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1	War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 4.17 avg rating — 359,189 ratings score: 67,011, and 683 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
2	1984 by George Orwell 4.20 avg rating — 5,286,961 ratings score: 59,378, and 611 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
3	A Story of Yesterday by Sergio Cobo 4.53 avg rating — 17,450 ratings score: 59,186, and 592 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
4	To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 4.26 avg rating — 6,736,447 ratings score: 58,336, and 598 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
5	The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 3,425,614 ratings score: 55,536, and 568 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
6	Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 4.10 avg rating — 913,064 ratings score: 48,106, and 499 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
7	The Zombie Room by R.D. Ronald 3.91 avg rating — 38,126 ratings score: 47,071, 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
8	Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 3.91 avg rating — 299,325 ratings score: 46,183, and 472 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
9	Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 3.90 avg rating — 1,975,136 ratings score: 44,490, 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
10	The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 4.32 avg rating — 1,000,188 ratings score: 43,429, 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
11	The Elephant Tree by R.D. Ronald 3.88 avg rating — 37,864 ratings score: 43,376, and 466 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
12	Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 4.31 avg rating — 1,248,030 ratings score: 38,410, and 402 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
13	Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 3.88 avg rating — 1,262,058 ratings score: 38,137, 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
14	Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 3.87 avg rating — 925,973 ratings score: 37,106, and 391 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
15	The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) by Douglas Adams 4.22 avg rating — 1,981,603 ratings score: 36,792, and 384 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
16	Ulysses by James Joyce 3.77 avg rating — 139,071 ratings score: 36,259, and 380 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
17	The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) by Stieg Larsson 4.17 avg rating — 3,396,511 ratings score: 34,149, and 381 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
18	The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien 4.54 avg rating — 720,206 ratings score: 33,132, and 350 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
19	Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 4.29 avg rating — 4,677,351 ratings score: 33,017, and 353 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
20	A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 3.88 avg rating — 1,000,672 ratings score: 32,625, and 348 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
21	One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez 4.12 avg rating — 1,079,573 ratings score: 31,526, and 336 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
22	Lord of the Flies by William Golding 3.70 avg rating — 3,138,133 ratings score: 31,425, and 332 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
23	The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 4.20 avg rating — 4,103,200 ratings score: 31,321, and 336 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
24	The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author) 4.39 avg rating — 2,820,888 ratings score: 30,178, and 328 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
25	The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3.93 avg rating — 5,777,111 ratings score: 28,932, and 312 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
26	Little Women (Little Women, #1) by Louisa May Alcott 4.17 avg rating — 2,409,670 ratings score: 28,184, and 298 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
27	Animal Farm by George Orwell 4.01 avg rating — 4,405,630 ratings score: 28,110, and 305 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
28	Dracula by Bram Stoker 4.02 avg rating — 1,427,414 ratings score: 27,321, and 301 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
29	Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4.28 avg rating — 1,038,779 ratings score: 26,376, and 294 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
30	The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Goodreads Author) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,847,201 ratings score: 26,214, and 280 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
31	Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 3.97 avg rating — 2,748,548 ratings score: 26,133, and 285 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
32	Les Misérables by Victor Hugo 4.21 avg rating — 834,063 ratings score: 25,303, and 284 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
33	Sheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K. Ritz (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 27,825 ratings score: 25,014, and 265 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
34	Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 3.89 avg rating — 1,788,724 ratings score: 24,667, and 273 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
35	The Only One Left by Riley Sager (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 543,380 ratings score: 24,410, and 260 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
36	Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 4.10 avg rating — 1,459,565 ratings score: 24,235, and 267 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
37	Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 4.16 avg rating — 2,089,977 ratings score: 23,943, and 263 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
38	Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 4.16 avg rating — 2,275,868 ratings score: 23,910, and 269 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
39	Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville 3.56 avg rating — 606,321 ratings score: 23,609, and 260 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
40	Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 3,381,015 ratings score: 23,607, and 261 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
41	Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 652,562 ratings score: 23,248, and 249 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
42	None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 1,019,140 ratings score: 22,276, and 236 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
43	Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand 3.69 avg rating — 403,927 ratings score: 22,259, and 237 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
44	Never Lie by Freida McFadden (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 1,297,376 ratings score: 22,136, and 235 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
45	Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 933,577 ratings score: 21,828, and 236 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
46	No Exit by Taylor Adams (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 207,684 ratings score: 21,786, and 234 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
47	Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 730,423 ratings score: 21,784, and 236 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
48	Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 218,887 ratings score: 21,578, and 234 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
49	Home Before Dark by Riley Sager (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 285,939 ratings score: 21,453, and 231 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
50	The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger 3.80 avg rating — 3,824,781 ratings score: 21,426, and 241 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
51	The Last Thing He Told Me (Hannah Hall, #1) by Laura Dave (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 1,114,131 ratings score: 21,295, and 228 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
52	Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 3.99 avg rating — 876,937 ratings score: 21,223, and 241 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
53	Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 4.09 avg rating — 1,274,328 ratings score: 20,562, and 232 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
54	The Woman in Cabin 10 (Lo Blacklock, #1) by Ruth Ware (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 728,285 ratings score: 20,471, and 219 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
55	Hidden Pictures by Jason Rekulak (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 525,178 ratings score: 20,366, and 214 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
56	Final Girls by Riley Sager (Goodreads Author) 3.82 avg rating — 249,241 ratings score: 20,348, and 220 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
57	Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1) by Thomas Harris 4.07 avg rating — 366,813 ratings score: 20,304, and 218 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
58	Dark Places by Gillian Flynn (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 823,200 ratings score: 20,203, and 224 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
59	A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 569,446 ratings score: 20,162, and 216 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
60	Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 3.89 avg rating — 2,772,025 ratings score: 20,085, and 228 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
61	Mystic River by Dennis Lehane (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 161,857 ratings score: 19,980, and 216 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
62	The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2) by Stieg Larsson 4.26 avg rating — 975,015 ratings score: 19,974, and 216 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
63	Lock Every Door by Riley Sager (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 285,074 ratings score: 19,874, and 212 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
64	The Bone Collector (Lincoln Rhyme, #1) by Jeffery Deaver (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 193,210 ratings score: 19,755, and 215 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
65	The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 691,360 ratings score: 19,569, and 212 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
66	Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 363,607 ratings score: 19,459, and 210 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
67	The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 3,225,671 ratings score: 19,431, and 213 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
68	The Family Upstairs (The Family Upstairs, #1) by Lisa Jewell (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 540,131 ratings score: 19,301, and 206 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
69	Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 1,097,659 ratings score: 19,193, and 206 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
70	Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez 3.94 avg rating — 538,934 ratings score: 19,069, and 213 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
71	The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn 3.94 avg rating — 869,691 ratings score: 19,049, and 205 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
72	The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley (Goodreads Author) 3.65 avg rating — 689,277 ratings score: 18,935, and 203 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
73	The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 3.44 avg rating — 905,473 ratings score: 18,613, and 216 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
74	A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author) 4.45 avg rating — 1,696,956 ratings score: 18,578, and 207 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
75	The Housemaid's Secret (The Housemaid, #2) by Freida McFadden (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 1,378,473 ratings score: 17,964, and 192 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
76	The Road by Cormac McCarthy really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,010,453 ratings score: 17,902, and 200 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
77	You (You, #1) by Caroline Kepnes (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 285,705 ratings score: 17,765, and 190 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
78	1984 by George Orwell 4.20 avg rating — 5,286,961 ratings score: 17,622, and 188 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
79	Local Woman Missing by Mary Kubica (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 705,163 ratings score: 17,177, and 182 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
80	The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7) by C.S. Lewis 4.28 avg rating — 697,705 ratings score: 16,979, and 189 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
81	Watership Down (Watership Down, #1) by Richard Adams 4.09 avg rating — 500,933 ratings score: 16,762, and 186 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
82	Life of Pi by Yann Martel 3.94 avg rating — 1,734,872 ratings score: 16,433, and 189 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
83	The Iliad by Homer 3.93 avg rating — 498,632 ratings score: 16,340, and 193 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
84	The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 3,465,913 ratings score: 16,003, and 182 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
85	Being a Witch, and Other Things I Didn't Ask For by Sara Pascoe (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 26,513 ratings score: 15,844, and 167 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
86	Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) by Orson Scott Card 4.31 avg rating — 1,456,239 ratings score: 15,694, and 176 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
87	Murder on Family Grounds (Mary Wandwalker #3) by Susan Rowland (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 17,052 ratings score: 15,576, and 166 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
88	David Copperfield by Charles Dickens 4.04 avg rating — 254,459 ratings score: 15,490, and 181 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
89	Taming Flame by Therisa Peimer (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 16,917 ratings score: 15,471, and 162 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
90	The Princess Bride by William Goldman 4.27 avg rating — 939,769 ratings score: 15,339, and 177 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
91	What Lies in the Woods by Kate Alice Marshall (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 188,896 ratings score: 15,272, and 161 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
92	The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4.39 avg rating — 374,145 ratings score: 15,042, and 177 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
93	Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 772,175 ratings score: 14,762, and 167 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
94	Viciously Yours (Fae Kings of Eden, #1) by Jamie Applegate Hunter (Goodreads Author) 3.60 avg rating — 41,579 ratings score: 14,667, and 155 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
95	Those Empty Eyes by Charlie Donlea (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 81,168 ratings score: 14,478, and 152 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
96	Emma by Jane Austen 4.05 avg rating — 958,250 ratings score: 14,026, and 172 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
97	The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1) by Ken Follett (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 814,942 ratings score: 13,926, and 162 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
98	Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 3.80 avg rating — 861,735 ratings score: 13,689, and 168 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
99	Inara (Godfrey Davis, #3) by A.R. Merrydew (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 6,198 ratings score: 13,551, and 146 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
100	The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 4.11 avg rating — 783,772 ratings score: 13,453, and 156 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 arianna (last edited Mar 10, 2009 12:52PM) (new)

Mar 10, 2009 12:52PM

You know i've already read about half of these... there's got ot be more! :)

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message 2: by Kelly (new)

Jul 27, 2009 07:12PM

I agree Arianna, with me having no life at all, I have all the time in the world to pour through books (even if I cannot for my skin remember what they were about).

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message 3: by Michele (new)

Dec 08, 2009 12:06PM

Everybody starts Ulysses, but do they actually finish it?

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message 4: by Courtney (new)

Jan 21, 2010 05:57PM

For those of you who put slaughter-house five on the list. If you never get to any of the others, get to that one! It's quick and easy and amazing. The best book EVER! And I don't say things like that lightly.

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message 5: by Meredith (new)

Jan 22, 2010 01:39PM

I finished Ulysses! My senior seminar in college was on James Joyce, and we spent most of the semester on it. I still haven't been able to muscle my way through Finnegans Wake, though.

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message 6: by Pollyanna (new)

Mar 10, 2010 10:53AM

I've got quite a few of these at home, I really should read them now, at least I have finally read 1984 and To Kill a Mockingbird.

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message 7: by Kelly (new)

Mar 10, 2010 12:31PM

Meredith- Congrats! I am ashamed to say that I have never finished this particular novel.

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message 8: by Meredith (new)

Mar 10, 2010 04:27PM

Thanks, Kel! It would never have been possible if I hadn't had a great professor to guide us through it! It's a tough read.

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message 9: by Caitlin (new)

Jun 04, 2010 10:27AM

love this list!

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message 10: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (last edited Jul 11, 2010 09:02AM) (new)

Jul 11, 2010 09:02AM

Well, I didn't vote for any Hemingway because I think I've read most of it.

You could try voting for him. The form to add books to the list is at the right-hand side of the page.

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message 11: by Tanya (new)

Jul 11, 2010 02:42PM

Are we supposed to look at this list so that if authors aren't near the top it's becuase people have already read them?

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message 12: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Jul 13, 2010 08:58AM

Tanya wrote: "Are we supposed to look at this list so that if authors aren't near the top it's because people have already read them?"

That's what I did - not vote for the authors I've read.

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message 13: by Frank (new)

Jan 22, 2011 08:54PM

Michele wrote: "Everybody starts Ulysses, but do they actually finish it?"

yes

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message 14: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (last edited Feb 16, 2011 10:24AM) (new)

Feb 16, 2011 10:23AM

I guess more people have read Dickens?

My own theory is that if it hasn't been out at least 20 years you don't really know if it's a classic.

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message 15: by Thom (new)

Jun 15, 2011 06:35AM

Frank wrote: "Michele wrote: "Everybody starts Ulysses, but do they actually finish it?"

yes"

Yes, yes I did,.... yes.

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message 16: by Thom (new)

Jun 15, 2011 07:16PM

Lady Alice wrote: "It was probably easy for you Thom since I am sure you speed read."

Not so. I read slow but have been at it for 60 years.

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message 17: by Tajma (new)

Jun 19, 2011 05:29PM

Lady Alice wrote: "Michele wrote: "Everybody starts Ulysses, but do they actually finish it?"

LOL! thanks for this laugh.....I have never even started it.

So many of these just bog me down"

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message 18: by Tajma (new)

Jun 19, 2011 05:30PM

I've started it about five times since high school and never get past the first chapter!

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message 19: by David (new)

Sep 19, 2011 06:01AM

Sometimes life is too short to slog through a 'classic'. If I'm not enjoying a book after 100 pages in, I abandon it. Ulysses I have tried twice and had to give up on. It hasn't left a hole in my existance. ;-)

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message 20: by Carolyn (new)

Apr 19, 2012 11:42AM

I read through War and Peace, it was hard! It was really, really boring at times, but I read it without cheating once! =D

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message 21: by [deleted user] (new)

Aug 15, 2012 10:23PM

Thanks to goodreads I was just able to remove 6 of them!

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message 22: by PinkPanthress (last edited Apr 20, 2013 11:15AM) (new)

Apr 20, 2013 11:10AM

So far this is one of my favourite Lists!!!

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message 23: by Phillip (new)

Sep 03, 2013 02:10PM

Ur wrote: "you motherfuckers. how are there 61 books before hemingway is listed. 61 books! the one that stands out to me most is wicked at #60. what...the...fuck."

The whole list gets a bit wonky towards the end. Stephanie Meyer? I'd venture to say that this list has a few errors in judgment.

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message 24: by Phillip (new)

Sep 03, 2013 02:12PM

Okay. So, lets just get THIS out of the way: Take all the Stephanie Meyer off and put in A Picture of Dorian Gray and (inplace of the horrific Twilight series in particular) The Dark Tower by Stephen King.

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message 25: by Phillip (new)

Sep 03, 2013 02:14PM

Carolyn wrote: "I read through War and Peace, it was hard! It was really, really boring at times, but I read it without cheating once! =D"

I never found it boring. Maybe I was just really interested in the social engagement of Russian society. Anyways, agree to disagree.

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message 26: by Tytti (last edited Dec 08, 2013 03:38PM) (new)

Dec 08, 2013 03:33PM

I have so many of these I don't know where to start. Although one of them is a book I won't even think about reading even though it was chosed as the best Finnish book written during the first 75 years of independence in 1992. It hasn't been translated so here is the Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alastalo... For example choosing a pipe takes over 70 pages, so hmmm... And the sixth chapter is called "you can easily skip this chapter because in it happens no more than in any other chapter". But you could then get a t-shirt that says "I have read Alastalon salissa". :D

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message 27: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Jan 29, 2017 03:34AM) (new)

Jan 29, 2017 03:27AM

I came across this list again, by accident more or less, and managed to delete 10 of my votes because I've read the books. Which means there's room for 10 more titles I'd really like to read:-)

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message 28: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Feb 05, 2017 01:01AM) (new)

Feb 05, 2017 12:59AM

Check out Books I Intend to Read before I Die. Ideal for anyone who thinks 100 votes isn't nearly enough :-)

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message 29: by Tim (last edited May 10, 2021 05:16AM) (new)

May 10, 2021 05:11AM

I was sorry to see just now my book, `Blood River’ vanish from this list. Apologies to the 90 odd members who voted for it. I am trying to work out where those votes went. We authors are rightly not allowed to put our own books on lists like this, nor can we vote for them. So, to the kind supporter who first put the book on this list, a particular apology. And to anyone who might help me better understand why the book was removed, please message me, privately if you prefer. I would love to avoid similar mistakes in the future and to learn if I have done anything wrong. With best wishes to all who make GoodReads an important hub for readers, writers and bibliophiles, author Tim Butcher

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