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1	War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 4.15 avg rating — 306,103 ratings score: 65,089, and 659 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	To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 4.27 avg rating — 5,597,175 ratings score: 55,729, and 569 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	1984 by George Orwell 4.19 avg rating — 4,108,607 ratings score: 54,669, and 563 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	The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 2,909,760 ratings score: 53,343, and 545 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	Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 3.89 avg rating — 249,523 ratings score: 45,262, and 459 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	Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 4.08 avg rating — 787,787 ratings score: 45,200, 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
7	Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 3.88 avg rating — 1,655,121 ratings score: 42,881, and 437 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	The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 4.28 avg rating — 856,857 ratings score: 41,784, and 432 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	Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 4.30 avg rating — 1,171,577 ratings score: 36,805, and 384 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	Ulysses by James Joyce 3.75 avg rating — 121,487 ratings score: 35,366, and 369 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	The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) by Douglas Adams 4.23 avg rating — 1,716,306 ratings score: 35,314, and 369 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	Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 3.88 avg rating — 781,073 ratings score: 35,255, and 369 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	A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 3.86 avg rating — 902,901 ratings score: 31,766, and 339 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	The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien 4.52 avg rating — 637,587 ratings score: 30,750, and 325 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	Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 4.28 avg rating — 3,865,185 ratings score: 30,361, and 325 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	Lord of the Flies by William Golding 3.69 avg rating — 2,697,725 ratings score: 30,043, and 317 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	One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez 4.11 avg rating — 897,032 ratings score: 29,342, and 311 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	The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 4.18 avg rating — 3,433,152 ratings score: 28,919, and 306 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 Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author) 4.39 avg rating — 2,320,174 ratings score: 28,158, and 306 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	The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3.93 avg rating — 4,749,741 ratings score: 26,941, 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
21	Dracula by Bram Stoker 4.01 avg rating — 1,154,097 ratings score: 26,355, and 289 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	Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 4.13 avg rating — 2,050,114 ratings score: 26,023, and 274 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	Animal Farm by George Orwell 3.98 avg rating — 3,500,457 ratings score: 25,982, and 283 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	The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 1,724,004 ratings score: 24,857, and 264 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	Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 3.97 avg rating — 2,168,459 ratings score: 24,840, and 272 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	Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4.25 avg rating — 800,602 ratings score: 24,558, and 273 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	Les Misérables by Victor Hugo 4.19 avg rating — 760,245 ratings score: 24,403, and 273 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	Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 3.85 avg rating — 1,439,516 ratings score: 23,472, and 260 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	Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 4.09 avg rating — 1,286,275 ratings score: 23,415, and 258 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	Moby-Dick or, the Whale by Herman Melville 3.53 avg rating — 529,587 ratings score: 22,886, and 251 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	Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 4.14 avg rating — 1,912,937 ratings score: 22,542, and 247 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	Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 4.14 avg rating — 1,945,474 ratings score: 22,104, 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
33	Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand 3.69 avg rating — 378,182 ratings score: 21,790, and 231 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	The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger 3.81 avg rating — 3,268,508 ratings score: 20,788, and 236 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	Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 3.99 avg rating — 797,518 ratings score: 20,632, and 233 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	Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 3.88 avg rating — 2,356,101 ratings score: 19,835, and 221 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	Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 4.08 avg rating — 1,115,029 ratings score: 19,513, and 220 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	Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 3.99 avg rating — 1,715,332 ratings score: 19,464, and 226 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	Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez 3.93 avg rating — 474,248 ratings score: 18,303, and 204 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	The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 3.43 avg rating — 815,642 ratings score: 17,420, 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
41	The Road by Cormac McCarthy 3.98 avg rating — 827,856 ratings score: 17,213, and 190 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	A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author) 4.42 avg rating — 1,402,886 ratings score: 16,954, and 186 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	The Chronicles of Narnia (Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7) by C. S. Lewis 4.27 avg rating — 609,099 ratings score: 16,465, and 182 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	The Iliad by Homer 3.89 avg rating — 418,313 ratings score: 15,925, and 188 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	Watership Down (Watership Down, #1) by Richard Adams 4.08 avg rating — 464,657 ratings score: 15,749, and 174 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	Life of Pi by Yann Martel 3.93 avg rating — 1,534,915 ratings score: 15,543, and 180 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 Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 2,731,195 ratings score: 15,320, and 174 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 Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) by Stieg Larsson 4.16 avg rating — 3,002,604 ratings score: 15,108, and 177 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	Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) by Orson Scott Card 4.31 avg rating — 1,294,193 ratings score: 15,049, and 168 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	The Princess Bride by William Goldman 4.26 avg rating — 862,637 ratings score: 15,041, and 172 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	David Copperfield by Charles Dickens 4.02 avg rating — 222,695 ratings score: 14,955, and 172 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	Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 705,792 ratings score: 14,024, and 157 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	A Story of Yesterday by Sergio Cobo 4.59 avg rating — 10,334 ratings score: 13,700, and 137 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	The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4.35 avg rating — 294,469 ratings score: 13,520, and 159 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	Emma by Jane Austen 4.04 avg rating — 807,792 ratings score: 13,321, and 163 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	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll 4.07 avg rating — 529,582 ratings score: 13,018, and 150 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	For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway 3.98 avg rating — 277,594 ratings score: 12,761, and 150 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	Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 3.79 avg rating — 753,092 ratings score: 12,695, and 154 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	Middlemarch by George Eliot really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 152,793 ratings score: 12,686, and 146 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	The Odyssey by Homer 3.80 avg rating — 1,003,445 ratings score: 12,566, and 150 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	Dune (Dune #1) by Frank Herbert 4.26 avg rating — 1,172,354 ratings score: 12,307, and 141 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 Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 4.08 avg rating — 711,276 ratings score: 12,244, and 140 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	Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides 4.02 avg rating — 621,418 ratings score: 11,916, and 144 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	The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 3.84 avg rating — 2,248,662 ratings score: 11,642, and 134 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	Breakfast at Tiffany's and Three Stories by Truman Capote 3.86 avg rating — 246,566 ratings score: 11,400, and 137 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	The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1) by Ken Follett (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 723,978 ratings score: 11,311, and 133 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	The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway 3.80 avg rating — 1,039,214 ratings score: 11,275, and 139 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	Atonement by Ian McEwan (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 492,768 ratings score: 10,970, and 133 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 Stand by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 713,671 ratings score: 10,886, and 129 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	Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) by L.M. Montgomery 4.30 avg rating — 902,416 ratings score: 10,744, 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
71	The Trial by Franz Kafka 3.96 avg rating — 286,589 ratings score: 10,172, and 118 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	A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway 3.81 avg rating — 300,558 ratings score: 9,539, and 120 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	Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens 3.88 avg rating — 365,667 ratings score: 9,463, and 123 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	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey 4.20 avg rating — 698,526 ratings score: 9,441, and 115 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	Neverwhere (London Below, #1) by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 494,685 ratings score: 9,383, and 112 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 Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka 3.84 avg rating — 889,397 ratings score: 9,361, and 112 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	All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque 4.04 avg rating — 415,092 ratings score: 9,134, and 106 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 Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon 3.89 avg rating — 1,395,566 ratings score: 8,599, and 105 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	Persuasion by Jane Austen 4.15 avg rating — 640,379 ratings score: 8,571, and 113 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	Sophie's Choice by William Styron 4.18 avg rating — 87,997 ratings score: 8,560, and 104 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 Fountainhead by Ayn Rand 3.88 avg rating — 314,238 ratings score: 8,345, and 100 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	Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1) by Gregory Maguire 3.54 avg rating — 587,522 ratings score: 8,304, and 100 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	Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1) by Dan Brown (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 3,045,447 ratings score: 8,252, and 102 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	Swann’s Way by Marcel Proust 4.14 avg rating — 55,384 ratings score: 7,968, and 95 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 Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 1,237,115 ratings score: 7,840, and 97 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	The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway 3.80 avg rating — 413,910 ratings score: 7,823, and 96 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	Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes 4.18 avg rating — 599,633 ratings score: 7,786, and 95 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	Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 4.07 avg rating — 247,192 ratings score: 7,726, and 94 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	The Stranger by Albert Camus 4.01 avg rating — 930,567 ratings score: 7,332, 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
90	The Red Tent by Anita Diamant (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 573,348 ratings score: 7,324, and 86 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
91	Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 938,360 ratings score: 7,140, 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
92	East of Eden by John Steinbeck 4.40 avg rating — 496,179 ratings score: 6,962, 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
93	Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond 4.04 avg rating — 378,938 ratings score: 6,904, and 81 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 Trigger: Hunting the Assassin Who Brought the World to War by Tim Butcher (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 3,882 ratings score: 6,876, 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
95	The Hobbit (The Lord of the Rings, #0) by J.R.R. Tolkien 4.28 avg rating — 3,592,980 ratings score: 6,760, and 84 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
96	Eragon (The Inheritance Cycle, #1) by Christopher Paolini (Goodreads Author) 3.93 avg rating — 1,656,004 ratings score: 6,696, and 82 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	Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert 3.70 avg rating — 307,036 ratings score: 6,679, 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
98	The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath 4.04 avg rating — 802,150 ratings score: 6,248, and 80 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
99	The Host (The Host, #1) by Stephenie Meyer 3.85 avg rating — 971,494 ratings score: 6,121, and 72 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
100	The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) by Rick Riordan (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 2,637,921 ratings score: 6,064, and 75 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 arianna (last edited Mar 10, 2009 12:52PM) (new)

Mar 10, 2009 12:52PM

You know i've already read about half of these... there's got ot be more! :)

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message 2: by Kelly (new)

Jul 27, 2009 07:12PM

I agree Arianna, with me having no life at all, I have all the time in the world to pour through books (even if I cannot for my skin remember what they were about).

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message 3: by Michele (new)

Dec 08, 2009 12:06PM

Everybody starts Ulysses, but do they actually finish it?

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message 4: by Courtney (new)

Jan 21, 2010 05:57PM

For those of you who put slaughter-house five on the list. If you never get to any of the others, get to that one! It's quick and easy and amazing. The best book EVER! And I don't say things like that lightly.

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message 5: by Meredith (new)

Jan 22, 2010 01:39PM

I finished Ulysses! My senior seminar in college was on James Joyce, and we spent most of the semester on it. I still haven't been able to muscle my way through Finnegans Wake, though.

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message 6: by Pollyanna (new)

Mar 10, 2010 10:53AM

I've got quite a few of these at home, I really should read them now, at least I have finally read 1984 and To Kill a Mockingbird.

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message 7: by Kelly (new)

Mar 10, 2010 12:31PM

Meredith- Congrats! I am ashamed to say that I have never finished this particular novel.

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message 8: by Meredith (new)

Mar 10, 2010 04:27PM

Thanks, Kel! It would never have been possible if I hadn't had a great professor to guide us through it! It's a tough read.

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message 9: by Caitlin (new)

Jun 04, 2010 10:27AM

love this list!

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message 10: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (last edited Jul 11, 2010 09:02AM) (new)

Jul 11, 2010 09:02AM

Well, I didn't vote for any Hemingway because I think I've read most of it.

You could try voting for him. The form to add books to the list is at the right-hand side of the page.

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message 11: by Tanya (new)

Jul 11, 2010 02:42PM

Are we supposed to look at this list so that if authors aren't near the top it's becuase people have already read them?

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

Jul 13, 2010 08:58AM

Tanya wrote: "Are we supposed to look at this list so that if authors aren't near the top it's because people have already read them?"

That's what I did - not vote for the authors I've read.

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message 13: by Frank (new)

Jan 22, 2011 08:54PM

Michele wrote: "Everybody starts Ulysses, but do they actually finish it?"

yes

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message 14: by Susanna - Censored by GoodReads (last edited Feb 16, 2011 10:24AM) (new)

Feb 16, 2011 10:23AM

I guess more people have read Dickens?

My own theory is that if it hasn't been out at least 20 years you don't really know if it's a classic.

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message 15: by Thom (new)

Jun 15, 2011 06:35AM

Frank wrote: "Michele wrote: "Everybody starts Ulysses, but do they actually finish it?"

yes"

Yes, yes I did,.... yes.

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message 16: by Thom (new)

Jun 15, 2011 07:16PM

Lady Alice wrote: "It was probably easy for you Thom since I am sure you speed read."

Not so. I read slow but have been at it for 60 years.

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message 17: by Tajma (new)

Jun 19, 2011 05:29PM

Lady Alice wrote: "Michele wrote: "Everybody starts Ulysses, but do they actually finish it?"

LOL! thanks for this laugh.....I have never even started it.

So many of these just bog me down"

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message 18: by Tajma (new)

Jun 19, 2011 05:30PM

I've started it about five times since high school and never get past the first chapter!

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message 19: by David (new)

Sep 19, 2011 06:01AM

Sometimes life is too short to slog through a 'classic'. If I'm not enjoying a book after 100 pages in, I abandon it. Ulysses I have tried twice and had to give up on. It hasn't left a hole in my existance. ;-)

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message 20: by Carolyn (new)

Apr 19, 2012 11:42AM

I read through War and Peace, it was hard! It was really, really boring at times, but I read it without cheating once! =D

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message 21: by [deleted user] (new)

Aug 15, 2012 10:23PM

Thanks to goodreads I was just able to remove 6 of them!

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message 22: by PinkPanthress (last edited Apr 20, 2013 11:15AM) (new)

Apr 20, 2013 11:10AM

So far this is one of my favourite Lists!!!

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message 23: by Phillip (new)

Sep 03, 2013 02:10PM

Ur wrote: "you motherfuckers. how are there 61 books before hemingway is listed. 61 books! the one that stands out to me most is wicked at #60. what...the...fuck."

The whole list gets a bit wonky towards the end. Stephanie Meyer? I'd venture to say that this list has a few errors in judgment.

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message 24: by Phillip (new)

Sep 03, 2013 02:12PM

Okay. So, lets just get THIS out of the way: Take all the Stephanie Meyer off and put in A Picture of Dorian Gray and (inplace of the horrific Twilight series in particular) The Dark Tower by Stephen King.

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message 25: by Phillip (new)

Sep 03, 2013 02:14PM

Carolyn wrote: "I read through War and Peace, it was hard! It was really, really boring at times, but I read it without cheating once! =D"

I never found it boring. Maybe I was just really interested in the social engagement of Russian society. Anyways, agree to disagree.

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message 26: by Tytti (last edited Dec 08, 2013 03:38PM) (new)

Dec 08, 2013 03:33PM

I have so many of these I don't know where to start. Although one of them is a book I won't even think about reading even though it was chosed as the best Finnish book written during the first 75 years of independence in 1992. It hasn't been translated so here is the Wikipedia page: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alastalo... For example choosing a pipe takes over 70 pages, so hmmm... And the sixth chapter is called "you can easily skip this chapter because in it happens no more than in any other chapter". But you could then get a t-shirt that says "I have read Alastalon salissa". :D

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message 27: by BookLovingLady (last edited Jan 29, 2017 03:34AM) (new)

Jan 29, 2017 03:27AM

I came across this list again, by accident more or less, and managed to delete 10 of my votes because I've read the books. Which means there's room for 10 more titles I'd really like to read:-)

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message 28: by BookLovingLady (last edited Feb 05, 2017 01:01AM) (new)

Feb 05, 2017 12:59AM

Check out Books I Intend to Read before I Die. Ideal for anyone who thinks 100 votes isn't nearly enough :-)

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message 29: by Tim (last edited May 10, 2021 05:16AM) (new)

May 10, 2021 05:11AM

I was sorry to see just now my book, `Blood River’ vanish from this list. Apologies to the 90 odd members who voted for it. I am trying to work out where those votes went. We authors are rightly not allowed to put our own books on lists like this, nor can we vote for them. So, to the kind supporter who first put the book on this list, a particular apology. And to anyone who might help me better understand why the book was removed, please message me, privately if you prefer. I would love to avoid similar mistakes in the future and to learn if I have done anything wrong. With best wishes to all who make GoodReads an important hub for readers, writers and bibliophiles, author Tim Butcher

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