Favorites from 1001 Books You Should Read Before You Die

101.
Gulliver’s Travels
Gulliver’s Travels 3.59 avg rating — 293,906 ratings
102.
The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita 4.28 avg rating — 401,031 ratings
103.
The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers 4.10 avg rating — 340,204 ratings
104.
The Shipping News
The Shipping News 3.88 avg rating — 150,726 ratings
105.
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Moby-Dick or, The Whale 3.56 avg rating — 602,749 ratings
106.
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf 4.13 avg rating — 206,723 ratings
107.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating — 813,107 ratings
108.
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces 3.89 avg rating — 291,763 ratings
109.
Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas 4.01 avg rating — 262,704 ratings
110.
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things 3.96 avg rating — 317,132 ratings
111.
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
Foundation (Foundation, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 580,867 ratings
112.
The Jungle
The Jungle 3.78 avg rating — 152,228 ratings
113.
The Bonfire of the Vanities
The Bonfire of the Vanities
by: Tom Wolfe
3.92 avg rating — 85,394 ratings
114.
The Hours
The Hours 3.96 avg rating — 146,849 ratings
115.
The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)
The Godfather (The Godfather, #1) 4.40 avg rating — 452,861 ratings
116.
Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 123,553 ratings
117.
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Pit and the Pendulum 4.14 avg rating — 71,251 ratings
118.
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse 3.81 avg rating — 207,163 ratings
119.
Cry, the Beloved Country
Cry, the Beloved Country 3.92 avg rating — 78,537 ratings
120.
Bleak House
Bleak House 4.02 avg rating — 112,453 ratings
121.
Aesop’s Fables
Aesop’s Fables
by: Aesop
4.05 avg rating — 128,586 ratings
122.
Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago 4.01 avg rating — 101,100 ratings
123.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 3.98 avg rating — 122,121 ratings
124.
Howards End
Howards End 3.96 avg rating — 93,446 ratings
125.
Northanger Abbey
Northanger Abbey 3.85 avg rating — 439,055 ratings
126.
The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth 3.97 avg rating — 103,529 ratings
127.
Kafka on the Shore
Kafka on the Shore 4.12 avg rating — 528,181 ratings
128.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 568,907 ratings
129.
A Passage to India
A Passage to India 3.68 avg rating — 84,380 ratings
130.
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe 3.68 avg rating — 324,955 ratings
131.
Walden or, Life in the Woods
Walden or, Life in the Woods 3.78 avg rating — 200,836 ratings
132.
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler 4.02 avg rating — 108,207 ratings
133.
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead 4.19 avg rating — 78,030 ratings
134.
I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)
I, Robot (Robot, #0.1) 4.21 avg rating — 369,884 ratings
135.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4) 4.26 avg rating — 327,458 ratings
136.
Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow
Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow 3.73 avg rating — 51,267 ratings
137.
Foucault’s Pendulum
Foucault’s Pendulum 3.91 avg rating — 73,671 ratings
138.
A Room with a View
A Room with a View 3.90 avg rating — 197,352 ratings
139.
David Copperfield
David Copperfield 4.04 avg rating — 253,078 ratings
140.
Ragtime
Ragtime 3.89 avg rating — 45,692 ratings
141.
A Fine Balance
A Fine Balance 4.38 avg rating — 156,843 ratings
142.
For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls 3.99 avg rating — 311,387 ratings
143.
The French Lieutenant’s Woman
The French Lieutenant’s Woman 3.88 avg rating — 54,864 ratings
144.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,055 ratings
145.
The Woman in White
The Woman in White 4.01 avg rating — 162,711 ratings
146.
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day 3.98 avg rating — 18,160 ratings
147.
Possession
Possession 3.90 avg rating — 83,119 ratings
148.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,719 ratings
149.
The Plague
The Plague 4.02 avg rating — 300,295 ratings
149.
The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds 3.83 avg rating — 340,265 ratings
151.
Cat’s Eye
Cat’s Eye 3.95 avg rating — 71,395 ratings
152.
The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried 4.14 avg rating — 337,429 ratings
153.
Out of Africa
Out of Africa 3.91 avg rating — 46,904 ratings
154.
Mansfield Park
Mansfield Park 3.86 avg rating — 371,663 ratings
155.
The Pilgrim's Progress
The Pilgrim's Progress 4.07 avg rating — 154,123 ratings
156.
The Virgin Suicides
The Virgin Suicides 3.78 avg rating — 395,266 ratings
157.
Midnight’s Children
Midnight’s Children 3.98 avg rating — 130,703 ratings
158.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 4.14 avg rating — 306,563 ratings
159.
The Death of Ivan Ilych
The Death of Ivan Ilych 4.14 avg rating — 205,007 ratings
160.
Solaris
Solaris 3.99 avg rating — 124,275 ratings
161.
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1)
The Talented Mr. Ripley (Ripley, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 110,496 ratings
162.
Cat’s Cradle
Cat’s Cradle 4.15 avg rating — 428,349 ratings
163.
Everything is Illuminated
Everything is Illuminated 3.89 avg rating — 182,761 ratings
164.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 3.70 avg rating — 59,329 ratings
165.
Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)
Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 149,634 ratings
166.
The Sorrows of Young Werther
The Sorrows of Young Werther 3.69 avg rating — 148,948 ratings
167.
On the Road
On the Road 3.61 avg rating — 438,473 ratings
168.
Jude the Obscure
Jude the Obscure 3.83 avg rating — 74,821 ratings
169.
1001 Arabian Nights: The Story of Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp / The History of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves / The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor
1001 Arabian Nights: The Story of Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp / The History of Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves / The Seven Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor
by: Anonymous
4.10 avg rating — 268 ratings
170.
Far From the Madding Crowd
Far From the Madding Crowd 3.97 avg rating — 162,855 ratings
171.
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe 3.76 avg rating — 97,929 ratings
172.
The English Patient
The English Patient 3.86 avg rating — 137,373 ratings
173.
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (George Smiley, #3)
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (George Smiley, #3) 4.09 avg rating — 122,046 ratings
174.
Franny and Zooey
Franny and Zooey 3.96 avg rating — 235,147 ratings
175.
The Quiet American
The Quiet American 3.98 avg rating — 68,861 ratings
176.
Ethan Frome
Ethan Frome 3.45 avg rating — 134,927 ratings
177.
The Purloined Letter - a C. Auguste Dupin Short Story (C. Auguste Dupin #3)
The Purloined Letter - a C. Auguste Dupin Short Story (C. Auguste Dupin #3) 3.63 avg rating — 13,674 ratings
178.
The Corrections
The Corrections 3.84 avg rating — 194,238 ratings
179.
The Razor’s Edge
The Razor’s Edge 4.19 avg rating — 52,470 ratings
180.
Villette
Villette 3.78 avg rating — 78,428 ratings
181.
The Yellow Wallpaper
The Yellow Wallpaper 4.07 avg rating — 338,198 ratings
182.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 4.03 avg rating — 126,443 ratings
183.
The Awakening
The Awakening 3.69 avg rating — 222,543 ratings
184.
Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump, #1)
Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 206,930 ratings
185.
White Teeth
White Teeth 3.79 avg rating — 170,736 ratings
186.
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 165,220 ratings
187.
The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man 3.63 avg rating — 211,117 ratings
188.
Choke
Choke 3.71 avg rating — 218,448 ratings
189.
Alias Grace
Alias Grace 4.04 avg rating — 153,250 ratings
190.
The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon 3.87 avg rating — 113,184 ratings
191.
The Lover
The Lover 3.71 avg rating — 68,134 ratings
192.
Giovanni’s Room
Giovanni’s Room 4.34 avg rating — 225,994 ratings
193.
Les Liaisons dangereuses
Les Liaisons dangereuses 4.05 avg rating — 57,178 ratings
194.
North and South
North and South 4.15 avg rating — 179,574 ratings
195.
The Blind Assassin
The Blind Assassin 3.96 avg rating — 161,158 ratings
196.
Kim
Kim 3.70 avg rating — 39,386 ratings
197.
Neuromancer (Sprawl #1)
Neuromancer (Sprawl #1) 3.89 avg rating — 354,033 ratings
198.
The Moonstone
The Moonstone 3.91 avg rating — 97,247 ratings
199.
If Not Now, When?
If Not Now, When? 4.23 avg rating — 4,032 ratings
200.
Absalom, Absalom!
Absalom, Absalom! 3.99 avg rating — 47,015 ratings
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