Best Underrated/Overlooked Classics

101.
Common Sense
Common Sense really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 38,567 ratings
102.
The Bacchae and Other Plays
The Bacchae and Other Plays
by: Euripides
4.14 avg rating — 6,415 ratings
103.
Effi Briest
Effi Briest 3.27 avg rating — 15,798 ratings
104.
Embers
Embers 3.99 avg rating — 41,057 ratings
105.
Le Morte d'Arthur
Le Morte d'Arthur 3.92 avg rating — 38,982 ratings
106.
A Season in Hell and The Drunken Boat
A Season in Hell and The Drunken Boat 4.33 avg rating — 9,533 ratings
107.
Illuminations
Illuminations 4.32 avg rating — 13,673 ratings
108.
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling
The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling 3.75 avg rating — 34,037 ratings
109.
Ficciones
Ficciones 4.40 avg rating — 75,857 ratings
110.
Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov
Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov 4.37 avg rating — 31,696 ratings
111.
Being and Nothingness
Being and Nothingness 3.99 avg rating — 34,132 ratings
112.
Faust, First Part
Faust, First Part 3.83 avg rating — 84,125 ratings
113.
The Man Who Laughs
The Man Who Laughs 4.24 avg rating — 14,671 ratings
113.
Daylight and Nightmare: Uncollected Stories and Fables
Daylight and Nightmare: Uncollected Stories and Fables 3.75 avg rating — 55 ratings
113.
Miss Cayley's Adventures
Miss Cayley's Adventures 3.80 avg rating — 331 ratings
113.
A House of Pomegranates
A House of Pomegranates 3.84 avg rating — 3,200 ratings
113.
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog)
Three Men in a Boat (To Say Nothing of the Dog) 3.83 avg rating — 78,269 ratings
113.
Les jeunes filles
Les jeunes filles 3.72 avg rating — 383 ratings
113.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Bridge of San Luis Rey 3.79 avg rating — 37,708 ratings
113.
Far From the Madding Crowd
Far From the Madding Crowd 3.97 avg rating — 162,869 ratings
113.
East Goes West: The Making of an Oriental Yankee
East Goes West: The Making of an Oriental Yankee 3.71 avg rating — 318 ratings
113.
Wait Until Spring, Bandini (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #1)
Wait Until Spring, Bandini (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 14,364 ratings
113.
The Crowded Street
The Crowded Street 3.90 avg rating — 465 ratings
124.
Of Human Bondage
Of Human Bondage 4.15 avg rating — 60,343 ratings
124.
Against Nature
Against Nature 3.80 avg rating — 14,808 ratings
124.
The Road to Los Angeles (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #2)
The Road to Los Angeles (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #2) 3.79 avg rating — 7,829 ratings
124.
The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories
The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories 3.87 avg rating — 2,722 ratings
128.
The Double
The Double 3.67 avg rating — 40,333 ratings
128.
Lyrical Ballads
Lyrical Ballads 3.95 avg rating — 12,915 ratings
128.
Majoor Frans
Majoor Frans 3.23 avg rating — 184 ratings
128.
Pennskaftet
Pennskaftet 3.56 avg rating — 600 ratings
128.
The End of the Affair
The End of the Affair 3.90 avg rating — 68,990 ratings
128.
Ask the Dust (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #3)
Ask the Dust (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #3) 4.10 avg rating — 38,234 ratings
134.
The Complete Poems
The Complete Poems 4.17 avg rating — 3,562 ratings
134.
The Old English Baron
The Old English Baron 3.02 avg rating — 873 ratings
134.
Den blå rullgardinen (Fröknarna von Pahlen, #1)
Den blå rullgardinen (Fröknarna von Pahlen, #1) 3.42 avg rating — 191 ratings
134.
A Sport and A Pastime
A Sport and A Pastime 3.65 avg rating — 11,087 ratings
138.
The Great God Pan, The Shining Pyramid, The White People
The Great God Pan, The Shining Pyramid, The White People 3.58 avg rating — 584 ratings
138.
Schoolgirl
Schoolgirl 3.99 avg rating — 22,638 ratings
140.
The Invention of Morel
The Invention of Morel 3.97 avg rating — 31,646 ratings
140.
The Devil in the Flesh
The Devil in the Flesh 3.63 avg rating — 7,653 ratings
142.
The Hunting of the Snark
The Hunting of the Snark 4.02 avg rating — 6,807 ratings
142.
Life's Little Ironies
Life's Little Ironies 3.83 avg rating — 1,143 ratings
142.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
We Have Always Lived in the Castle 3.92 avg rating — 273,813 ratings
145.
The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia
The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia 3.46 avg rating — 6,728 ratings
145.
A Minor Apocalypse
A Minor Apocalypse 3.55 avg rating — 3,998 ratings
147.
The Social Contract
The Social Contract 3.78 avg rating — 55,698 ratings
148.
The King of Elfland's Daughter
The King of Elfland's Daughter 3.82 avg rating — 8,688 ratings
148.
Bonjour Tristesse
Bonjour Tristesse 3.73 avg rating — 66,231 ratings
150.
Moon and Sixpence
Moon and Sixpence 4.13 avg rating — 26,376 ratings
150.
My Face for the World to See
My Face for the World to See 3.72 avg rating — 1,761 ratings
152.
Harvest Poems: 1910-1960
Harvest Poems: 1910-1960 4.03 avg rating — 379 ratings
153.
The Haunted Bookshop
The Haunted Bookshop 3.61 avg rating — 5,981 ratings
153.
Rabble in Arms
Rabble in Arms 4.33 avg rating — 1,174 ratings
155.
In a Dark Wood Wandering: A Novel of the Middle Ages
In a Dark Wood Wandering: A Novel of the Middle Ages 4.09 avg rating — 2,595 ratings
156.
Black Robe
Black Robe 3.78 avg rating — 1,474 ratings
157.
Confederates
Confederates 4.06 avg rating — 1,257 ratings
158.
The Complete Poems
The Complete Poems 4.09 avg rating — 8,413 ratings
159.
The Radetzky March (Von Trotta Family, #1)
The Radetzky March (Von Trotta Family, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 13,638 ratings
160.
The Faerie Queene
The Faerie Queene 3.58 avg rating — 17,146 ratings
161.
Journey by Moonlight
Journey by Moonlight 4.22 avg rating — 10,347 ratings
162.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 3.99 avg rating — 116,840 ratings
163.
'Tis Pity She's a Whore
'Tis Pity She's a Whore
by: John Ford
3.69 avg rating — 5,144 ratings
164.
The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats 4.23 avg rating — 39,744 ratings
165.
The Country of the Blind
The Country of the Blind 3.84 avg rating — 8,524 ratings
166.
Shooting Stars: Ten Historical Miniatures
Shooting Stars: Ten Historical Miniatures 4.24 avg rating — 15,884 ratings
167.
The Coming of the Fairies
The Coming of the Fairies 3.28 avg rating — 393 ratings
168.
Hons and Rebels
Hons and Rebels 4.11 avg rating — 5,316 ratings
169.
The Greeks and the Irrational
The Greeks and the Irrational 4.20 avg rating — 1,030 ratings
170.
Keep the Aspidistra Flying
Keep the Aspidistra Flying 3.89 avg rating — 24,365 ratings
171.
Foucault’s Pendulum
Foucault’s Pendulum 3.91 avg rating — 73,676 ratings
172.
Faust, Part Two
Faust, Part Two 3.66 avg rating — 8,368 ratings
173.
Les Fleurs du Mal
Les Fleurs du Mal 4.20 avg rating — 77,703 ratings
174.
The Complete Poems
The Complete Poems 4.25 avg rating — 24,226 ratings
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