True Classics Before 1966

1.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,681 ratings
2.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,059 ratings
3.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,632,801 ratings
4.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,489 ratings
5.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,730,987 ratings
6.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,528 ratings
7.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,602 ratings
8.
Emma
Emma 4.05 avg rating — 950,032 ratings
9.
A Room with a View
A Room with a View 3.90 avg rating — 197,355 ratings
10.
Dracula
Dracula 4.02 avg rating — 1,414,989 ratings
11.
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe 3.68 avg rating — 324,957 ratings
12.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,263 ratings
13.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,074 ratings
14.
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary 3.71 avg rating — 363,631 ratings
15.
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 257,764 ratings
16.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,355,941 ratings
17.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating — 174,966 ratings
18.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,270 ratings
19.
THE HOBBIT
THE HOBBIT 4.29 avg rating — 4,345,626 ratings
20.
Persuasion
Persuasion 4.15 avg rating — 752,779 ratings
21.
A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1)
A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 1,263,332 ratings
22.
Les Misérables
Les Misérables 4.21 avg rating — 830,189 ratings
23.
A Passage to India
A Passage to India 3.68 avg rating — 84,381 ratings
24.
The Wizard of Oz
The Wizard of Oz really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 499,066 ratings
25.
The Time Machine
The Time Machine 3.89 avg rating — 552,900 ratings
25.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina 4.10 avg rating — 906,220 ratings
27.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1) 4.24 avg rating — 3,058,895 ratings
28.
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov 4.38 avg rating — 369,480 ratings
29.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,157 ratings
30.
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men 3.89 avg rating — 2,751,762 ratings
31.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,614 ratings
32.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating — 1,318,874 ratings
33.
Howards End
Howards End 3.96 avg rating — 93,447 ratings
34.
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings 4.54 avg rating — 716,475 ratings
35.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) 4.13 avg rating — 376,277 ratings
36.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,727 ratings
37.
North and South
North and South 4.15 avg rating — 179,577 ratings
38.
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair 3.81 avg rating — 131,955 ratings
39.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations 3.80 avg rating — 857,505 ratings
40.
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3) 4.58 avg rating — 1,004,415 ratings
41.
Candide, of Het optimisme
Candide, of Het optimisme
by: Voltaire
3.76 avg rating — 294,509 ratings
41.
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol 4.09 avg rating — 896,479 ratings
43.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.13 avg rating — 1,782,620 ratings
44.
Moby-Dick
Moby-Dick 3.56 avg rating — 602,756 ratings
45.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating — 1,024,506 ratings
46.
The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers 4.10 avg rating — 340,204 ratings
47.
I, Claudius
I, Claudius 4.24 avg rating — 71,599 ratings
48.
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence 3.97 avg rating — 189,899 ratings
49.
Black Beauty
Black Beauty really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 293,934 ratings
50.
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10) 4.20 avg rating — 702,417 ratings
51.
Lost Horizon
Lost Horizon 3.95 avg rating — 24,248 ratings
52.
Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)
Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 47,212 ratings
53.
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde 3.83 avg rating — 641,293 ratings
54.
Don Quixote
Don Quixote 3.91 avg rating — 297,016 ratings
55.
Charlotte’s Web
Charlotte’s Web 4.21 avg rating — 1,993,975 ratings
55.
Katherine
Katherine 4.21 avg rating — 35,119 ratings
57.
Our Mutual Friend
Our Mutual Friend 4.09 avg rating — 30,886 ratings
58.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating — 901,305 ratings
59.
The Martian Chronicles
The Martian Chronicles 4.16 avg rating — 279,622 ratings
60.
The Mayor of Casterbridge
The Mayor of Casterbridge 3.86 avg rating — 65,070 ratings
61.
Pale Fire
Pale Fire 4.17 avg rating — 55,880 ratings
62.
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales 3.52 avg rating — 234,618 ratings
63.
The Pilgrim's Progress
The Pilgrim's Progress 4.07 avg rating — 154,128 ratings
64.
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2) 4.50 avg rating — 1,084,139 ratings
65.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating — 991,982 ratings
66.
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden 4.16 avg rating — 1,262,974 ratings
67.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities 3.88 avg rating — 996,386 ratings
68.
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury 3.86 avg rating — 192,267 ratings
69.
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) 4.40 avg rating — 3,050,749 ratings
70.
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 1,079,788 ratings
71.
Bleak House
Bleak House 4.02 avg rating — 112,454 ratings
72.
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea 3.81 avg rating — 1,265,585 ratings
73.
Les liaisons dangereuses
Les liaisons dangereuses 4.05 avg rating — 57,179 ratings
74.
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Tess of the D'Urbervilles 3.84 avg rating — 297,793 ratings
75.
The Quiet American
The Quiet American 3.98 avg rating — 68,863 ratings
76.
Giovanni’s Room
Giovanni’s Room 4.34 avg rating — 226,000 ratings
77.
De Klokkenluider van de Notre-Dame
De Klokkenluider van de Notre-Dame 4.02 avg rating — 213,355 ratings
78.
The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice 3.78 avg rating — 199,196 ratings
79.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A Midsummer Night’s Dream 3.94 avg rating — 568,030 ratings
80.
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18)
Death on the Nile (Hercule Poirot, #18) 4.12 avg rating — 294,045 ratings
81.
Far From the Madding Crowd
Far From the Madding Crowd 3.97 avg rating — 162,856 ratings
82.
The Return of the Native
The Return of the Native 3.88 avg rating — 39,904 ratings
83.
The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds 3.83 avg rating — 340,269 ratings
84.
I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)
I, Robot (Robot, #0.1) 4.21 avg rating — 369,887 ratings
85.
Lucky Jim
Lucky Jim 3.75 avg rating — 31,466 ratings
86.
Dombey and Son
Dombey and Son 3.96 avg rating — 16,455 ratings
87.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating — 505,015 ratings
88.
The King Must Die
The King Must Die 3.97 avg rating — 10,100 ratings
89.
Stranger in a Strange Land
Stranger in a Strange Land 3.92 avg rating — 323,268 ratings
89.
Mansfield Park
Mansfield Park 3.86 avg rating — 371,672 ratings
91.
Ten oosten van Eden
Ten oosten van Eden 4.43 avg rating — 602,125 ratings
91.
Bel-Ami
Bel-Ami 3.86 avg rating — 47,112 ratings
93.
A Princess of Mars (Barsoom, #1)
A Princess of Mars (Barsoom, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 59,710 ratings
93.
Het Woud der Verwachting: Het leven van Charles van Orléans
Het Woud der Verwachting: Het leven van Charles van Orléans 4.09 avg rating — 2,595 ratings
95.
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises 3.79 avg rating — 482,007 ratings
95.
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet 3.74 avg rating — 2,767,545 ratings
97.
Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 49,354 ratings
98.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,059 ratings
99.
The Screwtape Letters
The Screwtape Letters 4.27 avg rating — 499,634 ratings
100.
A Canticle for Leibowitz
A Canticle for Leibowitz 3.99 avg rating — 116,694 ratings
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