Best Books 1972

1.
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 499,183 ratings
2.
Frog and Toad Together (Frog and Toad, #2)
Frog and Toad Together (Frog and Toad, #2) 4.26 avg rating — 45,213 ratings
3.
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day 4.24 avg rating — 186,986 ratings
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All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small, #1-2)
All Creatures Great and Small (All Creatures Great and Small, #1-2) 4.35 avg rating — 155,362 ratings
5.
The Gods Themselves
The Gods Themselves 4.09 avg rating — 67,334 ratings
6.
The Odessa File
The Odessa File 4.14 avg rating — 62,433 ratings
7.
Invisible Cities
Invisible Cities 4.10 avg rating — 93,530 ratings
8.
My Name Is Asher Lev
My Name Is Asher Lev 4.24 avg rating — 42,914 ratings
9.
The Farthest Shore (Earthsea Cycle, #3)
The Farthest Shore (Earthsea Cycle, #3) 4.13 avg rating — 122,937 ratings
10.
The Stepford Wives
The Stepford Wives
by: Ira Levin
3.87 avg rating — 51,738 ratings
11.
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (Cordelia Gray, #1)
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (Cordelia Gray, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 20,012 ratings
12.
The Persian Boy (Alexander the Great, #2)
The Persian Boy (Alexander the Great, #2) 4.18 avg rating — 10,897 ratings
13.
Elephants Can Remember (Hercule Poirot, #42)
Elephants Can Remember (Hercule Poirot, #42) 3.66 avg rating — 47,145 ratings
14.
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (The Herdmans, #1)
The Best Christmas Pageant Ever (The Herdmans, #1) 4.25 avg rating — 66,730 ratings
15.
Surfacing
Surfacing 3.45 avg rating — 28,052 ratings
16.
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (Fudge, #1)
Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing (Fudge, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 141,628 ratings
17.
Ways of Seeing
Ways of Seeing 3.93 avg rating — 418,844 ratings
18.
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 4.17 avg rating — 183,695 ratings
18.
The Winds of War (The Henry Family, #1)
The Winds of War (The Henry Family, #1) 4.38 avg rating — 58,926 ratings
20.
Linda Goodman's Sun Signs
Linda Goodman's Sun Signs 4.13 avg rating — 4,254 ratings
21.
Lady of Quality
Lady of Quality 3.95 avg rating — 11,106 ratings
22.
The Eiger Sanction (Jonathan Hemlock, #1)
The Eiger Sanction (Jonathan Hemlock, #1)
by: Trevanian
4.05 avg rating — 12,686 ratings
23.
The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge
The Great Bridge: The Epic Story of the Building of the Brooklyn Bridge 4.25 avg rating — 18,113 ratings
24.
Roadside Picnic
Roadside Picnic 4.13 avg rating — 81,986 ratings
25.
G.
G. 3.71 avg rating — 4,770 ratings
25.
The Day of the Jackal
The Day of the Jackal 4.27 avg rating — 142,719 ratings
27.
To Serve Them All My Days
To Serve Them All My Days 4.33 avg rating — 3,119 ratings
27.
Transparent Things
Transparent Things 3.64 avg rating — 4,621 ratings
29.
Enemies: A Love Story
Enemies: A Love Story 3.97 avg rating — 3,648 ratings
30.
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Jonathan Livingston Seagull 3.86 avg rating — 267,236 ratings
31.
The Optimist's Daughter
The Optimist's Daughter 3.52 avg rating — 15,055 ratings
32.
A Bloody Field by Shrewsbury
A Bloody Field by Shrewsbury 3.97 avg rating — 1,314 ratings
33.
Murder Being Once Done (Inspector Wexford, #7)
Murder Being Once Done (Inspector Wexford, #7) 3.87 avg rating — 3,685 ratings
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The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing; Log Cabin Building; Mountain Crafts and Foods; Planting by the Signs; Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing
The Foxfire Book: Hog Dressing; Log Cabin Building; Mountain Crafts and Foods; Planting by the Signs; Snake Lore, Hunting Tales, Faith Healing 4.35 avg rating — 1,874 ratings
35.
Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great (Fudge, #2)
Otherwise Known as Sheila the Great (Fudge, #2) 3.94 avg rating — 41,889 ratings
36.
Freaky Friday
Freaky Friday 3.68 avg rating — 8,894 ratings
36.
Green Darkness
Green Darkness 3.97 avg rating — 6,873 ratings
38.
All-of-a-Kind Family Downtown (All-of-a-Kind-Family, #2)
All-of-a-Kind Family Downtown (All-of-a-Kind-Family, #2) 4.21 avg rating — 6,205 ratings
38.
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
The Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman 3.73 avg rating — 3,950 ratings
40.
Virginia Woolf: A Biography
Virginia Woolf: A Biography 4.18 avg rating — 3,041 ratings
41.
Discourse on Colonialism
Discourse on Colonialism 4.44 avg rating — 7,437 ratings
42.
The Terminal Man
The Terminal Man 3.41 avg rating — 29,988 ratings
43.
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2)
Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator (Charlie Bucket, #2) 3.67 avg rating — 118,125 ratings
44.
A Day No Pigs Would Die
A Day No Pigs Would Die 3.59 avg rating — 10,378 ratings
45.
Smokescreen
Smokescreen 4.08 avg rating — 5,298 ratings
46.
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (All Creatures Great and Small, #2)
It Shouldn't Happen to a Vet (All Creatures Great and Small, #2) 4.36 avg rating — 7,621 ratings
46.
The Selected Poems
The Selected Poems 4.25 avg rating — 2,313 ratings
48.
Bank Shot (Dortmunder, #2)
Bank Shot (Dortmunder, #2) 4.03 avg rating — 3,698 ratings
49.
Situations: IX
Situations: IX 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
50.
Historia Secreta de Una Novela
Historia Secreta de Una Novela 3.52 avg rating — 167 ratings
51.
Which Tribe Do You Belong To?
Which Tribe Do You Belong To? 4.03 avg rating — 38 ratings
52.
Tied Up In Tinsel (Roderick Alleyn, #27)
Tied Up In Tinsel (Roderick Alleyn, #27) 3.85 avg rating — 3,437 ratings
53.
Death to the Landlords (The Felse Investigations, #11)
Death to the Landlords (The Felse Investigations, #11) 3.79 avg rating — 345 ratings
54.
Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy since 1938
Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy since 1938 3.90 avg rating — 2,277 ratings
55.
Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2)
Post Captain (Aubrey & Maturin, #2) 4.26 avg rating — 24,591 ratings
56.
The Manticore (The Deptford Trilogy, #2)
The Manticore (The Deptford Trilogy, #2) 4.02 avg rating — 6,721 ratings
57.
Night
Night 3.51 avg rating — 323 ratings
58.
The Caterpillar Cop
The Caterpillar Cop 3.84 avg rating — 165 ratings
58.
The Summer Book
The Summer Book 4.01 avg rating — 50,814 ratings
60.
Brave Warrior: A Japanese Legend
Brave Warrior: A Japanese Legend 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
60.
Mr. Messy
Mr. Messy 4.04 avg rating — 2,429 ratings
60.
The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914
The Path Between the Seas: The Creation of the Panama Canal, 1870-1914 4.22 avg rating — 22,137 ratings
60.
The Water Is Wide
The Water Is Wide 4.17 avg rating — 26,376 ratings
64.
All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers
All My Friends Are Going to Be Strangers 3.84 avg rating — 4,630 ratings
65.
Angle of Repose
Angle of Repose 4.24 avg rating — 61,307 ratings
66.
The Hessian
The Hessian 3.69 avg rating — 242 ratings
66.
End Zone
End Zone 3.67 avg rating — 3,992 ratings
66.
First Blood
First Blood 4.05 avg rating — 11,078 ratings
69.
Mr. Silly
Mr. Silly 3.97 avg rating — 861 ratings
70.
Again, Dangerous Visions
Again, Dangerous Visions 4.15 avg rating — 4,284 ratings
71.
Captains and the Kings: The Story of an American Dynasty
Captains and the Kings: The Story of an American Dynasty 4.15 avg rating — 19,542 ratings
72.
Residence on Earth
Residence on Earth 4.32 avg rating — 4,225 ratings
73.
The Seventh Sinner
The Seventh Sinner 3.72 avg rating — 4,131 ratings
73.
Dark Horse
Dark Horse 3.86 avg rating — 153 ratings
75.
The Halloween Tree
The Halloween Tree 3.77 avg rating — 36,318 ratings
76.
The Water-Method Man
The Water-Method Man 3.38 avg rating — 13,146 ratings
76.
Poems of Paul Celan
Poems of Paul Celan 4.33 avg rating — 3,852 ratings
78.
The Writer's Art: A Collection of Short Stories
The Writer's Art: A Collection of Short Stories 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
79.
The Witches of Worm
The Witches of Worm 3.68 avg rating — 2,552 ratings
79.
The Snuggle Bunny
The Snuggle Bunny 4.31 avg rating — 32 ratings
81.
On the Night of the Seventh Moon
On the Night of the Seventh Moon 3.99 avg rating — 5,929 ratings
82.
The Sheep Look Up
The Sheep Look Up 3.91 avg rating — 5,595 ratings
83.
Situations, VIII: Autuor de 1968
Situations, VIII: Autuor de 1968 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings
84.
Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1)
Julie of the Wolves (Julie of the Wolves, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 60,965 ratings
85.
Disraeli in Love
Disraeli in Love 3.09 avg rating — 22 ratings
86.
The Scarlet Ruse (Travis McGee #14)
The Scarlet Ruse (Travis McGee #14) 4.11 avg rating — 3,851 ratings
87.
The Flame and the Flower (Birmingham, #1)
The Flame and the Flower (Birmingham, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 20,105 ratings
88.
The Locked Room (Martin Beck, #8)
The Locked Room (Martin Beck, #8) 3.94 avg rating — 5,787 ratings
89.
The Boy Who Made Dragonfly: A Zuni Myth
The Boy Who Made Dragonfly: A Zuni Myth 4.20 avg rating — 329 ratings
90.
The Way: The Living Bible
The Way: The Living Bible
by: Anonymous
4.35 avg rating — 77 ratings
91.
Melbury Square
Melbury Square 3.63 avg rating — 139 ratings
92.
No Way of Telling
No Way of Telling 3.99 avg rating — 82 ratings
92.
A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah!
A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah! 3.45 avg rating — 678 ratings
92.
Gorilla, My Love
Gorilla, My Love 4.11 avg rating — 2,311 ratings
92.
Peace from Nervous Suffering
Peace from Nervous Suffering 4.50 avg rating — 116 ratings
92.
Disney's Sleeping Beauty
Disney's Sleeping Beauty 4.35 avg rating — 33,047 ratings
92.
The Sinking of the Odradek Stadium
The Sinking of the Odradek Stadium 3.93 avg rating — 157 ratings
98.
Mumbo Jumbo
Mumbo Jumbo 3.85 avg rating — 4,795 ratings
98.
Lesson Plans The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor
Lesson Plans The Complete Stories of Flannery O'Connor
by: BookRags
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
98.
The Earthsea Trilogy (Earthsea Cycle, #1-3)
The Earthsea Trilogy (Earthsea Cycle, #1-3) 4.28 avg rating — 21,563 ratings
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