52 Book Club 2024: Summer Mini Challenge - Boxing: A Strong Opening Hook

1.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,802,120 ratings
2.
Little Fires Everywhere
Little Fires Everywhere 4.07 avg rating — 1,279,585 ratings
3.
The Night Circus
The Night Circus really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,068,399 ratings
4.
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 696,682 ratings
5.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,633,017 ratings
6.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating — 1,681,634 ratings
7.
The Year of Magical Thinking
The Year of Magical Thinking 3.93 avg rating — 284,941 ratings
8.
All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See 4.31 avg rating — 1,904,523 ratings
9.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,788 ratings
10.
One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, #1)
One for the Money (Stephanie Plum, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 573,261 ratings
11.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating — 1,069,945 ratings
12.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
We Have Always Lived in the Castle 3.92 avg rating — 273,786 ratings
13.
The Push
The Push 4.04 avg rating — 412,756 ratings
14.
The Outsiders
The Outsiders 4.14 avg rating — 1,538,243 ratings
15.
The Princess Bride
The Princess Bride 4.27 avg rating — 936,537 ratings
16.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,318 ratings
17.
The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones 3.86 avg rating — 2,439,500 ratings
18.
The Haunting of Hill House
The Haunting of Hill House 3.81 avg rating — 365,294 ratings
19.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,938 ratings
20.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,176 ratings
21.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1) 4.24 avg rating — 3,059,033 ratings
22.
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Moby-Dick or, The Whale 3.56 avg rating — 602,775 ratings
23.
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again 4.29 avg rating — 4,345,771 ratings
24.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,367 ratings
25.
All the Sinners Bleed
All the Sinners Bleed 4.21 avg rating — 98,395 ratings
26.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,261 ratings
27.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,153,733 ratings
28.
The Starless Sea
The Starless Sea 3.84 avg rating — 227,422 ratings
29.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina 4.10 avg rating — 906,242 ratings
30.
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1)
The Bad Beginning (A Series of Unfortunate Events, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 559,214 ratings
31.
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2)
The Restaurant at the End of the Universe (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #2) 4.20 avg rating — 309,575 ratings
32.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,226,000 ratings
33.
White Oleander
White Oleander really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 363,339 ratings
34.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,728 ratings
34.
David Copperfield
David Copperfield 4.04 avg rating — 253,088 ratings
36.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating — 1,315,414 ratings
37.
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis 3.90 avg rating — 1,338,257 ratings
38.
Die Trying (Jack Reacher, #2)
Die Trying (Jack Reacher, #2)
by: Lee Child
4.07 avg rating — 160,174 ratings
39.
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden 4.16 avg rating — 1,263,015 ratings
40.
I Capture the Castle
I Capture the Castle 3.99 avg rating — 113,033 ratings
41.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,731,206 ratings
42.
The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds 3.83 avg rating — 340,281 ratings
42.
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1)
The Fifth Season (The Broken Earth, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 317,145 ratings
44.
I Am the Messenger
I Am the Messenger 4.03 avg rating — 167,656 ratings
45.
Paradise (Beloved Trilogy, #3)
Paradise (Beloved Trilogy, #3) 3.86 avg rating — 28,534 ratings
46.
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1)
Fourth Wing (The Empyrean, #1) 4.58 avg rating — 3,137,578 ratings
47.
The Martian
The Martian
by: Andy Weir
4.42 avg rating — 1,238,727 ratings
48.
The Virgin Suicides
The Virgin Suicides 3.78 avg rating — 395,300 ratings
49.
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 650,947 ratings
50.
The Virgin of Small Plains
The Virgin of Small Plains 3.87 avg rating — 7,172 ratings
50.
Made Glorious
Made Glorious 3.79 avg rating — 151 ratings
50.
The Last Whalers: Three Years in the Far Pacific with a Courageous Tribe and a Vanishing Way of Life
The Last Whalers: Three Years in the Far Pacific with a Courageous Tribe and a Vanishing Way of Life 4.01 avg rating — 858 ratings
50.
The Ministry of Time
The Ministry of Time 3.59 avg rating — 170,336 ratings
50.
Crooked Plow
Crooked Plow 4.45 avg rating — 28,331 ratings
50.
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler 4.02 avg rating — 108,207 ratings
50.
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1)
Everyone in My Family Has Killed Someone (Ernest Cunningham, #1) 3.77 avg rating — 200,112 ratings
50.
Starter Villain
Starter Villain 4.13 avg rating — 84,961 ratings
50.
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge 4.01 avg rating — 26,410 ratings
50.
Bindle Punk Bruja
Bindle Punk Bruja 3.52 avg rating — 1,386 ratings
50.
For One More Day
For One More Day 4.13 avg rating — 157,479 ratings
50.
Woke Baby
Woke Baby 3.69 avg rating — 620 ratings
62.
No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us
No Visible Bruises: What We Don’t Know About Domestic Violence Can Kill Us 4.50 avg rating — 8,099 ratings
63.
Madonna
Madonna 4.09 avg rating — 1,149 ratings
64.
The Secret History
The Secret History 4.16 avg rating — 950,448 ratings
65.
Notes on an Execution
Notes on an Execution 4.05 avg rating — 129,196 ratings
66.
The Five People You Meet in Heaven
The Five People You Meet in Heaven 4.01 avg rating — 781,592 ratings
67.
The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1)
The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 650,137 ratings
68.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,784 ratings
69.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,665 ratings
70.
Night Watch (Discworld, #29; City Watch, #6)
Night Watch (Discworld, #29; City Watch, #6) 4.50 avg rating — 116,542 ratings
71.
The Fortune Men
The Fortune Men 3.79 avg rating — 5,505 ratings
72.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream 4.07 avg rating — 370,582 ratings
73.
Trainspotting
Trainspotting 4.11 avg rating — 174,906 ratings
74.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities 3.88 avg rating — 996,404 ratings
75.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,184 ratings
76.
Peter Pan
Peter Pan 4.03 avg rating — 366,947 ratings
77.
Cross Down (Alex Cross, #31)
Cross Down (Alex Cross, #31) 4.40 avg rating — 24,066 ratings
78.
The Diviners (The Diviners, #1)
The Diviners (The Diviners, #1) 3.94 avg rating — 101,045 ratings
79.
Twenty Years Later
Twenty Years Later 4.19 avg rating — 159,309 ratings
80.
Cell
Cell 3.66 avg rating — 233,453 ratings
81.
Red Sister (Book of the Ancestor, #1)
Red Sister (Book of the Ancestor, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 61,718 ratings
82.
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3)
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia, #3) 4.09 avg rating — 497,883 ratings
83.
Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3)
Monstrous Regiment (Discworld, #31; Industrial Revolution, #3) 4.26 avg rating — 83,261 ratings
84.
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous 4.02 avg rating — 375,036 ratings
85.
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
The Death and Life of Great American Cities 4.29 avg rating — 19,189 ratings
86.
Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon 4.23 avg rating — 763,564 ratings
87.
The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, #1)
The Raven Boys (The Raven Cycle, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 394,624 ratings
88.
The Hazel Wood (The Hazel Wood, #1)
The Hazel Wood (The Hazel Wood, #1) 3.56 avg rating — 100,453 ratings
89.
To Kill a Kingdom (Hundred Kingdoms, #1)
To Kill a Kingdom (Hundred Kingdoms, #1) 3.71 avg rating — 203,776 ratings
90.
’Salem’s Lot
’Salem’s Lot 4.10 avg rating — 636,654 ratings
91.
Uprooted
Uprooted 4.03 avg rating — 256,799 ratings
92.
Seveneves
Seveneves really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 122,809 ratings
93.
Monster Hunter International (Monster Hunter International, #1)
Monster Hunter International (Monster Hunter International, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 29,788 ratings
94.
Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1)
Neuromancer (Sprawl, #1) 3.89 avg rating — 354,049 ratings
95.
Pyramids (Discworld, #7)
Pyramids (Discworld, #7) 3.93 avg rating — 92,351 ratings
96.
The Scorpio Races
The Scorpio Races 4.10 avg rating — 112,863 ratings