Best Books of the Decade: 1880s

101.
The Father
The Father 3.62 avg rating β€” 2,666 ratings
102.
Contes cruels
Contes cruels 3.63 avg rating β€” 748 ratings
103.
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories
Lord Arthur Savile's Crime and Other Stories 3.84 avg rating β€” 7,130 ratings
104.
Castelul din CarpaΕ£i
Castelul din CarpaΕ£i 3.63 avg rating β€” 5,777 ratings
105.
Markheim
Markheim 3.41 avg rating β€” 2,423 ratings
106.
Miau
Miau 3.77 avg rating β€” 1,430 ratings
107.
The Happy Prince
The Happy Prince 4.20 avg rating β€” 36,799 ratings
108.
Who Killed Zebedee? and John Jago's Ghost
Who Killed Zebedee? and John Jago's Ghost 3.38 avg rating β€” 277 ratings
109.
The Body Snatcher
The Body Snatcher 3.39 avg rating β€” 5,437 ratings
110.
Il piacere
Il piacere 3.49 avg rating β€” 7,606 ratings
111.
The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, 1809–82
The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, 1809–82 3.83 avg rating β€” 3,155 ratings
112.
Olalla
Olalla 3.14 avg rating β€” 3,938 ratings
113.
Marigold Garden - Pictures and Rhymes - Illustrated by Kate Greenaway
Marigold Garden - Pictures and Rhymes - Illustrated by Kate Greenaway 3.46 avg rating β€” 145 ratings
114.
How Much Land Does a Man Need?
How Much Land Does a Man Need? 4.10 avg rating β€” 16,364 ratings
115.
The Sphinx Without A Secret: Short Story
The Sphinx Without A Secret: Short Story 3.43 avg rating β€” 2,339 ratings
116.
Le Horla et autres nouvelles fantastiques
Le Horla et autres nouvelles fantastiques 3.88 avg rating β€” 22,639 ratings
117.
Star of the South
Star of the South 3.76 avg rating β€” 1,679 ratings
118.
Thrawn Janet
Thrawn Janet 2.91 avg rating β€” 678 ratings
119.
Pan Michael: An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey; a Sequel to "With Fire and Sword" and "The Deluge".
Pan Michael: An Historical Novel of Poland, the Ukraine, and Turkey; a Sequel to "With Fire and Sword" and "The Deluge". 3.99 avg rating β€” 3,117 ratings
119.
I Malavoglia
I Malavoglia 3.47 avg rating β€” 15,617 ratings
121.
Monsieur VΓ©nus
Monsieur VΓ©nus
by: Rachilde
3.81 avg rating β€” 938 ratings
122.
Irrungen, Wirrungen
Irrungen, Wirrungen 3.25 avg rating β€” 3,680 ratings
123.
Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings
Uncle Remus: His Songs and His Sayings 3.74 avg rating β€” 670 ratings
124.
Marius the Epicurean
Marius the Epicurean 3.55 avg rating β€” 693 ratings
125.
BahnwΓ€rter Thiel
BahnwΓ€rter Thiel 3.31 avg rating β€” 9,005 ratings
126.
A Laodicean: A Story of Today
A Laodicean: A Story of Today 3.62 avg rating β€” 941 ratings
127.
The Dream
The Dream 3.55 avg rating β€” 2,255 ratings
128.
Atlantis: The Antediluvian World
Atlantis: The Antediluvian World 3.65 avg rating β€” 686 ratings
129.
Childhood, Boyhood, Youth
Childhood, Boyhood, Youth 3.90 avg rating β€” 9,401 ratings
130.
Sagesse
Sagesse 3.22 avg rating β€” 64 ratings
131.
Pierre and Jean
Pierre and Jean 3.61 avg rating β€” 8,884 ratings
132.
The Chautauqua Girls at Home
The Chautauqua Girls at Home
by: Pansy
4.31 avg rating β€” 118 ratings
133.
The Princess and Curdie (Princess Irene and Curdie, #2)
The Princess and Curdie (Princess Irene and Curdie, #2) 4.08 avg rating β€” 10,494 ratings
134.
Jadis et naguère
Jadis et naguère 3.74 avg rating — 42 ratings
135.
Mythical Monsters
Mythical Monsters 3.37 avg rating β€” 81 ratings
135.
The Selfish Giant
The Selfish Giant 4.08 avg rating β€” 9,816 ratings
137.
The Graysons; a story of Abraham Lincoln. By: Edward Eggleston, illustrated By: Allegra Eggleston (November 19, 1860 - 1933): (World's classic's), Illustrated.
The Graysons; a story of Abraham Lincoln. By: Edward Eggleston, illustrated By: Allegra Eggleston (November 19, 1860 - 1933): (World's classic's), Illustrated. 4.60 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
138.
The Republic of the Future, Or, Socialism a Reality
The Republic of the Future, Or, Socialism a Reality 2.83 avg rating β€” 63 ratings
139.
The Black Arrow
The Black Arrow 3.79 avg rating β€” 19,568 ratings
140.
The Necklace
The Necklace 3.84 avg rating β€” 8,478 ratings
141.
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow
Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow 3.84 avg rating β€” 3,193 ratings
142.
The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard
The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard 3.68 avg rating β€” 745 ratings
143.
Workers in the Dawn
Workers in the Dawn 3.97 avg rating β€” 37 ratings
144.
I Am the Most Interesting Book of All: The Diary of Marie Bashkirtseff, Volume 1
I Am the Most Interesting Book of All: The Diary of Marie Bashkirtseff, Volume 1 4.05 avg rating β€” 102 ratings
145.
The Model Millionaire
The Model Millionaire 3.62 avg rating β€” 821 ratings
146.
The Mystery of Cloomber
The Mystery of Cloomber 3.44 avg rating β€” 938 ratings
147.
The Lady, or the Tiger?
The Lady, or the Tiger? 3.94 avg rating β€” 2,839 ratings
148.
Endymion
Endymion 3.55 avg rating β€” 47 ratings
149.
Allan Quatermain (Allan Quatermain, #2)
Allan Quatermain (Allan Quatermain, #2) 3.89 avg rating β€” 5,381 ratings
150.
The Story of an African Farm
The Story of an African Farm 3.53 avg rating β€” 3,027 ratings
150.
The Torture by Hope
The Torture by Hope 3.53 avg rating β€” 115 ratings
152.
The Joy of Life
The Joy of Life 3.90 avg rating β€” 2,243 ratings
153.
The Counting-Out Rhymes of Children: Their Antiquity, Origin, and Wide Distribution
The Counting-Out Rhymes of Children: Their Antiquity, Origin, and Wide Distribution really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
153.
Plain Tales from the Hills
Plain Tales from the Hills 3.71 avg rating β€” 1,780 ratings
155.
The Forsaken Inn
The Forsaken Inn 3.62 avg rating β€” 911 ratings
156.
Vice Versa: A Lesson to Fathers
Vice Versa: A Lesson to Fathers
by: F. Anstey
3.73 avg rating β€” 184 ratings
156.
Misery
Misery 3.95 avg rating β€” 3,088 ratings
158.
The Treasure Of Franchard
The Treasure Of Franchard 2.89 avg rating β€” 170 ratings
159.
In The Vine Country
In The Vine Country 3.75 avg rating β€” 24 ratings
160.
The Princess Casamassima
The Princess Casamassima 3.78 avg rating β€” 932 ratings
160.
The Merry Men
The Merry Men 2.84 avg rating β€” 402 ratings
162.
Niels Lyhne
Niels Lyhne 3.97 avg rating β€” 2,561 ratings
163.
Rosmersholm
Rosmersholm 3.73 avg rating β€” 1,585 ratings
163.
The Portrait of Mr W.H.
The Portrait of Mr W.H. 3.58 avg rating β€” 2,314 ratings
163.
Teutonic Mythology Vol. 1 (Volume 1)
Teutonic Mythology Vol. 1 (Volume 1) 3.98 avg rating β€” 56 ratings
166.
He That Will Not When He May
He That Will Not When He May 3.67 avg rating β€” 240 ratings
167.
The Bet and Other Stories
The Bet and Other Stories 4.07 avg rating β€” 2,035 ratings
168.
Legends of the Patriarchs and Prophets and Other Old Testament Characters from Various Sources
Legends of the Patriarchs and Prophets and Other Old Testament Characters from Various Sources 3.67 avg rating β€” 9 ratings
169.
Kashtanka
Kashtanka 3.87 avg rating β€” 2,130 ratings
170.
A Romance of Two Worlds
A Romance of Two Worlds 3.60 avg rating β€” 319 ratings
171.
The Bab Ballads
The Bab Ballads 3.55 avg rating β€” 55 ratings
172.
Little Novels of Sicily
Little Novels of Sicily 3.74 avg rating β€” 282 ratings
173.
A Joke
A Joke 3.69 avg rating β€” 789 ratings
174.
La Tosca
La Tosca 4.11 avg rating β€” 206 ratings
175.
A Dream of John Ball and A King's Lesson
A Dream of John Ball and A King's Lesson 3.78 avg rating β€” 65 ratings
176.
A Confession
A Confession 4.10 avg rating β€” 18,734 ratings
177.
The Golovlyov Family
The Golovlyov Family 4.11 avg rating β€” 3,114 ratings
178.
The Steppe
The Steppe 3.75 avg rating β€” 2,036 ratings
179.
Robur the Conqueror
Robur the Conqueror 3.48 avg rating β€” 2,114 ratings
180.
The Shooting Party
The Shooting Party 3.91 avg rating β€” 2,592 ratings
181.
The Secret Doctrine
The Secret Doctrine 3.93 avg rating β€” 1,559 ratings
182.
The Anatomy of Negation
The Anatomy of Negation really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 30 ratings
182.
Anielka
Anielka 3.03 avg rating β€” 600 ratings
182.
Twilight of the Idols
Twilight of the Idols 3.95 avg rating β€” 13,681 ratings
182.
Sara Crewe, or What Happened at Miss Minchin's
Sara Crewe, or What Happened at Miss Minchin's 4.12 avg rating β€” 3,349 ratings
182.
The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde
The Necklace of Princess Fiorimonde 4.08 avg rating β€” 108 ratings
182.
Stepping Heavenward
Stepping Heavenward 4.27 avg rating β€” 8,702 ratings
182.
The Man Who Would Be King
The Man Who Would Be King 3.69 avg rating β€” 12,929 ratings
189.
Poems of Jules Laforgue
Poems of Jules Laforgue 4.07 avg rating β€” 103 ratings
189.
Amiel's Journal
Amiel's Journal 4.22 avg rating β€” 161 ratings
189.
The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains
The Prophet of the Great Smoky Mountains 3.29 avg rating β€” 17 ratings
189.
The Spirit of Madame de Genlis
The Spirit of Madame de Genlis 3.60 avg rating β€” 10 ratings
189.
The Wanderings of Oisin and other Poems
The Wanderings of Oisin and other Poems 4.11 avg rating β€” 38 ratings
189.
Three Poems: Host and Guest / Aluda Ketelauri / The Snake-Eater
Three Poems: Host and Guest / Aluda Ketelauri / The Snake-Eater 4.69 avg rating β€” 1,105 ratings
195.
Tales of the Birds
Tales of the Birds really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 2 ratings
195.
The Bread-winners
The Bread-winners
by: John Hay
3.45 avg rating β€” 22 ratings
197.
The Best Works of John Hay (Best Works Include Abraham Lincoln A History V1, Abraham Lincoln A History V2, Castilian Days, Pike County Ballads, Poems, The Bread-winners)
The Best Works of John Hay (Best Works Include Abraham Lincoln A History V1, Abraham Lincoln A History V2, Castilian Days, Pike County Ballads, Poems, The Bread-winners)
by: John Hay
0.00 avg rating β€” 0 ratings
198.
A New England Girlhood
A New England Girlhood 3.60 avg rating β€” 92 ratings
198.
Researches in Teutonic Mythology
Researches in Teutonic Mythology 3.75 avg rating β€” 32 ratings
198.
Their Pilgrimage
Their Pilgrimage 2.40 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
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