The Goodreads 100—Fiction

The only reading list with both Ulysses and Twilight! The Goodreads staff pored over the most-read and most highly rated books added by our membership to create the Goodreads 100 for Fiction. Reflecting the amazing diversity of the Goodreads community, this list blends highbrow literature and mainstream fiction, stretching from historic greats like Homer and Shakespeare to modern favorites like Cormac McCarthy and J.K. Rowling. You'll find classics, contemporary novels, and plenty of genre representation, including historical fiction, science fiction, romance, and fantasy. Any reader who has read all 100 can claim mastery of the Western canon as well as 21st century pop culture.
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The average Goodreads member has read 26 out of 100 books on this list — how many have you read?

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1	To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 4.27 avg rating — 5,310,492 ratings	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 Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) by J.R.R. Tolkien 4.38 avg rating — 2,583,421 ratings	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 Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger 3.81 avg rating — 3,130,921 ratings	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	Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 4.28 avg rating — 3,637,421 ratings	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	1984 by George Orwell 4.19 avg rating — 3,855,908 ratings	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	Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare 3.75 avg rating — 2,335,881 ratings	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	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) by J.K. Rowling 4.48 avg rating — 8,588,004 ratings	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	Hamlet by William Shakespeare 4.03 avg rating — 838,053 ratings	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	Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 4.14 avg rating — 1,863,365 ratings	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	Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 3.99 avg rating — 1,649,642 ratings	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	Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 3.98 avg rating — 2,039,797 ratings	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	The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien 4.28 avg rating — 3,396,751 ratings	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 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 3.82 avg rating — 1,213,503 ratings	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	Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss 4.30 avg rating — 704,300 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1) by C.S. Lewis 4.23 avg rating — 2,467,937 ratings	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 Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3.93 avg rating — 4,484,191 ratings	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	Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 3.88 avg rating — 1,572,333 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Handmaid's Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 1,754,977 ratings	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	Lord of the Flies by William Golding 3.69 avg rating — 2,587,287 ratings	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	Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 4.12 avg rating — 1,952,987 ratings	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	Alice in Wonderland by Jane Carruth (Adapted By) 4.03 avg rating — 385,145 ratings	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	The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett 4.14 avg rating — 1,036,341 ratings	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	Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 3.88 avg rating — 2,241,774 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) by Douglas Adams 4.22 avg rating — 1,648,616 ratings	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	Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 4.30 avg rating — 1,152,141 ratings	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	Dune (Dune #1) by Frank Herbert 4.25 avg rating — 1,088,569 ratings	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 Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) by Stieg Larsson 4.15 avg rating — 2,917,129 ratings	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	A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1) by Madeleine L'Engle 3.99 avg rating — 1,123,819 ratings	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	Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 3.84 avg rating — 1,357,276 ratings	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	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1) by Roald Dahl 4.15 avg rating — 765,594 ratings	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	The Da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2) by Dan Brown (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 2,155,569 ratings	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	Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) by L.M. Montgomery 4.28 avg rating — 860,520 ratings	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	The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 4.32 avg rating — 1,740,752 ratings	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	Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein 4.32 avg rating — 1,288,428 ratings	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	Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 4.09 avg rating — 1,249,066 ratings	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	Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 4.08 avg rating — 1,075,293 ratings	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 Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1) by Philip Pullman 4.01 avg rating — 1,415,557 ratings	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 Princess Bride by William Goldman 4.26 avg rating — 845,280 ratings	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	One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez 4.10 avg rating — 860,314 ratings	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	The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 4.11 avg rating — 1,217,169 ratings	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	The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 4.28 avg rating — 829,817 ratings	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	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey 4.20 avg rating — 682,958 ratings	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	The Odyssey by Homer 3.79 avg rating — 964,784 ratings	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	Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1) by Stephenie Meyer 3.63 avg rating — 5,780,728 ratings	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	Dracula by Bram Stoker 4.01 avg rating — 1,092,857 ratings	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	Life of Pi by Yann Martel 3.93 avg rating — 1,488,094 ratings	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	Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 4.07 avg rating — 757,765 ratings	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 Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) by Suzanne Collins 4.32 avg rating — 7,433,544 ratings	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	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3) by Arthur Conan Doyle 4.30 avg rating — 273,348 ratings	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	Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 4.14 avg rating — 1,866,375 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 2,785,153 ratings	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	The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 2,194,779 ratings	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 Giver (The Giver, #1) by Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 2,125,684 ratings	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	Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4.25 avg rating — 753,394 ratings	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	A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 3.86 avg rating — 881,303 ratings	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	The Color Purple by Alice Walker 4.25 avg rating — 599,686 ratings	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	And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie 4.27 avg rating — 1,076,192 ratings	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	Ender's Game (Ender's Saga, #1) by Orson Scott Card 4.30 avg rating — 1,257,622 ratings	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	Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 3.98 avg rating — 781,277 ratings	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	East of Eden by John Steinbeck 4.39 avg rating — 477,955 ratings	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	Les Misérables by Victor Hugo 4.19 avg rating — 742,028 ratings	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	Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #3) by Laura Ingalls Wilder 4.20 avg rating — 276,625 ratings	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	The Stranger by Albert Camus really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 865,625 ratings	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	Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier 4.24 avg rating — 545,619 ratings	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 Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 303,023 ratings	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	Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1) by Anne Rice 4.01 avg rating — 533,534 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	The Road by Cormac McCarthy 3.98 avg rating — 800,638 ratings	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 Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 638,912 ratings	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	Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 3.88 avg rating — 749,264 ratings	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	The Stand by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 693,045 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath 4.03 avg rating — 735,059 ratings	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 Help by Kathryn Stockett (Goodreads Author) 4.46 avg rating — 2,461,513 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1) by Ken Follett (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 707,069 ratings	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	The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera 4.11 avg rating — 398,692 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway 3.81 avg rating — 399,345 ratings	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 Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) by Pearl S. Buck 3.99 avg rating — 237,038 ratings	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	Watchmen by Alan Moore (Goodreads Author) 4.37 avg rating — 522,629 ratings	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	The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 1,688,190 ratings	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	The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov 4.30 avg rating — 291,860 ratings	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	Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove #1) by Larry McMurtry 4.50 avg rating — 166,701 ratings	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	Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 1,505,218 ratings	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	My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 1,138,394 ratings	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	Outlander (Outlander, #1) by Diana Gabaldon (Goodreads Author) 4.24 avg rating — 943,285 ratings	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	American Gods (American Gods, #1) by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 845,793 ratings	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 Notebook (The Notebook, #1) by Nicholas Sparks (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 1,508,550 ratings	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	Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston 3.96 avg rating — 304,770 ratings	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	Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison 3.90 avg rating — 172,401 ratings	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	The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 4.08 avg rating — 698,830 ratings	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	The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4.34 avg rating — 280,986 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami 4.16 avg rating — 249,619 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	Beloved by Toni Morrison 3.92 avg rating — 379,194 ratings	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	A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) by George R.R. Martin 4.44 avg rating — 2,243,363 ratings	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	Ulysses by James Joyce 3.74 avg rating — 118,966 ratings	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	Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel 3.95 avg rating — 344,834 ratings	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 Fountainhead by Ayn Rand 3.88 avg rating — 310,627 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 541,647 ratings	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 House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 225,675 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides 4.02 avg rating — 613,466 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri 4.17 avg rating — 176,771 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
100	The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz 3.89 avg rating — 248,505 ratings	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 Thom (new)

Aug 17, 2011 04:31PM

@ Jessica: Who is "We" ? BTW, Good list, great idea.

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message 2: by Janet (new)

Aug 17, 2011 04:39PM

pout-The Thorn Birds isn't on the list.

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message 3: by Will (new)

Aug 17, 2011 05:46PM

64 for sure, with another 8 I may or may not have in some distant past. And it is missing a bunch of my all time faves. Really? no Moby Dick? No Hammett or Chandler. Ah well, there cannot possibly be agreement on such a list. My votes are not in any particular order.

I presumed that voting was for faves among this listing, and not to identify all the book read from the list.

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message 4: by Beth (new)

Aug 17, 2011 07:06PM

I agree on hammett and chandler, although im happy to see agatha christie on the list. Would have also liked to see flannery oconner

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message 5: by Reese (new)

Aug 17, 2011 09:04PM

I love WHERE THE SIDEWALK ENDS, but it's poetry, not fiction. And I don't understand why plays appear on the list. Dramatic literature is not fiction.

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message 6: by [deleted user] (new)

Aug 17, 2011 11:12PM

the lives of Christopher chant would be a good book to be on there...

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message 7: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (last edited Aug 18, 2011 09:52AM) (new)

Aug 18, 2011 09:51AM

Somehow this list has expanded to 104 books.

Do you want me to delete the extras, Jessica?

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message 8: by Ben (new)

Aug 18, 2011 02:43PM

Twilight hasn't cracked the Top 50! Is its brief candle of popularity finally flickering out... or is this just a small sample size?

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message 9: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Aug 18, 2011 03:48PM

Small sample size and who's voted within that, would be my guess.

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message 10: by Kelly (new)

Aug 19, 2011 02:37PM

This list now has 104 books even though it is supposed to have 100.

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

Aug 19, 2011 02:49PM

Yes, I noticed that.

Would y'all like me to try to remove the extras not on the original list?

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

Aug 19, 2011 05:24PM

Jessica?

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message 13: by Thom (new)

Aug 21, 2011 09:28AM

Susanna wrote: "Yes, I noticed that.

Would y'all like me to try to remove the extras not on the original list?"

I certainly would like the list pared back to Jessica's original certified GR..... As scripture say: Add not one jot or tittle. (The gods are not mocked).

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

Aug 22, 2011 02:08AM

I second (or third?) that vote ...

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message 15: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Aug 23, 2011 03:57PM

Alright, removing the ones not on the list.

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message 16: by [deleted user] (new)

Aug 23, 2011 08:38PM

Themis-Athena wrote: "I second (or third?) that vote ..."

Third as I deleted my request. Glad its done, thanks Susanna for keeping up with all this.

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message 17: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Aug 23, 2011 08:57PM

No problem.

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message 18: by Etta (new)

Aug 25, 2011 08:45PM

Where is Willa Cather, who is one of the greats of American literature?

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message 19: by [deleted user] (new)

Aug 25, 2011 09:05PM

Etta wrote: "Where is Willa Cather, who is one of the greats of American literature?"

Join the New Mexico group and you will find her there. If I remember right.

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message 20: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (new)

Aug 25, 2011 09:42PM

Etta wrote: "Where is Willa Cather, who is one of the greats of American literature?"

I guess she didn't rate with Time magazine.

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message 21: by Lobstergirl (new)

Sep 03, 2011 11:35PM

The list is up to 103 books. Also, the voting buttons have gone away for me - what's up with that?

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message 22: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (last edited Sep 04, 2011 11:18AM) (new)

Sep 04, 2011 11:13AM

Same here, Lobstergirl. Will see if I can remove the outliers again.

ETA: I think the buttons are gone because someone made it a "challenge" list, and I think they are having trouble with also being able to vote on those.

And for some reason this list is not recording how many people voted for the books, thus making it harder to find the outliers.

Has anyone mentioned this problem with "challenge" lists at GR Feedback?

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message 23: by Lobstergirl (new)

Sep 04, 2011 02:31PM

Has anyone mentioned this problem with "challenge" lists at GR Feedback?

Yes, I started a thread.

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message 24: by Dr. W. Neal Burnette (new)

Jul 13, 2012 08:19PM

"Ulysses", the greatest English-language novel of the 20th Century only rates #94!

LOL

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message 25: by Nicolas (new)

Nov 27, 2012 06:43PM

So, timeless books like The Oddysey and Dracula are behind Twilight. I havn't read Twilight, but I'm fairly certain that people won't give a damn about it in ten years.

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message 26: by Rasel (new)

Dec 28, 2012 10:27AM

Janet wrote: "pout-The Thorn Birds isn't on the list."

I'm with you Janet.

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message 27: by Renae (new)

Jan 12, 2013 11:38PM

I have read 15 but my goal from this classics list is 31 that I am eager to read this year.

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message 28: by Andrea (new)

Jan 13, 2013 05:35AM

33, but there's a massive difference between 'read' and 'remember anything about' or 'enjoyed'.

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message 29: by Sho (last edited Jan 14, 2013 04:23PM) (new)

Jan 13, 2013 05:33PM

I read 47 and surprised to find that many of the books I haven't read I have seen them as movies! I added some of them to my reading pile! (It's getting so big I might as well call it a mountain.)

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message 30: by BookLovingLady (last edited Apr 12, 2013 02:33AM) (new)

Apr 12, 2013 02:23AM

I did a count: I've read 33 of them, so not too bad :-) An additional 13 are still on my 'to read' list.

I agree with Andrea, by the way: There is a massive difference between 'read' and 'remember anything about', which is why I haven't counted a few books I've already read (borrowed them years ago during my secondary school days), as these are now on my 'to read' list because I bought a copy recently and intend to read them again.

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message 31: by Ramesh (new)

Aug 01, 2013 10:48AM

Great list. BTW - i count books as read even if i don't remember anything about. By that strict measure, I didn't go to high school or college, even though the classes are part of me!

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message 32: by Jack (new)

Sep 21, 2013 08:46AM

Just discovered the list and I went from 25 to 31 by discovering that I have read some the choices listed but I never listed them in my personal list.

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message 33: by Lilia (new)

Dec 09, 2013 11:05AM