"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€” 3,800,955 ratings
2.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 2,393,395 ratings
3.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.13 avg rating β€” 1,783,260 ratings
4.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations 3.80 avg rating β€” 857,603 ratings
5.
Howards End
Howards End 3.96 avg rating β€” 93,457 ratings
6.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating β€” 1,154,173 ratings
7.
A Prayer for Owen Meany
A Prayer for Owen Meany 4.24 avg rating β€” 332,406 ratings
8.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating β€” 1,315,934 ratings
9.
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway 3.78 avg rating β€” 342,003 ratings
10.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating β€” 737,282 ratings
11.
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury 3.86 avg rating β€” 192,289 ratings
12.
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov 4.38 avg rating β€” 369,598 ratings
13.
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf 4.13 avg rating β€” 206,780 ratings
14.
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea 3.81 avg rating β€” 1,265,898 ratings
15.
Fathers and Sons
Fathers and Sons really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 97,930 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€” 207,222 ratings
18.
Sons and Lovers
Sons and Lovers 3.64 avg rating β€” 55,129 ratings
19.
The Awakening
The Awakening 3.69 avg rating β€” 222,581 ratings
20.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating β€” 767,704 ratings
21.
The Golden Notebook
The Golden Notebook 3.77 avg rating β€” 24,231 ratings
22.
The Shipping News
The Shipping News 3.88 avg rating β€” 150,747 ratings
23.
My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)
My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 61,502 ratings
24.
East of Eden
East of Eden 4.43 avg rating β€” 602,379 ratings
25.
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic 4.08 avg rating β€” 197,156 ratings
26.
The Power and the Glory
The Power and the Glory 3.98 avg rating β€” 42,544 ratings
27.
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things 3.96 avg rating β€” 317,182 ratings
28.
Evelina
Evelina 3.70 avg rating β€” 18,234 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€” 161,013 ratings
30.
Washington Square
Washington Square 3.70 avg rating β€” 25,047 ratings
31.
Mary Barton
Mary Barton 3.74 avg rating β€” 21,064 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€” 5,029 ratings
33.
Ulysses
Ulysses 3.77 avg rating β€” 138,361 ratings
34.
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying 3.72 avg rating β€” 182,500 ratings
35.
Middlesex
Middlesex 4.04 avg rating β€” 657,135 ratings
36.
How Green Was My Valley
How Green Was My Valley 4.21 avg rating β€” 18,451 ratings
37.
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 (Adrian Mole, #1)
The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 3/4 (Adrian Mole, #1) 3.88 avg rating β€” 51,239 ratings
38.
Rabbit Angstrom A Tetralogy: (Rabbit Run,Rabbit Redux,Rabbit is Rich and Rabbit at Rest)
Rabbit Angstrom A Tetralogy: (Rabbit Run,Rabbit Redux,Rabbit is Rich and Rabbit at Rest) 4.25 avg rating β€” 1,686 ratings
39.
We Need to Talk About Kevin
We Need to Talk About Kevin 4.08 avg rating β€” 207,239 ratings
40.
Cider with Rosie
Cider with Rosie 3.91 avg rating β€” 14,858 ratings
41.
The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye 4.13 avg rating β€” 288,156 ratings
42.
Angel
Angel 3.88 avg rating β€” 3,012 ratings
42.
Cat’s Eye
Cat’s Eye 3.95 avg rating β€” 71,402 ratings
44.
EugΓ©nie Grandet
EugΓ©nie Grandet 3.79 avg rating β€” 25,137 ratings
45.
Hunger
Hunger 4.04 avg rating β€” 62,414 ratings
46.
Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon 4.15 avg rating β€” 123,952 ratings
47.
Père Goriot
Père Goriot 3.85 avg rating — 64,967 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€” 34,071 ratings
51.
The Member of the Wedding
The Member of the Wedding 3.81 avg rating β€” 19,908 ratings
52.
The Fountain Overflows
The Fountain Overflows 3.70 avg rating β€” 3,326 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€” 108,855 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€” 4,724 ratings
57.
On Beauty
On Beauty 3.78 avg rating β€” 89,030 ratings
58.
The Vicar of Wakefield
The Vicar of Wakefield 3.46 avg rating β€” 10,544 ratings
59.
Palace Walk (The Cairo Trilogy, #1)
Palace Walk (The Cairo Trilogy, #1) 4.20 avg rating β€” 21,770 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€” 30,281 ratings
63.
Behind the Scenes at the Museum
Behind the Scenes at the Museum 3.98 avg rating β€” 42,727 ratings
64.
Ballet Shoes
Ballet Shoes 4.07 avg rating β€” 37,982 ratings
65.
Under the Volcano
Under the Volcano 3.76 avg rating β€” 26,363 ratings
66.
A Suitable Boy (A Bridge of Leaves, #1)
A Suitable Boy (A Bridge of Leaves, #1) 4.11 avg rating β€” 49,457 ratings
67.
A Thousand Acres
A Thousand Acres 3.82 avg rating β€” 71,376 ratings
68.
The Professor's House
The Professor's House 3.77 avg rating β€” 9,904 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€” 51,282 ratings
71.
The Gathering
The Gathering 3.14 avg rating β€” 25,676 ratings
72.
Call It Sleep
Call It Sleep 3.81 avg rating β€” 8,879 ratings
73.
The Mandarins
The Mandarins 4.19 avg rating β€” 6,250 ratings
74.
The Immoralist
The Immoralist 3.55 avg rating β€” 13,272 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€” 3,537 ratings
78.
The Buddha of Suburbia
The Buddha of Suburbia 3.75 avg rating β€” 20,582 ratings
79.
The Magnificent Ambersons
The Magnificent Ambersons 3.79 avg rating β€” 11,959 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€” 37,727 ratings
83.
Narcissus and Goldmund
Narcissus and Goldmund 4.22 avg rating β€” 69,824 ratings
84.
The Blackwater Lightship
The Blackwater Lightship 3.94 avg rating β€” 8,112 ratings
84.
Humboldt's Gift
Humboldt's Gift 3.84 avg rating β€” 9,916 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€” 26,016 ratings
88.
Morvern Callar (Morvern Callar Cycle, #1)
Morvern Callar (Morvern Callar Cycle, #1) 3.69 avg rating β€” 4,602 ratings
90.
The Vagabond
The Vagabond
by: Colette
3.92 avg rating β€” 4,054 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€” 1,858 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€” 6,693 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€” 11,025 ratings
99.
A Legacy
A Legacy 3.65 avg rating β€” 919 ratings
99.
Hideous Kinky
Hideous Kinky 3.52 avg rating β€” 4,008 ratings
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