members
431 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 81
13 Members
sparhalke, Cecrow, roby72, Simone2, HxBuff, Twixi, Bretzky1, cej1027, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda
59
Oscar and Lucinda
by Peter Carey
4,122 members
68 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 174
6 Members
paruline, Simone2, gypsysmom, ahef1963, FlorianKarpfinger, mspixieears
60
Possession
by A.S. Byatt
12,951 members
288 reviews
4
Global Rank 59
15 Members
sparhalke, roby72, merrystar, sturlington, thecoroner, Simone2, alex68, Twixi, peterveen, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, bethanyseeley, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda
61
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl
24,945 members
449 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 73
14 Members
Rtrace, Cecrow, merrystar, blackdove07, sturlington, paruline, Simone2, cej1027, ahef1963, Peace2, mspixieears, shoegazer44, bethanyseeley, ManWithAnAgenda,Bluewolf0411
62
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
by Louis De Bernières
7,993 members
155 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 155
7 Members
Simone2, si, Twixi, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Bookkat33, mspixieears
63
Pinocchio
by Carlo Collodi
8,286 members
144 reviews
½ 3.7
Global Rank 130
9 Members
roby72, thecoroner, Simone2, alex68, Bookkat33, matthewmason, bethanyseeley, YanaLeletEsguerra, FranzK72,sturlington
64
The House of Mirth
by Edith Wharton
9,692 members
200 reviews
4
Global Rank 112
9 Members
roby72, merrystar, sturlington, paruline, elkiedee, Simone2, Twixi, gypsysmom, kara.shamy
65
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
by Edgar Allan Poe
12,007 members
75 reviews
½ 4.4
Global Rank 54
14 Members
Cecrow, sturlington, bookwormelf, Simone2, alex68, HxBuff, Tess_W, si, Twixi, Bookkat33, kara.shamy, FlorianKarpfinger, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda
66
Disgrace
by J. M. Coetzee
10,858 members
274 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 70
13 Members
Cecrow, roby72, bookwormelf, Simone2, alex68, Twixi, peterveen, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, FlorianKarpfinger, mindymaybe, FranzK72
68
Herzog
by Saul Bellow
5,192 members
62 reviews
½ 3.7
Global Rank 151
6 Members
roby72, thecoroner, Simone2, alex68, FlorianKarpfinger, FranzK72
69
The Bonfire of the Vanities
by Tom Wolfe
8,933 members
132 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 474
4 Members
Simone2, Bluewolf0411, Twixi, gypsysmom,Cecrow ,merrystar ,sturlington ,kara.shamy
Explanations
Cecrow : Not on the list
70
Journey to the End of the Night
by Louis-Ferdinand Céline
6,004 members
82 reviews
4.2
Global Rank 89
9 Members
roby72, thecoroner, Simone2, alex68, Twixi, peterveen, FlorianKarpfinger, nedhyu, FranzK72
71
Old Goriot
by Honoré de Balzac
5,969 members
109 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 140
7 Members
roby72, thecoroner, Simone2, alex68, Twixi, matthewmason, FranzK72
72
Birdsong
by Sebastian Faulks
6,083 members
156 reviews
4
Global Rank 164
6 Members
KimarieBee, Simone2, Tess_W, si, gypsysmom, FlorianKarpfinger
73
Auto-da-Fé
by Elias Canetti
2,346 members
30 reviews
4
Global Rank 143
7 Members
roby72, thecoroner, Simone2, alex68, Twixi, FlorianKarpfinger, FranzK72
74
The Lover
by Marguerite Duras
5,149 members
155 reviews
½ 3.7
Global Rank 114
10 Members
Cecrow, blackdove07, paruline, thecoroner, Simone2, alex68, Twixi, JuliaMaria, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda
75
Underworld
by Don DeLillo
7,952 members
85 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 157
7 Members
roby72, thecoroner, Simone2, alex68, Twixi, FlorianKarpfinger, FranzK72
76
The New York Trilogy
by Paul Auster
9,806 members
155 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 92
11 Members
roby72, blackdove07, Simone2, alex68, si, Twixi, ahef1963, FlorianKarpfinger, nedhyu, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda
77
The Tin Drum
by Günter Grass
7,585 members
93 reviews
4
Global Rank 68
12 Members
sparhalke, roby72, thecoroner, Simone2, alex68, Twixi, peterveen, gypsysmom, FlorianKarpfinger, rplinke, mindymaybe, FranzK72
78
Kim
by Rudyard Kipling
8,963 members
201 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 170
6 Members
Cecrow, paruline, Simone2, HxBuff, gypsysmom, ahef1963
79
The Radetzky March
by Joseph Roth
2,882 members
76 reviews
4.2
Global Rank 168
6 Members
roby72, thecoroner, Simone2, alex68, FlorianKarpfinger, FranzK72
80
The World According to Garp
by John Irving
15,286 members
195 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 125
9 Members
sturlington, Simone2, HxBuff, si, Twixi, gypsysmom, ahef1963, Bookkat33, shoegazer44
81
The Satanic Verses
by Salman Rushdie
12,033 members
138 reviews
½ 3.7
Global Rank 200
5 Members
Rtrace, Simone2, ahef1963, FlorianKarpfinger, ManWithAnAgenda
82
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
by Muriel Spark
5,197 members
169 reviews
½ 3.7
Global Rank 82
13 Members
Cecrow, roby72, blackdove07, sturlington, thecoroner, elkiedee, Simone2, gypsysmom, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Peace2, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda
83
July's People
by Nadine Gordimer
1,804 members
40 reviews
½ 3.5
Global Rank 159
7 Members
thecoroner, Simone2, alex68, Twixi, gypsysmom, ahef1963, FranzK72
84
Zeno's Conscience
by Italo Svevo
3,570 members
49 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 129
7 Members
roby72, thecoroner, Simone2, alex68, Twixi, nedhyu, FranzK72
85
Middlemarch
by George Eliot
17,708 members
330 reviews
4.2
Global Rank 78
17 Members
sparhalke, roby72, thecoroner, Simone2, alex68, HxBuff, Tess_W, si, JuliaMaria, peterveen, Bretzky1, gypsysmom, ahef1963, jeffza, kara.shamy, FlorianKarpfinger, FranzK72,Cecrow ,sturlington ,elkiedee ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
Cecrow : 0 members, 0 reviews? We should have a better edition on this list.
elkiedee : There is another copy on the list
86
Jane Austen: Seven Novels
by Jane Austen
5,374 members
34 reviews
½ 4.6
Global Rank 315
7 Members
Simone2, peterveen, ahef1963, Bookkat33, kara.shamy, Peace2, FlorianKarpfinger,ayaeckel ,Cecrow ,merrystar ,sturlington ,ManWithAnAgenda
Explanations
Cecrow : Only "Sense and Sensibility" is on the list, and that is here individually.
87
In Patagonia
by Bruce Chatwin
3,265 members
91 reviews
½ 3.7
Global Rank 280
2 Members
Simone2, FlorianKarpfinger
88
The Good Soldier
by Ford Madox Ford
4,779 members
113 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 126
8 Members
hipdeep, roby72, blackdove07, thecoroner, Simone2, alex68, HxBuff, FranzK72
89
The Regeneration Trilogy
by Pat Barker
797 members
14 reviews
½ 4.3
Global Rank 171
6 Members
paruline, elkiedee, Simone2, Twixi, gypsysmom, kara.shamy
90
Nobody's Boy
by Hector Malot
889 members
23 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 262
3 Members
paruline, Simone2, Twixi
91
Sophie's Choice
by William Styron
5,995 members
87 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 150
6 Members
sturlington, Simone2, Tess_W, si, rplinke, MTaniyama
92
Soldiers of Salamis
by Javier Cercas
1,372 members
48 reviews
½ 3.7
Global Rank 232
4 Members
paruline, Simone2, alex68, Twixi
93
Ferdydurke
by Witold Gombrowicz
1,394 members
16 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 175
6 Members
roby72, thecoroner, Simone2, alex68, peterveen, FranzK72
94
Unless
by Carol Shields
3,034 members
94 reviews
½ 3.6
Global Rank 188
6 Members
sparhalke, Cecrow, paruline, Simone2, Twixi, gypsysmom
95
Roads to Santiago
by Cees Nooteboom
609 members
18 reviews
½ 3.6
Global Rank 296
2 Members
Simone2, FlorianKarpfinger
96
Voss
by Patrick White
1,409 members
21 reviews
4
Global Rank 271
3 Members
Simone2, alex68, Twixi
97
Memoirs
by Pablo Neruda
1,393 members
14 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 342
Member
Simone2
98
An Angel at my Table
by Janet Frame
371 members
5 reviews
4
Global Rank 253
3 Members
Simone2, HxBuff, JuliaMaria
99
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
by Jeanette Winterson
6,248 members
143 reviews
½ 3.7
Global Rank 273
4 Members
Simone2, Twixi, Peace2, mspixieears,JuliaMaria
100
The Human Stain
by Philip Roth
6,562 members
96 reviews
3.8
Global Rank 269
3 Members
Simone2, Twixi, FlorianKarpfinger
101
Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov
31,679 members
558 reviews
4.1
Global Rank 95
13 Members
ayaeckel, Cecrow, roby72, thecoroner, Simone2, alex68, HxBuff, Bretzky1, Bookkat33, kara.shamy, FlorianKarpfinger, FranzK72, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington ,Bluewolf0411 ,cej1027
102
Enduring Love
by Ian McEwan
5,799 members
107 reviews
½ 3.7
Global Rank 228
4 Members
Simone2, Twixi, gypsysmom, kara.shamy
104
Paula
by Isabel Allende
3,993 members
93 reviews
3.9
Global Rank 258
3 Members
Cecrow, Simone2, kara.shamy