3.80 avg rating — 878,816 ratings

"Wonderful book, goes into the ways we deceive ourselves.
I really was hoping Pip and Estella would get together at the end."

4.44 avg rating — 651,179 ratings

"To be honest, I read this book a very long time ago and I'm looking forward to rereading it."

4.37 avg rating — 890,917 ratings

"This was assigned to my class in one of my college classes 50 years ago. It was a book I'm really glad I read."

4.44 avg rating — 27,534 ratings

"And I recommend reading it in conjunction with the book: The Words We Live By, Written by Linda R Monk."

3.89 avg rating — 1,604,762 ratings

"That brave courageous boy - going out into the wide world despite his handicap.
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4.03 avg rating — 397,080 ratings

"This is another book I read so many decades ago, I'll want to reread it."

4.58 avg rating — 1,051,702 ratings

"The final book of the trilogy. First read it when I was in Junior High."

4.30 avg rating — 217,568 ratings

"Two books, two warnings. Incidentally, Murakami's books 1Q84 is also of the same title as 1984, since the sound Q means 9 in Japanese."

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 515,357 ratings

"Young girl travels to distant land and kills the first person she meets. Later she accepts contract from the Godfather of Emerald City - and the slaughter continues."

4.50 avg rating — 1,137,662 ratings

"Second Book of the Lord of the Ring Trilogy. You find out what Ents are."

3.94 avg rating — 581,604 ratings

"Per Neil Gaiman: who was this play written for? Possibly not for the humans."

4.15 avg rating — 784,478 ratings

"So far my favorite of the Austen novels, though I haven't read Emma or North Granger Abby yet."

4.11 avg rating — 1,707,093 ratings

"A wonderful fantasy for us elders (and possibly for others too)."

3.88 avg rating — 430,175 ratings

"Another book I read 50 years ago and need to reread."

4.10 avg rating — 1,357,516 ratings

"Among my top 20 books of all time."

3.59 avg rating — 300,299 ratings

"I actually found the last two sections more interesting than the first two better known ones."

3.77 avg rating — 205,172 ratings

"Read this and Civil disobedience in college. Emerson: What are you doing in there (prison), Henry? Thoreau: What are you doing out there?"

4.26 avg rating — 6,937,157 ratings

"Yet another in my top 20 list."

4.20 avg rating — 4,221,589 ratings

"Very sad and very important book about things happening on the sidelines of WWII."

4.39 avg rating — 2,901,216 ratings

"Again, a backdrop to WWII in Europe but with Death narrating. "

4.36 avg rating — 3,518,058 ratings

"Tough book to read. It gives some insight into what has happened in Afghanistan and focuses on a man seeking redemption."

4.21 avg rating — 2,058,815 ratings

"I agree with the farmer who said, "Sounds more like you have an amazing spider than an amazing pig.""

4.30 avg rating — 4,488,043 ratings

"Prequel to the Lord of the Rings. It was sitting next to my dad's chair when I first saw it in the 50s - I picked it up and read it."

4.32 avg rating — 850,998 ratings

""I do not like that Sam I am.""

4.06 avg rating — 612,502 ratings

"A must reread for me as I read it over 50 years ago. If I find it has aged well for me it will join my personal top 20."

3.90 avg rating — 2,158,329 ratings

"The Queen of gothic novels."

4.22 avg rating — 2,028,638 ratings

"You can throw me out of the airlock, but no Vogan poetry - please!"

4.03 avg rating — 1,060,594 ratings

"Holds a certain resemblance to And Then There Were None - at least in terms of body count."

3.83 avg rating — 1,341,460 ratings

"An escaped slave and a boy who doesn't want to have civilization forced on him raft down the Mississippi."

4.21 avg rating — 847,686 ratings

"Jeez, all the fuss over a stolen loaf of bread - another redemption story."

4.29 avg rating — 1,096,865 ratings

"I didn't realize that this was also a love story when I started it."

4.47 avg rating — 3,037,551 ratings

"A good companion read to Gone With the Wind."

4.16 avg rating — 2,117,785 ratings

"An excellent story based in Japan during the late 20s through the late 40s. Not for children."

4.20 avg rating — 589,594 ratings

"Thing one and thing two, where are you when I need you?"

4.03 avg rating — 1,000,898 ratings

"The ending took me by surprise though it was immanently logical. Steinbeck said that he was warned that the growers and police planned to entrap him in a felony for writing this book."

4.26 avg rating — 1,069,032 ratings

"My favorite young children's book."

3.92 avg rating — 1,024,774 ratings

"Tom and Huck get rich. "

3.94 avg rating — 1,760,769 ratings

"While I'm skeptical (like the authorities in the book), I agree with the interviewer at the end - I prefer the story with the tiger in it."

3.88 avg rating — 1,017,410 ratings

"On of the all time great openings for a novel."

3.91 avg rating — 1,918,499 ratings

"The ending helps to make this book a favorite. A must read."

4.38 avg rating — 396,874 ratings

"What can one say, but "you silly pooh bear.""

4.41 avg rating — 3,175,791 ratings

"The start of the Lord of the Rings Trilogy. "My precious, my precious.""

4.10 avg rating — 1,492,285 ratings

"Subtitled "The Children's Crusade." Thus one of the two greatest WWII novels is born."

3.99 avg rating — 890,538 ratings

"The other greatest WWII novel."

4.13 avg rating — 213,408 ratings

"Camelot from the women's point of view - and a very lively point of view it is."

4.20 avg rating — 740,472 ratings

"Poirot: There are two ways I can interpret my findings."

4.04 avg rating — 665,535 ratings

"An extremely involving and educational novel. I heartily recommend it to everyone who thinks there's only two sexes - and everyone else too."

4.09 avg rating — 267,801 ratings

"He begins with explaining his particular prejudice in writing History"

4.28 avg rating — 328,298 ratings

"I think this is the most entertaining feminist novel I've read."

4.02 avg rating — 242,174 ratings

"Another way to look at this is 4 dudes down in the hood helping and defending each other. Mole, Water Rat, Badger and Toad. And no, this isn't just a children's book."

4.04 avg rating — 460,823 ratings

"This book enlightens one about why the human world is the way it is. Sadly, I suspect the people who most need to read this book won't open it."

4.05 avg rating — 260,515 ratings

"Some elements of this are auto-biographical. Overall the book transcends that though."

4.16 avg rating — 287,553 ratings

"I think this is Ray Bradbury's consummate book, even more so than Fahrenheit 451."

4.13 avg rating — 217,741 ratings

"My favorite Hesse book."

4.17 avg rating — 196,676 ratings

"A difficult novel, but it's well worth the effort."

4.21 avg rating — 220,456 ratings

"My introduction to Dostoevsky's work was from Kurasawa's movie, The Idiot, when I was in college."

4.06 avg rating — 155,880 ratings

"Yet another book with an amazing opening."

3.87 avg rating — 106,548 ratings

"Don't think I've ever enjoyed a grammar book as much as I enjoyed this."

4.12 avg rating — 174,632 ratings

"A possible answer to the questions: What does it all mean and Where are we headed?"

4.02 avg rating — 114,791 ratings

"Civil courts and English society from the point of view of a young woman born out of wedlock."

4.05 avg rating — 44,411 ratings

"This book initiated me into my love of history."

4.01 avg rating — 54,506 ratings

"A later and lesser known book of Steinbeck's involving personal ambition and responsibility"

3.86 avg rating — 116,274 ratings

""Why didn't you help me."
"I let another man play his own hand, I ain't no kibitzer."

3.88 avg rating — 110,247 ratings

"Lisa is clearly the protagonist and the person who moves the story forward."

4.26 avg rating — 218,896 ratings

"An amusing and interesting book, but a fascinating person."

3.96 avg rating — 195,608 ratings

"This and Measure for Measure are my favorite Shakespeare comedies."

4.19 avg rating — 67,881 ratings

"If you haven't read any Plato, this is a good place to start."

4.01 avg rating — 16,211 ratings

"The end all be all book of conspiracy theory - with satire."

4.07 avg rating — 201,035 ratings

"Women's liberation comes to the Hidden University."

4.18 avg rating — 3,465,582 ratings

"Lisbeth is one of the most interesting and original protagonists I've ever encountered."

3.94 avg rating — 400,871 ratings

"A fictional representation of the fears we all face when confronting modern bureaucracy."

3.98 avg rating — 52,146 ratings

"A woman's journey to the discovery and development of her humanity."

3.73 avg rating — 136,241 ratings

"If he'd written it 60 years later he could have used genetic modification like Cordwainer Smith did. Loved that he had his altered animal-people invent their own religion."

4.16 avg rating — 94,589 ratings

"What can one say. I love seeing the knight dragon meme being turned on its head, and Pat does it so well."

4.10 avg rating — 10,690 ratings

"An under appreciated classic."

3.93 avg rating — 39,175 ratings

""What are you doing in there, (jail) Henry?" "What are you doing out there, Ralph?""

4.12 avg rating — 185,503 ratings

"What if they (aliens) come but have no interest in us?"

3.94 avg rating — 129,394 ratings

"Fascinating SF story with a lot of original elements. Love the very advanced but cowardly Pierson's Puppeteers."

4.30 avg rating — 121,257 ratings

"The beginning of the wonderful Tiffany Aching subseries within Pratchett's Ringworld series. One of my favorites of his stories."

4.04 avg rating — 61,077 ratings

"Actually a long series of novels using the parallel worlds hypothesis. The beings at the center aren't, by our standards, too ethical."

4.05 avg rating — 35,732 ratings

"roger Zelazny's grand masterpiece."

4.44 avg rating — 3,815 ratings

"France not long after the Revolutionary and Napoleonic periods with a fascinating array of characters."

4.30 avg rating — 585,327 ratings

"Follows the life of a young southern black girl and her many misadventures. And it's good reading too."

4.25 avg rating — 9,874 ratings

3.93 avg rating — 19,553 ratings