Best Books of the Decade: 1860s

1.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating — 1,024,398 ratings
2.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,392,793 ratings
3.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations 3.80 avg rating — 857,473 ratings
4.
War and Peace
War and Peace 4.17 avg rating — 356,949 ratings
5.
Les Misérables
Les Misérables 4.21 avg rating — 830,165 ratings
6.
The Idiot
The Idiot 4.21 avg rating — 207,606 ratings
7.
The Woman in White
The Woman in White 4.01 avg rating — 162,709 ratings
8.
Fathers and Sons
Fathers and Sons really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 97,907 ratings
9.
The Moonstone
The Moonstone 3.91 avg rating — 97,246 ratings
10.
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Journey to the Center of the Earth 3.85 avg rating — 218,523 ratings
11.
Silas Marner
Silas Marner 3.69 avg rating — 91,971 ratings
12.
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead 4.19 avg rating — 78,029 ratings
13.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #1)
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 422,947 ratings
14.
The Mill on the Floss
The Mill on the Floss 3.83 avg rating — 58,097 ratings
15.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass 4.06 avg rating — 597,580 ratings
16.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 270,571 ratings
17.
Wives and Daughters
Wives and Daughters 4.13 avg rating — 50,103 ratings
18.
Our Mutual Friend
Our Mutual Friend 4.09 avg rating — 30,886 ratings
19.
Goblin Market: A Tale of Two Sisters
Goblin Market: A Tale of Two Sisters 4.08 avg rating — 16,036 ratings
20.
The Gambler
The Gambler 3.91 avg rating — 112,124 ratings
21.
Notes from Underground
Notes from Underground 4.17 avg rating — 209,163 ratings
22.
Sentimental Education
Sentimental Education 3.81 avg rating — 24,076 ratings
23.
Thérèse Raquin
Thérèse Raquin 3.73 avg rating — 36,712 ratings
24.
Can You Forgive Her? (Palliser #1)
Can You Forgive Her? (Palliser #1) 3.99 avg rating — 8,199 ratings
25.
Lorna Doone
Lorna Doone 3.73 avg rating — 16,259 ratings
26.
The House of the Dead
The House of the Dead 4.05 avg rating — 33,985 ratings
27.
From the Earth to the Moon
From the Earth to the Moon 3.76 avg rating — 38,326 ratings
28.
Peer Gynt
Peer Gynt 3.71 avg rating — 9,059 ratings
29.
The Innocents Abroad, Or, the New Pilgrims' Progress
The Innocents Abroad, Or, the New Pilgrims' Progress 3.84 avg rating — 14,583 ratings
30.
The Last Chronicle of Barset (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #6)
The Last Chronicle of Barset (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #6) 4.19 avg rating — 6,300 ratings
31.
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl
Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl 4.17 avg rating — 56,856 ratings
32.
The Flowers of Evil
The Flowers of Evil 4.20 avg rating — 77,694 ratings
33.
Five Weeks in a Balloon
Five Weeks in a Balloon 3.76 avg rating — 25,529 ratings
34.
Lady Audley's Secret
Lady Audley's Secret 3.78 avg rating — 26,001 ratings
35.
The Man Who Laughs
The Man Who Laughs 4.24 avg rating — 14,670 ratings
36.
Good Wives
Good Wives 3.98 avg rating — 47,487 ratings
37.
The Cossacks
The Cossacks 3.80 avg rating — 9,918 ratings
38.
Uncle Silas
Uncle Silas 3.74 avg rating — 6,996 ratings
39.
The Insulted and Humiliated
The Insulted and Humiliated 4.25 avg rating — 23,172 ratings
40.
Salammbo
Salammbo 3.73 avg rating — 6,389 ratings
41.
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Sketches
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County, and Other Sketches 3.63 avg rating — 979 ratings
42.
The Mysterious Island
The Mysterious Island 4.13 avg rating — 57,774 ratings
43.
A Long Fatal Love Chase
A Long Fatal Love Chase 3.68 avg rating — 7,199 ratings
44.
The Small House at Allington (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #5)
The Small House at Allington (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #5) 4.06 avg rating — 5,584 ratings
45.
The Water Babies
The Water Babies 3.38 avg rating — 9,743 ratings
46.
The Marble Faun
The Marble Faun 3.47 avg rating — 3,344 ratings
47.
Orley Farm
Orley Farm 3.95 avg rating — 2,448 ratings
48.
Romola
Romola 3.76 avg rating — 4,708 ratings
49.
Miss Marjoribanks (Chronicles of Carlingford, #5)
Miss Marjoribanks (Chronicles of Carlingford, #5) 3.77 avg rating — 2,619 ratings
50.
Felix Holt: The Radical
Felix Holt: The Radical 3.71 avg rating — 4,293 ratings
51.
Armadale
Armadale 3.94 avg rating — 7,168 ratings
52.
Phineas Finn (Palliser, #2)
Phineas Finn (Palliser, #2) 3.99 avg rating — 7,436 ratings
53.
Max and Moritz: With Many More Mischief Makers
Max and Moritz: With Many More Mischief Makers 3.86 avg rating — 352 ratings
54.
No Name
No Name 3.96 avg rating — 9,909 ratings
55.
Maldoror and the Complete Works
Maldoror and the Complete Works 4.25 avg rating — 3,913 ratings
56.
Letters from My Windmill
Letters from My Windmill 3.69 avg rating — 6,409 ratings
57.
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere
The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere 4.10 avg rating — 2,819 ratings
58.
Framley Parsonage (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #4)
Framley Parsonage (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #4) 4.07 avg rating — 4,849 ratings
59.
The Life of Charlotte Brontë
The Life of Charlotte Brontë 3.85 avg rating — 8,901 ratings
59.
First Love
First Love 3.76 avg rating — 23,174 ratings
61.
Lady Macbeth de Mtsensk y otros relatos
Lady Macbeth de Mtsensk y otros relatos 3.93 avg rating — 6,216 ratings
62.
Alice's Adventures Under Ground
Alice's Adventures Under Ground 4.06 avg rating — 2,483 ratings
63.
The Toilers of the Sea
The Toilers of the Sea 4.06 avg rating — 4,853 ratings
64.
Smoke
Smoke 3.89 avg rating — 1,796 ratings
65.
Poèmes saturniens
Poèmes saturniens 4.05 avg rating — 3,500 ratings
66.
In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant (Captain Nemo, #1)
In Search of the Castaways; or the Children of Captain Grant (Captain Nemo, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 14,286 ratings
67.
Forty-Ninth
Forty-Ninth 4.13 avg rating — 127 ratings
68.
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County 3.68 avg rating — 8,604 ratings
69.
The Subjection of Women
The Subjection of Women 3.88 avg rating — 3,686 ratings
70.
East Lynne
East Lynne 3.74 avg rating — 5,283 ratings
71.
Das Kapital
Das Kapital
by: Karl Marx
4.09 avg rating — 23,203 ratings
72.
Value, Price and Profit
Value, Price and Profit
by: Karl Marx
4.30 avg rating — 1,789 ratings
73.
The History of England from the Accession of James the Second Vol. V
The History of England from the Accession of James the Second Vol. V 3.96 avg rating — 56 ratings
73.
Max Havelaar, or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company
Max Havelaar, or the Coffee Auctions of the Dutch Trading Company
by: Multatuli
3.53 avg rating — 10,233 ratings
75.
Legends of Charlemagne
Legends of Charlemagne 3.76 avg rating — 266 ratings
76.
The Signalman
The Signalman 3.75 avg rating — 238 ratings
77.
Walking
Walking 3.74 avg rating — 10,648 ratings
78.
The Maine Woods
The Maine Woods 3.86 avg rating — 1,515 ratings
79.
Deutsche Sagen (Bibliothek deutscher Klassiker)
Deutsche Sagen (Bibliothek deutscher Klassiker) 3.90 avg rating — 194 ratings
80.
Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management
Mrs Beeton's Book of Household Management 3.83 avg rating — 1,381 ratings
81.
The Trial For Murder
The Trial For Murder 3.40 avg rating — 759 ratings
82.
Poems and Ballads
Poems and Ballads 4.11 avg rating — 97 ratings
83.
The Signalman
The Signalman 3.66 avg rating — 7,393 ratings
84.
The Gettysburg Address
The Gettysburg Address 4.52 avg rating — 7,663 ratings
85.
Sylvia's Lovers
Sylvia's Lovers 3.76 avg rating — 4,571 ratings
86.
Hospital Sketches
Hospital Sketches 3.71 avg rating — 2,419 ratings
87.
The Black City
The Black City 3.60 avg rating — 82 ratings
88.
Paris Spleen
Paris Spleen 4.24 avg rating — 15,174 ratings
89.
Brand
Brand 3.73 avg rating — 1,065 ratings
90.
Wild Apples
Wild Apples 3.73 avg rating — 433 ratings
91.
Recollections of the Lakes and the Lake Poets
Recollections of the Lakes and the Lake Poets 3.79 avg rating — 66 ratings
92.
An Old-Fashioned Girl
An Old-Fashioned Girl 4.09 avg rating — 21,856 ratings
93.
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare 3.85 avg rating — 91 ratings
93.
Utilitarianism
Utilitarianism 3.68 avg rating — 24,606 ratings
95.
The Morgesons
The Morgesons 3.57 avg rating — 551 ratings
96.
Capital: A Critique of Political Economy Volume 1
Capital: A Critique of Political Economy Volume 1
by: Karl Marx
4.09 avg rating — 23,203 ratings
97.
The Semi-Attached Couple & The Semi-Detached House
The Semi-Attached Couple & The Semi-Detached House 3.81 avg rating — 479 ratings
98.
Behind a Mask, Or, a Woman's Power
Behind a Mask, Or, a Woman's Power 3.84 avg rating — 2,600 ratings
99.
Paris in the Twentieth Century
Paris in the Twentieth Century 3.39 avg rating — 2,867 ratings
100.
Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty
Miss Ravenel's Conversion from Secession to Loyalty 3.26 avg rating — 127 ratings
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