"Family & Self" on The Guardian's "1000 Novels Everyone Must Read"

1.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating β€” 3,800,404 ratings
2.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 2,393,015 ratings
3.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.13 avg rating β€” 1,782,732 ratings
4.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations 3.80 avg rating β€” 857,527 ratings
5.
Howards End
Howards End 3.96 avg rating β€” 93,447 ratings
6.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating β€” 1,153,753 ratings
7.
A Prayer for Owen Meany
A Prayer for Owen Meany 4.24 avg rating β€” 332,388 ratings
8.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating β€” 1,315,451 ratings
9.
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway 3.78 avg rating β€” 341,936 ratings
10.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating β€” 737,183 ratings
11.
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury 3.86 avg rating β€” 192,270 ratings
12.
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov 4.38 avg rating β€” 369,504 ratings
13.
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf 4.13 avg rating β€” 206,732 ratings
14.
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea 3.81 avg rating β€” 1,265,639 ratings
15.
Fathers and Sons
Fathers and Sons really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 97,910 ratings
16.
The Man Without Qualities
The Man Without Qualities 4.19 avg rating β€” 7,191 ratings
17.
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse 3.81 avg rating β€” 207,170 ratings
18.
Sons and Lovers
Sons and Lovers 3.64 avg rating β€” 55,119 ratings
19.
The Awakening
The Awakening 3.69 avg rating β€” 222,555 ratings
20.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating β€” 767,632 ratings
21.
The Golden Notebook
The Golden Notebook 3.77 avg rating β€” 24,228 ratings
22.
The Shipping News
The Shipping News 3.88 avg rating β€” 150,735 ratings
23.
My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)
My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 61,493 ratings
24.
East of Eden
East of Eden 4.43 avg rating β€” 602,182 ratings
25.
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic 4.08 avg rating β€” 197,138 ratings
26.
The Power and the Glory
The Power and the Glory 3.98 avg rating β€” 42,535 ratings
27.
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things 3.96 avg rating β€” 317,152 ratings
28.
Evelina
Evelina 3.70 avg rating β€” 18,231 ratings
29.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 3.64 avg rating β€” 160,994 ratings
30.
Washington Square
Washington Square 3.70 avg rating β€” 25,042 ratings
31.
Mary Barton
Mary Barton 3.74 avg rating β€” 21,060 ratings
32.
The Man of Property (The Forsyte Chronicles, #1)
The Man of Property (The Forsyte Chronicles, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 5,026 ratings
33.
Ulysses
Ulysses 3.77 avg rating β€” 138,338 ratings
34.
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying 3.72 avg rating β€” 182,465 ratings
35.
Middlesex
Middlesex 4.04 avg rating β€” 657,096 ratings
36.
How Green Was My Valley
How Green Was My Valley 4.21 avg rating β€” 18,451 ratings
39.
We Need to Talk About Kevin
We Need to Talk About Kevin 4.08 avg rating β€” 207,209 ratings
40.
Cider with Rosie
Cider with Rosie 3.91 avg rating β€” 14,856 ratings
41.
The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye 4.13 avg rating β€” 288,094 ratings
42.
Angel
Angel 3.88 avg rating β€” 3,010 ratings
42.
Cat’s Eye
Cat’s Eye 3.95 avg rating β€” 71,398 ratings
44.
EugΓ©nie Grandet
EugΓ©nie Grandet 3.79 avg rating β€” 25,135 ratings
45.
Hunger
Hunger 4.04 avg rating β€” 62,398 ratings
46.
Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon 4.15 avg rating β€” 123,929 ratings
47.
Père Goriot
Père Goriot 3.85 avg rating — 64,956 ratings
48.
Herzog
Herzog 3.76 avg rating β€” 22,522 ratings
49.
Wise Children
Wise Children 3.90 avg rating β€” 9,435 ratings
50.
Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family 4.20 avg rating β€” 34,067 ratings
51.
The Member of the Wedding
The Member of the Wedding 3.81 avg rating β€” 19,904 ratings
52.
The Fountain Overflows
The Fountain Overflows 3.70 avg rating β€” 3,325 ratings
53.
The Wapshot Chronicle
The Wapshot Chronicle 3.75 avg rating β€” 7,498 ratings
54.
The Swiss Family Robinson
The Swiss Family Robinson 3.91 avg rating β€” 108,846 ratings
55.
Lark Rise to Candleford
Lark Rise to Candleford 4.01 avg rating β€” 4,864 ratings
56.
The Old Wives' Tale (The Five Towns #5)
The Old Wives' Tale (The Five Towns #5) 3.85 avg rating β€” 4,723 ratings
57.
On Beauty
On Beauty 3.78 avg rating β€” 89,021 ratings
58.
The Vicar of Wakefield
The Vicar of Wakefield 3.46 avg rating β€” 10,543 ratings
59.
Palace Walk (The Cairo Trilogy, #1)
Palace Walk (The Cairo Trilogy, #1) 4.20 avg rating β€” 21,766 ratings
60.
My Name Is Asher Lev
My Name Is Asher Lev 4.24 avg rating β€” 42,914 ratings
61.
Unless
Unless 3.63 avg rating β€” 16,938 ratings
62.
The Moviegoer
The Moviegoer 3.64 avg rating β€” 30,277 ratings
63.
Behind the Scenes at the Museum
Behind the Scenes at the Museum 3.98 avg rating β€” 42,717 ratings
64.
Ballet Shoes
Ballet Shoes 4.07 avg rating β€” 37,978 ratings
65.
Under the Volcano
Under the Volcano 3.76 avg rating β€” 26,361 ratings
66.
A Suitable Boy (A Bridge of Leaves, #1)
A Suitable Boy (A Bridge of Leaves, #1) 4.11 avg rating β€” 49,456 ratings
67.
A Thousand Acres
A Thousand Acres 3.82 avg rating β€” 71,372 ratings
68.
The Professor's House
The Professor's House 3.77 avg rating β€” 9,902 ratings
69.
In Search of Lost Time
In Search of Lost Time 4.34 avg rating β€” 13,695 ratings
70.
Martin Eden
Martin Eden 4.48 avg rating β€” 51,259 ratings
71.
The Gathering
The Gathering 3.14 avg rating β€” 25,673 ratings
72.
Call It Sleep
Call It Sleep 3.81 avg rating β€” 8,878 ratings
73.
The Mandarins
The Mandarins 4.19 avg rating β€” 6,248 ratings
74.
The Immoralist
The Immoralist 3.55 avg rating β€” 13,270 ratings
75.
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne
The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne 3.98 avg rating β€” 3,486 ratings
76.
Julie, or the New Heloise
Julie, or the New Heloise 3.44 avg rating β€” 1,683 ratings
77.
The L-Shaped Room (Jane Graham, #1)
The L-Shaped Room (Jane Graham, #1) 3.96 avg rating β€” 3,536 ratings
78.
The Buddha of Suburbia
The Buddha of Suburbia 3.75 avg rating β€” 20,579 ratings
79.
The Magnificent Ambersons
The Magnificent Ambersons 3.79 avg rating β€” 11,958 ratings
80.
The Rector's Daughter
The Rector's Daughter 3.74 avg rating β€” 841 ratings
81.
The Death of Virgil
The Death of Virgil 4.14 avg rating β€” 1,716 ratings
82.
Silence
Silence 4.09 avg rating β€” 37,720 ratings
83.
Narcissus and Goldmund
Narcissus and Goldmund 4.22 avg rating β€” 69,807 ratings
84.
The Blackwater Lightship
The Blackwater Lightship 3.94 avg rating β€” 8,109 ratings
84.
Humboldt's Gift
Humboldt's Gift 3.84 avg rating β€” 9,914 ratings
86.
The Tree of Man
The Tree of Man 3.95 avg rating β€” 2,169 ratings
87.
The Tortoise and the Hare
The Tortoise and the Hare 3.95 avg rating β€” 1,206 ratings
88.
Any Human Heart
Any Human Heart 4.27 avg rating β€” 26,011 ratings
88.
Morvern Callar (Morvern Callar Cycle, #1)
Morvern Callar (Morvern Callar Cycle, #1) 3.69 avg rating β€” 4,600 ratings
90.
The Vagabond
The Vagabond
by: Colette
3.92 avg rating β€” 4,053 ratings
90.
The Millstone
The Millstone 3.90 avg rating β€” 3,847 ratings
92.
Family Matters
Family Matters 4.03 avg rating β€” 24,364 ratings
93.
The Family Moskat
The Family Moskat 4.22 avg rating β€” 1,861 ratings
94.
My New York Diary
My New York Diary 3.83 avg rating β€” 3,019 ratings
95.
Two Serious Ladies
Two Serious Ladies 3.58 avg rating β€” 4,156 ratings
95.
The Black Prince
The Black Prince 3.95 avg rating β€” 6,692 ratings
95.
Alberta and Jacob
Alberta and Jacob 3.95 avg rating β€” 866 ratings
98.
The Assistant
The Assistant 3.90 avg rating β€” 11,024 ratings
99.
A Legacy
A Legacy 3.65 avg rating β€” 919 ratings
99.
Hideous Kinky
Hideous Kinky 3.52 avg rating β€” 4,006 ratings