Worst of 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

101.
David Copperfield
David Copperfield 4.04 avg rating — 253,091 ratings
102.
The Sense of an Ending
The Sense of an Ending 3.74 avg rating — 188,374 ratings
103.
Lady Chatterley’s Lover
Lady Chatterley’s Lover 3.50 avg rating — 134,614 ratings
104.
Dining on Stones
Dining on Stones 3.08 avg rating — 216 ratings
104.
Lucky Jim
Lucky Jim 3.75 avg rating — 31,468 ratings
104.
The Castle
The Castle 3.92 avg rating — 71,984 ratings
104.
Silk
Silk 3.85 avg rating — 70,160 ratings
104.
The Iron Heel
The Iron Heel 3.77 avg rating — 11,954 ratings
104.
City Sister Silver
City Sister Silver 3.90 avg rating — 381 ratings
104.
The New York Trilogy (New York Trilogy, #1-3)
The New York Trilogy (New York Trilogy, #1-3) 3.86 avg rating — 84,258 ratings
111.
The Left-Handed Woman
The Left-Handed Woman 3.21 avg rating — 3,360 ratings
112.
The Passion of New Eve
The Passion of New Eve 3.67 avg rating — 5,008 ratings
112.
Thursbitch
Thursbitch 3.66 avg rating — 970 ratings
112.
Caín
Caín 3.97 avg rating — 32,645 ratings
116.
Oblomov
Oblomov 4.13 avg rating — 41,551 ratings
116.
The Confessions
The Confessions 3.59 avg rating — 9,159 ratings
116.
Worstward Ho
Worstward Ho 3.75 avg rating — 776 ratings
116.
The Kreutzer Sonata
The Kreutzer Sonata 3.86 avg rating — 34,037 ratings
116.
The Swimming-Pool Library
The Swimming-Pool Library 3.72 avg rating — 11,029 ratings
121.
There But For The
There But For The
by: Ali Smith
3.50 avg rating — 9,881 ratings
121.
The Marble Faun
The Marble Faun 3.47 avg rating — 3,345 ratings
123.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 3.64 avg rating — 160,994 ratings
123.
The Moonstone
The Moonstone 3.91 avg rating — 97,251 ratings
123.
Kidnapped
Kidnapped 3.79 avg rating — 67,101 ratings
123.
The Street of Crocodiles
The Street of Crocodiles 3.98 avg rating — 13,380 ratings
127.
The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay, #1)
The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay, #1) 3.59 avg rating — 45,004 ratings
127.
The Time Machine
The Time Machine 3.89 avg rating — 552,918 ratings
127.
Half of Man Is Woman
Half of Man Is Woman 3.70 avg rating — 276 ratings
130.
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler 4.02 avg rating — 108,209 ratings
130.
Notes from the Underground
Notes from the Underground 4.17 avg rating — 209,212 ratings
130.
Whatever
Whatever 3.57 avg rating — 20,398 ratings
130.
Wittgenstein's Mistress
Wittgenstein's Mistress 3.92 avg rating — 7,090 ratings
134.
The Elementary Particles
The Elementary Particles 3.80 avg rating — 48,808 ratings
134.
The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita 4.28 avg rating — 401,064 ratings
136.
Platform
Platform 3.81 avg rating — 25,019 ratings
136.
Justine (The Alexandria Quartet, #1)
Justine (The Alexandria Quartet, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 9,882 ratings
138.
The Year of the Hare
The Year of the Hare 3.63 avg rating — 17,398 ratings
138.
L'Abbé C
L'Abbé C 3.34 avg rating — 788 ratings
141.
The Namesake
The Namesake 4.02 avg rating — 280,152 ratings
141.
The Lambs of London
The Lambs of London 3.19 avg rating — 1,966 ratings
141.
Couples, Passersby
Couples, Passersby 3.02 avg rating — 171 ratings
141.
The Hour of the Star
The Hour of the Star 4.11 avg rating — 48,395 ratings
145.
Impressions of Africa
Impressions of Africa 3.87 avg rating — 448 ratings
146.
The Blind Owl
The Blind Owl 3.96 avg rating — 32,905 ratings
146.
Love's Work: A Reckoning with Life
Love's Work: A Reckoning with Life 3.97 avg rating — 1,478 ratings
148.
Miss Lonelyhearts
Miss Lonelyhearts 3.57 avg rating — 6,855 ratings
149.
Orlando: A Biography
Orlando: A Biography 3.87 avg rating — 109,439 ratings
150.
Like Life
Like Life 4.06 avg rating — 5,575 ratings
151.
The Summer Book
The Summer Book 4.01 avg rating — 50,797 ratings
152.
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate 3.95 avg rating — 387,457 ratings
153.
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 341,936 ratings
153.
Fall on Your Knees
Fall on Your Knees 3.97 avg rating — 67,612 ratings
155.
A Visit from the Goon Squad
A Visit from the Goon Squad 3.70 avg rating — 244,153 ratings
155.
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 3.87 avg rating — 249,833 ratings
157.
The End of the Affair
The End of the Affair 3.90 avg rating — 68,989 ratings
159.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,072 ratings
160.
The Bonfire of the Vanities
The Bonfire of the Vanities
by: Tom Wolfe
3.92 avg rating — 85,397 ratings
160.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,153,753 ratings
162.
Perfume. The story of a murderer
Perfume. The story of a murderer 4.04 avg rating — 530,076 ratings
163.
The Blind Assassin
The Blind Assassin 3.96 avg rating — 161,164 ratings
163.
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by: Anne Rice
4.02 avg rating — 633,840 ratings
165.
Madam Bovery
Madam Bovery 3.71 avg rating — 363,643 ratings
166.
Middlesex
Middlesex 4.04 avg rating — 657,096 ratings
167.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle Tom’s Cabin 3.92 avg rating — 239,362 ratings
168.
The Reader
The Reader 3.78 avg rating — 226,224 ratings
169.
Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump, #1)
Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 206,931 ratings
170.
The World According to Garp
The World According to Garp 4.11 avg rating — 235,959 ratings
171.
The Cider House Rules
The Cider House Rules 4.17 avg rating — 192,666 ratings
172.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,943 ratings
173.
Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)
Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 149,639 ratings
174.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating — 174,972 ratings
175.
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury 3.86 avg rating — 192,270 ratings
176.
The Hours
The Hours 3.96 avg rating — 146,852 ratings
177.
Of Human Bondage
Of Human Bondage 4.15 avg rating — 60,343 ratings
178.
Alias Grace
Alias Grace 4.04 avg rating — 153,256 ratings
179.
The Forsyte Saga (The Forsyte Chronicles, #1-3)
The Forsyte Saga (The Forsyte Chronicles, #1-3) 4.18 avg rating — 20,497 ratings
180.
The Stone Diaries
The Stone Diaries 3.89 avg rating — 41,486 ratings
181.
Billy Bathgate
Billy Bathgate 3.82 avg rating — 7,700 ratings
182.
The Charterhouse of Parma
The Charterhouse of Parma
by: Stendhal
3.79 avg rating — 19,482 ratings