Best Literary Fiction

1.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,489 ratings
2.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,730,987 ratings
3.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,270 ratings
4.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.13 avg rating — 1,782,620 ratings
5.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,689 ratings
6.
The Thirteenth Tale
The Thirteenth Tale 3.98 avg rating — 323,008 ratings
7.
Revolutionary Road
Revolutionary Road 3.93 avg rating — 92,041 ratings
8.
The Beasts of Success
The Beasts of Success 4.28 avg rating — 508 ratings
9.
The Bonfire of the Vanities
The Bonfire of the Vanities
by: Tom Wolfe
3.92 avg rating — 85,394 ratings
10.
The Little Book
The Little Book 3.74 avg rating — 4,978 ratings
11.
The Historian
The Historian 3.80 avg rating — 273,568 ratings
12.
The Secret History
The Secret History 4.16 avg rating — 950,374 ratings
13.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,157 ratings
14.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,632,837 ratings
15.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating — 1,024,506 ratings
16.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,225,775 ratings
17.
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence 3.97 avg rating — 189,899 ratings
18.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,257,992 ratings
19.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,263 ratings
20.
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by: Anne Rice
4.02 avg rating — 633,816 ratings
21.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,059 ratings
22.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,727 ratings
23.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina 4.10 avg rating — 906,220 ratings
24.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating — 1,069,913 ratings
25.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1) 4.24 avg rating — 3,058,895 ratings
26.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,355,941 ratings
27.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,148 ratings
28.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,614 ratings
29.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating — 2,082,492 ratings
30.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,538 ratings
31.
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 1,079,788 ratings
32.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating — 3,401,874 ratings
33.
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again 4.29 avg rating — 4,345,626 ratings
34.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,802,038 ratings
35.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations 3.80 avg rating — 857,505 ratings
36.
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden 4.16 avg rating — 1,262,974 ratings
37.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,914 ratings
38.
War and Peace
War and Peace 4.17 avg rating — 356,967 ratings
39.
East of Eden
East of Eden 4.43 avg rating — 602,125 ratings
40.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,616 ratings
41.
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov 4.38 avg rating — 369,480 ratings
42.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,528 ratings
43.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating — 779,735 ratings
44.
Life of Pi
Life of Pi 3.94 avg rating — 1,726,531 ratings
45.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating — 813,129 ratings
46.
The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita 4.28 avg rating — 401,043 ratings
47.
Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon 4.23 avg rating — 763,528 ratings
48.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,223 ratings
49.
Z213: EXIT
Z213: EXIT 4.30 avg rating — 232 ratings
50.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating — 1,681,580 ratings
51.
Perfume. The story of a murderer
Perfume. The story of a murderer 4.04 avg rating — 530,048 ratings
52.
A Prayer for Owen Meany
A Prayer for Owen Meany 4.24 avg rating — 332,374 ratings
53.
The Shadow of the Wind
The Shadow of the Wind 4.30 avg rating — 696,657 ratings
54.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating — 901,305 ratings
55.
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
The Giver (The Giver, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 2,732,905 ratings
56.
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men 3.89 avg rating — 2,751,762 ratings
57.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,392,916 ratings
58.
The Little Prince
The Little Prince 4.33 avg rating — 2,375,182 ratings
59.
Deliverance
Deliverance 3.89 avg rating — 33,569 ratings
60.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4.30 avg rating — 499,173 ratings
61.
Don Quixote
Don Quixote 3.91 avg rating — 297,016 ratings
62.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,303 ratings
63.
Love in the Time of Cholera
Love in the Time of Cholera 3.94 avg rating — 535,559 ratings
64.
Heidi (Heidi, #1-2)
Heidi (Heidi, #1-2) 4.04 avg rating — 208,684 ratings
65.
The Alchemist
The Alchemist 3.92 avg rating — 3,430,068 ratings
66.
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist 3.88 avg rating — 419,615 ratings
67.
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1) 4.56 avg rating — 222,304 ratings
68.
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea 3.81 avg rating — 1,265,585 ratings
69.
Persuasion
Persuasion 4.15 avg rating — 752,779 ratings
70.
The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day 4.14 avg rating — 344,025 ratings
71.
The Power of Persuasion
The Power of Persuasion 4.04 avg rating — 23 ratings
72.
The World According to Garp
The World According to Garp 4.11 avg rating — 235,957 ratings
73.
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 809,416 ratings
74.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating — 1,315,356 ratings
75.
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Moby-Dick or, The Whale 3.56 avg rating — 602,756 ratings
76.
The Secret Life of Bees
The Secret Life of Bees 4.10 avg rating — 1,337,452 ratings
77.
Sophie’s Choice
Sophie’s Choice 4.17 avg rating — 93,606 ratings
78.
Water for Elephants
Water for Elephants 4.11 avg rating — 1,680,776 ratings
79.
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis 3.90 avg rating — 1,338,171 ratings
80.
Middlesex
Middlesex 4.04 avg rating — 657,086 ratings
81.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,153,640 ratings
82.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 4.19 avg rating — 793,936 ratings
83.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating — 991,982 ratings
84.
Les Misérables
Les Misérables 4.21 avg rating — 830,189 ratings
85.
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 257,764 ratings
86.
The Club Dumas
The Club Dumas 3.81 avg rating — 43,862 ratings
87.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories 3.83 avg rating — 286,561 ratings
88.
The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King, #1-5)
The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King, #1-5) 4.07 avg rating — 116,431 ratings
89.
The Man Without Qualities
The Man Without Qualities 4.19 avg rating — 7,191 ratings
90.
The Red Tent
The Red Tent 4.20 avg rating — 623,955 ratings
91.
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces 3.89 avg rating — 291,767 ratings
92.
The Blind Assassin
The Blind Assassin 3.96 avg rating — 161,162 ratings
93.
The Virgin Suicides
The Virgin Suicides 3.78 avg rating — 395,280 ratings
94.
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge 3.93 avg rating — 9,668 ratings
95.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities 3.88 avg rating — 996,386 ratings
96.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,322,905 ratings
97.
Emma
Emma 4.05 avg rating — 950,032 ratings
98.
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 341,918 ratings
99.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,614 ratings
100.
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 387,250 ratings
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