Penguin Essentials

1.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,218 ratings
2.
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer 4.04 avg rating — 530,105 ratings
3.
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Breakfast at Tiffany's 3.83 avg rating — 286,568 ratings
4.
The Day of the Triffids
The Day of the Triffids 4.01 avg rating — 115,100 ratings
5.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie 3.70 avg rating — 59,333 ratings
6.
My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)
My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 61,494 ratings
7.
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf 4.13 avg rating — 206,735 ratings
8.
High Fidelity
High Fidelity 3.90 avg rating — 211,779 ratings
9.
Eva Luna
Eva Luna really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 57,548 ratings
10.
Love in the Time of Cholera
Love in the Time of Cholera 3.94 avg rating — 535,588 ratings
10.
Embers
Embers 3.99 avg rating — 41,054 ratings
12.
A Room with a View
A Room with a View 3.90 avg rating — 197,366 ratings
13.
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1)
The Big Sleep (Philip Marlowe, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 165,233 ratings
14.
Regeneration
Regeneration 4.02 avg rating — 33,024 ratings
15.
Dubliners
Dubliners 3.84 avg rating — 170,144 ratings
16.
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 341,940 ratings
17.
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 — 78,267 ratings
18.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 753,913 ratings
19.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,731,390 ratings
20.
Cold Comfort Farm
Cold Comfort Farm 3.88 avg rating — 53,852 ratings
21.
A Month in the Country
A Month in the Country
by: J.L. Carr
4.09 avg rating — 23,468 ratings
22.
Moon Tiger
Moon Tiger 3.91 avg rating — 18,395 ratings
23.
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian
A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian 3.45 avg rating — 36,194 ratings
24.
Hideous Kinky
Hideous Kinky 3.52 avg rating — 4,007 ratings
25.
In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood 4.09 avg rating — 710,359 ratings
25.
Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea
by: Jean Rhys
3.59 avg rating — 103,275 ratings
25.
Bonjour Tristesse
Bonjour Tristesse 3.73 avg rating — 66,223 ratings
28.
Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 123,558 ratings
29.
White Teeth
White Teeth 3.79 avg rating — 170,746 ratings
30.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,962,101 ratings
31.
A Kestrel for a Knave
A Kestrel for a Knave 4.06 avg rating — 7,734 ratings
32.
What a Carve Up! (The Winshaw Legacy, #1)
What a Carve Up! (The Winshaw Legacy, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 12,757 ratings
33.
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold
The Spy Who Came in from the Cold 4.09 avg rating — 122,061 ratings
34.
Billy Liar
Billy Liar 3.71 avg rating — 2,252 ratings
35.
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
The Reluctant Fundamentalist 3.73 avg rating — 82,635 ratings
36.
The Millstone
The Millstone 3.90 avg rating — 3,847 ratings
37.
A Passage to India
A Passage to India 3.68 avg rating — 84,383 ratings
38.
I'm the King of the Castle
I'm the King of the Castle 3.49 avg rating — 3,648 ratings
38.
Tender Is The Night
Tender Is The Night 3.77 avg rating — 146,420 ratings
38.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,732 ratings
41.
The Thin Man
The Thin Man 3.90 avg rating — 37,390 ratings
41.
The Diary of a Nobody
The Diary of a Nobody 3.69 avg rating — 17,697 ratings
41.
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness 3.43 avg rating — 545,742 ratings
44.
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces 3.89 avg rating — 291,779 ratings
45.
Everything is Illuminated
Everything is Illuminated 3.89 avg rating — 182,762 ratings
46.
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Lady Chatterley's Lover 3.50 avg rating — 134,617 ratings
46.
On the Road
On the Road 3.61 avg rating — 438,504 ratings
48.
In the Country of Men
In the Country of Men 3.75 avg rating — 7,361 ratings
48.
The Chrysalids
The Chrysalids 3.93 avg rating — 60,781 ratings
50.
The Pursuit of Love
The Pursuit of Love 3.95 avg rating — 21,961 ratings
51.
A Handful of Dust
A Handful of Dust 3.89 avg rating — 28,247 ratings
52.
Lucky Jim
Lucky Jim 3.75 avg rating — 31,468 ratings
53.
Asylum
Asylum 3.96 avg rating — 38,473 ratings
54.
Foe
Foe 3.42 avg rating — 12,207 ratings
55.
Out of Africa
Out of Africa 3.91 avg rating — 46,908 ratings
56.
Cat's Cradle
Cat's Cradle 4.15 avg rating — 428,386 ratings
57.
The Circle
The Circle 3.43 avg rating — 227,369 ratings
58.
Twilight
Twilight 3.89 avg rating — 1,117 ratings
58.
Brooklyn
Brooklyn 3.74 avg rating — 151,325 ratings
60.
Are You Experienced?
Are You Experienced? 3.58 avg rating — 4,814 ratings
61.
The Road to Lichfield
The Road to Lichfield 3.84 avg rating — 1,693 ratings
62.
A Start in Life
A Start in Life 3.69 avg rating — 2,149 ratings
63.
Any Human Heart
Any Human Heart 4.27 avg rating — 26,011 ratings
64.
How Many Miles to Babylon?
How Many Miles to Babylon? 3.63 avg rating — 2,084 ratings
65.
The Lady in the Lake
The Lady in the Lake 4.06 avg rating — 27,284 ratings
66.
The Mosquito Coast
The Mosquito Coast 3.81 avg rating — 13,612 ratings
67.
The Man in the High Castle
The Man in the High Castle 3.59 avg rating — 229,242 ratings
68.
An Ice-cream War
An Ice-cream War 3.91 avg rating — 4,358 ratings
69.
The Periodic Table
The Periodic Table 4.14 avg rating — 18,743 ratings
70.
Junky
Junky 3.85 avg rating — 69,884 ratings
71.
Hell's Angels
Hell's Angels 3.98 avg rating — 53,566 ratings
72.
Goodbye to All That
Goodbye to All That 3.93 avg rating — 15,316 ratings
73.
The History of Love
The History of Love 3.92 avg rating — 139,275 ratings
74.
Villages
Villages 3.29 avg rating — 1,297 ratings
75.
Austerlitz
Austerlitz 3.98 avg rating — 25,612 ratings
76.
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 3.97 avg rating — 431,593 ratings
77.
The Hound of the Baskervilles
The Hound of the Baskervilles 4.13 avg rating — 376,298 ratings
78.
Libra
Libra 4.05 avg rating — 19,593 ratings
79.
Age of Iron
Age of Iron 3.85 avg rating — 5,508 ratings
80.
Three Novels by Cesar Aira
Three Novels by Cesar Aira 3.73 avg rating — 124 ratings
81.
Swallowing Geography
Swallowing Geography 3.37 avg rating — 710 ratings
82.
The Bastard of Istanbul
The Bastard of Istanbul 3.88 avg rating — 61,733 ratings
83.
Submarine
Submarine 3.74 avg rating — 11,898 ratings
84.
Ancient Light
Ancient Light 3.62 avg rating — 3,452 ratings
85.
The Rotters' Club
The Rotters' Club 3.96 avg rating — 15,416 ratings
86.
The Photograph
The Photograph 3.41 avg rating — 6,616 ratings
87.
Life Class
Life Class 3.62 avg rating — 5,301 ratings
88.
Beautiful Ruins
Beautiful Ruins 3.68 avg rating — 182,961 ratings
89.
A Spell of Winter
A Spell of Winter 3.67 avg rating — 3,801 ratings
90.
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #9)
The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #9) 4.12 avg rating — 29,575 ratings
91.
Love and Summer
Love and Summer 3.59 avg rating — 4,347 ratings
92.
Notes on a Scandal
Notes on a Scandal 3.74 avg rating — 24,743 ratings
93.
Honour
Honour 4.14 avg rating — 24,631 ratings
94.
The Accidental
The Accidental
by: Ali Smith
3.37 avg rating — 13,493 ratings
95.
On Beauty
On Beauty 3.78 avg rating — 89,026 ratings