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So many books, so little time. With this in mind, the Amazon Books editors set out to compile a list of 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime.

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4.21 avg rating — 5,827,986 ratings
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4.55 avg rating — 753,623 ratings
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4.34 avg rating — 2,636,286 ratings
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3.97 avg rating — 1,319,485 ratings
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3.92 avg rating — 6,186,790 ratings
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3.80 avg rating — 899,970 ratings
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4.21 avg rating — 307,938 ratings
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4.17 avg rating — 957,012 ratings
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3.80 avg rating — 4,036,462 ratings
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4.12 avg rating — 2,921,752 ratings
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4.36 avg rating — 10,361,691 ratings
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4.35 avg rating — 1,545,989 ratings
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4.12 avg rating — 5,914,492 ratings
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4.20 avg rating — 315,183 ratings
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4.15 avg rating — 3,581,610 ratings
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4.09 avg rating — 762,374 ratings
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3.99 avg rating — 908,780 ratings
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4.26 avg rating — 1,093,510 ratings
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4.38 avg rating — 92,231 ratings
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4.28 avg rating — 1,788,353 ratings
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4.32 avg rating — 402,425 ratings
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4.16 avg rating — 63,692 ratings
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3.75 avg rating — 429,616 ratings
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4.04 avg rating — 675,038 ratings
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3.98 avg rating — 206,133 ratings
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,100,588 ratings
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4.29 avg rating — 1,728,006 ratings
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3.87 avg rating — 986,574 ratings
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3.93 avg rating — 207,836 ratings
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3.94 avg rating — 566,696 ratings
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3.95 avg rating — 261,792 ratings
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3.78 avg rating — 515,041 ratings
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4.39 avg rating — 1,023,166 ratings
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4.04 avg rating — 1,652,435 ratings
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4.35 avg rating — 560,665 ratings
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4.15 avg rating — 358,424 ratings
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4.04 avg rating — 256,390 ratings
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4.18 avg rating — 59,517 ratings
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3.97 avg rating — 137,366 ratings
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really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 788,152 ratings
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4.14 avg rating — 328,252 ratings
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4.03 avg rating — 250,648 ratings
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4.29 avg rating — 206,389 ratings
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3.70 avg rating — 76,268 ratings
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4.27 avg rating — 149,707 ratings
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4.18 avg rating — 212,602 ratings
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3.99 avg rating — 817,274 ratings
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4.34 avg rating — 441,663 ratings
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3.93 avg rating — 327,316 ratings
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4.37 avg rating — 302,400 ratings
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4.19 avg rating — 212,823 ratings
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4.49 avg rating — 36 ratings
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it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 4 ratings
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3.94 avg rating — 73,655 ratings
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4.23 avg rating — 57,521 ratings
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102 books · 101 voters · list created February 6th, 2014 by Annie (votes) .
Tags: 100, amazon, books, life
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Lists are re-scored approximately every 5 minutes.


Annie 932 books
32 friends
Sarah 1086 books
19 friends
Cheryl 8005 books
46 friends
Secchin 194 books
7 friends
Courtney 441 books
142 friends
Maizdog 319 books
1 friend
Megan 636 books
32 friends
Coroner 922 books
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message 1: by Rick (new)

Rick Please consider adding the following:
"American Caesar", William Manchester;
'Hawaii', James Michener;
'Exodus'Leon Uris,
'Siddhartha', Hermann Hesse;
'Old Man and the Sea', Ernest Hemingway


message 2: by Lisa (last edited Feb 08, 2014 09:54AM) (new)

Lisa I'm really confused. Why does Amazon link to the "Reader's Choice" list, to which people have added innumerable books? I want to compare what I've read to the Amazon's list, not a list of random top books. Is there no way for regular users (as opposed to librarians) to prevent a list from being edited?


message 3: by Annie (new)

Annie Hi M, here's the link to Amazon's list: :)
http://www.amazon.com/b?node=8192263011


message 4: by Lisa (last edited Feb 08, 2014 10:00AM) (new)

Lisa Anna, thanks for the link! I don't know why Amazon doesn't link to your list instead of the other one … Edited to add that the other list might have been created by an Amazon employee. Still, it's of no use to me when a list keeps getting reordered based on votes. The current top 100 on that list is not the same 100 Amazon chose, which is what I'm interested in.


message 5: by The Green (new)

The Green Girl Thank you for putting together this list!


message 6: by Janssens (new)

Janssens Stupid list without the really important writers: where are Dostojevski, Kafka, Nietzsche, Schopenauer, Thomas Mann, Hesse, Henry Miller, Victor Hugo, Flaubert, Huxley, Graham Greene, Theroux, T.C. Boyle, Houellebecq and others? The people who made this list don't know anything about books!


message 7: by J_BlueFlower (new)

J_BlueFlower Life of a Loser - Wanted by Lou Zuhr deleted for not being on amazons list.

Here is a trick for finding incorrectly added books: Look for books with only one vote but score 100 or 99. It often works.


message 8: by Amanda (new)

Amanda Thank you for putting together this list. Saved me a lot of time. :)


message 9: by Rachel (new)

Rachel I don’t think Still a Lady and Release belong


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