Discover new books on Goodreads
Meet your next favorite book
Sign in with Facebook
You know when you're reading and all these things are happening and they don't make sense and then suddenly everything comes together in one glorious moment and it's beautiful? These books have that.
Score
A book’s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book.
| 1 |
|
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
by
Mitch Albom (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 791,306 ratings
score: 273,
and
3 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 2 |
|
The Way of Shadows (Night Angel, #1)
by
Brent Weeks (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 175,767 ratings
score: 195,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 3 |
|
We Were Liars
by
E. Lockhart (Goodreads Author)
3.65 avg rating — 1,357,361 ratings
score: 193,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 4 |
|
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
by
4.20 avg rating — 715,263 ratings
score: 185,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 5 |
|
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
by
Patrick Rothfuss (Goodreads Author)
4.52 avg rating — 1,064,925 ratings
score: 182,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 6 |
|
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
by
4.58 avg rating — 4,747,136 ratings
score: 179,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 7 |
|
The Hours
by
Michael Cunningham (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 147,765 ratings
score: 171,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 8 |
|
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
by
4.24 avg rating — 1,971,242 ratings
score: 168,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 9 |
|
Looking for Alaska
by
John Green (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 1,730,141 ratings
score: 166,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 10 |
|
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
by
4.28 avg rating — 324,049 ratings
score: 165,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 11 |
|
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
by
4.35 avg rating — 4,076,520 ratings
score: 160,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 12 |
|
The False Prince (Ascendance, #1)
by
Jennifer A. Nielsen (Goodreads Author)
4.24 avg rating — 107,952 ratings
score: 154,
and
2 people voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 13 |
|
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency (Dirk Gently, #1)
by
3.97 avg rating — 147,609 ratings
score: 100,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 14 |
|
Throne of Glass (Throne of Glass, #1)
by
Sarah J. Maas (Goodreads Author)
4.18 avg rating — 2,288,177 ratings
score: 99,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 15 |
|
K-PAX The Trilogy (K-PAX, #1-3)
by
4.13 avg rating — 1,407 ratings
score: 98,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 16 |
|
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
by
Brandon Sanderson (Goodreads Author)
4.49 avg rating — 932,070 ratings
score: 97,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 17 |
|
Heir to the Empire (Star Wars: The Thrawn Trilogy, #1)
by
Timothy Zahn (Goodreads Author)
4.17 avg rating — 101,471 ratings
score: 96,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 18 |
|
The Solitaire Mystery
by
4.18 avg rating — 27,094 ratings
score: 93,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 19 |
|
The Blind Assassin
by
Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author)
3.96 avg rating — 162,381 ratings
score: 92,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 20 |
|
City of Golden Shadow (Otherland, #1)
by
Tad Williams (Goodreads Author)
3.93 avg rating — 28,632 ratings
score: 91,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 21 |
|
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
by
4.17 avg rating — 3,409,745 ratings
score: 90,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 22 |
|
A Song of Ice and Fire (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1-4)
by
4.63 avg rating — 48,116 ratings
score: 89,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 23 |
|
The 5th Wave (The 5th Wave, #1)
by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 477,140 ratings
score: 87,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 24 |
|
Cloud Atlas
by
4.01 avg rating — 265,038 ratings
score: 85,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 25 |
|
The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes
by
Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author)
4.25 avg rating — 272,666 ratings
score: 84,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 26 |
|
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)
by
Lemony Snicket (Goodreads Author)
4.02 avg rating — 564,184 ratings
score: 83,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 27 |
|
The Ghosts of Heaven
by
3.72 avg rating — 3,784 ratings
score: 81,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 28 |
|
Where Things Come Back
by
3.80 avg rating — 21,281 ratings
score: 80,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 29 |
|
A Tale of Two Cities / Great Expectations
by
4.02 avg rating — 17,504 ratings
score: 79,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 30 |
|
The Knife of Never Letting Go (Chaos Walking, #1)
by
3.98 avg rating — 203,223 ratings
score: 78,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 31 |
|
Seraphina (Seraphina, #1)
by
Rachel Hartman (Goodreads Author)
3.94 avg rating — 89,064 ratings
score: 77,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 32 |
|
Shadow Scale (Seraphina, #2)
by
Rachel Hartman (Goodreads Author)
3.75 avg rating — 21,925 ratings
score: 76,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 33 |
|
Redwall (Redwall, #1)
by
4.14 avg rating — 127,811 ratings
score: 74,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 34 |
|
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by
4.22 avg rating — 1,990,105 ratings
score: 73,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 35 |
|
The Thirteenth Tale
by
Diane Setterfield (Goodreads Author)
3.98 avg rating — 324,749 ratings
score: 72,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 36 |
|
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
by
Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author)
4.12 avg rating — 2,764,198 ratings
score: 70,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 37 |
|
Sea of Poppies (Ibis Trilogy, #1)
by
3.97 avg rating — 29,469 ratings
score: 67,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 38 |
|
The All-Girl Filling Station's Last Reunion
by
4.03 avg rating — 56,388 ratings
score: 65,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 39 |
|
Bleak House
by
4.02 avg rating — 113,149 ratings
score: 64,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 40 |
|
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
by
Jonathan Safran Foer (Goodreads Author)
3.97 avg rating — 433,421 ratings
score: 63,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 41 |
|
The Alchemyst (The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, #1)
by
Michael Scott (Goodreads Author)
3.86 avg rating — 166,470 ratings
score: 61,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 42 |
|
I'll Give You the Sun
by
Jandy Nelson (Goodreads Author)
4.15 avg rating — 355,535 ratings
score: 60,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 43 |
|
Strong Poison (Lord Peter Wimsey, #6)
by
4.14 avg rating — 33,146 ratings
score: 59,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 44 |
|
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
by
4.14 avg rating — 310,631 ratings
score: 58,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 45 |
|
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
by
3.95 avg rating — 336,193 ratings
score: 57,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 46 |
|
Holes (Holes, #1)
by
Louis Sachar (Goodreads Author)
4.01 avg rating — 1,347,486 ratings
score: 56,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 47 |
|
The Book Thief
by
Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author)
4.39 avg rating — 2,834,552 ratings
score: 55,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 48 |
|
Time in a Bottle: The Resonance
by
Raymond Rice (Goodreads Author)
it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
score: 53,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
| 49 |
|
Pandora's Star (Commonwealth Saga, #1)
by
Peter F. Hamilton (Goodreads Author)
4.23 avg rating — 53,281 ratings
score: 52,
and
1 person voted
|
Error rating book. Refresh and try again.
Rate this book
Clear rating
|
People Who Voted On This List (5)
Anyone can add books to this list.
How to Vote
To vote on existing books from the list, beside each book there is a link vote for this book clicking it will add that book to your votes.
To vote on books not in the list or books you couldn't find in the list, you can click on the tab add books to this list and then choose from your books, or simply search.
