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100	My Ántonia by Willa Cather 3.84 avg rating — 145,580 ratings score: 292, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
102	The Mask of Gold by Alan A. McLean 2.01 avg rating — 1,334 ratings score: 291, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
103	The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories: The Great Short Works of Franz Kafka by Franz Kafka 4.09 avg rating — 20,682 ratings score: 290, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
104	The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien 4.14 avg rating — 339,349 ratings score: 289, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
105	The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie 4.06 avg rating — 282,347 ratings score: 284, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
106	The Awakening by Kate Chopin 3.69 avg rating — 223,760 ratings score: 283, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
107	The Storm by Aleksandr Ostrovsky 3.64 avg rating — 4,143 ratings score: 282, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
108	Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 611,421 ratings score: 278, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
109	Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell 3.88 avg rating — 346,911 ratings score: 275, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
110	An American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser 3.97 avg rating — 38,404 ratings score: 272, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
111	Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston 3.99 avg rating — 380,041 ratings score: 271, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
111	Gulliver's Travels and Other Writings by Jonathan Swift 3.85 avg rating — 6,238 ratings score: 271, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
113	Tom Brown's Schooldays (Tom Brown, #1) by Thomas Hughes 3.45 avg rating — 2,983 ratings score: 270, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
114	Mansfield Park by Jane Austen 3.86 avg rating — 374,063 ratings score: 268, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
115	Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Wartime Sarajevo by Zlata Filipović 3.76 avg rating — 12,252 ratings score: 267, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
116	Light in August by William Faulkner 3.94 avg rating — 65,741 ratings score: 264, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
117	Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier 4.25 avg rating — 704,757 ratings score: 256, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
118	Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump, #1) by Astrid Lindgren 4.15 avg rating — 207,571 ratings score: 255, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
119	The Cocktail Party by T.S. Eliot 3.75 avg rating — 2,940 ratings score: 249, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
120	Childhood’s End by Arthur C. Clarke 4.12 avg rating — 170,939 ratings score: 241, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
121	Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson 4.06 avg rating — 582,555 ratings score: 235, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
122	The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3) by J.R.R. Tolkien 4.58 avg rating — 1,013,965 ratings score: 232, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
123	Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman 4.11 avg rating — 115,201 ratings score: 217, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
124	Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1) by Laura Ingalls Wilder 4.21 avg rating — 282,921 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
125	On My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer (Goodreads Author) 3.69 avg rating — 6,529 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
125	Chinese Cinderella: The Secret Story of an Unwanted Daughter by Adeline Yen Mah 4.08 avg rating — 41,073 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
127	Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 131,785 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
127	Melville: Moby-Dick, Billy Budd, and Other Writings by Herman Melville 4.11 avg rating — 440 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
129	Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol 3.98 avg rating — 94,016 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
129	Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard 4.04 avg rating — 92,337 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
131	Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys 3.59 avg rating — 104,309 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
131	Dragonwings (Golden Mountain Chronicles, #5) by Laurence Yep 3.56 avg rating — 4,363 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
131	The Chrysalids by John Wyndham 3.93 avg rating — 61,128 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
131	Emilia Galotti by Gotthold Ephraim Lessing 2.92 avg rating — 14,403 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
131	The Chocolate War (Chocolate War, #1) by Robert Cormier 3.49 avg rating — 46,653 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
136	Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry (Logans, #4) by Mildred D. Taylor 3.90 avg rating — 129,209 ratings score: 195, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
137	La coscienza di Zeno e «continuazioni» by Italo Svevo 3.77 avg rating — 31,518 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
137	The Spiders by D'Arcy Adrian-Vallance 2.10 avg rating — 1,171 ratings score: 194, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
139	The Captain's Daughter by Alexander Pushkin 3.85 avg rating — 27,417 ratings score: 193, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
140	Eugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin 4.10 avg rating — 69,280 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
140	Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder 3.97 avg rating — 277,113 ratings score: 192, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
142	Maniac Magee by Jerry Spinelli 3.90 avg rating — 127,906 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
143	Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick Douglass 4.12 avg rating — 132,648 ratings score: 190, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
143	The Communist Manifesto and Other Writings by Karl Marx 3.63 avg rating — 1,911 ratings score: 190, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
145	The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton 3.97 avg rating — 191,584 ratings score: 188, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
146	The Aeneid by Virgil 3.87 avg rating — 140,811 ratings score: 187, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
146	Captains Courageous by Rudyard Kipling 3.85 avg rating — 22,219 ratings score: 187, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
146	I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) by Maya Angelou 4.30 avg rating — 572,335 ratings score: 187, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
146	Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt 3.91 avg rating — 291,192 ratings score: 187, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
150	Coplas a la muerte de su padre by Jorge Manrique 3.87 avg rating — 2,918 ratings score: 185, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
151	Baltagul by Mihail Sadoveanu 3.28 avg rating — 14,914 ratings score: 181, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
152	El burlador de Sevilla by Tirso de Molina 3.60 avg rating — 5,169 ratings score: 180, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
152	Don Juan Tenorio by José Zorrilla 3.62 avg rating — 9,924 ratings score: 180, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
152	Gathering Blue (The Giver, #2) by Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 205,996 ratings score: 180, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
155	Mother by Maxim Gorky 3.97 avg rating — 18,628 ratings score: 179, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
156	Good-Bye, Mr. Chips by James Hilton 3.98 avg rating — 14,572 ratings score: 177, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
157	Mythology by Edith Hamilton 4.03 avg rating — 59,232 ratings score: 175, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
157	Death Be Not Proud by John Donne really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 343 ratings score: 175, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
159	Old Yeller by Fred Gipson 4.10 avg rating — 102,712 ratings score: 174, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
160	Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant by Anne Tyler (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 34,038 ratings score: 173, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
161	Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe 3.92 avg rating — 240,373 ratings score: 171, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
162	A Bad Case of Stripes (Scholastic Bookshelf) by David Shannon 4.26 avg rating — 87,689 ratings score: 170, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
163	The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister 4.21 avg rating — 161,633 ratings score: 168, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
164	Kidnapped by Robert Louis Stevenson 3.79 avg rating — 67,357 ratings score: 167, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
164	The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli 3.84 avg rating — 374,594 ratings score: 167, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
166	Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns 4.02 avg rating — 105,050 ratings score: 166, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
166	The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli 3.84 avg rating — 374,594 ratings score: 166, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
168	My Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok 4.24 avg rating — 43,064 ratings score: 164, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
169	The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 4.20 avg rating — 4,103,439 ratings score: 163, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
170	And Quiet Flows the Don by Mikhail Sholokhov 4.11 avg rating — 13,043 ratings score: 162, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
171	I Heard the Owl Call My Name by Margaret Craven 4.05 avg rating — 8,773 ratings score: 161, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
172	The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia, #4) by C.S. Lewis 3.95 avg rating — 324,565 ratings score: 158, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
173	Thoughts from Walden Pond by Henry David Thoreau 3.76 avg rating — 2,177 ratings score: 157, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
174	Spoon River Anthology by Edgar Lee Masters 4.04 avg rating — 13,547 ratings score: 156, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
175	The Alchemist by Ben Jonson 3.55 avg rating — 3,861 ratings score: 155, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
176	A Grain of Wheat by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o 3.88 avg rating — 6,598 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
176	Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary D. Schmidt 3.92 avg rating — 10,831 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
176	Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury 4.09 avg rating — 77,035 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
176	Secrets in the Fire (Sofia, #1) by Henning Mankell 3.75 avg rating — 2,119 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
176	Educating Rita by Willy Russell 3.70 avg rating — 5,059 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
176	Hard Times by Charles Dickens 3.55 avg rating — 72,586 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
176	Enduring Love by Ian McEwan (Goodreads Author) 3.65 avg rating — 47,197 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
176	Meu Pé de Laranja Lima by José Mauro de Vasconcelos 4.38 avg rating — 80,900 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
176	Svenne by Per Nilsson 3.11 avg rating — 392 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
176	Z for Zachariah by Robert C. O'Brien 3.68 avg rating — 17,530 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
176	The Quiet American by Graham Greene 3.98 avg rating — 69,513 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
176	The Long and the Short and the Tall by Willis Hall 3.65 avg rating — 124 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
176	Der Zimmerspringbrunnen by Jens Sparschuh 2.84 avg rating — 153 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
176	Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family by Thomas Mann 4.20 avg rating — 34,545 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
176	A Hard God by Peter Kenna liked it 3.00 avg rating — 15 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
176	Hiroshima by John Hersey 4.05 avg rating — 87,382 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
176	El otoño del patriarca by Gabriel García Márquez 3.87 avg rating — 26,072 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
176	Talking Heads (Talking Heads, #1-2) by Alan Bennett 4.34 avg rating — 2,297 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
176	Joseph Andrews by Henry Fielding 3.28 avg rating — 6,000 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
176	Die Leiden des jungen Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 3.69 avg rating — 150,669 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
176	The Commitments (The Barrytown Trilogy, #1; Jimmy Rabbitte, #1) by Roddy Doyle 3.92 avg rating — 17,217 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
176	Good Night, Mr. Tom by Michelle Magorian 4.32 avg rating — 52,501 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
176	Stormbreaker (Alex Rider #1) by Anthony Horowitz (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 107,585 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
176	Lolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend Warner 3.70 avg rating — 12,393 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
176	Crow Lake by Mary Lawson 4.01 avg rating — 27,790 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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message 1: by Meredeth (new)

Apr 06, 2009 10:16AM

I disliked with a passion having to read this book. It was so tedious to me!

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message 2: by John (new)

Dec 01, 2009 12:58PM

I think the process of being made to read a book is often the problem, not the book itself. I read of mice and men and animal farm, before i was made to read them in school and really liked them and when i had to re-read them for class i found them ubnbearably boring.

Reading any book purely because a curriculum demands it is never a good way to treat literature.

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message 3: by Emily (new)

Jan 13, 2010 08:06PM

Someone had to read extremely loud and incredibly close for school???

Lucky.

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message 4: by Mary (new)

Feb 23, 2010 04:41PM

Meredeth wrote: "
I disliked with a passion having to read this book. It was so tedious to me!"

This is our county's Big Read this year. Guess who's taking a year off from participating?

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message 5: by ATL (new)

Feb 23, 2010 05:15PM

*gasp* How can anyone not love P&P???

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message 6: by Derya (new)

Apr 05, 2010 01:06PM

Do you guys really hate those wonderful books?

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message 7: by Jojo (new)

May 02, 2010 09:03AM

You people are crazy, i love these books. They are wonderful.

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message 8: by Jo (new)

May 04, 2010 01:03PM

Who put Catcher in the Rye on this list? Own up! You really are very naughty. Go back and read it again. You WILL enjoy.

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message 9: by Irene (new)

May 30, 2010 07:36AM

Svenne
I absolutely hated this book, but some the books on the list i really enjoyed. Like To Kill a Mockingbird and P&P. How could anyone hate those?

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message 10: by Killercupcake (new)

Jul 25, 2010 10:51PM

how in the world could anyone hate Wribger or To Kill a Mockingbird?

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message 11: by Sami (new)

Sep 17, 2010 06:30PM

How could anybody hate The Giver?...

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message 12: by Maurizio (matemati) (new)

Sep 23, 2010 04:02PM

I'm Italian, so I had to put some books they force us to read in my country, maybe you don't know them...and you don't miss anything at that :)

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message 13: by Jeanette (last edited Sep 24, 2010 12:37PM) (new)

Sep 24, 2010 12:36PM

I haven't read all of these, but English Lit was my favorite subject ever. These aren't all English Lit, though, so ANY class where I get to read a book and then write essays about what I just read is the best kind of class! I've read about half of these, and I loved them all! Especially in English class. I have to say I hated The Scarlet Letter at first, but not because it wasn't a good book. I just couldn't relate to Hester and thought she was crazy for staying in that place. After thinking about the book for days, I finally decided I did like it, after all.

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message 14: by Christine (last edited Jan 18, 2011 03:47AM) (new)

Jan 18, 2011 03:47AM

When I was school-bullied teen I hated to read about "poor misunderstood" crap like teens in S E Hinton books and Clockwork orange.

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message 15: by Sophia (new)

Mar 25, 2011 07:39PM

Zlata's diary was so bad...even my teacher said that it was horrible.

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message 16: by Jess (new)

Apr 16, 2011 06:36AM

Tomorrow, When the War Began

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message 17: by Mia (last edited Jun 05, 2011 02:31PM) (new)

Jun 05, 2011 02:31PM

I hated reading the Brontë sisters. Bemoaning melodramatically about love is not something I like to waste time on. If I wanted to do that, I would read poorly written fanfiction. Jane Eyre Wuthering Heights

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message 18: by Pauline (new)

Jun 23, 2011 01:15PM

Samantha wrote: "You people are crazy, i love these books. They are wonderful."
True, now they are, but when you are made to read them at too young an age then the mere title brings back bad memories.

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message 19: by Alexandra (new)

Dec 15, 2011 04:07PM

Sami wrote: "How could anybody hate The Giver?..."

Exactly

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message 20: by Derya (new)

Dec 15, 2011 11:44PM

I did not hate Dubliners and The Quiet American but the reading process was painful and dull. I would rather watch Martha on TV than reading them again. =)

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message 21: by Emma (new)

Jan 12, 2012 12:17PM

English was always my absolute favourite class, and reading is my favourite pasttime... but reading books for English class was always so brutal! Most of the books they make us read aren't that good, in my opinion. A few were ok, and some were great (Elie Wiesel's Night and Shelly's Frankenstein). Shakespeare was just the worst, although Macbeth and Hamlet were at least somewhat interesting.
Worst book ever? Heart of Darkness. Reading that was like pulling teeth for me...

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message 22: by Angel (new)

Apr 04, 2012 07:00PM

Vampirella wrote: "Do you guys really hate those wonderful books?"

Not all of them, but a good number of them, yea. That is the thing about reader taste, what one likes, another may not. And I am sure the "being forced to read it," often left a bit of a trauma too. I know there are books that, had I not been forced, I may have at least appreciated. Having that trauma, there is no way in hell I am touching them again.

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message 23: by Angel (new)

Apr 04, 2012 07:01PM

Jo wrote: "Who put Catcher in the Rye on this list? Own up! You really are very naughty. Go back and read it again. You WILL enjoy."

I did not put it, but I wish I had. Salinger owes me for the time I lost on that book. But hey, that is me. As librarians say, every book its reader, and every reader its book.

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message 24: by Angel (new)

Apr 04, 2012 07:04PM

As others have said, I did enjoy English as a subject in school. Heck, I even got a degree in it later on. But, I do have some serious traumas from some books I was forced to read, whether it was not the right time, wrong book for me, lousy teacher, or lousy curriculum (hell, even the best teacher cannot fix things when curriculum mandates come down a pipe).

I did notice a few titles in Spanish, including one or two I was forced to read as well.

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message 25: by Sapphire (new)

May 11, 2012 01:20PM

Killthepopular wrote: "I think the process of being made to read a book is often the problem, not the book itself. I read of mice and men and animal farm, before i was made to read them in school and really liked them an..."

I agree. I remember hating most of the required reading back in high school (with the exception of Dickens, Shakespeare, and Bronte). But not anymore. I love most of them now.

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message 26: by Jack (last edited May 19, 2012 03:23PM) (new)

May 19, 2012 03:22PM

Sapphire wrote: "Killthepopular wrote: "I think the process of being made to read a book is often the problem, not the book itself. I read of mice and men and animal farm, before i was made to read them in school a..."

Yes! I'm a huge Shakespeare fan and it's one of my favorites, but being made to read Romeo and Juliet in class (already knowing the show backwards and forwards) almost ruined it for me.

On a similar note- I've read three Steinbeck books now. The Grapes of Wrath and The Pearl, which I first read for school, I absolutely hated. However, when I read Of Mice and Men on my own, I loved it. I wonder if it has to do with being forced to read them and having classmates who will constantly bash on whatever they're assigned.

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message 27: by Yoshi (last edited Dec 26, 2014 07:22PM) (new)

Sep 15, 2013 04:15PM

Crime and Punishment was incredibly painful for my AP Lit class to read for one reason - the version we read was written in engrish and had multiple misspellings and badly translated phrases. The story was decent, the copy of the book itself was horrible.

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message 28: by Naomi (new)

Dec 26, 2014 07:17PM

Siddhartha? Lord of the flies? The Giver? Beowulf? This list is incorrect.

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message 29: by Loveliest Evaris (last edited Feb 12, 2015 10:37AM) (new)

Feb 12, 2015 10:36AM

My beef with 1984 was the fact that my teacher freaking spoiled the book for the whole class. He actually played a short video on YouTube that walked the viewer through every event and every meaning behind the book. This was AP Lit class. What, you thought I couldn't handle the stupid message against oppressive regimes and how it could possibly infect Western nations? Oh my God, no.

A Brave New World is the better dystopian novel of the two, I find.

And people had to read War and Peace in school? I feel soooo bad for you people D: You could keep a fire going for two hours with a book that big!

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