Colin's votes on the list 100 Best Literary Fiction Books

Listopia > Colin's votes on the list 100 Best Literary Fiction Books (81 Books)

1	To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 4.26 avg rating — 6,835,398 ratings "Pulitzer Prize Winner 1961." Colin rated it 4 stars See Review	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	Night by Elie Wiesel 4.38 avg rating — 1,356,441 ratings Colin rated it 5 stars See Review	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 4.20 avg rating — 5,409,504 ratings Colin rated it 5 stars See Review	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 Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 2,400,754 ratings Colin added it to to-read See Review	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	The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author) 4.39 avg rating — 2,860,546 ratings Colin rated it 4 stars See Review	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	The Giver (The Giver, #1) by Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 2,789,959 ratings Colin added it See Review	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	Dracula by Bram Stoker 4.02 avg rating — 1,465,885 ratings Colin added it to to-read See Review	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	Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 4.31 avg rating — 1,254,326 ratings	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	Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens (Goodreads Author) 4.37 avg rating — 3,586,934 ratings Colin added it to to-read See Review	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	All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 1,958,095 ratings "Pulitzer Prize winner 2015."	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	Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 4.10 avg rating — 1,476,952 ratings Colin added it to to-read See Review	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	Animal Farm by George Orwell 4.02 avg rating — 4,507,390 ratings Colin rated it 5 stars See Review	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	Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 3.90 avg rating — 1,866,550 ratings	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	Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 3.97 avg rating — 2,810,583 ratings	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	Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 3.90 avg rating — 2,815,779 ratings Colin added it to to-read See Review	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	The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger 3.80 avg rating — 3,872,485 ratings	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	The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 4.32 avg rating — 1,017,295 ratings Colin added it to to-read See Review	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	Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 4.10 avg rating — 926,291 ratings Colin added it to to-read See Review	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	War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 4.17 avg rating — 364,233 ratings Colin added it to to-read See Review	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	Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4.29 avg rating — 1,069,702 ratings Colin added it to to-read See Review	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	Les Miserables by Victor Hugo 4.21 avg rating — 840,869 ratings Colin added it to to-read See Review	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	The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath 4.05 avg rating — 1,208,226 ratings Colin added it to to-read See Review	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	The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux 3.96 avg rating — 275,741 ratings Colin added it to to-read See Review	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 Color Purple by Alice Walker 4.28 avg rating — 749,476 ratings "Pulitzer Prize winner 1983" Colin added it to to-read See Review	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	The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4.39 avg rating — 383,342 ratings Colin added it to to-read See Review	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	To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf 3.81 avg rating — 213,578 ratings Colin added it to to-read See Review	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	Letters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria Rilke 4.27 avg rating — 120,795 ratings	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	The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 4.03 avg rating — 989,787 ratings "Pulitzer Prize winner 1940."	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	Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami 4.12 avg rating — 544,963 ratings Colin added it to to-read See Review	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	The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway 3.81 avg rating — 1,303,234 ratings "Pulitzer Prize winner 1953"	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	The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 3.96 avg rating — 1,034,702 ratings "Pulitzer Prize winner 2014." Colin added it to to-read See Review	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	Giovanni’s Room by James Baldwin 4.34 avg rating — 247,833 ratings Colin added it to to-read See Review	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	A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce 3.64 avg rating — 163,626 ratings	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 Lord of the Rings Trilogy: Pt1, Pt2 & Pt3: by J. R. R Tolkien and read by Rob Inglis ( 3 Complete and Unabridged Audiobooks on CD 46CDs) by J.R.R. Tolkien 4.54 avg rating — 728,065 ratings	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	One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez 4.12 avg rating — 1,097,826 ratings Colin added it to to-read See Review	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	The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 850,725 ratings Colin added it See Review	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	Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell 4.01 avg rating — 266,863 ratings Colin added it to to-read See Review	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	Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace 4.25 avg rating — 101,012 ratings	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	In the Time of the Butterflies by Julia Alvarez (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 79,138 ratings	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 Idiot by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4.21 avg rating — 215,671 ratings Colin added it to to-read See Review	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 Overstory by Richard Powers 4.11 avg rating — 194,666 ratings "Pulitzer Prize winner 2019."	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	Daisy Jones & The Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid (Goodreads Author) 4.20 avg rating — 1,834,447 ratings Colin added it See Review	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 Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead (Goodreads Author) 4.06 avg rating — 442,934 ratings "Pulitzer Prize winner 2017." Colin added it to to-read See Review	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	Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 4.31 avg rating — 410,641 ratings	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	The Little Paris Bookshop by Nina George (Goodreads Author) 3.50 avg rating — 106,764 ratings	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	The Stranger by Albert Camus 4.03 avg rating — 1,384,208 ratings Colin added it to to-read See Review	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	Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel (Goodreads Author) 4.07 avg rating — 608,832 ratings Colin added it to to-read See Review	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	Before We Were Yours by Lisa Wingate (Goodreads Author) 4.40 avg rating — 720,118 ratings	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	The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco 4.14 avg rating — 394,056 ratings	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 Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin 4.10 avg rating — 218,599 ratings Colin added it to to-read See Review	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	Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5; Karla Trilogy, #1) by John le Carré 4.06 avg rating — 105,096 ratings	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	A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 4.09 avg rating — 928,967 ratings	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	Stoner by John Williams 4.35 avg rating — 243,412 ratings	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 Lady with the Little Dog by Anton Chekhov 3.70 avg rating — 10,882 ratings	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	Ulysses by James Joyce 3.76 avg rating — 137,453 ratings	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	The Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy 4.12 avg rating — 17,073 ratings	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	The Plague by Albert Camus 4.02 avg rating — 312,498 ratings	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	The Night Watchman by Louise Erdrich 4.08 avg rating — 92,920 ratings "Pulitzer Prize winner 2021"	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	The Nickel Boys by Colson Whitehead (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 305,442 ratings "Pulitzer Prize winner 2020"	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 Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7) by C.S. Lewis 4.28 avg rating — 705,194 ratings Colin rated it 5 stars See Review	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	The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson 4.07 avg rating — 103,996 ratings "Pulitzer Prize winner 2013"	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	Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri 4.18 avg rating — 205,839 ratings "Pulitzer Prize winner 2000."	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	The Road by Cormac McCarthy really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,029,838 ratings "Pulitzer Prize winner 2007."	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	Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides 4.04 avg rating — 662,310 ratings "Pulitzer Prize winner 2003."	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	The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon 4.19 avg rating — 212,219 ratings "Pulitzer Prize winner 2001"	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	Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) by Toni Morrison 3.98 avg rating — 488,175 ratings "Pulitzer Prize winner 1988"	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	Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1) by Larry McMurtry 4.57 avg rating — 237,015 ratings "Pulitzer Prize winner 1986"	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	The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer 4.05 avg rating — 23,225 ratings "Pulitzer Prize winner 1980"	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 Stories of John Cheever by John Cheever 4.26 avg rating — 15,751 ratings "Pulitzer Prize winner 1979"	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	The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2) by Michael Shaara 4.33 avg rating — 91,618 ratings "Pulitzer Prize winner 1975"	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 Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk 4.29 avg rating — 26,858 ratings "Pulitzer Prize winner 1952"	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	All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren 4.09 avg rating — 66,520 ratings "Pulitzer Prize winner 1947."	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	The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings 4.04 avg rating — 30,458 ratings "Pulitzer Prize winner 1939."	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	Homeless Bird by Gloria Whelan 4.01 avg rating — 14,840 ratings "National Book Award Winner."	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	Shuggie Bain by Douglas Stuart (Goodreads Author) 4.30 avg rating — 189,550 ratings "Booker prize winner 2020"	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	Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo 4.26 avg rating — 263,197 ratings "Booker prize winner"	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	The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan 4.04 avg rating — 62,894 ratings "Booker Prize winner"	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	Bring Up the Bodies (Thomas Cromwell, #2) by Hilary Mantel 4.30 avg rating — 104,560 ratings "Booker Prize winner"	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	The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver 4.11 avg rating — 791,146 ratings Colin added it to to-read See Review	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	Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 846,916 ratings	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 Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov 4.28 avg rating — 417,022 ratings Colin added it to to-read See Review	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