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201	The Crucible by Arthur Miller 3.61 avg rating — 454,790 ratings score: 57,696, and 783 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
202	The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 4.31 avg rating — 703,272 ratings score: 57,543, and 681 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
203	The Red Tent by Anita Diamant (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 626,205 ratings score: 57,488, and 695 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
204	The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 1,335,280 ratings score: 56,477, and 681 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
205	The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry 4.11 avg rating — 99,935 ratings score: 54,925, and 742 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
206	The Art of War by Sun Tzu 3.95 avg rating — 555,972 ratings score: 54,783, and 700 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
207	Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert (Goodreads Author) 3.64 avg rating — 1,826,142 ratings score: 54,188, and 663 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
208	Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1) by Anne Rice 4.02 avg rating — 637,463 ratings score: 54,126, and 724 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
209	The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera 4.11 avg rating — 530,218 ratings score: 53,841, and 671 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
210	Walden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau 3.77 avg rating — 201,826 ratings score: 53,805, and 704 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
211	On the Road by Jack Kerouac 3.61 avg rating — 441,395 ratings score: 53,589, and 679 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
212	The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer 3.52 avg rating — 235,474 ratings score: 53,231, and 747 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
213	Aesop’s Fables by Aesop 4.05 avg rating — 128,880 ratings score: 52,497, and 735 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
214	The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis 4.27 avg rating — 504,522 ratings score: 52,377, and 673 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
215	Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson 3.83 avg rating — 647,165 ratings score: 52,011, and 739 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
216	J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien 4.61 avg rating — 142,193 ratings score: 51,678, and 664 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
217	The Godfather (The Godfather, #1) by Mario Puzo 4.40 avg rating — 455,924 ratings score: 51,525, and 667 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
218	Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 632,649 ratings score: 51,069, and 627 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
219	Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe 3.68 avg rating — 326,812 ratings score: 50,812, and 717 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
220	Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift 3.59 avg rating — 295,269 ratings score: 50,678, and 736 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
221	The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin 4.01 avg rating — 120,650 ratings score: 49,247, and 651 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
222	Emma by Jane Austen 4.05 avg rating — 958,290 ratings score: 48,875, and 690 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
223	Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison 3.92 avg rating — 199,610 ratings score: 48,782, and 628 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
224	Sophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder 3.97 avg rating — 277,107 ratings score: 48,271, and 583 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
225	The Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli 3.84 avg rating — 374,588 ratings score: 48,121, and 644 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
226	The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm 4.23 avg rating — 219,753 ratings score: 48,049, and 693 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
227	The Trial by Franz Kafka 3.94 avg rating — 381,028 ratings score: 48,034, and 616 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
228	Candide by Voltaire 3.76 avg rating — 296,421 ratings score: 47,716, and 626 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
229	Watchmen by Alan Moore (Goodreads Author) 4.39 avg rating — 588,654 ratings score: 47,552, and 577 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
230	The Time Machine by H.G. Wells 3.89 avg rating — 556,030 ratings score: 47,500, and 664 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
231	Roots: The Saga of an American Family by Alex Haley 4.45 avg rating — 163,938 ratings score: 46,489, and 616 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
232	Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) by Toni Morrison 3.97 avg rating — 480,456 ratings score: 45,615, and 585 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
233	Atonement by Ian McEwan (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 555,334 ratings score: 42,971, and 560 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
234	Go Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks (as "Anonymous") 3.74 avg rating — 289,661 ratings score: 42,645, and 538 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
235	The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien 4.14 avg rating — 339,341 ratings score: 42,510, and 518 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
236	The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) by Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 3,361,573 ratings score: 41,306, and 508 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
237	My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 1,267,192 ratings score: 40,885, and 520 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
238	Divergent (Divergent, #1) by Veronica Roth (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 4,310,952 ratings score: 40,488, and 491 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
239	Tuck Everlasting by Natalie Babbitt 3.91 avg rating — 291,185 ratings score: 40,362, and 517 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
240	Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein 3.92 avg rating — 324,260 ratings score: 40,162, and 514 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
241	The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway 3.79 avg rating — 485,283 ratings score: 39,969, and 534 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
242	Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10) by Agatha Christie 4.20 avg rating — 710,015 ratings score: 39,822, and 566 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
243	Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis 4.36 avg rating — 449,260 ratings score: 39,647, and 504 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
244	The Mists of Avalon (Avalon, #1) by Marion Zimmer Bradley 4.13 avg rating — 211,704 ratings score: 39,368, and 501 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
245	The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman 4.58 avg rating — 247,894 ratings score: 39,205, and 494 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
246	The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1) by Beatrix Potter 4.22 avg rating — 256,112 ratings score: 38,892, and 566 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
247	Number the Stars by Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 611,412 ratings score: 38,385, and 514 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
248	The Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster 4.20 avg rating — 303,217 ratings score: 38,249, and 485 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
249	U.S. Constitution (Saddlewire) (Books of American Wisdom) by Founding Fathers 4.52 avg rating — 27,077 ratings score: 37,319, and 498 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
250	James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl 4.04 avg rating — 508,575 ratings score: 36,840, and 516 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
251	Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West by Dee Brown 4.26 avg rating — 100,325 ratings score: 36,783, and 495 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
252	American Gods by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 982,273 ratings score: 36,629, and 463 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
253	The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1-5) by Douglas Adams 4.38 avg rating — 335,663 ratings score: 36,466, and 468 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
254	The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X 4.37 avg rating — 286,821 ratings score: 35,924, and 453 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
255	Schindler’s List by Thomas Keneally 4.34 avg rating — 164,721 ratings score: 35,863, and 504 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
256	A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett 4.23 avg rating — 321,532 ratings score: 35,441, and 492 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
257	A Child Called "It" (Dave Pelzer, #1) by Dave Pelzer (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 456,552 ratings score: 35,433, and 444 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
258	The Essential Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury by Bill Watterson 4.65 avg rating — 123,171 ratings score: 35,195, and 476 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
259	Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides 4.04 avg rating — 658,927 ratings score: 35,109, and 437 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
260	Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston 3.99 avg rating — 380,039 ratings score: 34,888, and 470 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
261	Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time by Greg Mortenson (Goodreads Author) 3.66 avg rating — 358,296 ratings score: 34,695, and 416 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
262	Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 1,172,830 ratings score: 34,680, and 439 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
263	Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman 4.11 avg rating — 115,199 ratings score: 34,518, and 482 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
264	Holes (Holes, #1) by Louis Sachar (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 1,342,260 ratings score: 33,744, and 455 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
265	The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame 4.02 avg rating — 236,689 ratings score: 33,458, and 487 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
266	The Republic by Plato 3.97 avg rating — 221,661 ratings score: 33,360, and 474 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
267	Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 624,953 ratings score: 33,009, and 414 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
268	Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie 4.03 avg rating — 370,011 ratings score: 32,789, and 491 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
269	A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present by Howard Zinn 4.08 avg rating — 261,334 ratings score: 32,609, and 407 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
270	The World According to Garp by John Irving (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 236,761 ratings score: 32,226, and 431 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
271	Looking for Alaska by John Green (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 1,724,531 ratings score: 32,041, and 377 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
272	The Story of My Life by Helen Keller 4.08 avg rating — 150,411 ratings score: 31,978, and 460 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
273	Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch by Terry Pratchett 4.25 avg rating — 814,073 ratings score: 31,874, and 398 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
274	A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking 4.21 avg rating — 470,209 ratings score: 31,599, and 428 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
275	The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) by Arthur Conan Doyle 4.14 avg rating — 379,328 ratings score: 31,482, and 468 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
276	The Secret Magdalene by Ki Longfellow (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 4,720 ratings score: 31,477, and 324 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
277	Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) by Chinua Achebe 3.74 avg rating — 405,477 ratings score: 31,455, and 416 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
278	A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson 4.22 avg rating — 415,219 ratings score: 30,826, and 388 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
279	Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell 3.88 avg rating — 346,907 ratings score: 30,746, and 428 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
280	The Addiction Manifesto by Jerry Weaver 4.75 avg rating — 1,251 ratings score: 30,557, and 306 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
281	Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 4.15 avg rating — 430,731 ratings score: 30,302, and 397 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
282	The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe 4.29 avg rating — 164,866 ratings score: 30,212, and 451 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
283	A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway 3.82 avg rating — 346,930 ratings score: 30,181, and 426 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
284	زندگی مه آلود پریا by سید مرتضی مصطفوی (Goodreads Author) 3.34 avg rating — 1,031 ratings score: 30,060, and 303 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
285	A Separate Peace by John Knowles 3.60 avg rating — 230,213 ratings score: 30,048, and 394 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
286	Blindness by José Saramago 4.18 avg rating — 328,571 ratings score: 29,936, and 366 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
287	The Complete Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen 4.29 avg rating — 108,285 ratings score: 29,760, and 459 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
288	Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg 4.28 avg rating — 322,949 ratings score: 29,529, and 414 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
289	The Shack by William Paul Young 3.84 avg rating — 685,177 ratings score: 29,209, and 368 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
290	Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert 3.71 avg rating — 366,874 ratings score: 29,206, and 419 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
291	Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 525,271 ratings score: 29,189, and 307 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
292	Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1) by Dan Brown (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 3,356,689 ratings score: 28,942, and 389 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
293	The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 705,145 ratings score: 28,881, and 419 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
294	Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu 4.29 avg rating — 178,643 ratings score: 28,836, and 369 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
295	How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale Carnegie 4.22 avg rating — 1,120,531 ratings score: 28,728, and 366 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
296	The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 280,406 ratings score: 28,598, and 351 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
297	Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 824,843 ratings score: 28,445, and 368 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
298	Sophie’s Choice by William Styron 4.17 avg rating — 93,848 ratings score: 28,249, and 393 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
299	The Color Purple by Alice Walker 4.28 avg rating — 741,368 ratings score: 28,209, and 314 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
300	A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole 3.89 avg rating — 293,443 ratings score: 28,170, and 344 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

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message 1: by Debbie (new)

Aug 10, 2008 11:51PM

i dnot think you can get a copy of uncle toms cabin any more

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message 2: by Mary Todd (new)

Aug 15, 2008 10:39AM

What a great list!

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message 3: by Wendy (new)

Sep 01, 2008 09:21PM

Of course you can get Uncle tom's Cabin... why wouldn't you be able to.? It's required reading in many school districts.

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message 4: by [deleted user] (new)

Sep 13, 2008 02:35PM

Not only can you still get it, there's a handsome new illustrated and annotated edition, published in 2007, with an introduction by Henry Louis Gates Jr.

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message 5: by Robbie (new)

Jan 24, 2009 07:24PM

I am absolutely delighted by this great list of books. A thousand thanks. I have read quite a few of these myself. Right now I'm into an Indian philosophy phase!

Try these Epic Indian philosophical books if you find the time> The BHAGAVAD GITA, The MAHABHARATA and RAMAYANA.

Keep on reading folks! It's the best way to be healthy and have a sound mind! Cheers to all!

Regards,
Robbie

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message 6: by Tony (new)

Jan 24, 2009 08:59PM

About the tenacity and the strength of the human heart. About true courage and goodness in the face of horror and evil. About the reason for living, about life and love, about enduring rock solid faith tried to the limit of endurance and yet unshaken.

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message 7: by Faera (new)

Jan 25, 2009 12:08PM

I skimmed through this list and there are some very horribly written books on it. Like Twilight and the Bible for instance.

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message 8: by Melynna (new)

Jan 25, 2009 06:47PM

Faera wrote: "I skimmed through this list and there are some very horribly written books on it. Like Twilight and the Bible for instance."

No matter your personal opinion about those books, there are good reasons why they're on this list. The fact is that both of them are very influential to people, and the Bible has been influential in shaping the way people and societies act for centuries. Even if you hate it the whole way through, it behooves you to read it at least once.

As for Twilight, I personally hate it. But it's at least something to be familiar with, since it's such a cultural phenomenon. I would agree with you, though, that Twilight is an abysmally written book. It and its sequels are some of the worst things I've ever read. I did read them, though, because I think I'm better off informed.

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message 9: by Robbie (new)

Jan 29, 2009 08:01AM

Tony wrote: "About the tenacity and the strength of the human heart. About true courage and goodness in the face of horror and evil. About the reason for living, about life and love, about enduring rock solid f..."

Thank you Tony, I couldn't have put it better myself. I have found all these in the Books I recommended. It is pocket of fresh air to say the least. The mind behind these writings is fantastic! Cheers again for the great review!

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message 10: by Maral (new)

Feb 01, 2009 05:39AM

this list is so great! i'm gonna start reading them!

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message 11: by [deleted user] (new)

Feb 08, 2009 06:02PM

Debbie wrote: "i dnot think you can get a copy of uncle toms cabin any more"

Um. Yes you can, I have one. Try going to Barnes and Noble.

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message 12: by Mary (new)

Feb 09, 2009 07:58AM

Animal Farm and Atlas Shrugged are absolutely books you must read AT THIS TIME in the USA before it is too late to change our path

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message 13: by Melynda (new)

Feb 09, 2009 10:55AM

Mary wrote: "Animal Farm and Atlas Shrugged are absolutely books you must read AT THIS TIME in the USA before it is too late to change our path"

I've been saying this about Atlas Shrugged to a lot of my friends for years and they seem to think i'm just trying to proselytise about objectivism but seriously. It's downright uncanny. You can practically use it as a play book now. It is both terrifying and uplifting to read this novel at this time in our history.

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message 14: by arianna (new)

Mar 09, 2009 08:30AM

This list is great! i hope people keep adding books to it!

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message 15: by arianna (new)

Mar 09, 2009 08:33AM

Melynna wrote: "Faera wrote: "I skimmed through this list and there are some very horribly written books on it. Like Twilight and the Bible for instance."

No matter your personal opinion about those books, there ..."

I have to agree with you on twilight and once again i would like to emphaisze the bile. I think the bible is one of the greatest worsk of fiction i have ever read, and has a lot of good moral stories in it. Killing people is bad, be nice to your neighbors, don't be a dickhead. All of these lessons are taught in the bible just like in Aseop's fables using rich enigmatic characters. It's just when you take it is Literal infallible truth no questions asked that the battle begins, you know?

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message 16: by John (new)

Mar 10, 2009 04:58AM

The Name of the Rose including Postscript to the Name of the Rose

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message 17: by arianna (new)

Mar 10, 2009 11:17AM

John wrote: "[b:The Name of the Rose including Postscript to the Name of the Rose|119073|The Name of the Rose including Postscript to the Name of the Rose|Umberto Eco|http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I......"

when i click on this it comes up as an error...

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message 18: by edna (new)

Mar 15, 2009 07:59AM

the book of mormon and twilight? you've got to be kididng me, now i do like twilight but not to be put aside with to kill a mocking bird or the catcher and the rye. shouldnt even be in this list, and dont get me started on the book of mormon, uuuuuughhh

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message 19: by [deleted user] (new)

Mar 15, 2009 09:55PM

LOL! I agree with you about the book of Mormon! But altho I had to read To Kill a Mockingbird it bored me, however, I could barely put Twilight down!!! Much more entertaining IMO.

Then I had to buy the next 3 and I was never bored.

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message 20: by Poe (new)

Mar 19, 2009 07:49PM

I love that Dr Suess made it onto the list, and more than once! And the Tao of Pooh. However I'm disappointed that One Hundred Years of Solitude made it onto the list, and not Love in the Time of Cholera. Ah well, different strokes.

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message 21: by [deleted user] (new)

Mar 19, 2009 11:52PM

Poe wrote: "I love that Dr Suess made it onto the list, and more than once! And the Tao of Pooh. However I'm disappointed that One Hundred Years of Solitude made it onto the list, and not Love in the Time of C..."

Well, you can certainly add it, can't you?

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message 22: by arianna (new)

Mar 20, 2009 05:41AM

Canary Alice wrote: "Poe wrote: "I love that Dr Suess made it onto the list, and more than once! And the Tao of Pooh. However I'm disappointed that One Hundred Years of Solitude made it onto the list, and not Love in t..."

i'm adding it right now...

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message 23: by Debbie (last edited Mar 30, 2009 06:11PM) (new)

Mar 30, 2009 06:08PM

James McBride's Song Yet Sung should be added to the list.

Regarding the books already on the list...it doesn't that they are necessarily well written or fiction/non-fiction...the group is "Books Everyone Should Read at Least Once - Books that Impact Thinking." Quality is not required...however, enlightenment might be, which does not require agreement. Live a little!

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message 24: by arianna (new)

Mar 31, 2009 07:16AM

Debbie wrote: "James McBride's Song Yet Sung should be added to the list.

Regarding the books already on the list...it doesn't that they are necessarily well written or fiction/non-fiction...the group is "Book..."

AMEN!

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message 25: by arianna (new)

Mar 31, 2009 07:16AM

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message 26: by Melissa (new)

Apr 15, 2009 05:53AM

Debbie wrote: "i dnot think you can get a copy of uncle toms cabin any more"

I just got a copy a few months ago at Barnes and Nobel in thier classic books for under $10.

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message 27: by Caitlin (new)

May 05, 2009 06:52AM

Is there a way to save a list so I can return to it without searching?

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message 28: by Karen (new)

May 26, 2009 06:17PM

From Beirut to Jerusalem
Thomas Friedman can take the most complicated subject (here the Arab/Israeli conflict) and make it read like a novel. This is my favorite of his books but all are worth reading.

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message 29: by arianna (new)

May 28, 2009 06:03AM

TURQOISE* wrote: "You must remove those comercial books, like HP and Twilight"

i don't think you can, once they are on there, they're on there.

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message 30: by Tracie (new)

May 31, 2009 01:57PM

The Screwtape Letters

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message 31: by [deleted user] (new)

Jun 06, 2009 11:27AM

I have never read Twilight but I have seen the movie! Is the book better then the movie?

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message 32: by Julie (new)

Jun 11, 2009 08:20AM

The Call of the Wild

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message 33: by Julie (new)

Jun 11, 2009 08:20AM

This is my favorite book of all time. But it didn't make the list:( booo

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message 34: by Mandy (new)

Jun 18, 2009 05:04PM

Erg. Why does every one always feel the need to share how much they hate Twilight in these types of lists? All these books are so popular that there are tons of people who like and dont like them. Twilights popular. Get over it.

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message 35: by Mark (new)

Jun 24, 2009 01:17PM

Wendy wrote: "Of course you can get Uncle tom's Cabin... why wouldn't you be able to.? It's required reading in many school districts. "

in addition to uncle tom's cabin u might be interested in "To Master, A Long Goodnight" by Brion Gysin a bio ov josiah henson thee "real" uncle tom and on an unrelated matter read ANTICHRIST SUPERSTUD painless at scribd.com

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message 36: by Vanessa (new)

Jun 27, 2009 02:50PM

Debbie wrote: "i dnot think you can get a copy of uncle toms cabin any more"

Yes, you can get Uncle Tom's Cabin. My daughter had to read it last year in school. I got a copy from the library and then bought a copy as well at Barnes and Noble.

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message 37: by Kitty (new)

Jul 06, 2009 11:29AM

Debbie, its probably at your local library

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message 38: by Zeinab (new)

Aug 19, 2009 11:50AM

Awesome list! :]

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message 39: by [deleted user] (new)

Aug 21, 2009 10:33AM

Amazing list - I've realised, that I already read quite a few if them and that I have a lot of them on my to-read list.
But as many of you said before, it's weird which books also find their place in this list - Bible I understand and Mormon book also. But Twilight? Weird. I'm just waiting to find Asterix and Obelix up here...

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message 40: by Angryy0uth (new)

Aug 24, 2009 09:04AM

41: Erg. Why does every one always feel the need to share how much they hate Twilight in these types of lists? All these books are so popular that there are tons of people who like and dont like them. Twilights popular. Get over it.

it's quite simple really. as long as there are people out there who rave and rant about how great twilight is (and nominating it for best book of ______), you're going to have a backlash. get used to it.

but to be fair, i agree that it should be on this list, so people can read it and realise how bad it is.

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message 41: by Mml (new)

Aug 25, 2009 07:23PM

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message 42: by Patrick (new)

Aug 27, 2009 12:39PM

Debbie wrote: "i dnot think you can get a copy of uncle toms cabin any more"

are you serious? check out some used-book stores

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message 43: by Leslie (new)

Sep 07, 2009 05:56AM

I got a copy of Uncle Tom's Cabin, new from Books a Million

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message 44: by Laikhuram (last edited Sep 07, 2009 07:53AM) (new)

Sep 07, 2009 07:47AM

Recently I went searching for this very enlightening book by Ivan Illich, Deschooling Society, only to find that it has been out of print for ages...

BTW, my friends here, please be very careful what you read. Books changes life and society. Reading books like Twilight will send the human mind back to the days of stones and cavalry, if not amoebas.

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message 45: by Laikhuram (new)

Sep 07, 2009 07:58AM

m wrote: "Mary wrote: "Animal Farm and Atlas Shrugged are absolutely books you must read AT THIS TIME in the USA before it is too late to change our path"

I've been saying this about Atlas Shrugged to a lot..."

Same goes with Nineteen Eightyfour. This is the age of distortion, not reason. America and the world need another Thomas Paine.

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message 46: by Jan C (new)

Oct 03, 2009 07:22AM

" I skimmed through this list and there are some very horribly written books on it. Like Twilight and the Bible for instance. "

Twilight somehow always makes every list. Along with The Book of Mormon.

What I objected to about the Bible being on the list was the version used - the MORMON version. Should have been the KING JAMES.

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message 47: by Marianne (new)

Oct 04, 2009 08:52PM

I do not understand finishing a book ones finds abyssmal or continuing to read the whole series to be better informed. I read up to page 84 of Twilight and could get no further, it was so poorly written. I read for enjoyment, enlightment, new knowledge, self-growth or just plain escape. Twilight offered me none of those, I returned it to my very good friend who enjoyed it immensely. To each his own.

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message 48: by Mary_z (new)

Oct 07, 2009 07:17PM