Best Literary Fiction

1.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,689,341 ratings
2.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,731,728 ratings
3.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,692 ratings
4.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.13 avg rating — 1,783,020 ratings
5.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,930 ratings
6.
The Thirteenth Tale
The Thirteenth Tale 3.98 avg rating — 323,016 ratings
7.
Revolutionary Road
Revolutionary Road 3.93 avg rating — 92,055 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 — 85,402 ratings
10.
The Little Book
The Little Book 3.74 avg rating — 4,980 ratings
11.
The Historian
The Historian 3.80 avg rating — 273,587 ratings
12.
The Secret History
The Secret History 4.16 avg rating — 950,662 ratings
13.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,264 ratings
14.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,633,631 ratings
15.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating — 1,024,704 ratings
16.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,226,781 ratings
17.
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence 3.97 avg rating — 189,934 ratings
18.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,046 ratings
19.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,621 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 — 633,866 ratings
21.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,324 ratings
22.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,837 ratings
23.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina 4.10 avg rating — 906,334 ratings
24.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating — 1,070,070 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 — 3,059,357 ratings
26.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,356,788 ratings
27.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,234 ratings
28.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,672 ratings
29.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating — 2,082,637 ratings
30.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,627 ratings
31.
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 1,079,937 ratings
32.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating — 3,402,277 ratings
33.
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again 4.29 avg rating — 4,346,150 ratings
34.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,802,358 ratings
35.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations 3.80 avg rating — 857,568 ratings
36.
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden 4.16 avg rating — 1,263,136 ratings
37.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,983 ratings
38.
War and Peace
War and Peace 4.17 avg rating — 356,999 ratings
39.
East of Eden
East of Eden 4.43 avg rating — 602,277 ratings
40.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,719,113 ratings
41.
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov 4.38 avg rating — 369,547 ratings
42.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,777 ratings
43.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating — 779,801 ratings
44.
Life of Pi
Life of Pi 3.94 avg rating — 1,726,716 ratings
45.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating — 813,320 ratings
46.
The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita 4.28 avg rating — 401,109 ratings
47.
Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon 4.23 avg rating — 763,649 ratings
48.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,351 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 — 1,681,814 ratings
51.
Perfume. The story of a murderer
Perfume. The story of a murderer 4.04 avg rating — 530,164 ratings
52.
A Prayer for Owen Meany
A Prayer for Owen Meany 4.24 avg rating — 332,399 ratings
53.
The Shadow of the Wind
The Shadow of the Wind 4.30 avg rating — 696,756 ratings
54.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating — 901,359 ratings
55.
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
The Giver (The Giver, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 2,733,240 ratings
56.
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men 3.89 avg rating — 2,752,095 ratings
57.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,393,212 ratings
58.
The Little Prince
The Little Prince 4.33 avg rating — 2,375,665 ratings
59.
Deliverance
Deliverance 3.89 avg rating — 33,570 ratings
60.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4.30 avg rating — 499,236 ratings
61.
Don Quixote
Don Quixote 3.91 avg rating — 297,043 ratings
62.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,360 ratings
63.
Love in the Time of Cholera
Love in the Time of Cholera 3.94 avg rating — 535,607 ratings
64.
Heidi (Heidi, #1-2)
Heidi (Heidi, #1-2) 4.04 avg rating — 208,692 ratings
65.
The Alchemist
The Alchemist 3.92 avg rating — 3,430,604 ratings
66.
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist 3.88 avg rating — 419,640 ratings
67.
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1) 4.56 avg rating — 222,370 ratings
68.
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea 3.81 avg rating — 1,265,774 ratings
69.
Persuasion
Persuasion 4.15 avg rating — 752,836 ratings
70.
The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day 4.14 avg rating — 344,098 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 — 235,964 ratings
73.
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 809,501 ratings
74.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating — 1,315,693 ratings
75.
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Moby-Dick or, The Whale 3.56 avg rating — 602,822 ratings
76.
The Secret Life of Bees
The Secret Life of Bees 4.10 avg rating — 1,337,545 ratings
77.
Sophie’s Choice
Sophie’s Choice 4.17 avg rating — 93,612 ratings
78.
Water for Elephants
Water for Elephants 4.11 avg rating — 1,680,863 ratings
79.
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis 3.90 avg rating — 1,338,550 ratings
80.
Middlesex
Middlesex 4.04 avg rating — 657,119 ratings
81.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,153,952 ratings
82.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 4.19 avg rating — 793,990 ratings
83.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating — 992,107 ratings
84.
Les Misérables
Les Misérables 4.21 avg rating — 830,249 ratings
85.
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 257,777 ratings
86.
The Club Dumas
The Club Dumas 3.81 avg rating — 43,870 ratings
87.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories 3.83 avg rating — 286,579 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 — 116,437 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 — 624,010 ratings
91.
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces 3.89 avg rating — 291,788 ratings
92.
The Blind Assassin
The Blind Assassin 3.96 avg rating — 161,166 ratings
93.
The Virgin Suicides
The Virgin Suicides 3.78 avg rating — 395,367 ratings
94.
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge 3.93 avg rating — 9,669 ratings
95.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities 3.88 avg rating — 996,450 ratings
96.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,335 ratings
97.
Emma
Emma 4.05 avg rating — 950,184 ratings
98.
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 341,974 ratings
99.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,773 ratings
100.
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 387,281 ratings
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