I Don't Understand All That Fuss
Books that everybody seems to love... but you can't figure out why.
1 The Twilight Saga (Twilight...
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3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 51,064 ratings
2 Eat, Pray, Love
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3.4 of 5 stars 3.40 avg rating — 604,170 ratings
3 The Catcher in the Rye
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3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 1,094,383 ratings
4 Fallen (Fallen, #1)
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3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 155,323 ratings
5 Marked (House of Night, #1)
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3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 186,991 ratings
6 Fifty Shades of Grey (Fifty...
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3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 513,244 ratings
7 The Girl with the Dragon Ta...
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4.04 of 5 stars 4.04 avg rating — 780,276 ratings
8 The Da Vinci Code (Robert L...
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3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 990,973 ratings
9 Wuthering Heights
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3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 428,596 ratings
10 City of Bones (The Mortal I...
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4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 311,432 ratings
11 Twilight (Twilight, #1)
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3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 1,650,152 ratings
12 The Great Gatsby
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3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 1,154,480 ratings
13 Life of Pi
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3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 480,495 ratings
14 Shiver (The Wolves of Mercy...
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3.82 of 5 stars 3.82 avg rating — 154,288 ratings
15 Hush, Hush (Hush, Hush, #1)
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 161,419 ratings
16 Romeo and Juliet
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3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 913,199 ratings
17 Gossip Girl (Gossip Girl, #1)
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3.41 of 5 stars 3.41 avg rating — 23,368 ratings
18 The Lovely Bones
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3.68 of 5 stars 3.68 avg rating — 859,143 ratings
19 The Alchemist - 10th Annive...
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3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 588,235 ratings
20 Evermore (The Immortals, #1)
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3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 115,813 ratings
21 The Hunger Games (The Hunge...
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4.44 of 5 stars 4.44 avg rating — 1,577,788 ratings
22 The Time Traveler's Wife
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 691,183 ratings
23 Jane Eyre
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4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 647,131 ratings
24 New Moon (Twilight #2)
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3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 752,674 ratings
25 The Host (The Host, #1)
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3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 351,094 ratings
26 Vampire Academy (Vampire Ac...
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4.21 of 5 stars 4.21 avg rating — 156,986 ratings
27 Mockingjay (The Hunger Game...
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4.03 of 5 stars 4.03 avg rating — 839,735 ratings
28 The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
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4.41 of 5 stars 4.41 avg rating — 207,494 ratings
29 Breaking Dawn (Twilight, #4)
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3.75 of 5 stars 3.75 avg rating — 697,350 ratings
30 Beautiful Creatures (Caster...
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3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 125,227 ratings
31 Eclipse (Twilight #3)
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3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 728,870 ratings
32 I Am Number Four (Lorien Le...
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3.9 of 5 stars 3.90 avg rating — 93,681 ratings
33 The Da Vinci Code (Robert L...
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3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 990,973 ratings
34 Halo (Halo, #1)
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3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 29,238 ratings
35 1984
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4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 908,006 ratings
36 City of Ashes (The Mortal I...
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4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 196,096 ratings
37 The Scarlet Letter
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3.3 of 5 stars 3.30 avg rating — 272,689 ratings
38 The Help
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4.44 of 5 stars 4.44 avg rating — 745,631 ratings
39 The Shack: Where Tragedy Co...
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3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 196,142 ratings
40 Interview with the Vampire ...
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3.92 of 5 stars 3.92 avg rating — 240,064 ratings
41 The Pillars of the Earth  (...
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4.24 of 5 stars 4.24 avg rating — 226,845 ratings
42 PS, I Love You
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3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 112,046 ratings
43 Pride and Prejudice
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4.23 of 5 stars 4.23 avg rating — 970,097 ratings
44 A Game of Thrones (A Song o...
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4.43 of 5 stars 4.43 avg rating — 415,420 ratings
45 Dark Lover (Black Dagger Br...
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4.25 of 5 stars 4.25 avg rating — 105,266 ratings
46 The Awakening (The Vampire ...
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3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 25,513 ratings
47 A Great and Terrible Beauty...
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 105,469 ratings
48 Graceling (Graceling Realm,...
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4.12 of 5 stars 4.12 avg rating — 121,995 ratings
49 New Moon (Twilight, #2)
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3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 752,674 ratings
50 Lolita
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3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 284,659 ratings
51 A Tale of Two Cities
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3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 402,535 ratings
52 The Five People You Meet in...
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3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 244,416 ratings
53 Sophie's World
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3.79 of 5 stars 3.79 avg rating — 68,861 ratings
54 The God of Small Things
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3.86 of 5 stars 3.86 avg rating — 90,186 ratings
55 The Curious Incident of the...
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3.8 of 5 stars 3.80 avg rating — 424,475 ratings
56 The Old Man and the Sea
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3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 225,097 ratings
57 The Road
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3.93 of 5 stars 3.93 avg rating — 273,988 ratings
58 The Perks of Being a Wallfl...
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4.16 of 5 stars 4.16 avg rating — 268,632 ratings
59 On the Road
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3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 140,001 ratings
60 Love in the Time of Cholera
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3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 180,361 ratings
61 Inkheart (Inkworld, #1)
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3.81 of 5 stars 3.81 avg rating — 144,411 ratings
62 Water for Elephants
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4.05 of 5 stars 4.05 avg rating — 629,023 ratings
63 The Short Second Life of Br...
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3.54 of 5 stars 3.54 avg rating — 97,177 ratings
64 The Secret (The Secret, #1)
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3.43 of 5 stars 3.43 avg rating — 94,783 ratings
65 City of Glass (The Mortal I...
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4.37 of 5 stars 4.37 avg rating — 203,904 ratings
66 The Hitchhiker's Guide to t...
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4.14 of 5 stars 4.14 avg rating — 516,145 ratings
67 Divergent (Divergent, #1)
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4.39 of 5 stars 4.39 avg rating — 294,317 ratings
68 A Million Little Pieces
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3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 118,164 ratings
69 The Luxe (Luxe, #1)
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3.64 of 5 stars 3.64 avg rating — 35,208 ratings
70 Ender's Game (Ender's Saga,...
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4.28 of 5 stars 4.28 avg rating — 401,560 ratings
71 Moby-Dick
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3.36 of 5 stars 3.36 avg rating — 257,777 ratings
72 Artemis Fowl (Artemis Fowl,...
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3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 170,542 ratings
73 The Princess Diaries (The P...
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3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 81,266 ratings
74 Lord of the Flies
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3.59 of 5 stars 3.59 avg rating — 907,970 ratings
75 Eragon (Inheritance, #1)
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3.72 of 5 stars 3.72 avg rating — 484,591 ratings
76 Kissing Coffins (Vampire Ki...
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3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 13,428 ratings
77 Wings (Wings, #1)
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3.77 of 5 stars 3.77 avg rating — 36,138 ratings
77 The Voyage of the Dawn Trea...
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4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 169,579 ratings
79 I'd Tell You I Love You, Bu...
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3.84 of 5 stars 3.84 avg rating — 67,531 ratings
80 Beloved
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3.69 of 5 stars 3.69 avg rating — 135,558 ratings
81 Marley and Me: Life and Lov...
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4.07 of 5 stars 4.07 avg rating — 169,678 ratings
82 Tuesdays With Morrie
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3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 261,546 ratings
83 Fight Club
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4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 171,372 ratings
84 Great Expectations
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3.67 of 5 stars 3.67 avg rating — 227,880 ratings
85 If I Stay
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4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 67,549 ratings
86 Everything is Illuminated
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3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 81,793 ratings
87 The Reader
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3.65 of 5 stars 3.65 avg rating — 78,924 ratings
88 Outlander (Outlander, #1)
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4.08 of 5 stars 4.08 avg rating — 196,780 ratings
89 Three Cups of Tea: One Man'...
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3.66 of 5 stars 3.66 avg rating — 159,356 ratings
90 The Metamorphosis
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3.71 of 5 stars 3.71 avg rating — 162,064 ratings
91 Matched (Matched, #1)
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3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 171,307 ratings
92 The Kite Runner
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4.18 of 5 stars 4.18 avg rating — 876,199 ratings
93 Catching Fire (The Hunger G...
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4.3 of 5 stars 4.30 avg rating — 923,092 ratings
94 Snow
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3.49 of 5 stars 3.49 avg rating — 16,595 ratings
95 Mrs  Dalloway
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3.76 of 5 stars 3.76 avg rating — 74,199 ratings
95 El retrato de Dorian Gray
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3.99 of 5 stars 3.99 avg rating — 253,034 ratings
97 Coraline
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3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 138,096 ratings
98 Ghostgirl (Ghostgirl, #1)
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3.32 of 5 stars 3.32 avg rating — 6,802 ratings
99 Darkfever (Fever, #1)
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4.19 of 5 stars 4.19 avg rating — 56,238 ratings
100 A Visit from the Goon Squad
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3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 71,202 ratings
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message 1: by Vold (new)

Vold Kira Really I don't understand how they can't understand 1984... So beautifull!!


message 2: by Susanna (new)

Susanna Some of us just didn't enjoy it.


message 3: by Vold (new)

Vold Kira I know, but... Well. It's so real, so futurist! So sad... And so real


message 4: by Taylor (new)

Taylor How come people didn't like Divergent! Its one of those books where even once you're done reading it you still think about it constantly.


message 5: by Triv (new)

Triv S. Vold wrote: "Really I don't understand how they can't understand 1984... So beautifull!!"

True that. 1984 is life changing, same with the Hunger Games. The first ten books are right though.


message 6: by Oscar (new)

Oscar the city books were a great read, and eragon is on here that inheritance series is amazing.


message 7: by Vold (new)

Vold Kira Oscar wrote: "the city books were a great read, and eragon is on here that inheritance series is amazing."

I'm tottally agree with you. Inheritance is awesome. Sorry for my bad english


message 8: by Katie (new)

Katie I absolutely love the Caster Chronicles.


message 9: by Liz (new)

Liz I can't understand how "A Tale of Two Cities" is on this list, it's an amazing book. Takes some time to get into, but in the end it's worth it.


message 10: by May (new)

May How people can not love The Hunger Games is beyond me.


message 11: by Marie (new)

Marie I am currently reading A Game of Thrones. Up to know, I find it enjoyable.


message 12: by A (new)

A May wrote: "How people can not love The Hunger Games is beyond me."

totally agree


message 13: by Angela (last edited Nov 06, 2012 09:53pm) (new)

Angela How is Lord of the Rings on this list? Even if you don't like his writing style or the plot, you have to admit it is one of the most impressive, well thought out stories ever written. He created his own history of the world in minute detail, wrote poems/songs, created several languages, and all of this happened in secret basically up until it was published.


message 14: by Angela (new)

Angela Aelia wrote: "May wrote: "How people can not love The Hunger Games is beyond me."

totally agree"


I liked the first two, the last one was just so abrupt that when I finished it I felt like I had been in a car accident, I was in shock hah


message 15: by Nazrana (new)

Nazrana A Song of Ice and Fire is one of the best epic fantasy fiction series out there after LOTR. Granted, a tad too long but still!


message 16: by Angela (new)

Angela Nazrana wrote: "A Song of Ice and Fire is one of the best epic fantasy fiction series out there after LOTR. Granted, a tad too long but still!"

You know, I tried to get into that series and I couldn't. There was no real "good versus evil" going on so I couldn't really root for anyone. I think that characteristic is what actually makes this series so special, it's just not my personal cup of tea in fiction. Too much like the real world haha


message 17: by Liz (new)

Liz May wrote: "How people can not love The Hunger Games is beyond me."

Some people don't. I didn't find them to be that great, personally I couldn't connect with the main character, Katniss Everdeen and everything in the books seemed entirely too convenient. Besides, there was absolutely little to no world building.


message 18: by Tasha (new)

Tasha Naru Liz wrote: "May wrote: "How people can not love The Hunger Games is beyond me."

Some people don't. I didn't find them to be that great, personally I couldn't connect with the main character, Katniss Everdeen ..."


I second that.


message 19: by Athira (new)

Athira The most awesome part is, I found really awesome, strangely good books from the above list of books. I think I should read some of them. Thanks for the list.


message 20: by Jenna (new)

Jenna The house of night books really suck the more of them u read the worse they get


message 21: by Marie (new)

Marie Jenna wrote: "The house of night books really suck the more of them u read the worse they get"

If they suck so badly why did you read the other ones?


message 22: by Susanna (new)

Susanna Hope springs eternal in the hearts of readers?


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