The top 100 classics according to active members of "Catching up on Classics" group

101.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities 3.88 avg rating — 996,415 ratings
102.
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (George Smiley, #3)
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (George Smiley, #3) 4.09 avg rating — 122,057 ratings
103.
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1)
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Earth's Children, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 278,692 ratings
104.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,266 ratings
105.
Chess Story
Chess Story 4.27 avg rating — 158,941 ratings
106.
Macbeth
Macbeth 3.89 avg rating — 992,077 ratings
107.
The Secret History
The Secret History 4.16 avg rating — 950,463 ratings
108.
Night
Night 4.38 avg rating — 1,334,188 ratings
109.
The Iliad
The Iliad
by: Homer
3.92 avg rating — 494,639 ratings
110.
Roadside Picnic
Roadside Picnic 4.13 avg rating — 81,974 ratings
111.
Ulysses
Ulysses 3.77 avg rating — 138,339 ratings
111.
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 1,449,731 ratings
113.
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 1,079,841 ratings
114.
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair 3.81 avg rating — 131,957 ratings
115.
My Cousin Rachel
My Cousin Rachel really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 66,215 ratings
115.
A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1)
A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 1,263,367 ratings
117.
War and Peace
War and Peace 4.17 avg rating — 356,976 ratings
118.
Heidi
Heidi 4.04 avg rating — 208,686 ratings
119.
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury 3.86 avg rating — 192,270 ratings
120.
Dracula
Dracula 4.02 avg rating — 1,415,044 ratings
120.
O Pioneers!
O Pioneers! 3.90 avg rating — 57,275 ratings
122.
Mrs Dalloway
Mrs Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 341,935 ratings
123.
Aesop's Fables
Aesop's Fables
by: Aesop
4.05 avg rating — 128,592 ratings
124.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 499,081 ratings
124.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,673 ratings
126.
Gilgamesh: A New English Version
Gilgamesh: A New English Version
by: Anonymous
3.75 avg rating — 114,172 ratings
126.
Nutcracker and Mouse King: The Timeless Christmas Fairytale
Nutcracker and Mouse King: The Timeless Christmas Fairytale 3.88 avg rating — 24,064 ratings
126.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina 4.10 avg rating — 906,247 ratings
129.
Lonesome Dove
Lonesome Dove 4.56 avg rating — 222,337 ratings
130.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 4.03 avg rating — 126,453 ratings
130.
The Tale of Genji
The Tale of Genji 3.72 avg rating — 14,370 ratings
132.
Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #2)
Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 141,698 ratings
132.
The Aeneid
The Aeneid
by: Virgil
3.87 avg rating — 139,137 ratings
132.
Beowulf
Beowulf
by: Unknown
3.50 avg rating — 338,023 ratings
135.
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 257,768 ratings
136.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) 4.13 avg rating — 376,291 ratings
137.
A Midsummer's Night Dream
A Midsummer's Night Dream 3.94 avg rating — 568,048 ratings
138.
Notes from Underground
Notes from Underground 4.17 avg rating — 209,210 ratings
139.
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms 4.38 avg rating — 6,321 ratings
140.
Sophie’s Choice
Sophie’s Choice 4.17 avg rating — 93,607 ratings
141.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,084 ratings
141.
The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds 4.25 avg rating — 361,066 ratings
143.
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont
Mrs. Palfrey at the Claremont 3.99 avg rating — 11,391 ratings
144.
Memoirs of Hadrian
Memoirs of Hadrian 4.22 avg rating — 34,178 ratings
145.
Swann’s Way (In Search of Lost Time, #1)
Swann’s Way (In Search of Lost Time, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 66,160 ratings
146.
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse 3.81 avg rating — 207,170 ratings
147.
Shakespeare's Sonnets
Shakespeare's Sonnets 4.25 avg rating — 110,513 ratings
148.
The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers 4.10 avg rating — 340,215 ratings
149.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 753,908 ratings
150.
The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried 4.14 avg rating — 337,456 ratings
151.
Midnight’s Children
Midnight’s Children 3.98 avg rating — 130,708 ratings
151.
Death and the King's Horseman
Death and the King's Horseman 3.79 avg rating — 5,157 ratings
151.
A Room of One’s Own
A Room of One’s Own 4.22 avg rating — 246,439 ratings
154.
The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds 3.83 avg rating — 340,285 ratings
154.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,728 ratings
156.
I, Robot (Robot, #0.1)
I, Robot (Robot, #0.1) 4.21 avg rating — 369,894 ratings
157.
Giovanni’s Room
Giovanni’s Room 4.34 avg rating — 226,042 ratings
157.
Bartleby the Scrivener
Bartleby the Scrivener 3.93 avg rating — 72,173 ratings
157.
Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 354,052 ratings
160.
The Time Machine
The Time Machine 3.89 avg rating — 552,918 ratings
160.
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer 4.04 avg rating — 530,069 ratings
162.
I Capture the Castle
I Capture the Castle 3.99 avg rating — 113,034 ratings
162.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating — 1,315,439 ratings
164.
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Tell-Tale Heart 4.24 avg rating — 117,092 ratings
164.
The Red and the Black
The Red and the Black
by: Stendhal
3.86 avg rating — 81,050 ratings
166.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,180 ratings
167.
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice 3.76 avg rating — 47,112 ratings
168.
Agnes Grey
Agnes Grey 3.71 avg rating — 78,681 ratings
169.
The Stars My Destination
The Stars My Destination 4.06 avg rating — 54,396 ratings
170.
The Leopard
The Leopard 4.01 avg rating — 44,212 ratings
171.
Babette’s Feast
Babette’s Feast 3.85 avg rating — 7,290 ratings
172.
For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls 3.99 avg rating — 311,399 ratings
173.
Passing
Passing 3.92 avg rating — 76,696 ratings
174.
The Man of Property (The Forsyte Chronicles, #1)
The Man of Property (The Forsyte Chronicles, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5,026 ratings
175.
Hunger
Hunger 4.04 avg rating — 62,398 ratings
176.
The Summer Book
The Summer Book 4.01 avg rating — 50,796 ratings
177.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle Tom’s Cabin 3.92 avg rating — 239,362 ratings
178.
Wives and Daughters
Wives and Daughters 4.13 avg rating — 50,106 ratings
179.
Foundation (Foundation, #1)
Foundation (Foundation, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 580,893 ratings
179.
Ethan Frome
Ethan Frome 3.45 avg rating — 134,932 ratings
179.
Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost 3.85 avg rating — 177,948 ratings
182.
The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1: The Golden Days
The Story of the Stone, or The Dream of the Red Chamber, Vol. 1: The Golden Days 4.20 avg rating — 2,418 ratings
183.
Sometimes a Great Notion
Sometimes a Great Notion
by: Ken Kesey
4.26 avg rating — 23,500 ratings
183.
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 116,700 ratings
185.
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West
Blood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West 4.16 avg rating — 204,444 ratings
186.
Invisible Cities
Invisible Cities 4.10 avg rating — 93,528 ratings
186.
And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None 4.28 avg rating — 1,544,098 ratings
186.
The Makioka Sisters
The Makioka Sisters 4.03 avg rating — 11,389 ratings
186.
In Search of Lost Time
In Search of Lost Time 4.34 avg rating — 13,695 ratings
190.
North and South
North and South 4.15 avg rating — 179,580 ratings
191.
The Egyptian
The Egyptian 4.22 avg rating — 26,977 ratings
192.
The Big Sky (The Big Sky, #1)
The Big Sky (The Big Sky, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 5,627 ratings
192.
War with the Newts
War with the Newts 4.17 avg rating — 16,878 ratings
194.
Death in Venice
Death in Venice 3.69 avg rating — 65,708 ratings
195.
A Scanner Darkly
A Scanner Darkly 4.03 avg rating — 108,213 ratings
196.
The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay, #1)
The 39 Steps (Richard Hannay, #1) 3.59 avg rating — 45,004 ratings
196.
Père Goriot
Père Goriot 3.85 avg rating — 64,956 ratings
198.
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 809,444 ratings
198.
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1) 4.24 avg rating — 71,600 ratings
200.
The Tartar Steppe
The Tartar Steppe 4.21 avg rating — 38,425 ratings
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