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by J. R. R. Tolkien

95,107 members

1,194 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by George Orwell

82,472 members

1,276 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

3

Pride and Prejudice

81,239 members

1,372 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

4

To Kill a Mockingbird

78,948 members

1,434 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

5

The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

72,617 members

1,176 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

6

The Catcher in the Rye

by J. D. Salinger

69,855 members

1,086 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

7

by George Orwell

60,437 members

892 reviews

4

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

8

The Fellowship of the Ring

by J. R. R. Tolkien

55,102 members

490 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

9

by Ray Bradbury

54,277 members

1,006 reviews

4

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

10

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

54,204 members

774 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

11

Wuthering Heights

by Emily Brontë

52,356 members

708 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

12

by J. R. R. Tolkien

48,742 members

310 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

13

The Return of the King

by J. R. R. Tolkien

47,109 members

285 reviews

½ 4.5

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

14

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

44,519 members

1,334 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

15

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

43,288 members

520 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

16

The Handmaid's Tale

by Margaret Atwood

42,681 members

1,149 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

17

The Picture of Dorian Gray

39,795 members

638 reviews

4

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

18

Of Mice and Men

by John Steinbeck

39,336 members

666 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

19

Sense and Sensibility

38,393 members

530 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

20

35,729 members

630 reviews

4

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

21

The Secret Garden

by Frances Hodgson Burnett

35,721 members

561 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

22

The Grapes of Wrath

by John Steinbeck

34,515 members

478 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

23

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

33,164 members

328 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

24

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

by Lewis Carroll

27,363 members

482 reviews

4

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

25

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

25,211 members

454 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

26

by Richard Adams

25,035 members

473 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

27

A Christmas Carol

by Charles Dickens

24,934 members

528 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

28

by Truman Capote

23,880 members

467 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

29

Heart of Darkness

by Joseph Conrad

23,729 members

390 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

30

by Stephen King

23,323 members

453 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

31

The Sun Also Rises

by Ernest Hemingway

23,055 members

339 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

32

by Toni Morrison

23,024 members

409 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

33

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

by L. Frank Baum

22,196 members

424 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

34

The Canterbury Tales

by Geoffrey Chaucer

22,113 members

169 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

35

by Stephen King

22,097 members

411 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

36

Things Fall Apart

by Chinua Achebe

20,816 members

435 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

37

The Call of the Wild

20,307 members

324 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

38

The Color Purple

by Alice Walker

19,880 members

342 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

39

19,248 members

494 reviews

½ 4.3

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

40

Gulliver's Travels

by Jonathan Swift

17,935 members

170 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

41

The Joy Luck Club

17,671 members

199 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

42

The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

by Robert Louis Stevenson

17,239 members

318 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

43

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle

15,802 members

251 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

44

The Hound of the Baskervilles

by Arthur Conan Doyle

15,445 members

303 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

45

14,922 members

202 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

46

2001: A Space Odyssey

by Arthur C. Clarke

13,418 members

209 reviews

4

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

47

by Michael Cunningham

12,765 members

232 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

48

The Metamorphosis

12,610 members

222 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

49

The Invisible Man

10,989 members

255 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

50

by Stephen King

9,930 members

139 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

51

by Stephen King

8,573 members

197 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

52

Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There

by Lewis Carroll

7,892 members

127 reviews

4

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

53

A Study in Scarlet

by Arthur Conan Doyle

7,837 members

315 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

54

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

6,742 members

90 reviews

4

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

55

The Prince of Tides

5,842 members

110 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

56

The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle

5,197 members

86 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

57

The Sign of Four

by Arthur Conan Doyle

5,095 members

171 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

58

Rosemary's Baby

4,663 members

139 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

59

The Return of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle

4,473 members

60 reviews

4.1

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

60

The Valley of Fear

by Arthur Conan Doyle

3,064 members

80 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

61

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

by Arthur Conan Doyle

2,934 members

45 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

62

by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

2,536 members

49 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

63

by Stephen King

998 members

19 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

64

The Lilies of the Field

by William E. Barrett

823 members

16 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

65

Lord of the Flies

by William Golding

49,932 members

749 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

66

A Tale of Two Cities

by Charles Dickens

36,902 members

457 reviews

3.9

Member: ahef1963

67

by Herman Melville

35,676 members

545 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

68

The Old Man and the Sea

by Ernest Hemingway

30,881 members

508 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

69

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

30,684 members

453 reviews

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

70

by Louisa May Alcott

26,684 members

402 reviews

4

Member: ahef1963

71

A Clockwork Orange

by Anthony Burgess

26,003 members

389 reviews

4

Member: ahef1963

72

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

24,271 members

298 reviews

4.1

Member: ahef1963

73

by Dante Alighieri

24,133 members

213 reviews

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

74

20,002 members

238 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

75

For Whom the Bell Tolls

by Ernest Hemingway

19,064 members

186 reviews

3.9

Member: ahef1963

76

Flowers for Algernon

by Daniel Keyes

15,916 members

383 reviews

4.1

Member: ahef1963

77

by Stephen King

15,451 members

208 reviews

4

Member: ahef1963

78

The World According to Garp

15,347 members

198 reviews

4.1

Member: ahef1963

79

Franny and Zooey

by J. D. Salinger

14,892 members

171 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

80

by Stephen King

14,709 members

292 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

81

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

14,264 members

179 reviews

3.9

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

82

American Psycho

by Bret Easton Ellis

13,992 members

290 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

83

Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl

12,757 members

242 reviews

4.1

Member: ahef1963

84

by Stephen King

12,456 members

165 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: ahef1963

85

by Stephen King

11,728 members

454 reviews

3.8

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

86

by John Grisham

11,584 members

114 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

87

No Country for Old Men

by Cormac McCarthy

11,169 members

292 reviews

4

Member: ahef1963

88

The Pelican Brief

by John Grisham

11,106 members

83 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ahef1963

89

10,566 members

190 reviews

4.2

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

90

by John Grisham

10,191 members

68 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: ahef1963

91

The Autobiography of Malcolm X

9,839 members

124 reviews

½ 4.3

Member: ahef1963

92

The Underground Railroad

by Colson Whitehead

9,065 members

455 reviews

4

Member: ahef1963

93

by Stephen King

8,950 members

91 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: ahef1963

94

Of Human Bondage

by W. Somerset Maugham

8,500 members

146 reviews

4.1

Member: ahef1963

95

by Dante Alighieri

7,289 members

50 reviews

4.1

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

96

Revolutionary Road

by Richard Yates

6,818 members

247 reviews

4

Member: ahef1963

97

The French Lieutenant's Woman

6,564 members

108 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

98

by Stephen King

6,557 members

342 reviews

3.8

Member: ahef1963

99

by Dante Alighieri

6,215 members

44 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

100

The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother

by James McBride

6,160 members

115 reviews

4

Member: ManWithAnAgenda

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