Best Books of the 19th Century (386 books)

Best Books of the 19th Century

The best books published during the 19th century (January 1st, 1801 through December 31st 1900).

1	Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 997,089 ratings score: 90,147, and 912 people voted	Rate 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	Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 661,238 ratings score: 70,907, and 722 people voted	Rate 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	Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 441,514 ratings score: 47,019, and 483 people voted	Rate 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	The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 263,272 ratings score: 41,517, and 430 people voted	Rate 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	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll 4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 203,784 ratings score: 36,392, and 376 people voted	Rate 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	Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 197,074 ratings score: 32,782, and 337 people voted	Rate 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	Emma by Jane Austen 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 237,691 ratings score: 31,544, and 328 people voted	Rate 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	Frankenstein by Mary Shelley 3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 473,926 ratings score: 30,205, and 315 people voted	Rate 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	Persuasion by Jane Austen 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 187,546 ratings score: 30,140, and 315 people voted	Rate 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	Little Women (Little Women #1) by Louisa May Alcott 3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 741,917 ratings score: 29,265, and 309 people voted	Rate 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 Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 356,728 ratings score: 29,196, and 303 people voted	Rate 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	Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 448,160 ratings score: 27,444, and 291 people voted	Rate 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	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 710,626 ratings score: 26,651, and 278 people voted	Rate 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	A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 408,841 ratings score: 25,578, and 268 people voted	Rate 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	Dracula by Bram Stoker 3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 289,497 ratings score: 24,763, and 262 people voted	Rate 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	Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 232,913 ratings score: 23,777, and 253 people voted	Rate 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	Les Misérables by Victor Hugo 4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 318,148 ratings score: 23,593, and 250 people voted	Rate 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	Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 3.98 of 5 stars 3.98 avg rating — 188,165 ratings score: 22,985, and 243 people voted	Rate 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	A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 173,020 ratings score: 21,334, and 232 people voted	Rate 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	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3) by Arthur Conan Doyle 4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 74,852 ratings score: 18,415, and 201 people voted	Rate 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	The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 4.26 of 5 stars 4.26 avg rating — 80,622 ratings score: 18,388, and 193 people voted	Rate 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	The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde 4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 98,571 ratings score: 16,864, and 183 people voted	Rate 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	War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 81,324 ratings score: 15,580, and 166 people voted	Rate 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	Moby-Dick by Herman Melville 3.36 of 5 stars 3.36 avg rating — 260,437 ratings score: 14,506, and 157 people voted	Rate 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	Tess of the d'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy 3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 85,355 ratings score: 14,127, and 153 people voted	Rate 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	Mansfield Park by Jane Austen 3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 120,095 ratings score: 14,050, and 159 people voted	Rate 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	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain 3.85 of 5 stars 3.85 avg rating — 242,846 ratings score: 13,872, and 155 people voted	Rate 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	Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson 3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 134,966 ratings score: 13,006, and 144 people voted	Rate 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	Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 109,531 ratings score: 12,792, and 143 people voted	Rate 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 Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 3.3 of 5 stars 3.30 avg rating — 282,461 ratings score: 12,534, and 141 people voted	Rate 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	Middlemarch: A Study of Provincial Life by George Eliot 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 48,591 ratings score: 12,391, and 134 people voted	Rate 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	Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert 3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 81,640 ratings score: 11,912, and 132 people voted	Rate 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	David Copperfield by Charles Dickens 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 77,661 ratings score: 11,485, and 129 people voted	Rate 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	North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell 4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 38,617 ratings score: 11,480, and 126 people voted	Rate 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	A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett 4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 99,692 ratings score: 11,355, and 127 people voted	Rate 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	The Time Machine by H.G. Wells 3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 118,998 ratings score: 11,128, and 123 people voted	Rate 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	Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens 3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 105,495 ratings score: 10,898, and 128 people voted	Rate 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	Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad 3.36 of 5 stars 3.36 avg rating — 146,490 ratings score: 10,874, and 119 people voted	Rate 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	The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum 3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 115,128 ratings score: 10,708, and 124 people voted	Rate 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	The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas 4.01 of 5 stars 4.01 avg rating — 100,968 ratings score: 10,216, and 116 people voted	Rate 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	The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Edgar Allan Poe 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 105,420 ratings score: 9,564, and 109 people voted	Rate 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	The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm 4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 69,157 ratings score: 9,546, and 109 people voted	Rate 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	Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray 3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 46,094 ratings score: 9,248, and 104 people voted	Rate 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	A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1) by Arthur Conan Doyle 4.1 of 5 stars 4.10 avg rating — 72,596 ratings score: 9,243, and 104 people voted	Rate 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	Bleak House by Charles Dickens 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 33,607 ratings score: 9,167, and 102 people voted	Rate 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	The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo 3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 59,239 ratings score: 8,946, and 103 people voted	Rate 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	Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll 3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 136,940 ratings score: 8,865, and 101 people voted	Rate 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	The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 46,496 ratings score: 8,439, and 96 people voted	Rate 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	Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 38,051 ratings score: 8,190, and 91 people voted	Rate 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	Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 40,992 ratings score: 7,745, and 85 people voted	Rate 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 Origin of Species by Charles Darwin 3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 27,844 ratings score: 7,464, and 83 people voted	Rate 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	The Idiot by Fyodor Dostoyevsky 4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 39,168 ratings score: 7,251, and 81 people voted	Rate 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	The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells 3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 75,374 ratings score: 7,084, and 82 people voted	Rate 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	Uncle Tom's Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe 3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 74,043 ratings score: 6,728, and 78 people voted	Rate 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	The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen 4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 52,448 ratings score: 6,658, and 82 people voted	Rate 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	A Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen 3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 33,003 ratings score: 6,457, and 74 people voted	Rate 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	The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde & Weir of Hermiston by Robert Louis Stevenson 3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 847 ratings score: 6,373, and 74 people voted	Rate 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	Villette by Charlotte Brontë 3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 22,246 ratings score: 6,217, and 70 people voted	Rate 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	Faust: First Part by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 3.91 of 5 stars 3.91 avg rating — 30,917 ratings score: 6,126, and 71 people voted	Rate 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	The Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling 3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 33,952 ratings score: 5,925, and 71 people voted	Rate 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	Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy 3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 37,278 ratings score: 5,719, and 66 people voted	Rate 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 Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë 3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 24,806 ratings score: 5,694, and 66 people voted	Rate 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	The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 23,668 ratings score: 5,688, and 66 people voted	Rate 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 Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson 3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 90,755 ratings score: 5,619, and 68 people voted	Rate 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	Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne 3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 54,708 ratings score: 5,550, and 68 people voted	Rate 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	The Awakening by Kate Chopin 3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 72,024 ratings score: 5,442, and 64 people voted	Rate 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	The Red and the Black by Stendhal 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 16,843 ratings score: 5,442, and 62 people voted	Rate 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	Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne 3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 61,605 ratings score: 5,250, and 64 people voted	Rate 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	Heidi by Johanna Spyri 3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 83,590 ratings score: 5,094, and 62 people voted	Rate 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	Poems by Emily Dickinson 4.13 of 5 stars 4.13 avg rating — 8,917 ratings score: 5,024, and 60 people voted	Rate 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 Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe 4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 21,357 ratings score: 5,007, and 57 people voted	Rate 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	Walden by Henry David Thoreau 3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 56,415 ratings score: 4,936, and 58 people voted	Rate 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 Prince and the Pauper by Mark Twain 3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 43,706 ratings score: 4,836, and 58 people voted	Rate 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	The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2) by Arthur Conan Doyle 3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 22,826 ratings score: 4,809, and 59 people voted	Rate 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 Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx 3.43 of 5 stars 3.43 avg rating — 31,147 ratings score: 4,797, and 55 people voted	Rate 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	Wives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell 4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 15,844 ratings score: 4,750, and 56 people voted	Rate 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	Dead Souls by Nikolai Gogol 3.97 of 5 stars 3.97 avg rating — 20,341 ratings score: 4,695, and 54 people voted	Rate 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	A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain 3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 47,239 ratings score: 4,689, and 56 people voted	Rate 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	The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman 3.96 of 5 stars 3.96 avg rating — 35,340 ratings score: 4,253, and 49 people voted	Rate 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	Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne 3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 50,078 ratings score: 4,214, and 53 people voted	Rate 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	Black Beauty by Anna Sewell 3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 95,987 ratings score: 4,138, and 52 people voted	Rate 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	Ivanhoe by Walter Scott 3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 36,367 ratings score: 4,055, and 50 people voted	Rate 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 Turn of the Screw by Henry James 3.45 of 5 stars 3.45 avg rating — 28,225 ratings score: 3,941, and 48 people voted	Rate 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	Les Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire 4.27 of 5 stars 4.27 avg rating — 16,167 ratings score: 3,876, and 45 people voted	Rate 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	The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James 3.73 of 5 stars 3.73 avg rating — 30,358 ratings score: 3,718, and 46 people voted	Rate 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	The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy 3.74 of 5 stars 3.74 avg rating — 20,003 ratings score: 3,717, and 46 people voted	Rate 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	Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome 3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 14,077 ratings score: 3,645, and 43 people voted	Rate 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	The Murders in the Rue Morgue: The Dupin Tales by Edgar Allan Poe 3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 3,861 ratings score: 3,620, and 44 people voted	Rate 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	The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe 4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 8,666 ratings score: 3,499, and 42 people voted	Rate 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	Little Dorrit by Charles Dickens 3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 16,041 ratings score: 3,434, and 42 people voted	Rate 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	The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (Graphic Novel) by Bo Hampton (Adapter, Illustrator) 3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 24,414 ratings score: 3,409, and 42 people voted	Rate 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 Mill on the Floss by George Eliot 3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 16,737 ratings score: 3,408, and 43 people voted	Rate 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	Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev 3.88 of 5 stars 3.88 avg rating — 21,767 ratings score: 3,408, and 42 people voted	Rate 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	The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales by Edgar Allan Poe 4.11 of 5 stars 4.11 avg rating — 32,999 ratings score: 3,404, and 42 people voted	Rate 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	The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Editor) 4.47 of 5 stars 4.47 avg rating — 47,411 ratings score: 3,338, and 35 people voted	Rate 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	Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens 4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 9,747 ratings score: 3,152, and 38 people voted	Rate 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 Little Mermaid by Hans Christian Andersen 3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 6,588 ratings score: 2,855, and 37 people voted	Rate 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	Père Goriot by Honoré de Balzac 3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 14,282 ratings score: 2,807, and 32 people voted	Rate 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	Germinal (Les Rougon-Macquart, #13) by Émile Zola 4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 9,228 ratings score: 2,763, and 32 people voted	Rate 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	Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi 3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 22,170 ratings score: 2,570, and 35 people voted	Rate 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 Wealhtheow (new)

Jun 26, 2008 11:13am

Wuthering Heights is just SO histrionic. I refuse to vote for it!

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message 2: by Kelly (new)

Jun 26, 2008 11:18am

Vilette needs to be voted up there over Jane Eyre! What's going on with this, people?

PS- I appreciate your principled stand, Wealhtheow. :)

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message 3: by Wealhtheow (new)

Jun 26, 2008 12:13pm

I like the character of Lucy Snowe (of Villette) better than Jane Eyre, but I think JE is a better novel. But I still voted for both. :)

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message 4: by Kelly (new)

Jun 26, 2008 01:07pm

Oh, I voted for them both too, I just think Vilette is the more powerful book. but that's what these lists are for, I guess. :)

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message 5: by Isaac (new)

Jul 14, 2008 12:33pm

I tried adding The Brothers Karamazov and Huckleberry Finn to the list, but it said they were not published in the 19th century. What gives?

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message 6: by Ashley (new)

Sep 02, 2008 08:30am

Huck Finn is already on the list (currently #9), and Brothers Karamazov had the wrong pub. date listed, so you should be able to add it now.

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message 7: by Austen (new)

Oct 05, 2008 12:39pm

Elective Affinities (a/k/a Die Wahlverwandtschaften) published 1809 is listed as not published in the 19th century.

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message 8: by Brian (new)

Oct 08, 2008 07:53pm

My list is kind of a joke since half of them are in the database as not published in the 19th Century ... like Herman Melville's The Confidence Man or Thomas Carlyle's Sartor Resartus.

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message 9: by Killthepopular (new)

Jun 08, 2009 11:56am

Crap books that don't deserve to be in here: Wuthering heights, Frankenstein, Heart of Darkness, Moby Dick.
Great books which weren't here and i had to add: The hunchback of notre dame, Fathers and sons, Dr. Jekyll and Mr hyde, Pere Goriot, The Idiot

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message 10: by Susanna (new)

Mar 04, 2010 01:09pm

Elective Affinities and Sartor Resartus have addable dates now. As do The Confidence Man and The Brothers Karamazov.

Anything else that needs a new original publication date, just mention it and I'll see if I can fix it.

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message 11: by Amanda (new)

Dec 12, 2010 03:26pm

Tried to add The Beetle by Richard Marsh, published 1897, says it isn't from the 19th century.

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message 12: by Susanna (new)

Dec 13, 2010 12:12pm

I edited the original publication date. The Beetle should now be addable.

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message 13: by Rada (new)

Jan 24, 2011 03:02pm

Heart of Darkness is on of the greatest novels i have ever read

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message 14: by Brenda (new)

Feb 02, 2011 06:08pm

Sheridan Le Fanu's In a Glass Darkly was first published in 1872, but I can't add it.

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message 15: by Susanna (new)

Feb 03, 2011 10:06am

It should be addable now.

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message 16: by Capsguy (new)

May 14, 2011 04:43am

What kind of retarded list is this? In a website where the userbase is dominated by females I can see why Austen and Bronte are at the top.

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message 17: by Susanna (new)

May 14, 2011 09:13am

Well, you could vote for other books.

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message 18: by [deleted user] (new)

May 25, 2011 12:15pm

Villette is a good book but better than Jane Eyre would be a hard sell. LOL! Yep it is a woman's list. ;)

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message 19: by Susanna (new)

Jun 11, 2011 10:19am

Made it combine duplicates, so they should be gone.

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message 20: by Thomas (new)

Jun 23, 2011 01:03am

No Origin of The species?

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message 21: by Susanna (new)

Jun 23, 2011 09:39am

You could add it.

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message 22: by Thomas (new)

Jun 23, 2011 10:05am

I tried and wasn't able to.

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message 23: by Susanna (new)

Jun 23, 2011 12:01pm

I just voted for it; it should be on the list somewhere now.

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message 24: by Maia (last edited Nov 06, 2011 02:25pm) (new)

Nov 06, 2011 02:25pm

Capsguy wrote: "What kind of retarded list is this? In a website where the userbase is dominated by females I can see why Austen and Bronte are at the top."

Since your mind is clearly dominated by sexism I can see why you're so unpleasant.

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message 25: by Lauren (new)

Nov 18, 2011 06:23pm

Wow, there are some harsh comments on here. Wuthering Heights isn't my favorite book by the Brontes, but it's not crap. My favorites are Jane Eyre and The Tenant of Wildfield Hall.

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message 26: by Mallory (new)

Nov 27, 2011 12:07pm

I can't believe Frankenstein is so high up...it's a terrible book...but what's with all the Wuthering Heights hate? WH is way better than a lot of books on here. And also, isn't A Little Princess 1900s? Not sure. (Oh, just checked. Looks like an earlier version was published in 1888.)

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message 27: by Susanna (new)

Nov 27, 2011 01:09pm

For some reason, a lot of people seem to have very strong opinions about Wuthering Heights, either for or against.

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message 28: by Hebe (new)

Dec 12, 2011 06:43am

I love that Pride and Prejudice has top place. Such an amazing book and I can't imagine my life without it.

Though Tess of the D'Urbervilles should be higher!

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message 29: by Alessandra (new)

Jan 25, 2012 12:42pm

I agree that Frankenstein is terrible. It's painful to watch the main character run from place to place whining out his troubles to every passerby, who then tells him how wonderful he is. Ugh.

Lots of good stuff here.

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message 30: by Michelle (new)

Feb 08, 2012 09:12pm

What you just said about Frankenstein is how I feel about Tess of the D'Urbervilles... I LOATHE that book.

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message 31: by James (last edited Feb 09, 2012 12:55pm) (new)

Feb 09, 2012 12:52pm

The Count of Monte Cristo is the best book on the list...the people that didn't vote for it are the ones that were intimidated by the length and therefore didn't read it.

As for Pride and Prejudice, my wife and I couldn't even sit through the horrible play.

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message 32: by Sunny (new)

May 28, 2012 11:22am

Isn't it weird....very few American books on this list!

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message 33: by Susanna (new)

May 28, 2012 12:57pm

I counted 23 on the first page - but American writing was very much in its youth in the 19th century.

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message 34: by Hanne (new)

Jun 17, 2012 11:19am

i like this list!
i just added a dutch classic from this time period: Eline Vere, written by Louis Couperus. good reads says it's published in 2007, but looks like that is about a new translated version, the original is from 1888 so very much fits the list!

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message 35: by Susanna (new)

Jun 17, 2012 11:50am

Yeah, GR has its original publication date as 1889, so that's fine.

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message 36: by Nat (new)

Jul 18, 2012 01:57pm

Ugh, I cannot believe Wuthering Heights inched its stupidity so high up the list!

I like a lot of the books on the list, though I wish Jane Eyre was first.

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message 37: by Jean Paul (new)

Jul 19, 2012 01:49am

Excellent list. Thank you.

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message 38: by Michelle (new)

Jul 21, 2012 03:04pm

Nat wrote: "Ugh, I cannot believe Wuthering Heights inched its stupidity so high up the list!

I like a lot of the books on the list, though I wish Jane Eyre was first."

I agree... I like my stories with SOME redeeming points and WH is horrible. Jane Eyre, on the otherhand, is a gothic masterpiece.

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message 39: by Emma (new)

Sep 12, 2012 10:23am

James wrote: "The Count of Monte Cristo is the best book on the list...the people that didn't vote for it are the ones that were intimidated by the length and therefore didn't read it.

As for Pride and Prejudic..."

I totally agree with you! The Count of Monte Cristo was by far my favorite book ever. Pride and Prejudice was ok. Once I read the Count I have trouble reading rather boring books by Jane Austin. They're all the same.

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message 40: by John (new)

Jan 19, 2013 11:20am

Call of the Wild was published in 1903.
My Antonia was published in 1918.
Lord Jim was published in a magazine beginning in 1899 but wasn't published as a book until 1900. Not sure about that one.

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