Top 100 Favorites

#2

The Hobbit & The Lord of the Rings

#0-3 of 3 in The Lord of the Rings

1955 • 185 Readers • 1,554 pages 4.5

#3

Anna Karenina

1877 • 1,198 Readers • 1,480 pages 4

#4

Infinite Jest

1996 • 779 Readers • 1,079 pages 4.2

#5

East of Eden

1952 • 1,129 Readers • 601 pages 4.5

#6

Dune

#1 of 8 in Dune

1965 • 4,094 Readers • 704 pages 4.3

#7

Cat's Cradle

1963 • 985 Readers • 192 pages 4.1

#8

A Confederacy of Dunces

1980 • 503 Readers • 374 pages 3.9

#9

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

#1 of 6 in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

1979 • 3,164 Readers • 215 pages 4.2

#10

1984

1949 • 4,968 Readers • 352 pages 4.2

#11

Blindness

#1 of 2 in Blindness

1995 • 561 Readers • 349 pages 4

#12

The Grapes of Wrath

1939 • 1,071 Readers • 496 pages 3.8

#13

Fahrenheit 451

1953 • 3,159 Readers • 227 pages 3.9

#14

The Hobbit

Middle-earth Legendarium

1937 • 3,596 Readers 4.3

#15

A Prayer for Owen Meany

1989 • 323 Readers • 636 pages 4.1

#16

Watchmen

#1 of 12 in Watchmen

1987 • 1,153 Readers • 415 pages 4.4

#17

Ender's Game

#1 of 6 in Ender's Saga

1985 • 2,255 Readers • 256 pages 4.3

#18

To Kill a Mockingbird

1960 • 3,147 Readers • 309 pages 4.2

#19

The Great Gatsby

1920 • 2,806 Readers • 180 pages 3.7

#20

Breakfast of Champions

1973 • 529 Readers • 322 pages 3.9

#21

Fight Club

#1 of 2 in Fight Club

1996 • 1,066 Readers • 224 pages 4.1

#22

Stranger in a Strange Land

#1 of 1 in Stranger in a Strange Land

1961 • 767 Readers • 422 pages 3.7

#23

Flowers for Algernon

19 • 1,461 Readers • 311 pages 4.3

#24

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

AATSEEL

1962 • 197 Readers • 104 pages 3.9

#25

The Silmarillion

Middle-earth Universe

1977 • 817 Readers • 481 pages 4

#26

The Screwtape Letters

397 Readers 4.2

#27

The Left Hand of Darkness

#4 of 9 in Hainish Cycle

1969 • 1,149 Readers • 267 pages 4

#28

The Good Earth

#1 of 3 in House of Earth

1931 • 191 Readers • 385 pages 3.8

#29

Brave New World

1930 • 2,607 Readers • 332 pages 3.9

#30

The Pillars of the Earth

#1 of 4 in Kingsbridge

1800 • 881 Readers • 1,008 pages 4.1

#31

Animal Farm

1945 • 3,492 Readers • 122 pages 4.1

#32

A Wrinkle in Time

#1 of 5 in Time Quintet

1962 • 1,210 Readers • 247 pages 3.8

#33

Slaughterhouse 5

Critical Insights

1968 • 2,065 Readers • 292 pages 4.1

#34

Of Mice and Men

1869 • 1,875 Readers • 162 pages 3.8

#35

Lord of the Flies

1854 • 2,356 Readers • 208 pages 3.5

#36

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

1962 • 864 Readers • 336 pages 4.1

#37

The Chronicles of Narnia

#1 of 7 in The Chronicles of Narnia (Publication Order)

1955 • 622 Readers • 799 pages 4.1

#38

The Fountainhead

1943 • 388 Readers • 745 pages 3.5

#39

The Stand

1978 • 1,359 Readers • 1,553 pages 4.2

#40

The Old Man and the Sea

1952 • 1,320 Readers • 96 pages 3.7

#41

The Sound and the Fury

1929 • 392 Readers • 326 pages 3.7

#42

Moby-Dick or, the Whale

1851 • 844 Readers • 1,484 pages 3.6

#43

The Brothers Karamazov

19 • 1,100 Readers • 796 pages 4.4

#44

The ingenious hidalgo Don Quixote de la Mancha

#1 of 2 in Don Quijote de la Mancha

1605 • 777 Readers • 1,023 pages 3.9

#45

Les Misérables

#1 of 3 in Les Misérables

7 • 746 Readers • 1,378 pages 4.2

#46

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

#2 of 4 in Adventures of Tom and Huck

1876 • 1,098 Readers • 327 pages 3.6

#47

Crime and Punishment

19 • 1,764 Readers • 602 pages 4.3

#48

Candide

1738 • 456 Readers • 208 pages 3.8

#49

The Foundation Trilogy: Foundation, Second Foundation, Foundation And Empire

#1-3 of 7 in Foundation (Publication Order)

1950 • 296 Readers • 615 pages 4.2

#50

Fierce Invalids Home From Hot Climates

2000 • 27 Readers • 464 pages 3.3

#51

John Adams

2001 • 166 Readers • 751 pages 4.3

#52

The Road to Serfdom

2013 • 66 Readers • 83 pages 4.3

#53

The Law

1849 • 34 Readers 4.8

#54

The Elfstones of Shannara

#2 of 2 in The Original Shannara Trilogy

1982 • 49 Readers • 458 pages 3.8

#55

Anthem

1936 • 227 Readers • 48 pages 3.5

#56

The Eye of the World

#1 of 14 in The Wheel of Time

1990 • 1,715 Readers • 708 pages 4

#57

#58

The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation, books I-II

#1 of 3 in The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956

1973 • 150 Readers • 676 pages 4.4

#60

Consider the Lobster and Other Essays

2005 • 207 Readers • 343 pages 4.3

#61

Cancer Ward

1967 • 44 Readers • 570 pages 4.2

#63

Economics in One Lesson

1946 • 65 Readers • 218 pages 3.3

#64

Pale Fire

1945 • 324 Readers • 282 pages 4.3

#65

The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray

1890 • 1,738 Readers • 260 pages 4

#66

Snow Crash

1992 • 1,316 Readers • 448 pages 3.9

#67

The Name of the Wind

#1 of 3 in The Kingkiller Chronicle

1 • 2,350 Readers • 669 pages 4.4

#68

A Song of Ice and Fire

#1-4 of 7 in A Song of Ice and Fire

2000 • 51 Readers • 4,081 pages 4.6

#69

Towers of Midnight

#13 of 14 in The Wheel of Time

2010 • 486 Readers • 865 pages 4.5

#70

Human Action

1940 • 30 Readers • 690 pages 4.3

#71

Thank You for Smoking

1994 • 6 Readers • 272 pages 4

#72

The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes: A Calvin and Hobbes Treasury

#3 of 8 in The Complete Calvin and Hobbes

1992 • 34 Readers • 256 pages 4.9

#73

Last chapter and worse

#16 of 12 in Far Side Collection

1982 • 20 Readers • 116 pages 4.2

#74

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

2000 • 350 Readers • 966 pages 4.2

#75

Youth in Revolt

#1 of 1 in Youth in Revolt

1993 • 25 Readers • 200 pages 3.8

#76

The Way of Kings

#1 of 10 in The Stormlight Archive

2010 • 2,502 Readers • 1,007 pages 4.6

#77

Old Man's War

#1 of 6 in Old Man's War

2005 • 970 Readers • 320 pages 4.2

#78

11/22/63

11 • 1,293 Readers • 849 pages 4.3

#79

Batman: The Dark Knight Returns

#1 of 4 in The Dark Knight Saga

1986 • 284 Readers • 200 pages 4.1

#80

Royal Assassin

#2 of 3 in The Farseer Trilogy

1996 • 666 Readers • 648 pages 4.3

#81

Frankenstein

181 • 2,227 Readers • 353 pages 3.9

#82

Never Let Me Go

2000 • 1,543 Readers • 282 pages 3.8

#83

The Spy Who Came in from the Cold

#3 of 10 in George Smiley

1963 • 279 Readers • 301 pages 4.1

#84

Ivanhoe

#5 of 3 in Waverley Novels

1819 • 112 Readers • 594 pages 3.7

#85

Cover 2

1985 • 2 Readers 4.5

#86

Estudio en escarlata

#1 of 9 in Sherlock Holmes

1887 • 46 Readers • 152 pages 4.5

#87

The Three Musketeers

#1 of 2 in Les Trois Mousquetaires

198 • 504 Readers • 855 pages 3.9

#88

Treasure Island

Les Classiques illustrés

1847 • 659 Readers • 191 pages 3.7

#89

The Lies of Locke Lamora

#1 of 7 in Gentleman Bastard

2006 • 1,642 Readers • 745 pages 4.3

#90

The Bourne Identity

#1 of 17 in Jason Bourne

1980 • 281 Readers • 610 pages 3.8

#91

Kon Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft

1948 • 51 Readers • 238 pages 4.1

#92

Hawaii

1959 • 35 Readers • 1,036 pages 4.1

#93

The Tell-Tale Heart

1843 • 343 Readers • 25 pages 4.2

#94

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

1999 • 228 Readers • 95 pages 3.4

#95

Hitchcock

1966 • 40 Readers • 368 pages 4.5

#96

Modern Times

1983 • 4 Readers • 870 pages 4

#97

Maus: Un survivant raconte, tome 1: Mon père saigne l'histoire

#1 of 2 in Maus

1980 • 450 Readers • 159 pages 4.5

#98

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

#1 of 4 in Adventures of Tom and Huck

1876 • 828 Readers • 400 pages 3.7

#99

When You Are Engulfed in Flames

2005 • 213 Readers • 308 pages 4

#100

The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York

1974 • 244 Readers • 1,246 pages 4.8

#101

Liberation Day: Stories

2022 • 117 Readers • 257 pages 3.9