100 books to read (Penguin Version)

1.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,633,844 ratings
2.
...Să ucizi o pasăre cîntătoare
...Să ucizi o pasăre cîntătoare 4.26 avg rating — 6,689,512 ratings
3.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,731,932 ratings
4.
Un veac de singurătate
Un veac de singurătate 4.12 avg rating — 1,070,120 ratings
5.
In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood 4.09 avg rating — 710,409 ratings
6.
Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea
by: Jean Rhys
3.59 avg rating — 103,284 ratings
7.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,823 ratings
8.
I Capture The Castle
I Capture The Castle 3.99 avg rating — 113,050 ratings
9.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,999 ratings
10.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating — 1,024,764 ratings
11.
The Secret History
The Secret History 4.16 avg rating — 950,729 ratings
12.
The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild 3.91 avg rating — 461,080 ratings
13.
The Chrysalids
The Chrysalids 3.93 avg rating — 60,784 ratings
14.
Persuasion
Persuasion 4.15 avg rating — 752,858 ratings
15.
Moby-Dick
Moby-Dick 3.56 avg rating — 602,832 ratings
16.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe 4.24 avg rating — 3,059,481 ratings
17.
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse 3.81 avg rating — 207,209 ratings
18.
The Death of the Heart
The Death of the Heart 3.64 avg rating — 8,893 ratings
19.
Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Tess of the D'Urbervilles 3.84 avg rating — 297,818 ratings
20.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,424 ratings
21.
The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita 4.28 avg rating — 401,137 ratings
22.
The Go-Between
The Go-Between really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 13,860 ratings
23.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,685 ratings
24.
Nineteen eighty-four
Nineteen eighty-four 4.20 avg rating — 5,227,039 ratings
25.
Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family
Buddenbrooks: The Decline of a Family 4.20 avg rating — 34,070 ratings
26.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,656 ratings
27.
Beloved: A special edition of the award-winning classic
Beloved: A special edition of the award-winning classic 3.97 avg rating — 476,998 ratings
28.
The Code of the Woosters
The Code of the Woosters 4.32 avg rating — 30,709 ratings
29.
Dracula
Dracula 4.02 avg rating — 1,415,222 ratings
30.
The Lord of the Rings trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King -
The Lord of the Rings trilogy: The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, The Return of the King - 4.54 avg rating — 716,551 ratings
31.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating — 1,318,984 ratings
32.
Marile speranțe
Marile speranțe 3.80 avg rating — 857,579 ratings
33.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,373 ratings
34.
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence 3.97 avg rating — 189,943 ratings
35.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,102 ratings
36.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating — 174,988 ratings
37.
Midnight's Children
Midnight's Children 3.98 avg rating — 130,717 ratings
38.
The Iliad
The Iliad
by: Homer
3.92 avg rating — 494,696 ratings
39.
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair 3.81 avg rating — 131,962 ratings
40.
Brideshead Revisited
Brideshead Revisited really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 123,566 ratings
41.
De veghe în lanul de secară
De veghe în lanul de secară 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,795 ratings
42.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland 3.99 avg rating — 423,063 ratings
43.
The Mill on the Floss
The Mill on the Floss 3.83 avg rating — 58,104 ratings
44.
Barchester Towers
Barchester Towers 4.05 avg rating — 17,410 ratings
45.
Another Country
Another Country 4.30 avg rating — 32,349 ratings
46.
Les Misérables
Les Misérables 4.21 avg rating — 830,257 ratings
47.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 4.17 avg rating — 912,035 ratings
48.
The Outsiders
The Outsiders 4.14 avg rating — 1,538,505 ratings
49.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating — 992,125 ratings
50.
Ulysses
Ulysses 3.77 avg rating — 138,356 ratings
51.
East of Eden
East of Eden 4.43 avg rating — 602,312 ratings
52.
The Brothers Karamazov: A Novel in Four Parts and an Epilogue
The Brothers Karamazov: A Novel in Four Parts and an Epilogue 4.38 avg rating — 369,569 ratings
53.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,297 ratings
54.
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden 4.16 avg rating — 1,263,160 ratings
55.
Scoop
Scoop 3.79 avg rating — 22,003 ratings
56.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities 3.88 avg rating — 996,472 ratings
57.
The Diary of a Nobody
The Diary of a Nobody 3.69 avg rating — 17,699 ratings
58.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina 4.10 avg rating — 906,365 ratings
59.
The Betrothed: Introduction by Jonathan Keates (Everyman's Library Classics Series)
The Betrothed: Introduction by Jonathan Keates (Everyman's Library Classics Series) 3.87 avg rating — 17,051 ratings
60.
Orlando
Orlando 3.87 avg rating — 109,459 ratings
61.
Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
by: Ayn Rand
3.69 avg rating — 402,804 ratings
62.
The Time Machine
The Time Machine 3.89 avg rating — 552,957 ratings
63.
The Art of War
The Art of War
by: Sun Tzu
3.95 avg rating — 550,652 ratings
64.
The Forsyte Saga (The Forsyte Chronicles, #1-3)
The Forsyte Saga (The Forsyte Chronicles, #1-3) 4.18 avg rating — 20,498 ratings
65.
Travels with Charley: In Search of America
Travels with Charley: In Search of America 4.08 avg rating — 103,310 ratings
66.
Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1)
Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 76,600 ratings
67.
Women in Love
Women in Love 3.66 avg rating — 33,145 ratings
68.
Staying On (The Raj Quartet, #5)
Staying On (The Raj Quartet, #5) 3.89 avg rating — 4,148 ratings
69.
The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows 4.02 avg rating — 235,252 ratings
70.
My Ántonia
My Ántonia 3.84 avg rating — 144,876 ratings
71.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,395 ratings
72.
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer 4.04 avg rating — 530,184 ratings
73.
War and Peace
War and Peace 4.17 avg rating — 357,006 ratings
74.
Of Human Bondage
Of Human Bondage 4.15 avg rating — 60,346 ratings
75.
Bleak House
Bleak House 4.02 avg rating — 112,458 ratings
76.
Lost Illusions
Lost Illusions 4.16 avg rating — 12,145 ratings
77.
Breakfast of Champions
Breakfast of Champions 4.06 avg rating — 275,081 ratings
78.
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol 4.09 avg rating — 896,594 ratings
79.
Silas Marner
Silas Marner 3.69 avg rating — 91,983 ratings
80.
Mrs Dalloway
Mrs Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 341,980 ratings
81.
Little Women
Little Women 4.17 avg rating — 2,393,266 ratings
82.
The Sea, The Sea
The Sea, The Sea 3.96 avg rating — 24,396 ratings
83.
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance 3.78 avg rating — 241,469 ratings
84.
The Castle
The Castle 3.92 avg rating — 71,998 ratings
85.
I, Claudius
I, Claudius 4.24 avg rating — 71,609 ratings
86.
Peter Pan
Peter Pan 4.03 avg rating — 366,982 ratings
87.
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces 3.89 avg rating — 291,794 ratings
88.
The Razor's Edge
The Razor's Edge 4.19 avg rating — 52,475 ratings
89.
Lark Rise to Candleford
Lark Rise to Candleford 4.01 avg rating — 4,864 ratings
90.
The Return of the Native
The Return of the Native 3.88 avg rating — 39,907 ratings
91.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 3.64 avg rating — 161,009 ratings
92.
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness 3.43 avg rating — 545,778 ratings
93.
North and South
North and South 4.15 avg rating — 179,595 ratings
94.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,453 ratings
95.
What a Carve Up! (The Winshaw Legacy, #1)
What a Carve Up! (The Winshaw Legacy, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 12,757 ratings
96.
The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)
The Godfather (The Godfather, #1) 4.40 avg rating — 452,942 ratings
97.
Suite Française
Suite Française 3.86 avg rating — 77,020 ratings
98.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 3.98 avg rating — 122,141 ratings
99.
White Nights
White Nights 4.08 avg rating — 280,329 ratings
100.
Hard Times
Hard Times 3.55 avg rating — 72,197 ratings