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Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 84 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,340,100 ratings — published 1897
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 84 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,685,769 ratings — published 1818
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 82 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,651,086 ratings — published 1890
Pride & Prejudice (Masterpiece Library Edition)
by (shelved 75 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.29 — 4,424,251 ratings — published 1813
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,171,719 ratings — published 1847
The Time Machine (Paperback)
by (shelved 68 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.89 — 536,445 ratings — published 1895
Treasure Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 66 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.85 — 511,118 ratings — published 1882
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,289,763 ratings — published 1884
A Christmas Carol (Paperback)
by (shelved 66 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.08 — 863,303 ratings — published 1843
The Count of Monte Cristo (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.31 — 951,671 ratings — published 1844
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)
by (shelved 57 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.00 — 473,553 ratings — published 1900
Little Women (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,311,907 ratings — published 1868
The Three Musketeers (Paperback)
by (shelved 54 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.09 — 334,039 ratings — published 1844
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
by (shelved 54 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,028,085 ratings — published 1908
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.83 — 614,246 ratings — published 1886
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Paperback)
by (shelved 53 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.92 — 965,195 ratings — published 1876
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 52 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,888,567 ratings — published 1847
Great Expectations (Paperback)
by (shelved 49 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.79 — 829,470 ratings — published 1861
Don Quixote (Paperback)
by (shelved 48 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.90 — 284,181 ratings — published 1605
The Secret Garden (Hardcover)
by (shelved 48 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.16 — 1,218,287 ratings — published 1911
Gulliver’s Travels (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.58 — 283,626 ratings — published 1726
A Tale of Two Cities (Paperback)
by (shelved 47 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.87 — 972,639 ratings — published 1859
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 46 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.55 — 582,025 ratings — published 1851
Oliver Twist (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.88 — 406,018 ratings — published 1838
The Metamorphosis (Paperback)
by (shelved 44 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,215,371 ratings — published 1915
Crime and Punishment (Paperback)
by (shelved 43 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.27 — 959,002 ratings — published 1866
Robinson Crusoe (Hardcover)
by (shelved 43 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.68 — 315,797 ratings — published 1719
Les Misérables (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.21 — 815,374 ratings — published 1862
The War of the Worlds (Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.83 — 327,211 ratings — published 1898
The Invisible Man (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 42 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.63 — 202,807 ratings — published 1897
Peter Pan (Hardcover)
by (shelved 41 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.04 — 356,696 ratings — published 1911
Emma (Paperback)
by (shelved 41 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.05 — 917,437 ratings — published 1815
The Scarlet Letter (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.44 — 884,540 ratings — published 1850
David Copperfield (Paperback)
by (shelved 40 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.04 — 245,998 ratings — published 1850
Sense and Sensibility (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,232,071 ratings — published 1811
War and Peace (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.16 — 342,291 ratings — published 1869
The Odyssey (Paperback)
by (shelved 39 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,119,413 ratings — published -700
The Island of Dr. Moreau (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 38 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.73 — 126,008 ratings — published 1896
Persuasion (Paperback)
by (shelved 38 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.15 — 727,185 ratings — published 1817
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
by (shelved 37 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.14 — 464,386 ratings — published 1887
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
by (shelved 37 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.89 — 262,409 ratings — published 1869
The Importance of Being Earnest (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.17 — 383,226 ratings — published 1895
Heart of Darkness (Paperback)
by (shelved 37 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.43 — 528,969 ratings — published 1899
Hamlet (Paperback)
by (shelved 36 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.02 — 989,232 ratings — published 1601
Northanger Abbey (Paperback)
by (shelved 35 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.85 — 418,970 ratings — published 1817
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.24 — 214,425 ratings — published 1812
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,466,474 ratings — published 1925
The Wind in the Willows (Paperback)
by (shelved 34 times as public-domain)
avg rating 4.02 — 227,620 ratings — published 1908
Around the World in Eighty Days (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.94 — 260,877 ratings — published 1872
Candide (Paperback)
by (shelved 33 times as public-domain)
avg rating 3.76 — 285,327 ratings — published 1759
“The public domain is the basis for our art, our science, and our self-understanding. It is the raw material from which we make new inventions and create new cultural works.”
― The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind
― The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind
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― The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind
― The Public Domain: Enclosing the Commons of the Mind
