4.28 avg rating — 417,389 ratings

"No work that I have ever read has blended deep spirituality with hi-jinks so well. It really got under under my skin, like a comical nightmare. "

3.89 avg rating — 297,029 ratings

"The first book that turned my world on its head and really showed me what a comic novel/satire could do."

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 767,004 ratings

"An awfully gritty look at modern life in England, so inventive with its slang and prose. What command of the English language. "

3.90 avg rating — 1,410,520 ratings

"Not my favorite Kafka, but it was moving in a truly tragic sense. I did not think it was funny at all, even if most people think its somewhat satirical. It's a gut-wrenching read."

4.20 avg rating — 5,414,693 ratings

"A harrowing, over-used template (iconic), that really, really gets under your flesh and shows you first hand how governments can coerce mass thought. "

4.02 avg rating — 4,511,987 ratings

"Just endearing in its imagination of using animals to satirize contemporary times. "

3.99 avg rating — 2,065,908 ratings

"Wasn't my favorite, but it really shines in its originality of thought. It was one of the first of its kind. "

3.90 avg rating — 2,817,786 ratings

"A touching story about the small clever man having his world uprooted and tenderized by a big-hearted, dumb oaf. "

4.39 avg rating — 1,230,183 ratings

"Simply full of compassion and Christian/Buddhist tenets. "

4.09 avg rating — 725,968 ratings

"A hard to tell real life murder spree done with fine restraint and empathy for two despicable anti-heroes. "