The Ultimate Classics List

1.
A Kidnapped Santa Claus
A Kidnapped Santa Claus 3.33 avg rating β€” 736 ratings
2.
Monkey: The Journey to the West
Monkey: The Journey to the West 4.04 avg rating β€” 7,819 ratings
3.
Mr. Justice Raffles (Raffles, #4)
Mr. Justice Raffles (Raffles, #4) 3.63 avg rating β€” 284 ratings
4.
The Power and the Glory
The Power and the Glory 3.98 avg rating β€” 42,533 ratings
5.
Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3)
Carry On, Jeeves (Jeeves, #3) 4.25 avg rating β€” 26,764 ratings
6.
Daniel Webster and the Sea Serpent
Daniel Webster and the Sea Serpent 3.75 avg rating β€” 4 ratings
7.
Gibbet Hill
Gibbet Hill 3.57 avg rating β€” 409 ratings
8.
My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1)
My Man Jeeves (Jeeves, #1) 4.05 avg rating β€” 45,718 ratings
9.
The Bloody Doll: The Sublime Adventure of Benedict Masson
The Bloody Doll: The Sublime Adventure of Benedict Masson 3.34 avg rating β€” 194 ratings
10.
Le ChΓ’teau des Carpathes
Le ChΓ’teau des Carpathes 3.63 avg rating β€” 5,777 ratings
11.
The Bride Of Corinth And Other Poems
The Bride Of Corinth And Other Poems 3.82 avg rating β€” 57 ratings
12.
The Complete Polly and the Wolf
The Complete Polly and the Wolf 4.32 avg rating β€” 106 ratings
13.
Loss and Gain
Loss and Gain 4.09 avg rating β€” 245 ratings
14.
The Island of Doctor Moreau
The Island of Doctor Moreau 3.73 avg rating β€” 131,601 ratings
15.
Lord of the World
Lord of the World 4.09 avg rating β€” 3,698 ratings
16.
The Necromancers
The Necromancers 3.56 avg rating β€” 334 ratings
17.
By What Authority? (English Reformation Trilogy #1)
By What Authority? (English Reformation Trilogy #1) 4.46 avg rating β€” 212 ratings
18.
Atom Boy
Atom Boy 3.09 avg rating β€” 11 ratings
19.
The Damned Thing: Weird and Ghostly Tales
The Damned Thing: Weird and Ghostly Tales 3.53 avg rating β€” 1,412 ratings
20.
The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2)
The Inimitable Jeeves (Jeeves, #2) 4.20 avg rating β€” 29,536 ratings
21.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 484,676 ratings
22.
The Adventure of the German Student
The Adventure of the German Student 3.69 avg rating β€” 655 ratings
23.
The String of Pearls: The Original Tale of Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street
The String of Pearls: The Original Tale of Sweeney Todd, the Demon Barber of Fleet Street 3.61 avg rating β€” 283 ratings
24.
The Lost Special
The Lost Special 3.53 avg rating β€” 356 ratings
25.
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories 3.84 avg rating β€” 7,130 ratings
26.
The Complete John Silence Stories (John Silence #1-2)
The Complete John Silence Stories (John Silence #1-2) 3.97 avg rating β€” 809 ratings
27.
Man-Size in Marble
Man-Size in Marble
by: E. Nesbit
3.65 avg rating β€” 455 ratings
28.
Tender Buttons
Tender Buttons 3.65 avg rating β€” 7,004 ratings
29.
The Croxley Master: A Great Tale Of The Prize Ring
The Croxley Master: A Great Tale Of The Prize Ring 3.69 avg rating β€” 48 ratings
30.
OLD RELIABLE
OLD RELIABLE 3.77 avg rating β€” 432 ratings
31.
Homer Price
Homer Price 4.09 avg rating β€” 22,886 ratings
32.
The Rough Riders
The Rough Riders 3.78 avg rating β€” 3,504 ratings
33.
The Book of Dragons
The Book of Dragons
by: E. Nesbit
3.84 avg rating β€” 3,825 ratings
34.
Famous Modern Ghost Stories
Famous Modern Ghost Stories 3.46 avg rating β€” 468 ratings
35.
The Collected Ghost Stories of E.F. Benson
The Collected Ghost Stories of E.F. Benson 4.13 avg rating β€” 1,604 ratings
36.
Carnacki, the Ghost Finder
Carnacki, the Ghost Finder 3.73 avg rating β€” 2,524 ratings
37.
The Were-Wolf: Clemence Housman's Haunting Gothic Horror (Best Classic Horror Novels of All Time)
The Were-Wolf: Clemence Housman's Haunting Gothic Horror (Best Classic Horror Novels of All Time) 3.69 avg rating β€” 410 ratings
38.
More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary 4.16 avg rating β€” 1,688 ratings
39.
The Signalman
The Signalman 3.66 avg rating β€” 7,394 ratings
40.
How Watson Learned the Trick: No. 54
How Watson Learned the Trick: No. 54 3.89 avg rating β€” 249 ratings
41.
The Field Bazaar
The Field Bazaar 3.36 avg rating β€” 142 ratings
42.
An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews
An Apology for the Life of Mrs. Shamela Andrews 3.26 avg rating β€” 948 ratings
43.
Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded
Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded 2.76 avg rating β€” 13,353 ratings
44.
The Great God Pan
The Great God Pan 3.68 avg rating β€” 15,732 ratings
45.
Round the Fire Stories
Round the Fire Stories 3.86 avg rating β€” 271 ratings
46.
The Mystery of Cloomber
The Mystery of Cloomber 3.44 avg rating β€” 938 ratings
47.
Tales of Terror and Mystery
Tales of Terror and Mystery 3.82 avg rating β€” 2,823 ratings
48.
The Hollow Needle: Further Adventures of Arsène Lupin
The Hollow Needle: Further Adventures of Arsène Lupin 3.80 avg rating — 6,084 ratings
49.
Green Tea and Other Weird Stories
Green Tea and Other Weird Stories 3.90 avg rating β€” 73 ratings
50.
The Loved One
The Loved One 3.75 avg rating β€” 13,360 ratings
51.
The Bronze Hand
The Bronze Hand 3.12 avg rating β€” 76 ratings
52.
A Syrup of the Bees
A Syrup of the Bees 4.09 avg rating β€” 11 ratings
53.
Colonel Stonesteel's Genuine Home-made Truly Egyptian Mummy
Colonel Stonesteel's Genuine Home-made Truly Egyptian Mummy 3.85 avg rating β€” 13 ratings
54.
Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica
Tell My Horse: Voodoo and Life in Haiti and Jamaica 3.98 avg rating β€” 2,471 ratings
55.
The Snow Queen
The Snow Queen 3.92 avg rating β€” 362 ratings
56.
Fearsome Creatures Of The Lumberwoods: With A Few Desert And Mountain Beasts
Fearsome Creatures Of The Lumberwoods: With A Few Desert And Mountain Beasts 3.89 avg rating β€” 93 ratings
57.
Magic, A Fantastic Comedy
Magic, A Fantastic Comedy 3.82 avg rating β€” 335 ratings
58.
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3) 4.58 avg rating β€” 1,004,475 ratings
59.
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse 3.81 avg rating β€” 207,169 ratings
60.
The Gardener's Year
The Gardener's Year 4.08 avg rating β€” 1,597 ratings
61.
The Tale of Sinuhe and Other Ancient Egyptian Poems, 1940-1640 B.C.
The Tale of Sinuhe and Other Ancient Egyptian Poems, 1940-1640 B.C.
by: Unknown
3.74 avg rating β€” 425 ratings
62.
Smith and the Pharaohs
Smith and the Pharaohs 4.02 avg rating β€” 49 ratings
63.
The Living Mummy
The Living Mummy 2.67 avg rating β€” 6 ratings
64.
Under the Pyramids
Under the Pyramids 3.32 avg rating β€” 1,410 ratings
65.
The Egyptian
The Egyptian 4.22 avg rating β€” 26,977 ratings
66.
Lost in a Pyramid or the Mummy's Curse
Lost in a Pyramid or the Mummy's Curse 3.58 avg rating β€” 377 ratings
67.
Return from the Dead: A Collection of Classic Mummy Stories
Return from the Dead: A Collection of Classic Mummy Stories 3.42 avg rating β€” 60 ratings
68.
The Mummy's Foot
The Mummy's Foot 3.50 avg rating β€” 250 ratings
69.
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4)
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (Hercule Poirot, #4) 4.26 avg rating β€” 327,492 ratings
70.
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2) 4.50 avg rating β€” 1,084,196 ratings
71.
The Wendigo
The Wendigo 3.80 avg rating β€” 7,678 ratings
72.
The Centaur
The Centaur 3.45 avg rating β€” 227 ratings
73.
The Singular Death of Morton
The Singular Death of Morton 3.36 avg rating β€” 33 ratings
74.
The Lightning Conductor Discovers America
The Lightning Conductor Discovers America 3.32 avg rating β€” 25 ratings
75.
The Green Face
The Green Face 3.82 avg rating β€” 641 ratings
76.
Come Rack! Come Rope!
Come Rack! Come Rope! 4.43 avg rating β€” 644 ratings
77.
Directions to Servants
Directions to Servants 3.56 avg rating β€” 331 ratings
78.
Tartuffe
Tartuffe 3.66 avg rating β€” 42,284 ratings
79.
The Indian in the Cupboard (The Indian in the Cupboard, #1)
The Indian in the Cupboard (The Indian in the Cupboard, #1) 3.93 avg rating β€” 108,373 ratings
80.
Letters from Father Christmas
Letters from Father Christmas 4.30 avg rating β€” 26,578 ratings
81.
The Wreath (Kristin Lavransdatter, #1)
The Wreath (Kristin Lavransdatter, #1) 4.05 avg rating β€” 9,438 ratings
82.
Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf
Clever Polly and the Stupid Wolf 4.07 avg rating β€” 488 ratings
83.
The Lightning Conductor The Strange Adventures of a Motor-Car
The Lightning Conductor The Strange Adventures of a Motor-Car 3.66 avg rating β€” 71 ratings
84.
Ride the Pink Horse
Ride the Pink Horse 3.80 avg rating β€” 1,044 ratings
85.
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories 4.17 avg rating β€” 48,599 ratings
86.
The Tavern Knight
The Tavern Knight 3.48 avg rating β€” 327 ratings
87.
Lucky Jim
Lucky Jim 3.75 avg rating β€” 31,468 ratings
88.
South Sea Tales
South Sea Tales 3.81 avg rating β€” 2,534 ratings
89.
Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas
Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas 3.51 avg rating β€” 1,099 ratings
90.
An Inland Voyage
An Inland Voyage 3.67 avg rating β€” 263 ratings
91.
The Story of the Amulet (The Psammead Trilogy, #3)
The Story of the Amulet (The Psammead Trilogy, #3)
by: E. Nesbit
3.97 avg rating β€” 4,599 ratings
92.
The Phoenix and the Carpet (The Psammead Trilogy, #2)
The Phoenix and the Carpet (The Psammead Trilogy, #2)
by: E. Nesbit
4.04 avg rating β€” 9,662 ratings
93.
Men Against the Sea (The Bounty Trilogy, #2)
Men Against the Sea (The Bounty Trilogy, #2) 4.23 avg rating β€” 1,370 ratings
94.
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1)
Master and Commander (Aubrey & Maturin, #1) 4.07 avg rating β€” 61,949 ratings
95.
Sharpe's Tiger (Sharpe, #1)
Sharpe's Tiger (Sharpe, #1) 4.14 avg rating β€” 28,598 ratings
96.
Penrod
Penrod 3.93 avg rating β€” 1,577 ratings
97.
Brood of the Witch-Queen
Brood of the Witch-Queen 3.42 avg rating β€” 540 ratings
98.
Lair of the White Worm
Lair of the White Worm 2.77 avg rating β€” 4,488 ratings
99.
The White Company
The White Company 3.89 avg rating β€” 4,712 ratings
100.
Waverley
Waverley 3.44 avg rating β€” 5,952 ratings