What to Read and Why - Francine Prose

1.
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,439 ratings
2.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations 3.80 avg rating — 857,584 ratings
3.
Cousin Bette
Cousin Bette 3.85 avg rating — 10,504 ratings
4.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating — 174,988 ratings
5.
New Grub Street
New Grub Street 3.78 avg rating — 6,406 ratings
6.
The Collected Stories of Mavis Gallant
The Collected Stories of Mavis Gallant 4.36 avg rating — 419 ratings
7.
2666
2666 4.21 avg rating — 46,704 ratings
8.
Something in My Eye
Something in My Eye 4.29 avg rating — 38 ratings
9.
Jesus’ Son
Jesus’ Son 4.13 avg rating — 39,241 ratings
10.
The Patrick Melrose Novels
The Patrick Melrose Novels 4.06 avg rating — 9,145 ratings
11.
The Stories of Paul Bowles
The Stories of Paul Bowles 4.28 avg rating — 1,208 ratings
12.
The Spider's House
The Spider's House 3.96 avg rating — 1,977 ratings
13.
Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky (Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky, #1-3)
Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky (Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky, #1-3) 4.25 avg rating — 1,928 ratings
14.
The Slaves of Solitude
The Slaves of Solitude 4.08 avg rating — 2,869 ratings
15.
Hangover Square
Hangover Square 4.13 avg rating — 5,637 ratings
16.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,299 ratings
17.
The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel
The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel 4.21 avg rating — 2,622 ratings
18.
Cries Unheard: Why Children Kill: The Story of Mary Bell
Cries Unheard: Why Children Kill: The Story of Mary Bell 3.88 avg rating — 1,719 ratings
19.
Three Light-Years
Three Light-Years 3.50 avg rating — 106 ratings
20.
Revelations
Revelations 4.27 avg rating — 2,877 ratings
21.
Crosstown
Crosstown 4.64 avg rating — 42 ratings
22.
Mr. and Mrs. Baby and Other Stories
Mr. and Mrs. Baby and Other Stories 3.93 avg rating — 71 ratings
23.
My Struggle: Book 5
My Struggle: Book 5 4.42 avg rating — 10,858 ratings
24.
Believers: A novella and stories
Believers: A novella and stories 3.88 avg rating — 669 ratings
25.
Complete Short Stories
Complete Short Stories 4.35 avg rating — 200 ratings
26.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,393,305 ratings
27.
Swimming Home
Swimming Home 3.43 avg rating — 16,006 ratings
28.
Lives of Girls and Women
Lives of Girls and Women 3.95 avg rating — 15,706 ratings
29.
Manhattan Beach
Manhattan Beach 3.61 avg rating — 90,144 ratings
30.
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon 4.22 avg rating — 2,622 ratings
31.
A Train of Powder
A Train of Powder 3.74 avg rating — 218 ratings
32.
Exit West
Exit West 3.74 avg rating — 148,021 ratings
33.
Is that Kafka? 99 Finds
Is that Kafka? 99 Finds 3.97 avg rating — 271 ratings
34.
Best Short Stories of Anton Chekov
Best Short Stories of Anton Chekov 4.19 avg rating — 1,341 ratings
35.
Skylark
Skylark 3.86 avg rating — 3,256 ratings