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Fiction that celebrates books. Tales of bookworms, bookstores, writers of books, books within books, banned books, bookbinders, book collectors, book critics, book clubs, classic books, secret books, books in space, magical books. Wherever you see your own love of reading reflected.
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The Book Thief
The Book Thief
by Markus Zusak 124 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 12330
vote
2
The Shadow of the Wind
The Shadow of the Wind
by Carlos Ruiz Zafón, Lucia Graves (Translator) 109 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 10813
vote
3
The Thirteenth Tale
The Thirteenth Tale
by Diane Setterfield 101 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 9972
vote
4
The Eyre Affair
The Eyre Affair
by Jasper Fforde 76 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 7509
vote
5
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer, Annie Barrows 71 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 6989
vote
6
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury 66 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 6499
vote
7
Inkheart
Inkheart
by Cornelia Funke 51 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 5024
vote
8
The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Tale of True Love and High Adventure
The Princess Bride: S. Morgenstern's Classic Ta...
by William Goldman 51 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 5014
vote
9
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
by Betty Smith 41 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 4021
vote
10
84, Charing Cross Road
84, Charing Cross Road
by Helene Hanff 39 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 3837
vote
11
The Historian
The Historian
by Elizabeth Kostova 35 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 3407
vote
12
Lost in a Good Book
Lost in a Good Book
by Jasper Fforde 33 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 3192
vote
13
People of the Book
People of the Book
by Geraldine Brooks 30 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2933
vote
14
The History of Love
The History of Love
by Nicole Krauss 22 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2154
vote
15
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: A Novel
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress: A Novel
by Dai Sijie 22 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 2136
vote
16
Northanger Abbey
Northanger Abbey
by Jane Austen 20 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1948
vote
17
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
by Susanna Clarke 20 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1928
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18
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
by Michael Chabon 17 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1650
vote
19
The City of Dreaming Books
The City of Dreaming Books
by Walter Moers, John Brownjohn (Translator) 17 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1647
vote
20
The Uncommon Reader: A Novella
The Uncommon Reader: A Novella
by Alan Bennett 17 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1621
vote
21
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
Reading Lolita in Tehran: A Memoir in Books
by Azar Nafisi (Goodreads author) 14 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1350
vote
22
Everything Is Illuminated: A Novel
Everything Is Illuminated: A Novel
by Jonathan Safran Foer 14 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1344
vote
23
The Book of Lost Things
The Book of Lost Things
by John Connolly 14 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1338
vote
24
Something Rotten
Something Rotten
by Jasper Fforde 14 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1331
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25
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife
by Audrey Niffenegger (Goodreads author) 14 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1324
vote
26
The Jane Austen Book Club
The Jane Austen Book Club
by Karen Joy Fowler 14 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1321
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27
Matilda
Matilda
by Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake (Illustrator) 14 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1315
vote
28
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go
by Kazuo Ishiguro 13 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1222
vote
29
Water for Elephants
Water for Elephants
by Sara Gruen 13 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1218
vote
30
The Shadow of the Wind: A Novel
The Shadow of the Wind: A Novel
by Carlos Ruiz Zafón 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1156
vote
31
Booked to Die
Booked to Die
by John Dunning 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1144
vote
32
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose
by Umberto Eco 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1132
vote
33
The Neverending Story
The Neverending Story
by Michael Ende, Ralph Manheim (Translator) 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1124
vote
34
The Club Dumas
The Club Dumas
by Arturo Pérez-Reverte 12 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1103
vote
35
The Well of Lost Plots
The Well of Lost Plots
by Jasper Fforde 11 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 1021
vote
36
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
by Anne Fadiman 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 872
vote
37
Angle of Repose
Angle of Repose
by Wallace Stegner 9 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 870
vote
38
The Polysyllabic Spree
The Polysyllabic Spree
by Nick Hornby 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 766
vote
39
I Capture the Castle
I Capture the Castle
by Dodie Smith 8 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 752
vote
40
The Haunted Bookshop
The Haunted Bookshop
by Christopher Morley 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 688
vote
41
Possession: A Romance
Possession: A Romance
by A.S. Byatt 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 669
vote
42
First Among Sequels
First Among Sequels
by Jasper Fforde 7 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 621
vote
43
If On a Winter's Night a Traveler
If On a Winter's Night a Traveler
by Italo Calvino, William Weaver (Translator) 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 593
vote
44
Parnassus on Wheels
Parnassus on Wheels
by Christopher Morley 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 584
vote
45
The World According to Garp
The World According to Garp
by John Irving 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 557
vote
46
The Fourth Bear
The Fourth Bear
by Jasper Fforde 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 544
vote
47
The Bookseller of Kabul
The Bookseller of Kabul
by Åsne Seierstad 6 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 535
vote
48
Beautiful Creatures
Beautiful Creatures
by Kami Garcia (Goodreads author), Margaret Stohl (Goodreads author) 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 500
vote
49
Peony in Love
Peony in Love
by Lisa See (Goodreads author) 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 491
vote
50
The Camel Bookmobile
The Camel Bookmobile
by Masha Hamilton (Goodreads author) 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 473
vote
51
Bel Canto
Bel Canto
by Ann Patchett 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 466
vote
52
Foucault's Pendulum
Foucault's Pendulum
by Umberto Eco, William Weaver (Translator) 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 458
vote
53
The Rule of Four
The Rule of Four
by Ian Caldwell, Dustin Thomason 5 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 426
vote
54
The Bookshop: A Novel
The Bookshop: A Novel
by Penelope Fitzgerald 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 378
vote
55
The Big Over Easy
The Big Over Easy
by Jasper Fforde 4 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 346
vote
56
Endymion Spring
Endymion Spring
by Matthew Skelton 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 299
vote
57
Old School
Old School
by Tobias Wolff 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 296
vote
57
The Book of Flying
The Book of Flying
by Keith Miller (Goodreads author) 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 296
vote
59
I Am the Messenger
I Am the Messenger
by Markus Zusak 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 295
vote
60
Voices
Voices
by Ursula K. LeGuin 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 294
vote
61
Inkheart Trilogy: Inkheart, Inkspell, and Inkdeath
Inkheart Trilogy: Inkheart, Inkspell, and Inkdeath
by Cornelia Funke 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 292
vote
62
The Anybodies
The Anybodies
by N.E. Bode, Julianna Baggott 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 291
vote
62
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
by George Orwell 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 291
vote
64
This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind
This House of Sky: Landscapes of a Western Mind
by Ivan Doig 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 290
vote
65
Book Lover
Book Lover
by Jennifer Kaufman, Karen Mack 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 289
vote
66
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
by Stephen Chbosky 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 288
vote
67
Gilead: A Novel
Gilead: A Novel
by Marilynne Robinson 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 286
vote
68
The Bookman's Wake
The Bookman's Wake
by John Dunning 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 285
vote
69
Housekeeping vs. The Dirt
Housekeeping vs. The Dirt
by Nick Hornby 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 284
vote
70
The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop
The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop
by Lewis Buzbee 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 280
vote
71
The Tale of Murasaki
The Tale of Murasaki
by Liza Crihfield Dalby 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 277
vote
72
A Northern Light
A Northern Light
by Jennifer Donnelly 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 274
vote
73
Vanishing Acts
Vanishing Acts
by Jodi Picoult 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 265
vote
74
Suite Française
Suite Française
by Irène Némirovsky, Sandra Smith (Translator) 3 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 253
vote
75
A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, and the Eternal Passion for Books
A Gentle Madness: Bibliophiles, Bibliomanes, an...
by Nicholas A. Basbanes 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 200
vote
76
The Forgotten Garden
The Forgotten Garden
by Kate Morton 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 199
vote
77
Write to Kill
Write to Kill
by Daniel Pennac 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 198
vote
78
The Library of Babel
The Library of Babel
by Jorge Luis Borges 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 197
vote
78
Awake And Dreaming
Awake And Dreaming
by Kit Pearson 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 197
vote
80
Tapping the Dream Tree (Newford Book 12)
Tapping the Dream Tree (Newford Book 12)
by Charles de Lint, Charles Vess (illustrator) 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 196
vote
81
Here, There Be Dragons
Here, There Be Dragons
by James A. Owen 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 195
vote
82
The Hemingway Book Club of Kosovo
The Hemingway Book Club of Kosovo
by Paula Huntly 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 194
vote
83
The End of Mr. Y
The End of Mr. Y
by Scarlett Thomas 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 192
vote
84
Fire and Hemlock
Fire and Hemlock
by Diana Wynne Jones 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 190
vote
85
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage: Stories
Hateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marr...
by Alice Munro 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 188
vote
85
The Tiger in the Grass: Stories and Other Inventions
The Tiger in the Grass: Stories and Other Inven...
by Harriet Doerr 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 188
vote
85
The Sign of the Book: A Cliff Janeway "Bookman" Novel
The Sign of the Book: A Cliff Janeway "Boo...
by John Dunning 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 188
vote
88
The Geographer's Library
The Geographer's Library
by Jon Fasman 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 187
vote
88
Special Topics in Calamity Physics
Special Topics in Calamity Physics
by Marisha Pessl 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 187
vote
90
The Ponds of Kalambayi
The Ponds of Kalambayi
by Mike Tidwell 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 186
vote
91
Shakespeare Wrote for Money
Shakespeare Wrote for Money
by Nick Hornby 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 183
vote
92
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote...
by Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 177
vote
93
Thirteen Reasons Why
Thirteen Reasons Why
by Jay Asher 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 176
vote
94
Ethan Frome
Ethan Frome
by Edith Wharton 2 people voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 157
vote
95
The Land of Laughs
The Land of Laughs
by Jonathan Carroll 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
95
Sylvester
Sylvester
by Georgette Heyer 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
95
Disappearance
Disappearance
by Don Inman (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
95
Codex
Codex
by Lev Grossman (Goodreads author) 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
95
Mockingbird
Mockingbird
by Walter Tevis 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 100
vote
100
Great Books
Great Books
by David Denby 1 person voted »
didn't like itit was okliked itreally liked itit was amazing
score: 99
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message 1: by Dildar (new)
Jan 18, 2009 01:21PM

Nophoto-u-25x33 Sylvia: I have to run to the library and start reading these. What a grand list. Many I know and haven't gotten to yet, some I missed along the way, sure they're good reads.


message 2: by Emma (new)
Jul 22, 2009 11:03AM

2471090 The Book Thief!!! I absolutely LOVED that book. Same with The Princess Bride and I Am the Messenger!


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