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CCE 1000 Good Books List

Type: Preset list created by cej1027

Description: http://www.classical-homeschooling.org/celoop/1000.html

Members: 8 participating members (show all)

All members' list: [1] 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11Sort: Score | Title | Author | Date
1
Little Women
by Louisa May Alcott
15,338 members, 227 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: HeyMimi (1), kara.shamy (1), MissJessie (2), thecoroner (29), ahef1963 (67)

Score: 14.49

2
Pride and Prejudice
by Jane Austen
67,229 members, 1,211 reviews
4.41 stars (4.41 stars)

Lists: HeyMimi (2), kara.shamy (3), MissJessie (7), thecoroner (33), ahef1963 (60)

Score: 11.97

3
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
60,275 members, 1,006 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: MissJessie (1), thecoroner (9), kara.shamy (33), ahef1963 (37), cej1027

Score: 10.8

4
A Christmas Carol
by Charles Dickens
19,557 members, 417 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: HeyMimi (3), MissJessie (10), ahef1963 (17), kara.shamy (23), cej1027

Score: 10.28

5
Jane Eyre
by Charlotte Brontë
49,318 members, 797 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: MissJessie (3), kara.shamy (6), thecoroner (27), ahef1963 (34), cej1027

Score: 10.21

6
The Secret Garden
by Frances Hodgson Burnett
27,539 members, 486 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: HeyMimi (4), MissJessie (13), ahef1963 (50), thecoroner (71), cej1027

Score: 9.02

7
Gulliver's Travels
by Jonathan Swift
15,296 members, 207 reviews
3.7 stars (3.7 stars)

Lists: MissJessie (4), thecoroner (19), ahef1963 (40), kara.shamy (67), cej1027

Score: 8.93

8
The Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank
23,791 members, 453 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: MissJessie (5), thecoroner (34), kara.shamy (34), ahef1963 (43), cej1027

Score: 8.75

9
Romeo and Juliet
by William Shakespeare
23,518 members, 236 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: MissJessie (6), thecoroner (14), kara.shamy (58), ahef1963 (69), cej1027 (107)

Score: 8.71

10
Wuthering Heights [Norton Critical Edition]
by Emily Brontë
4,943 members, 108 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (7), kara.shamy (7), MissJessie (8), ahef1963 (123)

Score: 8.5

11
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
65,995 members, 1,307 reviews
4.38 stars (4.38 stars)

Lists: JFGrenier (4), HeyMimi (5), ahef1963 (29), cej1027

Score: 8.43

12
The Good Earth
by Pearl S. Buck
12,017 members, 240 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: JFGrenier (1), thecoroner (45), ahef1963 (79), cej1027 (133)

Score: 8.06

13
Hamlet
by William Shakespeare
27,515 members, 244 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (5), MissJessie (9), kara.shamy (55), ahef1963 (68)

Score: 7.85

14
James and the Giant Peach
by Roald Dahl
15,480 members, 328 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: HeyMimi (6), ahef1963 (16), thecoroner (64), cej1027

Score: 7.17

15
Charlotte's Web
by E B White
28,715 members, 947 reviews
4.21 stars (4.21 stars)

Lists: HeyMimi (7), ahef1963 (18), thecoroner (65), cej1027

Score: 7.01

16
Animal Farm
by George Orwell
49,702 members, 745 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: HeyMimi (8), kara.shamy (46), thecoroner (47), ahef1963 (61)

Score: 6.87

17
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
by Robert Louis Stevenson
14,273 members, 275 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: MissJessie (11), thecoroner (26), kara.shamy (66), ahef1963 (81)

Score: 6.71

18
Great Expectations
by Charles Dickens
31,907 members, 372 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: JFGrenier (2), thecoroner (18), kara.shamy (20), ahef1963 (64)

Thumbs down: MissJessie

Score: 6.61

19
The Wizard of Oz
by L. Frank Baum
17,417 members, 390 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: HeyMimi (9), thecoroner (41), ahef1963 (56), cej1027

Score: 6.55

20
Macbeth
by William Shakespeare
21,443 members, 188 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: MissJessie (15), thecoroner (32), kara.shamy (57), ahef1963 (71)

Score: 6.55

21
The Time Machine
by H. G. Wells
15,120 members, 306 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: MissJessie (12), ahef1963 (41), thecoroner (69), cej1027

Score: 6.32

22
Goodnight Moon
by Margaret Wise Brown
14,203 members, 646 reviews
4.23 stars (4.23 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (4), HeyMimi (10), cej1027

Score: 6.28

23
House of the Seven Gables
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
7,239 members, 106 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (31), ahef1963 (35), kara.shamy (38), cej1027

Score: 6.15

24
Sense and Sensibility
by Jane Austen
31,956 members, 445 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (5), MissJessie (16), ahef1963 (62)

Score: 6.1

25
The Little Engine That Could
by Watty Piper
7,413 members, 178 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (5), HeyMimi (11), cej1027

Score: 6.07

26
Silas Marner
by George Eliot
9,398 members, 137 reviews
3.76 stars (3.76 stars)

Lists: JFGrenier (3), kara.shamy (31), ahef1963 (89)

Score: 6.04

27
The Three Musketeers
by Alexandre Dumas
17,744 members, 220 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: JFGrenier (9), HeyMimi (12), thecoroner (58)

Score: 5.91

28
Madeline
by Ludwig Bemelmans
7,842 members, 244 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (6), HeyMimi (13), cej1027

Score: 5.86

29
Make Way for Ducklings
by Robert McCloskey
8,054 members, 173 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (7), HeyMimi (14), cej1027

Score: 5.73

30
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
by Eric Carle
16,783 members, 987 reviews
4.38 stars (4.38 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (8), HeyMimi (15), cej1027

Score: 5.61

31
Where the Wild Things Are
by Maurice Sendak
20,496 members, 1,348 reviews
4.35 stars (4.35 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (9), HeyMimi (16), cej1027

Score: 5.51

32
Treasure Island
by Robert Louis Stevenson
24,811 members, 339 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: JFGrenier (5), ahef1963 (46), cej1027

Score: 5.41

33
Green Eggs and Ham
by Dr. Seuss
16,932 members, 660 reviews
4.33 stars (4.33 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (12), HeyMimi (17), cej1027

Score: 5.32

34
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
by Judith Viorst
10,805 members, 626 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (1), cej1027

Score: 5.2

35
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
by C. S. Lewis
20,251 members, 218 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: HeyMimi (18), ahef1963 (19), cej1027

Score: 5.06

36
The Moonstone
by Wilkie Collins
9,214 members, 213 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (13), thecoroner (36), ahef1963 (92)

Score: 5.03

37
The Hobbit / The Lord of the Rings
by J. R. R. Tolkien
7,394 members, 52 reviews
4.6 stars (4.6 stars)

Lists: JFGrenier (6), ahef1963 (102), cej1027 (118)

Score: 5.03

38
Prince Caspian
by C. S. Lewis
20,809 members, 196 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: HeyMimi (19), ahef1963 (20), cej1027

Score: 5.01

39
The Horse and His Boy
by C. S. Lewis
19,943 members, 198 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: HeyMimi (20), ahef1963 (21), cej1027

Score: 4.96

40
Middlemarch
by George Eliot
14,885 members, 289 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (20), kara.shamy (30), ahef1963 (77)

Score: 4.95

41
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
by C. S. Lewis
36,167 members, 661 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: HeyMimi (21), ahef1963 (22), cej1027

Score: 4.91

42
The Silver Chair
by C. S. Lewis
18,661 members, 161 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: HeyMimi (22), ahef1963 (23), cej1027

Score: 4.87

43
Moby Dick
by Herman Melville
29,062 members, 457 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (4), JFGrenier (7), kara.shamy (44)

Thumbs down: MissJessie

Score: 4.84

44
The Magician's Nephew
by C. S. Lewis
23,106 members, 302 reviews
3.92 stars (3.92 stars)

Lists: HeyMimi (23), ahef1963 (24), cej1027

Score: 4.83

45
The Last Battle
by C. S. Lewis
18,275 members, 161 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: HeyMimi (24), ahef1963 (25), cej1027

Score: 4.8

46
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
45,872 members, 647 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: MissJessie (14), ahef1963 (58), cej1027

Score: 4.72

47
Oliver Twist
by Charles Dickens
19,520 members, 189 reviews
3.84 stars (3.84 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (19), thecoroner (67), ahef1963 (72)

Score: 4.69

48
Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad
19,996 members, 330 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (22), ahef1963 (36), cej1027

Score: 4.68

49
Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle
by Betty MacDonald
3,479 members, 34 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: HeyMimi (25), mkbird (35), cej1027 (114)

Score: 4.66

50
And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street
by Dr. Seuss
3,527 members, 82 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (2), cej1027

Score: 4.56

51
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
by Lewis Carroll
21,207 members, 418 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (23), ahef1963 (52), cej1027

Score: 4.52

52
Pippi Longstocking
by Astrid Lindgren
7,755 members, 147 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (28), thecoroner (53), cej1027

Score: 4.42

53
Sarah, Plain and Tall
by Patricia MacLachlan
8,738 members, 276 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: HeyMimi (36), ahef1963 (49), cej1027

Score: 4.34

54
The Scarlet Letter
by Nathaniel Hawthorne
30,000 members, 315 reviews
3.39 stars (3.39 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (24), ahef1963 (30), kara.shamy (39), cej1027

Thumbs down: MissJessie

Score: 4.32

55
The Wind in the Willows
by Kenneth Grahame
18,523 members, 285 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: HeyMimi (35), ahef1963 (55), cej1027

Score: 4.31

56
The Velveteen Rabbit
by Margery Williams
10,672 members, 208 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: HeyMimi (34), ahef1963 (57), cej1027

Score: 4.31

57
Emma
by Jane Austen
31,574 members, 432 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (4), ahef1963 (63)

Score: 4.25

58
Corduroy
by Don Freeman
10,612 members, 387 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (3), cej1027

Score: 4.24

59
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl
19,791 members, 402 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: HeyMimi (33), ahef1963 (73), cej1027 (140)

Score: 4.2

60
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
by Beatrix Potter
9,415 members, 173 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: HeyMimi (32), ahef1963 (97), cej1027 (123)

Score: 4.16

61
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator
by Roald Dahl
8,243 members, 72 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: HeyMimi (30), ahef1963 (100), cej1027 (142)

Score: 4.13

62
Are You My Mother?
by P. D. Eastman
9,141 members, 250 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: HeyMimi (31), ahef1963 (110), cej1027 (124)

Score: 4.13

63
Nicholas Nickleby
by Charles Dickens
5,909 members, 74 reviews
3.93 stars (3.93 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (12), kara.shamy (17)

Score: 4.12

64
Winnie-the-Pooh
by A. A. Milne
10,651 members, 183 reviews
4.35 stars (4.35 stars)

Lists: HeyMimi (29), ahef1963 (88), cej1027 (184)

Score: 4.12

65
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain
26,347 members, 285 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (48), thecoroner (70), cej1027

Score: 4.1

66
Frog and Toad Are Friends
by Arnold Lobel
7,255 members, 242 reviews
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: HeyMimi (28), ahef1963 (114), cej1027 (190)

Score: 4.04

67
Walden
by Henry David Thoreau
11,639 members, 148 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (44), kara.shamy (69), cej1027 (187)

Score: 4.02

68
The Christmas Stories of George Macdonald (Chariot Classics)
by George MacDonald
152 members, 0 reviews
3.33 stars (3.33 stars)

Lists: mkbird (1)

Score: 4

69
The Aesop for Children
by Milo Winter
2,000 members, 18 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: HeyMimi (27), ahef1963 (153), cej1027 (172)

Score: 4

70
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
by William Shakespeare
16,546 members, 161 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (59), ahef1963 (76), cej1027 (174)

Score: 3.9

71
The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas père
20,635 members, 368 reviews
4.32 stars (4.32 stars)

Lists: JFGrenier (8), thecoroner (55)

Score: 3.85

72
Freckles
by Gene Stratton-Porter
1,505 members, 27 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: mkbird (15), HeyMimi (26)

Score: 3.8

73
Our Mutual Friend
by Charles Dickens
4,969 members, 92 reviews
4.16 stars (4.16 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (16), thecoroner (25)

Score: 3.79

74
The Taming of the Shrew
by William Shakespeare
7,213 members, 75 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (60), ahef1963 (103), cej1027 (237)

Score: 3.71

75
The Bears on Hemlock Mountain
by Alice Dalgliesh
1,637 members, 12 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: mkbird (8), cej1027

Score: 3.58

76
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
by Edgar Allan Poe
3,549 members, 34 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (15), kara.shamy (48)

Score: 3.55

77
Poems of Robert Browning
by Robert Browning
823 members, 2 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (8), ahef1963 (169)

Score: 3.49

78
Dr. Seuss's ABC: An Amazing Alphabet Book!
by Dr. Seuss
9,009 members, 224 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (10), cej1027

Score: 3.45

79
The Cat in the Hat
by Dr. Seuss
15,269 members, 479 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (11), cej1027

Score: 3.4

80
The Poetical Works of Lord Byron
by Lord Byron
645 members, 3 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (10), ahef1963 (165)

Score: 3.37

81
Silent Night
by Joseph Mohr
300 members, 3 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: mkbird (2)

Score: 3.36

82
The Poetical Works of Matthew Arnold
by Matthew Arnold
164 members, 1 review
3.25 stars (3.25 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (2)

Score: 3.36

83
The Dolls' House
by Rumer Godden
528 members, 5 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: mkbird (10), ahef1963 (174)

Score: 3.35

84
Put Me in the Zoo
by Robert Lopshire
3,383 members, 37 reviews
3.95 stars (3.95 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (13), cej1027

Score: 3.31

85
The Portable Chaucer
by Geoffrey Chaucer
380 members, 1 review
4.19 stars (4.19 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (11), ahef1963 (178)

Score: 3.29

86
The Metamorphosis
by Franz Kafka
9,100 members, 143 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (16), ahef1963 (96)

Score: 3.28

87
Amelia Bedelia
by Peggy Parish
5,299 members, 203 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (14), cej1027

Score: 3.27

88
The Complete Poems
by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
432 members, 2 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (12), ahef1963 (167)

Score: 3.26

89
The Hundred Dresses
by Eleanor Estes
4,856 members, 121 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (15), cej1027

Score: 3.23

90
Robinson Crusoe [Norton Critical Edition]
by Daniel Defoe
632 members, 7 reviews
3.56 stars (3.56 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (14), ahef1963 (170)

Score: 3.18

91
Adam of the Road
by Elizabeth Janet Gray
2,325 members, 21 reviews
3.65 stars (3.65 stars)

Lists: mkbird (12), cej1027 (245)

Score: 3.16

92
Bleak House
by Charles Dickens
11,657 members, 220 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (24), ahef1963 (84)

Score: 3.13

93
Ivanhoe
by Sir Walter Scott
10,676 members, 99 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (38), kara.shamy (51)

Score: 3.11

94
Nineteen Eighty-Four
by George Orwell
68,498 members, 1,117 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: HeyMimi (37), ahef1963 (59)

Score: 3.07

95
The Betrothed
by Alessandro Manzoni
2,427 members, 43 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (3)

Score: 3.04

96
Catherine of Siena
by Sigrid Undset
225 members, 1 review
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: mkbird (3)

Score: 3.04

97
The Red and the Black
by Stendhal
8,032 members, 112 reviews
3.86 stars (3.86 stars)

Lists: thecoroner (39), kara.shamy (65)

Score: 3.01

98
Little House in the Big Woods
by Laura Ingalls Wilder
12,347 members, 249 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (26), cej1027

Score: 2.97

99
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
by Robert C. O'Brien
8,617 members, 146 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: ahef1963 (27), cej1027

Score: 2.95

100
The King of the Golden River
by John Ruskin
589 members, 12 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: mkbird (28), cej1027 (122)

Score: 2.94

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