Best (non YA) Reads

1.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,633,081 ratings
2.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,226,078 ratings
3.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 3,378,391 ratings
4.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,802,146 ratings
5.
East of Eden
East of Eden 4.43 avg rating — 602,182 ratings
6.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,150 ratings
7.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,962,068 ratings
8.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,009 ratings
9.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating — 2,082,553 ratings
10.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 753,908 ratings
10.
Room
Room 4.08 avg rating — 826,330 ratings
12.
Les Misérables
Les Misérables 4.21 avg rating — 830,219 ratings
13.
The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by: Dan Brown
3.93 avg rating — 2,475,291 ratings
13.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,270 ratings
15.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,632 ratings
16.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A Midsummer Night’s Dream 3.94 avg rating — 568,050 ratings
17.
Hamlet
Hamlet 4.03 avg rating — 1,020,133 ratings
18.
Fight Club
Fight Club 4.18 avg rating — 629,418 ratings
19.
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
by: Dan Brown
3.95 avg rating — 3,343,803 ratings
20.
Hunchback of Notre Dame
Hunchback of Notre Dame 4.02 avg rating — 213,362 ratings
21.
Change of Heart
Change of Heart 3.94 avg rating — 124,341 ratings
22.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,772 ratings
23.
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
The Memory Keeper's Daughter 3.70 avg rating — 609,240 ratings
24.
The Night Circus
The Night Circus really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,068,408 ratings
24.
Awakening (The Keeper, #1)
Awakening (The Keeper, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 484 ratings
24.
Revenge (The Keeper, #2)
Revenge (The Keeper, #2) 4.32 avg rating — 200 ratings
24.
Rebirth (The Keeper, #3)
Rebirth (The Keeper, #3) 4.50 avg rating — 140 ratings
24.
Sanctuary (The Keeper, #4)
Sanctuary (The Keeper, #4) 4.42 avg rating — 77 ratings
29.
The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried 4.14 avg rating — 337,458 ratings
30.
Night
Night 4.38 avg rating — 1,334,194 ratings
31.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,834 ratings
32.
The Historian
The Historian 3.80 avg rating — 273,576 ratings
33.
Emma
Emma 4.05 avg rating — 950,084 ratings
34.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 4.14 avg rating — 306,575 ratings
35.
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe 3.76 avg rating — 97,932 ratings
36.
1Q84
1Q84 3.95 avg rating — 333,044 ratings
36.
ShĹŤgun
Shōgun 4.41 avg rating — 206,481 ratings
38.
The Birth of Venus
The Birth of Venus 3.81 avg rating — 99,473 ratings
39.
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Tess of the D’Urbervilles 3.84 avg rating — 297,802 ratings
40.
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair 3.81 avg rating — 131,957 ratings
41.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,761 ratings
42.
The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Scarlet Pimpernel 4.07 avg rating — 140,067 ratings
43.
The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead
by: Ayn Rand
3.89 avg rating — 333,848 ratings
44.
The Wars
The Wars 3.85 avg rating — 9,782 ratings
45.
Temple of a Thousand Faces
Temple of a Thousand Faces 3.84 avg rating — 1,435 ratings
46.
Q
Q 4.22 avg rating — 9,294 ratings
47.
Falling Angels
Falling Angels 3.63 avg rating — 26,805 ratings
47.
Unveiled (The Keeper, #5)
Unveiled (The Keeper, #5) 4.50 avg rating — 58 ratings
49.
The Tea Rose (The Tea Rose, #1)
The Tea Rose (The Tea Rose, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 40,087 ratings
49.
Remarkable Creatures
Remarkable Creatures 3.89 avg rating — 54,479 ratings
51.
The Winter Rose (The Tea Rose, #2)
The Winter Rose (The Tea Rose, #2) 4.34 avg rating — 24,606 ratings
51.
The Last Runaway
The Last Runaway 3.85 avg rating — 38,622 ratings
53.
Life After Life (Todd Family, #1)
Life After Life (Todd Family, #1) 3.78 avg rating — 237,984 ratings
54.
Thirteen Moons
Thirteen Moons 3.75 avg rating — 16,129 ratings
54.
The Lifeboat
The Lifeboat 3.20 avg rating — 25,241 ratings
56.
The Snow Child
The Snow Child 4.01 avg rating — 166,408 ratings
57.
Little Children
Little Children 3.64 avg rating — 32,806 ratings
58.
Vanishing Acts
Vanishing Acts 3.73 avg rating — 115,550 ratings
58.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet 4.05 avg rating — 311,638 ratings
60.
Marilyn's Last Sessions
Marilyn's Last Sessions 3.52 avg rating — 436 ratings
61.
The Second-Last Woman in England
The Second-Last Woman in England 3.40 avg rating — 302 ratings
62.
A God in Ruins (Todd Family #2)
A God in Ruins (Todd Family #2) 3.95 avg rating — 59,184 ratings
63.
The Midnight Watch
The Midnight Watch 3.81 avg rating — 4,521 ratings
64.
The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3)
The Lost Symbol (Robert Langdon, #3)
by: Dan Brown
3.76 avg rating — 640,190 ratings
64.
The Light Between Oceans
The Light Between Oceans 4.04 avg rating — 473,456 ratings
66.
The Blue Castle
The Blue Castle 4.31 avg rating — 52,523 ratings
66.
Flight of Dreams
Flight of Dreams 3.84 avg rating — 9,335 ratings
68.
Plain Truth
Plain Truth really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 192,104 ratings
68.
All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See 4.31 avg rating — 1,904,551 ratings
70.
Northanger Abbey
Northanger Abbey 3.85 avg rating — 439,076 ratings
70.
Brooklyn
Brooklyn 3.74 avg rating — 151,315 ratings
72.
Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2)
Tai-Pan (Asian Saga, #2) 4.31 avg rating — 57,465 ratings
73.
Away
Away 3.83 avg rating — 6,212 ratings
74.
Quiver
Quiver 3.54 avg rating — 1,015 ratings
75.
Mercy
Mercy 3.60 avg rating — 63,430 ratings
76.
The Convenient Marriage (Regency Romances, 1)
The Convenient Marriage (Regency Romances, 1) 3.70 avg rating — 17,393 ratings
77.
Christy
Christy 4.25 avg rating — 56,475 ratings
78.
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility 4.09 avg rating — 1,266,132 ratings
79.
The Whirlpool
The Whirlpool 3.52 avg rating — 370 ratings
80.
Far from the Madding Crowd
Far from the Madding Crowd 3.97 avg rating — 162,863 ratings
81.
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2) 4.26 avg rating — 968,918 ratings
82.
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3) 4.24 avg rating — 765,870 ratings
83.
The Wings of the Dove
The Wings of the Dove 3.79 avg rating — 17,385 ratings
84.
Persuasion
Persuasion 4.15 avg rating — 752,795 ratings
85.
House of Leaves
House of Leaves 4.09 avg rating — 191,450 ratings
86.
Manituana
Manituana
by: Wu Ming
3.85 avg rating — 1,654 ratings
87.
The Birth House
The Birth House
by: Ami McKay
4.04 avg rating — 45,662 ratings
88.
In the Time of the Butterflies
In the Time of the Butterflies 4.15 avg rating — 77,519 ratings
89.
Ice Land
Ice Land 3.57 avg rating — 1,076 ratings
90.
Mistress of the Art of Death (Mistress of the Art of Death, #1)
Mistress of the Art of Death (Mistress of the Art of Death, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 40,600 ratings
91.
The Serpent's Tale (Mistress of the Art of Death, #2)
The Serpent's Tale (Mistress of the Art of Death, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 13,657 ratings
92.
Grave Goods (Mistress of the Art of Death #3)
Grave Goods (Mistress of the Art of Death #3) 4.11 avg rating — 12,227 ratings
93.
A Murderous Procession (Mistress of the Art of Death, #4)
A Murderous Procession (Mistress of the Art of Death, #4) 4.13 avg rating — 8,086 ratings