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LibraryThingers' 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

Description: Come on folks, this is your chance to make a 1001 Must Read list from scratch! (Disclaimer: This isn't an official LibraryThing list, just some member(s) playing around with the list feature.)

Members: 20 participating members (show all)

All members' list: [1] 2 3 4 5Sort: Score | Title | Author | Date
1
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
69,348 members, 1,350 reviews
4.38 stars (4.38 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (1), gypsysmom (1), JFGrenier (1), jenniferw88 (1), jeffza (1), ahef1963 (1), quondame (2), MTL (2), JaneAustenNut (4), hipdeep (19), NinieB — 2 more, cej1027, merrystar

Score: 40.64

2
The Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank
25,391 members, 478 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: quondame (1), MTL (1), Tess_W (1), alexdaw (1), gypsysmom (2), jenniferw88 (2), jeffza (2), dara85 (4), ahef1963 (25), JaneAustenNut (28), cej1027 — 1 more, merrystar

Score: 36.02

3
Animal Farm
by George Orwell
51,579 members, 781 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (2), Tess_W (2), alexdaw (2), gypsysmom (3), quondame (3), MTL (3), jeffza (3), jenniferw88 (5), ahef1963 (7), JaneAustenNut (9), thecoroner (55) — 2 more, NinieB, merrystar

Score: 34.43

4
Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë
51,871 members, 837 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: Tess_W (3), jenniferw88 (3), ahef1963 (3), gypsysmom (4), quondame (4), MTL (4), jeffza (4), JaneAustenNut (6), ManWithAnAgenda (94), NinieB, cej1027 — 1 more, merrystar

Score: 29.44

5
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
63,381 members, 1,049 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: NinieB (4), gypsysmom (5), quondame (5), MTL (5), jenniferw88 (6), jeffza (7), thecoroner (13), ManWithAnAgenda (23), ahef1963 (29), hipdeep (40), merrystar — 1 more, cej1027

Score: 26.69

6
Wuthering Heights
by Emily Brontë
44,609 members, 618 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: Tess_W (4), NinieB (5), gypsysmom (6), quondame (6), MTL (6), ahef1963 (8), JaneAustenNut (11), jenniferw88 (16), thecoroner (16), ManWithAnAgenda (24), merrystar

Score: 25.24

7
Nineteen Eighty-Four
by George Orwell
71,608 members, 1,167 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (2), kara.shamy (3), alexdaw (3), JaneAustenNut (5), NinieB (10), gypsysmom (11), quondame (13), MTL (13), jenniferw88 (18), merrystar

Score: 24.4

8
The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
32,206 members, 343 reviews
3.38 stars (3.38 stars)

Lists: Tess_W (5), NinieB (6), gypsysmom (7), quondame (8), MTL (8), jenniferw88 (8), ahef1963 (14), JaneAustenNut (17), thecoroner (21), cej1027, merrystar

Score: 24.31

9
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
48,159 members, 699 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: JFGrenier (2), kara.shamy (4), ahef1963 (6), JaneAustenNut (8), quondame (9), MTL (9), gypsysmom (12), jenniferw88 (12), cej1027, merrystar

Score: 23.62

10
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
20,586 members, 437 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (2), jenniferw88 (4), NinieB (7), gypsysmom (8), quondame (10), MTL (10), ahef1963 (13), JaneAustenNut (16), cej1027, merrystar

Score: 23.21

11
The Hobbit
by J. R. R. Tolkien
81,942 members, 1,086 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: alexdaw (4), kara.shamy (5), JFGrenier (6), NinieB (11), gypsysmom (13), quondame (15), MTL (15), jenniferw88 (54), ahef1963 (61), cej1027, merrystar

Score: 22.91

12
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
12,275 members, 216 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: JFGrenier (3), NinieB (8), gypsysmom (9), ahef1963 (9), hipdeep (10), quondame (11), MTL (11), JaneAustenNut (12), jenniferw88 (13), merrystar

Score: 22.62

Explanations:

JaneAustenNut (12): Doyle's Sherlock was the iconic example of the super sleuth! The beginning of wonderful detective stories for more than a century.

13
Little House in the Big Woods
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
13,390 members, 253 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: JaneAustenNut (1), dara85 (3), ahef1963 (4), NinieB (9), gypsysmom (10), quondame (12), MTL (12), hipdeep (32), merrystar

Score: 22.09

14
The Good Earth
by Pearl S. Buck
12,510 members, 249 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: JFGrenier (5), NinieB (12), gypsysmom (14), quondame (17), MTL (17), ahef1963 (19), JaneAustenNut (22), thecoroner (47), cej1027, merrystar

Score: 19.7

15
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
26,723 members, 359 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: JFGrenier (4), quondame (7), MTL (7), jenniferw88 (15), jeffza (17), hipdeep (44), ManWithAnAgenda (51), ahef1963 (119), cej1027, merrystar

Score: 19.58

16
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
70,581 members, 1,256 reviews
4.4 stars (4.4 stars)

Lists: jeffza (5), ahef1963 (5), jenniferw88 (7), JaneAustenNut (7), NinieB (13), gypsysmom (15), quondame (18), ManWithAnAgenda (66), merrystar

Score: 19.43

17
Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen
33,588 members, 475 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: jeffza (8), NinieB (14), gypsysmom (16), jenniferw88 (17), ahef1963 (18), MTL (19), quondame (20), JaneAustenNut (21), ManWithAnAgenda (71), merrystar

Score: 19.09

18
Rebecca
by Daphne Du Maurier
18,030 members, 548 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (6), ahef1963 (11), JaneAustenNut (14), NinieB (17), gypsysmom (24), MTL (25), quondame (26), jenniferw88 (38), ManWithAnAgenda (73), merrystar

Score: 18.82

19
The Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank Baum
18,687 members, 416 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: jenniferw88 (11), quondame (14), MTL (14), gypsysmom (17), dara85 (18), hipdeep (30), ManWithAnAgenda (67), ahef1963 (67), merrystar, cej1027

Score: 18.32

20
Persuasion
by Jane Austen
25,110 members, 477 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: jeffza (6), ahef1963 (12), jenniferw88 (14), NinieB (15), JaneAustenNut (15), gypsysmom (18), quondame (23), ManWithAnAgenda (68), merrystar

Score: 17.68

21
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
46,594 members, 911 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (1), jenniferw88 (9), quondame (16), MTL (16), gypsysmom (19), ahef1963 (31), merrystar, cej1027

Score: 17.49

22
The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
29,502 members, 509 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: alexdaw (5), MTL (18), quondame (19), gypsysmom (20), jenniferw88 (26), JaneAustenNut (30), ahef1963 (41), cej1027, merrystar

Score: 17.06

23
Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
23,944 members, 391 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: jeffza (12), NinieB (16), gypsysmom (21), jenniferw88 (21), MTL (23), quondame (24), ahef1963 (24), JaneAustenNut (27), merrystar

Score: 16.76

24
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
by C. S. Lewis
38,674 members, 684 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: alexdaw (6), MTL (20), quondame (21), gypsysmom (22), jeffza (25), jenniferw88 (29), ahef1963 (63), cej1027, merrystar

Score: 16.67

25
Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad
21,010 members, 338 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: jenniferw88 (10), jeffza (14), MTL (21), quondame (22), gypsysmom (23), ahef1963 (35), thecoroner (48), merrystar, cej1027

Score: 16.6

26
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
by Douglas Adams
34,914 members, 662 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (7), jenniferw88 (24), gypsysmom (28), quondame (29), MTL (29), ahef1963 (42), hipdeep (48), cej1027, merrystar

Score: 16.12

27
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
33,662 members, 390 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (8), JFGrenier (13), NinieB (25), ManWithAnAgenda (27), gypsysmom (33), quondame (47), thecoroner (52), jenniferw88 (100), ahef1963 (185)

Score: 15.06

28
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
38,325 members, 489 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (9), NinieB (18), jenniferw88 (19), gypsysmom (25), quondame (30), MTL (30), ahef1963 (34), cej1027

Score: 14.92

29
The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood
36,714 members, 1,060 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: alexdaw (8), kara.shamy (9), ahef1963 (30), quondame (32), MTL (32), gypsysmom (35), jenniferw88 (46), cej1027

Score: 14.83

30
The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath
24,919 members, 445 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (10), NinieB (21), ahef1963 (21), JaneAustenNut (23), ManWithAnAgenda (25), MTL (27), jenniferw88 (27), thecoroner (56)

Score: 14.57

31
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith
14,601 members, 405 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: JaneAustenNut (2), dara85 (16), ahef1963 (20), MTL (24), quondame (25), gypsysmom (26), merrystar

Score: 14.3

Explanations:

JaneAustenNut (2): I read this book when I was young and will read again to see how different the book seems to me now.

32
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
22,745 members, 202 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: jeffza (13), hipdeep (14), jenniferw88 (23), MTL (26), gypsysmom (27), quondame (27), ahef1963 (124), merrystar

Score: 14.16

33
Middlemarch
by George Eliot
15,706 members, 299 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (1), kara.shamy (11), jeffza (18), jenniferw88 (33), gypsysmom (41), thecoroner (49), ahef1963 (184)

Score: 13.99

34
The Old Man and the Sea
by Ernest Hemingway
26,961 members, 453 reviews
3.77 stars (3.77 stars)

Lists: alexdaw (10), NinieB (22), gypsysmom (29), quondame (39), MTL (40), jenniferw88 (61), ahef1963 (162), cej1027

Score: 13.46

35
The Catcher in the Rye
by J. D. Salinger
63,323 members, 1,009 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (15), JaneAustenNut (18), NinieB (23), ManWithAnAgenda (29), gypsysmom (30), quondame (41), MTL (41), jenniferw88 (50), thecoroner (57)

Thumbs down: cej1027

Score: 13.36

36
The Picture of Dorian Gray
by Oscar Wilde
34,014 members, 562 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: JFGrenier (11), kara.shamy (12), ManWithAnAgenda (26), thecoroner (36), quondame (42), gypsysmom (46), jenniferw88 (103), ahef1963 (118)

Score: 13.33

37
Gaudy Night
by Dorothy L. Sayers
4,978 members, 133 reviews
4.33 stars (4.33 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (10), JaneAustenNut (13), NinieB (19), quondame (31), MTL (31), jenniferw88 (36), merrystar

Score: 12.98

38
Don Quixote
by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
26,663 members, 373 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: JFGrenier (8), thecoroner (10), hipdeep (20), MTL (22), gypsysmom (31), jenniferw88 (39), ManWithAnAgenda (112)

Score: 12.89

39
The Age of Innocence
by Edith Wharton
12,454 members, 280 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: alexdaw (12), NinieB (24), JaneAustenNut (24), gypsysmom (32), quondame (45), MTL (57), jenniferw88 (91), ahef1963 (190)

Score: 12.82

40
My Ántonia
by Willa Cather
12,290 members, 262 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: dara85 (10), alexdaw (11), NinieB (26), gypsysmom (34), MTL (47), quondame (48), merrystar

Score: 12.6

41
The Big Sleep
by Raymond Chandler
9,223 members, 257 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (16), JaneAustenNut (19), NinieB (20), quondame (34), MTL (34), jenniferw88 (41), merrystar

Score: 12.38

42
Moby Dick
by Herman Melville
30,797 members, 482 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: JFGrenier (9), kara.shamy (13), jeffza (23), thecoroner (28), jenniferw88 (47), gypsysmom (52), ManWithAnAgenda (74)

Score: 12.36

43
The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco
17,902 members, 285 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: JFGrenier (10), thecoroner (22), quondame (33), MTL (33), ahef1963 (33), gypsysmom (36), jenniferw88 (48)

Score: 12.26

44
Kindred
by Octavia E. Butler
6,541 members, 295 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (6), dara85 (9), quondame (35), gypsysmom (37), MTL (46), ManWithAnAgenda (77), ahef1963 (188)

Score: 12.1

45
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck
30,592 members, 428 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: JaneAustenNut (10), NinieB (27), MTL (35), gypsysmom (38), jenniferw88 (40), ManWithAnAgenda (83), cej1027

Score: 12.07

46
A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
33,956 members, 874 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (22), quondame (28), MTL (28), jenniferw88 (28), ahef1963 (66), cej1027, merrystar

Score: 12.04

47
The Hound of the Baskervilles
by Arthur Conan Doyle
13,158 members, 262 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: NinieB (28), ManWithAnAgenda (31), gypsysmom (39), quondame (50), MTL (51), jenniferw88 (124), ahef1963 (181), merrystar

Score: 12.01

48
The Hobbit / The Lord of the Rings
by J. R. R. Tolkien
7,771 members, 53 reviews
4.6 stars (4.6 stars)

Lists: JFGrenier (14), ahef1963 (28), quondame (36), MTL (36), gypsysmom (40), ManWithAnAgenda (76), cej1027

Score: 11.91

49
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
by Mark Haddon
41,137 members, 1,277 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: dara85 (22), quondame (38), MTL (38), gypsysmom (42), ahef1963 (47), jenniferw88 (51), cej1027

Score: 11.56

50
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
43,825 members, 694 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (14), alexdaw (14), ahef1963 (32), quondame (58), gypsysmom (60), MTL (61), jenniferw88 (88)

Score: 11.44

51
A Thousand Splendid Suns
by Khaled Hosseini
27,526 members, 859 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: dara85 (2), alexdaw (9), quondame (40), gypsysmom (43), jenniferw88 (52), ahef1963 (189)

Score: 11.39

52
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak
38,918 members, 2,030 reviews
4.36 stars (4.36 stars)

Lists: alexdaw (7), dara85 (17), jenniferw88 (22), ahef1963 (26), JaneAustenNut (29), gypsysmom (44)

Score: 11.32

Explanations:

JaneAustenNut (29): A book about books & reading. How books feed the soul........great for bibliophiles.

53
The Mill on the Floss
by George Eliot
7,799 members, 109 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: alexdaw (15), NinieB (30), ManWithAnAgenda (30), MTL (44), gypsysmom (45), thecoroner (51), ahef1963 (142)

Score: 11.2

54
The Little Prince
by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
38,295 members, 691 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: MTL (43), quondame (44), gypsysmom (47), thecoroner (59), ahef1963 (68), cej1027, merrystar

Score: 11.05

55
War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy
25,048 members, 393 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (6), kara.shamy (15), jeffza (20), jenniferw88 (35), quondame (63), gypsysmom (65)

Score: 10.95

56
Wide Sargasso Sea
by Jean Rhys
7,488 members, 222 reviews
3.55 stars (3.55 stars)

Lists: NinieB (31), MTL (45), gypsysmom (48), jenniferw88 (53), ahef1963 (57), ManWithAnAgenda (78), cej1027

Score: 10.94

57
Things Fall Apart
by Chinua Achebe
18,027 members, 396 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (16), jenniferw88 (56), quondame (65), gypsysmom (66), ahef1963 (77), ManWithAnAgenda (79), cej1027

Score: 10.86

58
The Left Hand of Darkness
by Ursula K. Le Guin
13,716 members, 341 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (6), hipdeep (11), kara.shamy (17), gypsysmom (67), quondame (67), jenniferw88 (95)

Score: 10.8

59
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
29,025 members, 265 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: jeffza (11), hipdeep (15), jenniferw88 (20), ahef1963 (38), quondame (46), gypsysmom (49)

Score: 10.78

60
Madame Bovary
by Gustave Flaubert
23,498 members, 348 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: jeffza (9), thecoroner (12), NinieB (32), ahef1963 (39), gypsysmom (50), quondame (64)

Score: 10.66

61
Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck
34,374 members, 602 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: JFGrenier (12), hipdeep (43), MTL (48), quondame (49), gypsysmom (51), jenniferw88 (119), ahef1963 (160)

Score: 10.58

62
The Joy Luck Club
by Amy Tan
16,179 members, 183 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (22), JaneAustenNut (25), ManWithAnAgenda (28), quondame (37), MTL (37), jenniferw88 (44)

Score: 10.17

63
Charlotte's Web
by E. B. White
30,743 members, 961 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: dara85 (6), quondame (51), MTL (52), gypsysmom (53), ahef1963 (69), merrystar

Score: 10.09

64
The Color Purple
by Alice Walker
17,398 members, 310 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (18), NinieB (45), ahef1963 (53), gypsysmom (74), jenniferw88 (77), quondame (111), ManWithAnAgenda (136)

Score: 10.09

65
The House of the Spirits
by Isabel Allende
12,517 members, 220 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (19), NinieB (29), MTL (39), hipdeep (42), jenniferw88 (45), merrystar

Score: 10.04

66
A Passage to India
by E. M. Forster
11,193 members, 125 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: quondame (53), MTL (53), gypsysmom (54), thecoroner (68), jenniferw88 (101), ahef1963 (117), merrystar

Score: 9.99

67
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
by Robert Louis Stevenson
15,305 members, 292 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: jeffza (15), jenniferw88 (31), NinieB (34), ahef1963 (44), gypsysmom (55), thecoroner (58)

Score: 9.86

68
Atonement
by Ian McEwan
24,418 members, 593 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (17), JaneAustenNut (20), jenniferw88 (43), quondame (54), MTL (54), gypsysmom (56)

Score: 9.84

69
Vanity Fair
by William Makepeace Thackeray
13,267 members, 182 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (32), NinieB (35), gypsysmom (57), quondame (72), thecoroner (96), jenniferw88 (98), ahef1963 (164)

Score: 9.82

70
The Shipping News
by E. Annie Proulx
12,597 members, 235 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (11), alexdaw (19), NinieB (36), gypsysmom (58), MTL (58), ahef1963 (163)

Score: 9.76

71
A Room with a View
by E. M. Forster
10,056 members, 201 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: jeffza (24), MTL (42), quondame (43), jenniferw88 (55), ahef1963 (56), merrystar

Score: 9.55

72
The Time Traveler's Wife
by Audrey Niffenegger
37,162 members, 1,228 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: alexdaw (13), quondame (56), gypsysmom (59), MTL (59), ahef1963 (147), cej1027

Score: 9.5

73
Ulysses
by James Joyce
21,463 members, 314 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (2), kara.shamy (19), jenniferw88 (32), ahef1963 (116), gypsysmom (132)

Score: 9.36

74
Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
36,257 members, 641 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (15), ahef1963 (40), quondame (59), gypsysmom (61), MTL (62), jenniferw88 (84)

Score: 9.24

75
Neverwhere
by Neil Gaiman
22,986 members, 539 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (24), jenniferw88 (57), quondame (60), gypsysmom (62), ahef1963 (83), merrystar

Score: 9.13

76
Memoirs of a Geisha
by Arthur Golden
33,952 members, 524 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: dara85 (15), jenniferw88 (30), quondame (61), gypsysmom (63), MTL (64), ahef1963 (155), cej1027

Thumbs down: ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 9.03

77
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
by Thomas Hardy
17,222 members, 234 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: jeffza (19), jenniferw88 (34), thecoroner (61), quondame (62), gypsysmom (64), ahef1963 (144)

Score: 9

78
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
by J. K. Rowling
116,253 members, 1,915 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: JFGrenier (16), kara.shamy (20), NinieB (62), ahef1963 (62), quondame (92), gypsysmom (110), merrystar

Thumbs down: ManWithAnAgenda

Score: 8.95

79
Wolf Hall
by Hilary Mantel
11,949 members, 619 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (21), hipdeep (34), NinieB (61), quondame (84), jenniferw88 (85), gypsysmom (105)

Score: 8.85

80
One Hundred Years of Solitude
by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
40,044 members, 605 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: NinieB (33), thecoroner (34), MTL (65), jenniferw88 (86), ahef1963 (191), merrystar

Score: 8.81

81
A Confederacy of Dunces
by John Kennedy Toole
19,668 members, 429 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (3), kara.shamy (22), ManWithAnAgenda (36), gypsysmom (130), ahef1963 (192)

Score: 8.78

82
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
by Carson McCullers
9,818 members, 222 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (3), MTL (49), gypsysmom (68), quondame (69), jenniferw88 (75)

Score: 8.69

83
The Giver
by Lois Lowry
34,344 members, 1,494 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: dara85 (7), quondame (52), ahef1963 (70), ManWithAnAgenda (75), cej1027

Score: 8.58

84
Beloved
by Toni Morrison
20,139 members, 379 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (39), NinieB (41), jenniferw88 (66), gypsysmom (69), ahef1963 (76), quondame (122)

Score: 8.53

85
The Trial
by Franz Kafka
18,064 members, 210 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: JFGrenier (7), thecoroner (7), jeffza (21), jenniferw88 (37)

Score: 8.41

86
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
48,070 members, 1,238 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: dara85 (1), jenniferw88 (25), gypsysmom (70), ahef1963 (115)

Score: 8.39

87
Anne of Green Gables
by L. M. Montgomery
24,659 members, 504 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: NinieB (43), MTL (70), gypsysmom (71), quondame (116), ahef1963 (197), merrystar

Score: 8.29

88
Gulliver's Travels (Dover Thrift Editions)
by Jonathan Swift
1,027 members, 11 reviews
3.49 stars (3.49 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (63), quondame (71), gypsysmom (72), jenniferw88 (99), ahef1963 (145), merrystar

Score: 8.27

89
The Daughter of Time
by Josephine Tey
5,260 members, 210 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: NinieB (44), gypsysmom (73), MTL (74), quondame (113), ahef1963 (200), merrystar

Score: 8.26

90
In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote
21,053 members, 414 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (34), quondame (55), MTL (56), jenniferw88 (96), thecoroner (103), ahef1963 (167)

Score: 8.23

91
I Capture the Castle
by Dodie Smith
8,427 members, 284 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (14), quondame (57), MTL (60), ahef1963 (81), merrystar

Score: 7.98

92
The Haunting of Hill House
by Shirley Jackson
7,593 members, 365 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: ManWithAnAgenda (17), NinieB (37), ahef1963 (52), MTL (63), jenniferw88 (78)

Score: 7.85

93
Winnie-the-Pooh / The House at Pooh Corner
by A. A. Milne
5,248 members, 49 reviews
4.51 stars (4.51 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (45), quondame (73), gypsysmom (75), MTL (104), ManWithAnAgenda (117), ahef1963 (211)

Score: 7.79

94
Alice in Wonderland [Norton Critical Edition, 2nd ed.]
by Lewis Carroll
561 members, 9 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (23), JaneAustenNut (26), NinieB (46), gypsysmom (76), quondame (105)

Score: 7.74

95
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
by Jon Krakauer
12,735 members, 297 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: dara85 (19), kara.shamy (23), NinieB (59), jenniferw88 (92), ahef1963 (196)

Score: 7.55

96
Cold Comfort Farm
by Stella Gibbons
5,323 members, 210 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: NinieB (38), ahef1963 (50), MTL (68), jenniferw88 (79), merrystar

Score: 7.53

97
And Then There Were None
by Agatha Christie
17,671 members, 468 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: NinieB (39), ahef1963 (49), MTL (67), jenniferw88 (80), merrystar

Score: 7.53

98
Burial Rites
by Hannah Kent
3,178 members, 250 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: alexdaw (16), kara.shamy (24), ahef1963 (103), jenniferw88 (112), quondame (128)

Score: 7.48

99
The Princess Bride
by William Goldman
22,228 members, 498 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (26), quondame (66), MTL (66), ahef1963 (129), merrystar

Score: 7.45

100
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
by Terry Pratchett
30,493 members, 725 reviews
4.25 stars (4.25 stars)

Lists: hipdeep (23), ahef1963 (48), jenniferw88 (49), quondame (74), gypsysmom (131)

Score: 7.4

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