Taking in consideration only one book per saga, this being the highest rated one.
Not including boxsets, collection books, short stories or selection books from a certain author.
Also not counting non-fiction, except for memoirs.
THE LOWEST RANKED BOOK FOR NOW HAS A 4.57 AVERAGE RATING, so please don't vote anything below that!
To see the list in the correct order, click on the creators votes.
Standalones edition of this list: Goodreads Top 100: Standalones Edition - Highest Rated Standalones on Goodreads with at least 10,000 Ratings
See also:
Top 100 Highest Rated Books with at least 10000 Ratings (fiction or memoir, one per series)
Average Rating of 4.6 and above with at least 3000 ratings
Average Rating of 4.5 and above with at least 3000 ratings
Average Rating of 4.5 and above with at least 100 ratings
Books with a Goodreads score of 4.4 or above with at least 300 ratings
Average Rating of 4.3 and above with at least 1000 ratings
Average Rating of 4.2 and above with at least 1000 ratings
Average Rating of 4.0 and above with at least 30000 ratings
Average Rating of 4.0 and above with at least 1000 ratings
Average Rating of 4.0 and above, 100 to 999 ratings, and published before 2001
Average Rating of 3.99 and below
Average Rating below 3.6
Average Rating of 3.0 and below with at least 100 ratings
Average Rating of 4.5 and above and with 10 to 99 ratings
Not including boxsets, collection books, short stories or selection books from a certain author.
Also not counting non-fiction, except for memoirs.
THE LOWEST RANKED BOOK FOR NOW HAS A 4.57 AVERAGE RATING, so please don't vote anything below that!
To see the list in the correct order, click on the creators votes.
Standalones edition of this list: Goodreads Top 100: Standalones Edition - Highest Rated Standalones on Goodreads with at least 10,000 Ratings
See also:
Top 100 Highest Rated Books with at least 10000 Ratings (fiction or memoir, one per series)
Average Rating of 4.6 and above with at least 3000 ratings
Average Rating of 4.5 and above with at least 3000 ratings
Average Rating of 4.5 and above with at least 100 ratings
Books with a Goodreads score of 4.4 or above with at least 300 ratings
Average Rating of 4.3 and above with at least 1000 ratings
Average Rating of 4.2 and above with at least 1000 ratings
Average Rating of 4.0 and above with at least 30000 ratings
Average Rating of 4.0 and above with at least 1000 ratings
Average Rating of 4.0 and above, 100 to 999 ratings, and published before 2001
Average Rating of 3.99 and below
Average Rating below 3.6
Average Rating of 3.0 and below with at least 100 ratings
Average Rating of 4.5 and above and with 10 to 99 ratings
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Comments Showing 1-50 of 113 (113 new)
Mitchell wrote: "Cool idea for a list.Is the intention to limit this to 100 books? so if a librarian finds a book with a higher avg rating that has more than 5,000 ratings, they should remove the lowest?
Or was ..."
Hi!
Yes, it is up to a 100 books. If you find any other book with a higher rating and at least 5,000 ratings let me know here in the comments and I will add it ASAP. Take in consideration what I wrote in the lists description.
The only other book I found was "The Invisible Life Of Addie LaRue", but it just came out so I will wait a few weeks to finally put it on this list.
The Red Tree and Rosie Revere, Engineer and We Don't Eat Our Classmates and Locke & Key, Vol. 5: Clockworks and The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore and The Winter of the Witch and The Land I Lost and Born of Legend and The Empty Grave - this is not a super easy list to put together. These are all books I added to the list
Also looking at https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/10198.Books_With_a_Goodreads_Average_Rating_of_4_5_or_higher_and_With_At_Least_100_RatingsThe Divan and Todo Mafalda and Der Derwisch und der Tod and New and Selected Poems, Volume One and The Green Mile, Part 6: Coffey on the Mile and The Mysteries of Harris Burdick and Puslu Kıtalar Atlası and The Far Side Gallery 5
These are books that I did not add to the list
Did a little bit of maintenance. Didn't bring it quite down to 100 - but the minimum rating on this list at the moment is 4.48.
Just realized this list had been set to 5000 ratings minimum and it has been 10,000 ratings for quite some time.
Mitchell wrote: "Did a little bit of maintenance. Didn't bring it quite down to 100 - but the minimum rating on this list at the moment is 4.48."Thank you! It was really needed.
And yes, I changed it a few months back because I realized it was not really a large amount here on Goodreads.
Could you please remove After The Fall, Fullmetal Alchemist Vol 2, Storm And Silence #1 and Lockwood & Co. #4? For all of these there is already one from the same series, except for After The Fall which is below the 10,000 minimum.
Thank you again!
Agustín wrote: "Mitchell wrote: "Did a little bit of maintenance. Didn't bring it quite down to 100 - but the minimum rating on this list at the moment is 4.48."Thank you! It was really needed.
And yes, I chang..."
done
Hey, just wanted to point out that it's "one book per saga" but you have both "The way of Kings" and "Words of radiance". Those of course being the first 2 books of the Stormlight Archive.
Magnus wrote: "Hey, just wanted to point out that it's "one book per saga" but you have both "The way of Kings" and "Words of radiance". Those of course being the first 2 books of the Stormlight Archive."Thanks for pointing this out. Can't control how other people vote. Words of Radiance is rated at 4.73. Way of Kings is rated at 4.61. So removing Way of Kings.
In the Throne of Glass series - Kingdom of Ash is rated 4.57 and Queen of Shadows is rated 4.53 so removing
In the Kingkiller series - Wise Man's Fear is rated 4.53 and Name of the Wind is rated 4.51 so removing
Saga Book 1 is rated higher than Saga Vol 9. But Saga Book 1 is a collection of Saga Vol 1-3. So removing
Magnus wrote: "Hey, just wanted to point out that it's "one book per saga" but you have both "The way of Kings" and "Words of radiance". Those of course being the first 2 books of the Stormlight Archive."Hi! Thank you, I know, but as Mitchell already said, I can't control community votes. You can see the top 100 in the correct order by clicking on my votes, though.
Mitchell wrote: "Saga Book 1 is rated higher than Saga Vol 9. But Saga Book 1 is a collection of Saga Vol 1-3. So removing"Thank you once again for taking care of this list! Could you also please remove The Only Plane In The Sky: An Oral History of 9/11, The Girl With The Louding Voice, We Are In A Book! (Elephant & Piggie #13) and The War That Saved My Life? The first one is nonfiction and not precisely a memoir, and the other three have a 4.46 average rating but less than 200,000 ratings, which is the amount of ratings the lowest rated book in this list (also a 4.46 average rating) has.
Removed some books rate 4.46 - Born a Crime, the girl with the louding voice, we are in a book, shoe dog, the war that saved my life. And also The only plane in the sky for being nonfiction
Kira wrote: "Is there a similar list for books which are not part of a series? Some of us just aren't fans of series books. Not saying I've never read any, but I prefer one-offs or, at most, trilogies."I don't know of any other list quite like this one. You could create one with different rules and announce it here.
This list now has way more than 100 books, so I'm removing the following:The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (4.46)
The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma (non-fiction, 4.47)
Musashi (4.46)
(Only a partial cleaning but better than nothing)
I found half a dozen more books to add, so now I'm removing the following:Educated (4.47)
The Help (4.47)
Obsidio (4.47)
Clockworks (4.47, there's also another book in that series with a higher average rating, which I've now added)
In the Dream House (4.47)
Godsgrave (4.47)
The Rise of Kyoshi (4.47)
Shoe Dog: A Memoir by the Creator of Nike (4.47)
Antes de diciembre (4.47)
The Crimson Crown (4.47)
So a book now needs to have at least a 4.48 average rating in order to qualify for this list.
Found a few more, so removing the following:Morning Star (4.48)
Alpha & Omega (4.48)
The Mistress (4.48)
Death Note, Vol. 2: Confluence (4.48)
Which means a book has to have an average rating of at least 4.49 to qualify.
BookLovingLady wrote: "How can one vote if the title says 'Goodreads Top 100'? There are obviously books added ..."Not sure what you are asking
Mitchell wrote: "Thanks Charlotte. So what do you think about removing the 4.49's? Too soon?"Nah, might as well remove those too - there aren't all that many of them after all...
So, removing the following for having only 4.49 in average ratings, so not being in the top 100 anymore:
Becoming
Born a Crime: Stories From a South African Childhood
One-Punch Man, Vol. 1
Les Disparus du Clairdelune
Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations
The Crippled God
Born of Silence
Removing Lord of the Rings since " boxsets, collection books" and Return of the King is on this list
Charlotte Igelkott wrote: "Mitchell wrote: "Thanks Charlotte. So what do you think about removing the 4.49's? Too soon?"Nah, might as well remove those too - there aren't all that many of them after all...
So, removing th..."
Mitchell wrote: "BookLovingLady wrote: "How can one vote if the title says 'Goodreads Top 100'? There are obviously books added ..."
Not sure what you are asking"
Thank you both! You can now remove Wundersmith, The Empire Of Gold, Rumo & die Wunder im Dunkeln, Henrys Freedom Box, Starfish, Wrath, Beyond The Veil, Wrath Of Empire and The Winter Of The Witch, as Skyward is now the lowest book in the ranking with a 4.50 and +110,000 ratings. All these also have a 4.50 but far less ratings. Also Caste: The Origins Of Our Discontents for being non-fiction, and Underlord, as another book of the same series entered the list (Reaper).
Agustín wrote: "Charlotte Igelkott wrote: "Mitchell wrote: "Thanks Charlotte. So what do you think about removing the 4.49's? Too soon?"Nah, might as well remove those too - there aren't all that many of them af..."
Removing Underlord and Caste
Removed for having an average rating of 4.50 or less, thus no longer qualifying for this list:The Hate U Give
Skyward
The Heart's Invisible Furies
Redeeming Love
Wundersmith: The Calling of Morrigan Crow
The Winter of the Witch
The Empire of Gold
Rumo & Die Wunder im Dunkeln
Henry's Freedom Box: A True Story from the Underground Railroad
Starfish
Wrath
Beyond the Veil
Wrath of Empire
Removed for having an average rating of 4.51 or less, so no longer qualifying for this list:The Hero of Ages
Lonesome Dove
The Things We Cannot Say
Little Blue Truck
Sweet Hope
Ripple
The Last Green Valley
The Eighth Life
Endless
Maid-sama! Vol. 02
The Tea Dragon Tapestry
Removed for no longer being the highest rated book in their series:鬼滅の刃 1 Kimetsu no Yaiba 1
Black Butler VI
(Also added the higher rated ones)
Removed for having an average rating of 4.52, so no longer being among the 100 highest rated books:Project Hail Mary
Worlds Collide
El laberinto de los espíritus
The Shawshank Redemption
Due Process
The Love Songs of W.E.B. Du Bois
Wild Sign
Removed Dog Man: Lord of the Fleas in favor of Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild, and also Sweep of the Blade which only has an average rating of 4.52.
Removed for no longer being the highest rated book in their series:Berserk, Vol. 4
呪術廻戦 8
North! or Be Eaten
Removed for having an average rating of 4.53, which means they're no longer among the 100 highest rated books:The Last Olympian
In the Eye of the Storm
Hunter x Hunter, Vol. 01
Crashed
White Bird
Rock Chick Regret
Dead Against Her
In Her Tracks
The Winners
Removed for having an average rating of less than 4.54:The Serpent and the Wings of Night
What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma
Charlotte Igelkott wrote: "Removed for having an average rating below 4.54:The Darkest Hour"
Was it, though? I still see it, at #82.
Looks like the current bar could be increased to 4.55
Marc *Dark Reader of the Woods* wrote: "Charlotte Igelkott wrote: "Removed for having an average rating below 4.54:The Darkest Hour"
Was it, though? I still see it, at #82.
Looks like the current bar could be increased t..."
It was, but someone added it again. I think perhaps it's been going up and down a bit in average rating, so it would have been 4.54 when they added it, but now it's 4.53 and might be back at 4.54 again in a couple of days...
As for your other comment, if the list is meant to have at least 100 books on it, 4.55 is too high at present. But please feel free to change my mind by adding more books that qualify :)
Removed for having an average rating of less than 4.54:The Darkest Hour
The Hero of Ages
The Well of Ascension
The Da Vinci Code
The Eye of the World
The Final Empire
Percy Jackson's Greek Heroes
Removed for not being the highest rated book in their series:
The Way of Kings
Removed for having an average rating of less than 4.54:A World of Curiosities
Desert Star
Removed for not being the highest rated book in its series:
The Way of Kings
Removed for having an average rating of less than 4.54:Wuthering Heights
My Body
Removed for not being the highest rated book in their series:
ハイキュー!! 1 Haikyū!! 1
Removed for having an average rating of less than 4.54:A Court of Wings and Ruin
The Magic Fish
Warrior Fae
Removed for having an average rating of less than 4.54:The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
Removed for no longer being the highest rated book in their series:
Saving 6
Ouran High School Host Club, Vol. 15
Removed for having an average rating of less than 4.55, which means they're no longer among the 100 top rated books:A Storm of Swords
Tress of the Emerald Sea
The Last Olympian
The Tale of Three Trees
All My Rage
The Darkest Hour
The Light in Hidden Places
A Merciful Promise
The Rock
Dog Man: Brawl of the Wild
The Girl Behind the Gates
Would it be possible to have a version of this list that isn't junked up with manga/graphic novels?The rating bias of those that actually read/review give them a disproportionate portion of this list, and their more niche nature means they are mostly immune to the common pattern of rating decay as newer books find a wider audience.












Is the intention to limit this to 100 books? so if a librarian finds a book with a higher avg rating that has more than 5,000 ratings, they should remove the lowest?
Or was this intended to be a minimum of rating of say 4.4?