Books With a Goodreads Average Rating of 4.5 and above and With At Least 100 Ratings (1946 books)

To root out, with your help, the highest rated books on Goodreads. Please only include books with at least 100 ratings. Not all of these may be ones you yourself rate highly, but think it could be an interesting list.

NOTE: Please do not include layman-unfriendly textbooks or collections (box sets/complete works/collector's editions, that is, collections of entire books. Single volume anthologies can be included.) where the individual books do not score as highly - this could skew the list.

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1	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7) by J.K. Rowling 4.62 avg rating — 4,087,414 ratings score: 81,057, and 816 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	The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1) by Patrick Rothfuss (Goodreads Author) 4.52 avg rating — 1,075,480 ratings score: 46,471, and 469 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	The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1) by Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author) 4.66 avg rating — 660,685 ratings score: 38,123, and 386 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	A Story of Yesterday by Sergio Cobo 4.52 avg rating — 19,221 ratings score: 37,700, and 377 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Words of Radiance (The Stormlight Archive, #2) by Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author) 4.76 avg rating — 481,039 ratings score: 29,297, 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
6	The Wise Man's Fear (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #2) by Patrick Rothfuss (Goodreads Author) 4.55 avg rating — 617,232 ratings score: 28,528, and 291 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	Clockwork Princess (The Infernal Devices, #3) by Cassandra Clare (Goodreads Author) 4.55 avg rating — 475,681 ratings score: 24,451, and 248 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	A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire, #3) by George R.R. Martin 4.55 avg rating — 842,877 ratings score: 22,759, 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
9	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3) by J.K. Rowling 4.58 avg rating — 4,802,515 ratings score: 21,187, 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
10	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6) by J.K. Rowling 4.58 avg rating — 3,636,055 ratings score: 20,033, 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
11	Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Harry Potter, #4) by J.K. Rowling 4.57 avg rating — 4,165,472 ratings score: 19,088, and 199 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	A Court of Mist and Fury (A Court of Thorns and Roses, #2) by Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author) 4.64 avg rating — 3,138,674 ratings score: 17,141, and 175 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	The House of Hades (The Heroes of Olympus, #4) by Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author) 4.57 avg rating — 479,860 ratings score: 15,705, 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
14	Crooked Kingdom (Six of Crows, #2) by Leigh Bardugo (Goodreads Author) 4.57 avg rating — 763,521 ratings score: 11,926, and 122 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	Queen of Shadows (Throne of Glass, #4) by Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author) 4.62 avg rating — 1,374,430 ratings score: 11,254, and 116 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	The Authoritative Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury by Bill Watterson 4.70 avg rating — 24,088 ratings score: 8,940, and 91 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 Nightingale by Kristin Hannah (Goodreads Author) 4.65 avg rating — 2,055,748 ratings score: 8,317, and 85 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	Calvin and Hobbes (Calvin and Hobbes, #1) by Bill Watterson 4.61 avg rating — 149,100 ratings score: 7,544, and 78 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	The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3) by J.R.R. Tolkien 4.58 avg rating — 1,033,256 ratings score: 6,659, and 69 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	Empire of Storms (Throne of Glass, #5) by Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author) 4.63 avg rating — 1,203,674 ratings score: 6,540, and 68 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	Oathbringer (The Stormlight Archive, #3) by Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author) 4.61 avg rating — 351,161 ratings score: 6,161, and 64 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	Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges 4.56 avg rating — 25,612 ratings score: 5,665, and 58 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	It's a Magical World (Calvin and Hobbes, #11) by Bill Watterson 4.73 avg rating — 29,133 ratings score: 4,746, and 50 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	Holy Bible: New International Version by Anonymous 4.63 avg rating — 96,339 ratings score: 4,575, and 47 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	Something Under the Bed is Drooling (Calvin and Hobbes, #2) by Bill Watterson 4.65 avg rating — 15,243 ratings score: 3,918, and 42 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	The Days Are Just Packed (Calvin and Hobbes, #8) by Bill Watterson 4.67 avg rating — 25,409 ratings score: 3,572, and 39 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	The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman 4.58 avg rating — 252,480 ratings score: 3,560, and 37 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	The Last Olympian (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #5) by Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author) 4.55 avg rating — 1,139,502 ratings score: 3,383, and 36 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	Peanuts Treasury by Charles M. Schulz 4.60 avg rating — 1,202 ratings score: 2,577, and 27 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	Ahead of All Parting: The Selected Poetry and Prose by Rainer Maria Rilke 4.59 avg rating — 820 ratings score: 2,514, and 26 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	Acheron (Dark-Hunter, #14) by Sherrilyn Kenyon (Goodreads Author) 4.56 avg rating — 61,586 ratings score: 2,502, and 26 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	Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson 4.62 avg rating — 260,262 ratings score: 2,404, and 25 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	Toda Mafalda by Quino 4.78 avg rating — 10,741 ratings score: 2,327, and 24 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	U.S. Constitution (Saddlewire) (Books of American Wisdom) by Founding Fathers 4.52 avg rating — 27,134 ratings score: 2,308, and 24 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	Kingdom of Ash (Throne of Glass, #7) by Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author) 4.71 avg rating — 1,062,099 ratings score: 2,003, and 21 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	Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir (Goodreads Author) 4.50 avg rating — 1,064,189 ratings score: 1,941, and 20 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	The Sandman, Vol. 4: Season of Mists by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author) 4.53 avg rating — 80,765 ratings score: 1,886, and 20 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	The Civil War: A Narrative by Shelby Foote 4.53 avg rating — 8,074 ratings score: 1,761, and 18 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	The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson 4.71 avg rating — 22,808 ratings score: 1,672, and 18 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	Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1) by Rebecca Yarros (Goodreads Author) 4.57 avg rating — 3,434,655 ratings score: 1,499, and 16 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	Standing for Something: 10 Neglected Virtues That Will Heal Our Hearts and Homes by Gordon B. Hinckley 4.60 avg rating — 14,556 ratings score: 1,483, and 15 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	The Sandman, Vol. 7: Brief Lives by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author) 4.54 avg rating — 61,215 ratings score: 1,482, and 16 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	Weirdos from Another Planet! (Calvin and Hobbes, #4) by Bill Watterson 4.65 avg rating — 14,160 ratings score: 1,425, and 16 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	Saga, Book One by Brian K. Vaughan (Goodreads Author) (Writer) 4.66 avg rating — 13,498 ratings score: 1,415, and 15 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	Worm (Parahumans, #1) by Wildbow 4.60 avg rating — 10,404 ratings score: 1,388, and 14 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	Jesus the Christ: A Study of the Messiah and His Mission According to Holy Scriptures, Both Ancient and Modern by James E. Talmage 4.62 avg rating — 23,504 ratings score: 1,387, and 14 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	The Divan by Hafez 4.66 avg rating — 7,366 ratings score: 1,317, and 14 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	The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author) 4.58 avg rating — 52,466 ratings score: 1,307, and 14 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	Fool's Quest (The Fitz and the Fool, #2) by Robin Hobb (Goodreads Author) 4.53 avg rating — 50,443 ratings score: 1,263, and 13 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	Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5) by J.K. Rowling 4.50 avg rating — 3,771,628 ratings score: 1,262, and 14 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	おやすみプンプンコミック全13巻完結セット by Inio Asano 4.67 avg rating — 6,175 ratings score: 1,254, and 13 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	Know My Name by Chanel Miller 4.68 avg rating — 255,307 ratings score: 1,159, and 12 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	The King's Men (All for the Game, #3) by Nora Sakavic (Goodreads Author) 4.57 avg rating — 79,555 ratings score: 1,157, and 12 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	Skin Game (The Dresden Files, #15) by Jim Butcher (Goodreads Author) 4.56 avg rating — 92,040 ratings score: 1,148, and 12 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	Dostoevsky: A Writer in His Time by Joseph Frank 4.49 avg rating — 1,158 ratings score: 1,144, and 12 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	Letter from the Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr. 4.72 avg rating — 8,680 ratings score: 1,110, and 12 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	The Sandman, Vol. 10: The Wake by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author) 4.51 avg rating — 51,707 ratings score: 1,109, and 12 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	The Forgotten Lock by Damien Wolfe (Goodreads Author) 4.88 avg rating — 188 ratings score: 1,100, and 11 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	Rhythm of War (The Stormlight Archive, #4) by Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author) 4.58 avg rating — 234,650 ratings score: 1,067, and 12 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	Pawn in Frankincense (The Lymond Chronicles, #4) by Dorothy Dunnett 4.61 avg rating — 4,046 ratings score: 984, and 10 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	The Life and Times of Scrooge McDuck by Don Rosa 4.68 avg rating — 4,736 ratings score: 979, and 11 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 Ringed Castle (The Lymond Chronicles, #5) by Dorothy Dunnett 4.58 avg rating — 3,676 ratings score: 976, and 10 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	Magic Binds (Kate Daniels, #9) by Ilona Andrews (Goodreads Author) 4.53 avg rating — 39,970 ratings score: 937, and 10 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	Checkmate (The Lymond Chronicles, #6) by Dorothy Dunnett 4.70 avg rating — 3,779 ratings score: 929, and 10 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	A Voice in the Wind (Mark of the Lion, #1) by Francine Rivers (Goodreads Author) 4.56 avg rating — 107,137 ratings score: 869, and 9 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	If This Is a Man • The Truce by Primo Levi 4.55 avg rating — 22,243 ratings score: 855, and 9 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	Death and the Dervish by Meša Selimović 4.51 avg rating — 10,988 ratings score: 783, and 8 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 Sun Does Shine: How I Found Life and Freedom on Death Row by Anthony Ray Hinton 4.65 avg rating — 80,168 ratings score: 782, and 8 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	The Red Tree by Shaun Tan 4.50 avg rating — 6,654 ratings score: 780, and 8 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	Fearless: The Undaunted Courage and Ultimate Sacrifice of Navy SEAL Team SIX Operator Adam Brown by Eric Blehm 4.57 avg rating — 22,101 ratings score: 771, and 8 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	Percepliquis (The Riyria Revelations, #6) by Michael J. Sullivan (Goodreads Author) 4.57 avg rating — 11,268 ratings score: 767, and 8 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 Battlefield Where the Moon Says I Love You by Frank Stanford 4.66 avg rating — 496 ratings score: 752, and 8 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	Tutunamayanlar by Oğuz Atay 4.55 avg rating — 12,622 ratings score: 748, and 8 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	Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings by Abolqasem Ferdowsi 4.52 avg rating — 5,658 ratings score: 739, and 8 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	Assassin's Fate (The Fitz and the Fool, #3) by Robin Hobb (Goodreads Author) 4.66 avg rating — 48,213 ratings score: 715, and 8 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 Beatles Complete Chord Songbook by Rickky Rooksby (Editor) 4.58 avg rating — 758 ratings score: 707, and 8 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	Century of the Wind (Memory of Fire, #3) by Eduardo Galeano 4.54 avg rating — 1,434 ratings score: 688, and 8 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	The Disorderly Knights (The Lymond Chronicles #3) by Dorothy Dunnett 4.58 avg rating — 4,146 ratings score: 687, and 7 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	பொன்னியின் செல்வன், முழுத்தொகுப்பு by Kalki Krishnamurthy 4.70 avg rating — 10,769 ratings score: 686, and 8 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	Nutuk by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk 4.82 avg rating — 5,593 ratings score: 678, and 7 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	The Feynman Lectures on Physics by Richard P. Feynman 4.61 avg rating — 8,076 ratings score: 667, and 7 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	Special Forces: Soldiers Part I -Director's Cut by Aleksandr Voinov (Goodreads Author) 4.57 avg rating — 1,285 ratings score: 597, and 6 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 Road Home (Echo Company, #5) by Ellen Emerson White 4.54 avg rating — 634 ratings score: 585, and 6 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	Transmetropolitan, Vol. 10: One More Time by Warren Ellis 4.52 avg rating — 11,505 ratings score: 558, and 6 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	The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book by Bill Watterson 4.63 avg rating — 52,040 ratings score: 547, and 6 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	Homicidal Psycho Jungle Cat (Calvin and Hobbes, #9) by Bill Watterson 4.69 avg rating — 20,503 ratings score: 501, and 6 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	The Forgotten Lock by Damien Wolfe (Goodreads Author) 4.88 avg rating — 188 ratings score: 495, and 5 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	An Echo in the Darkness (Mark of the Lion, #2) by Francine Rivers (Goodreads Author) 4.64 avg rating — 63,194 ratings score: 483, and 5 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	A Life on Our Planet: My Witness Statement and a Vision for the Future by David Attenborough 4.50 avg rating — 34,170 ratings score: 481, and 5 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	Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents by Isabel Wilkerson (Goodreads Author) 4.52 avg rating — 160,275 ratings score: 462, and 5 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	Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1) by Larry McMurtry 4.57 avg rating — 236,789 ratings score: 462, and 5 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 Darkest Hour (Warriors, #6) by Erin Hunter 4.54 avg rating — 57,513 ratings score: 453, and 5 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	Yukon Ho! (Calvin and Hobbes, #3) by Bill Watterson 4.65 avg rating — 14,160 ratings score: 416, and 5 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	The Forgotten Lock by Damien Wolfe (Goodreads Author) 4.88 avg rating — 188 ratings score: 394, and 4 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	War's Unwomanly Face by Svetlana Alexievich 4.51 avg rating — 38,772 ratings score: 391, and 4 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	The Only Plane in the Sky: An Oral History of 9/11 by Garrett M. Graff (Goodreads Author) 4.72 avg rating — 44,105 ratings score: 391, and 4 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 Absolute Sandman, Volume 1 by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author) (Writer) 4.64 avg rating — 22,669 ratings score: 381, and 4 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 Melissa (new)

Jan 15, 2012 02:35AM

People, please! There seem to be a lot of books on here with a lower than 4.5 average rating... some with a rating of less than 4!

And authors - if your book has only one rating, and that rating is from you - don't be cheeky! That's not what this list is about and you know it!

And for the last time - no boxsets!

So...let's tidy this up a bit and have some pride in our list!

I thank you.

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message 2: by Neil (new)

Mar 16, 2012 08:35AM

You're right, Melissa; I was going to add one, but it wouldn't want to be seen in this company!

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message 3: by Susana (new)

Apr 12, 2012 10:17AM

I was looking out for a list like this one, but I think it's not worth adding books with less than, say, 100 ratings. Is there any way you can create a query on Goodreads with certain criteria, instead of creating a list from scratch? Does anyone know?

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message 4: by Neil (new)

Apr 12, 2012 11:54AM

i've tried it. Everybody cheats! Particularly publishers.

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message 5: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (last edited Apr 14, 2012 08:42PM) (new)

Apr 14, 2012 08:40PM

Several very good books miss by only .01! That's cutting it close.

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message 6: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Apr 19, 2012 07:24AM

Susanna wrote: "Several very good books miss by only .01! That's cutting it close."

Yes, I noticed the same thing ... :(

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message 7: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (last edited Apr 19, 2012 07:30AM) (new)

Apr 19, 2012 07:26AM

Melissa wrote: "People, please! There seem to be a lot of books on here with a lower than 4.5 average rating... some with a rating of less than 4!

And authors - if your book has only one rating, and that rating is from you - don't be cheeky! That's not what this list is about and you know it!

And for the last time - no boxsets!

So...let's tidy this up a bit and have some pride in our list!

I thank you."

Deleted:
Ireland-now the good news: the best of "Bread" Vols.1 & 2, 1990-1993 (only 1 rating, the author's own ... who also added it to this list)
The Heaven Tree Trilogy ("complete set" of Pargeter's Heaven Tree novels)
Vampire Academy Box Set

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message 8: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Apr 19, 2012 07:37AM

Susana wrote: "I was looking out for a list like this one, but I think it's not worth adding books with less than, say, 100 ratings. Is there any way you can create a query on Goodreads with certain criteria, instead of creating a list from scratch? Does anyone know?"

Not in the search function included in the lists feature itself, but you can open up another browser window for your own bookshelves and sort those by criteria such as "number of ratings" and "average rating."

Melissa: Is there a certain minimum number of ratings you'd like to see? If so, you could include it in the list description and we could at least TRY to weed out the non-compliant books every so often ...

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message 9: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (last edited Apr 19, 2012 01:28PM) (new)

Apr 19, 2012 01:26PM

Tiger's Quest (# 16) seems to be just under in rating - 4.46. Should I remove it?

ETA: Several on the list are currently less than a 4.5 rating. Should they be removed?

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message 10: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Apr 19, 2012 01:37PM

Susanna wrote: "Tiger's Quest (# 16) seems to be just under in rating - 4.46. Should I remove it?

ETA: Several on the list are currently less than a 4.5 rating. Should they be removed?"

I'd be all for that -- several of those books were only added within the last couple of hours, incidentally, if I'm not wrong. Looks like this is a list to be closely monitored, at least for the time being!

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message 11: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Apr 30, 2012 08:48PM

Removed, for average ratings below 4.5:

Unbroken, by Lauren Hillenbrand
Clockwork Prince, by Cassandra Clare
Fiji, by Lance Morcan
The Journey is the Destination, by Dan Eldon
Tiger's Quest, by Colleen Houck
Offbeat Love Stories and More, by Jennifer Lafferty
Neverdark, by C.S. Einfeld
Control Switch On, by Ira Teller
Richard Halliburton's Complete Book of Marvels, by Richard Halliburton (I added it when it was 4.5, now it's 4.49! LOL)
Assam and Darjeeling, by T.M. Camp
The Twin Prophecies, by Nina Perez
Danger Danger, by Gerry McCullough
Hell is the Absence of God, by Ted Chiang
Saved by Cake, by Marian Keyes
Elemental, by Kim Richardson
Dark City: The Film Noir, by Spencer Selby

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message 12: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

May 01, 2012 01:47AM

Susanna wrote: "Removed, for average ratings below 4.5:

Unbroken, by Lauren Hillenbrand
Clockwork Prince, by Cassandra Clare
Fiji, by Lance Morcan
The Journey is the Destination, by Dan Eldon
Tiger's Quest, by Co..."

Susanna, that sounds like an awful lot of work! On behalf of those who care, thanks for taking the time ...

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message 13: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

May 01, 2012 09:53AM

No problem.

The way GR lists the average rating right next to the title on the list made this pruning fairly easy!

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message 14: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

May 01, 2012 11:40AM

True -- a lot easier than it used to be, at least where things like ratings are concerned!

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message 15: by Kara (new)

May 10, 2012 08:37AM

Removed from list: Blue Lights and Long Nights (rating: 4.44) and Scanners Live in Vain (rating: 4.49).

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message 16: by Kara (new)

May 17, 2012 03:22PM

Removed from list Obsidian (rating: 4.44) and I Woke Up In Love This Morning (rating: 3.50).

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message 17: by Mina (new)

Aug 18, 2012 10:47AM

Why the first book is one with a lower-than-4.5 rate?

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message 18: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (last edited Aug 20, 2012 04:01AM) (new)

Aug 20, 2012 03:41AM

Removed, for having an average rating of less than 4.5:

The Hunger Games
The Ninth Orphan
The Unwords
Undeadly
Catching Fire
Memoranda on Poisons
Tiger's Curse
Front-Line Diplomacy: Humanitarian Aid and Conflict in Africa
Empire of the Clouds: When Britain's Aircraft Ruled the World
The Complex
Tiger's Quest
El Rey: A Novel of Renaissance Iberia
Tiger's Voyage
Skallagrigg Take What You Got And Fly With It
L.A. Noir: Nine Dark Visions of the City of Angels
Lees Lieutenants Volume 3: A Study in Command, Gettysburg to Appomattox
Horses of the Camargue

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message 19: by Asa (new)

Aug 20, 2012 12:54PM

Great list, but I think you should only include books with say at least 100 reviews...otherwise it isn't very indicative of much.

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message 20: by Anthyq (new)

Aug 21, 2012 09:21AM

I agree with Miquixote above, and would even raise it to 200 ratings, IMHO. There seem to be quite a few books with 10 or fewer ratings, which isn't a good gage of how a book would do normally.

Heck, I voted for an older, not-very-well-known children's book with 32 ratings, and I'd be ok with it being nixed. Even though I loved it, I gotta admit that it probably wouldn't be as well-rated if more people weighed in.

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message 21: by Susana (new)

Aug 22, 2012 03:02PM

Miquixote wrote: "Great list, but I think you should only include books with say at least 100 reviews...otherwise it isn't very indicative of much."

Exactly what I proposed on April 12th, to no effect until now...

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message 22: by Stan (last edited Aug 23, 2012 12:01PM) (new)

Aug 23, 2012 12:01PM

For a number of reasons, some listed above, Goodreads ratings are not worth much. They might help sell books, but they have little if any integrity. Stars without a review are totally meaningless.

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message 23: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (new)

Aug 24, 2012 10:43AM

Deleted Foster Fox: A 10,000 Lakes Tale : ZERO GR ratings and sole book voted onto this list by its own author (who has also added it to a large number of other lists recently, regardless whether in keeping with the list description or not, and in several cases while at the same time also adding a self-promotional message in the comments section soliciting reviews).

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message 24: by Asa (new)

Sep 04, 2012 04:18AM

removed for falling below 4.5:

life and fate
roots of the cypress
taash and the jesters
if this is a man/the truce

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message 25: by Rags (new)

Oct 15, 2012 03:08AM

some of the books have very low number of ratings . i think only books which have been rated more than 500 should be included

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message 26: by Kara (last edited Oct 15, 2012 06:53AM) (new)

Oct 15, 2012 06:52AM

Librarians can only remove books which do not fit the category. Because of this, we will only remove books which are not over 4.5--we will have to leave the ones with few ratings because the category doesn't specify that a book has to have a certain number of ratings. To do anything else would be to risk losing librarian status.

Removed for falling below 4.5:
The Whore and Her Mother (rating: 4.40)
PA Exposé (rating: 3.80)
Chocolate for Breakfast (rating 4.30)
The Magic Penny (rating 4.33)
Grande Sertão: Veredas (rating 4.49)
Jackie Leven Said (rating 4.29)

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message 27: by Katrina (new)

Oct 18, 2012 11:24PM

Removed for falling below 4.5:
Tiger's Destiny by Colleen Houck (rating 4.49)

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message 28: by Cary (new)

Dec 05, 2012 10:11AM

Great idea for a list and glad to see it's being curated, so to speak! (If you want help, I'm happy to chip in too.)

Honest, I think 100 ratings it too low a threshold. It's not all too difficult to mount a campaign to up-vote a book with so few ratings. If you want to stay in statistically solid territory I'd say at least 500 ratings is a good threshold.

I'd also recommend putting the threshold in the list description. I know some people will still ignore it or simply not notice it, but it would help a little.

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message 29: by Themis-Athena (Lioness at Large) (last edited Dec 05, 2012 10:58AM) (new)

Dec 05, 2012 10:22AM

Removed, for falling below a 4.5 average rating:
Past, Present, and Promises
The Persecution of Mildred Dunlap
Hillbilly Tales from the Smoky Mountains - And Other Homespun Remedies, Proverbs, and Poetry
The Halfling's Court: A Bad-Ass Faerie Tale
The Sibylline Oracle
Incandescent
This Book Is Full of Spiders: Seriously, Dude, Don’t Touch It
Progeny
The Branch Will Not Break
The Endlands
Complete Short Poetry

Also removed, for having been added in contravention to message 1 above ("And authors - if your book has only one rating, and that rating is from you - don't be cheeky! That's not what this list is about and you know it!")
Fateful Firsts
Second Thoughts: A Collection of Poetry
A Candlelit World
Scrambled Egg: Poems and Other Confessions

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message 30: by Ben (new)

Dec 10, 2012 10:03AM

I was going to add The Complete Shakespeare to my list, but I see the directions say we shouldn't include Complete/collected Works. I guess this should be deleted, along with Jane Austen's complete novels.

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message 31: by Liz (new)

Dec 11, 2012 11:13AM

Thank you so much for keeping this up- I really appreciate this list. And it does help to include books with at least 100 ratings IMO and delete those collections or box sets that keep popping up. I am always looking for ways to find the best books to spend my limited time reading. I have some gems that don't make the "at least" 100 ratings cut-off and others like "The Little Prince" or Mary Oliver's latest poems that don't quite make the 4.5 cut-off, but no rating system is perfect. Keep up the good work!

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message 32: by Liz (new)

Dec 11, 2012 11:27AM

Looking through the list with the desire to add books to my "to read" list, I was disheartened to see SO many with fewer than '25'! ratings. And I don't think you mean to include the Bible or the Book of Mormon which are collections of books actually. So those were not helpful to me. However, as I said, this is a great list and I will keep coming back to it for gems I might find!

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message 33: by Cary (new)

Dec 11, 2012 12:29PM

I compiled a list of the books currently on the list with less than 100 ratings:

1106 Grand Boulevard
99 Percent Perspiration: A Frazz Collection
A Wee Taste A' Craic
Ad Nomad
Amanda's Rib
Animal Magnet
Apart From Love
Best of All Possible Worlds
Bloomsday: The Bostoniad
Blues For The Prince (Carney Wilde #2)
Bold as Brass: My Story
Brother Wolf: A Forgotten Promise
Bunsen: un cómic de ciencia y chocolate
Carol Vorderman's Detox Recipes
Classical Chinese Poetry: An Anthology
Comic Book History of Comics
Cruel Cuts (Daniel "Sticks" Hetrick Murder Mysteries #2)
Diamondback
Die Manns: Ein Jahrhundertroman
Dorrie and the Witch Doctor (Dorrie the Little Witch #5)
Dorrie's Play (Dorrie the Little Witch #3)
Dostoevsky: A Writer in His Time
El libro de la imaginación
Eye to Eye: Intimate Encounters with the Animal World
Fallen Superheroes
Fergus and the Snow Deer
Firefly: A Celebration
First, I Love You
Following Richard Brautigan
For the Beauty of the Earth: A Novel
Frazz 3.1416
Frazz: Live from Bryson Elementary (Frazz)
Girl Genius, vol 11: Agatha Heterodyne and the Hammerless Bell (Girl Genius #11)
Hank Shank VIII
Homebodies
Hot & Spicy: De La Cruz Saga
How To Be A Party Girl
In All My Sad Dreaming
Jephtha and his Daughter
Kinuko Craft: Drawings & Paintings
Land of Midnight Days
Last Words of Notable People: Final Words of More Than 3500 Noteworthy People Throughout History
Leben der anderen: Filmbuch
Loriot's kleiner Opernführer
Loriots Großer Ratgeber
Lysis/Phaedrus/Symposium: Plato on Homosexuality (Great Books in Philosophy)
Meditation on Space-Time
Miami Spy Games: Russian Zombie Gun, Episode 5 (Miami Spy Games #5)
Miami Spy Games: Russian Zombie Gun, Part Four (Miami Spy Games #4)
Miami Spy Games: Russian Zombie Gun, Part One
Miami Spy Games: Russian Zombie Gun, Part Three (Miami Spy Games #3)
Miami Spy Games: Russian Zombie Gun, Part Two (Miami Spy Games #2)
More Deaths Than One
Nick Knight
Origami Tessellations: Awe-Inspiring Geometric Designs
Pierre Et Gilles: The Complete Works, 1976-1996
Post
Shadow Man
Shadows of the Realm
Shakespeare: An Oxford Guide
Spectrum 18: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art
Summer With Monika
Sämtliche Werke und Briefe
Teaser and the Firecat
The Beatles Complete Chord Songbook
The Bird Day Battalion
The Changeling
The Coming Storm
The Eclectic Abecedarium
The Golden Sky
The Good Girls
The Greatest Speeches Of President John F. Kennedy
The Heat of the Moment: Inspired by the Heroes of the 2007 San Diego Wildfires
The Ice Cream Cone Coot, And Other Rare Birds
The Impostor, A Love Story
The Jungle Of Peril (Puzzle Master)
The Little Stormdancer (The Lotus War #1.5)
The Lost Queen of Egypt
The Moon Coin (Moon Realm #1)
The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, Volume II: The Short Stories
The Orphan Factory
The Planet Of Terror (Gamebook)
The Spell of Zalanon: The Anti-Cats
The Steward
The Symbolon (The Sibylline Trilogy #2)
The Undertow of Small Town Dreams: Stories of Currie Valley
There's Corpses Everywhere: Yet Another Liō Collection (Liō #3)
Transmetropolitan: I Hate It Here
Travel guide to the haunted Mid-Atlantic region
Underwater Dogs
William Shakespeare: A Textual Companion
Window To Her Soul (Eyes of Innocence #3)
With His Dying Breath
Write with Fire: Thoughts on the Craft of Writing
Xoxo Hayden

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message 34: by Liz (new)

Dec 12, 2012 07:23PM

WOW Cary. Goes to show that not many books really stand the test of time- over time. Without checking, I have voted for one of them...However, I have several books that are on my "read" list that I gave 5 stars but they are still below 100 ratings so I didn't add them. Until or unless these are removed we will have to be more careful when choosing books.

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message 35: by Cary (new)

Dec 13, 2012 04:22AM

Indeed. It's quite easy to move the average rating of a book with less than a 100 ratings. A modest lobbying of one's friends could certainly do it. In fact I think 100 is too low a threshold from a statistical standpoint. However making it 500 or something like that would keep a lot of books that really (probably) are good off the list.

This also shows that it's not difficult to go through this list, identify and remove these books. I made that list in perhaps 30-40 minutes.

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message 36: by Liz (new)

Dec 13, 2012 12:46PM

As Kara explained in a comment in October, the category says the list is about ratings, not number of ratings or we lose "library" status. So I guess each person must decide for themselves whether a book merits a "to read."

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message 37: by Lou (new)

Dec 20, 2012 06:13PM

There's a similar list to this for books of at least 4.2 with 1000 ratings. Interesting to compare.
http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/24...

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message 38: by Richard (last edited Dec 27, 2012 08:09PM) (new)

Dec 27, 2012 06:03PM

I see that my book, THE MOON COIN, has been added to this list. I completely understand the more than x argument. So, before I'm voted off the island, I just want to say, as an Indie Author, with only 84 ratings at present, it's really exciting to be represented. :D

THE MOON COIN won a gold medal in the Moonbeam Children's Book Awards this Fall, but that doesn't always translate quickly into ratings or sales. For books not published by one of the 6 Goliath Book Corporations, things usually happen in slow motion.

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message 39: by Tony (new)

Mar 09, 2013 10:39PM

The complete works of Shakespeare and Jane Austin should both be removed as per the original guidelines of no complete works of authors or box sets.

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message 40: by Kara (new)

Mar 10, 2013 01:50PM

Wow, this list really gets out of hand when no one looks at it. It's important to note that I did NOT remove books with fewer than x ratings as that would be against Goodreads policy.

Removed
Darkest Powers Trilogy - individual books do not score as highly (per original guidelines)
The Orphan Factory - 4.48 rating
Onyx - 4.49 rating
The Complete Works- individual books do not score as highly (per original guidelines)
The Complete Novels of Jane Austen
The Steward - 4.39 rating
Southern Mystical Moments - 4.40 rating
The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, Volume III: The Novels
The Good Girls - 4.32 rating
Angels and Arrows - 4.14 rating
Reflection of Secrets - 4.42 rating
Saga, Vol. 1 - 4.49 rating
On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen - 4.49 rating
Ashes of Honor - 4.48 rating
Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies: A Facsimile of the First Folio, 1623 - individual books do not score as highly (per original guidelines)
Bold as Brass: My Story - 4.47 rating
Hope Against Hope - 4.49 rating
The Eclectic Abecedarium - 4.49 rating
Loriots Großer Ratgeber - 4.45 rating
The Bird King and Other Sketches - 4.48 rating

Left because I wasn't 100% positive
Collected Fictions
Classical Chinese Poetry: An Anthology
The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, Volume I: The Short Stories
The New Annotated Sherlock Holmes, Volume II: The Short Stories
The Collected Poems, 1956-1998
The Complete Poetry
Robert Smithson: The Collected Writings Collected Works
New Collected Poems
Before Sunrise & Before Sunset: Two Screenplays
The Bloom County Library, Vol. 3: 1984-1986
The Feynman Lectures on Physics

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message 41: by Lou (new)

Mar 10, 2013 02:57PM

A couple of those were mine; obviously I need to check the ratings more often.

Feynman is also one of mine. I added it because it's fairly layman friendly, has quite a few ratings, and the individual volumes rate as high or higher than the collected works. Nor is it a textbook.

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message 42: by Kara (new)

Mar 10, 2013 02:59PM

Makes sense--that's why I left Feynman in.

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message 43: by Lou (new)

Mar 10, 2013 03:04PM

Cheers.
The moon coin's dropped to 4.47. I took my vote off, but there's four more,so you might work your magic on it.

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message 44: by Kara (new)

Mar 10, 2013 03:05PM

Removed. :)

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message 45: by [deleted user] (new)

Mar 19, 2013 01:37AM

Pretty sure The Authoritative Calvin And Hobbes is a collection of works and not a single title.

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message 46: by Mitchell (new)

Apr 11, 2013 02:56PM

It is interesting to compare this list to http://www.goodreads.com/list/show/24... which sets the threshold at 4.2 but requires a minimum of 1000 ratings.

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message 47: by Amelie (new)

May 22, 2013 02:51AM

I'm not sure if other people have noticed this, but there are books on here that have, say, 2 ratings, which brings the average up to 4.75. On top of that, there are books that have THOUSANDS of ratings, and still maintain a 4.5 rating.

Obviously, the books with fewer ratings may not be of the same standard as some of the other titles on this list. After all, what is a more reliable statistic - 2 ratings, or 20,000?

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message 48: by Zeta_comics (new)

Jun 13, 2013 01:19AM

Sadly Toda Mafalda should be removed as it is a collection of all the series's strips. Maybe Mafalda 9 could be added, but it has 10% of the other book's ratings

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message 49: by Ashlee (new)

Aug 03, 2013 12:13AM