Best Books of the Decade: 1840s

1.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,622 ratings
2.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,958,988 ratings
3.
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol 4.09 avg rating — 896,457 ratings
4.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating — 991,940 ratings
5.
The Raven
The Raven 4.29 avg rating — 163,382 ratings
6.
The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers 4.10 avg rating — 340,201 ratings
7.
David Copperfield
David Copperfield 4.04 avg rating — 253,076 ratings
8.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 4.03 avg rating — 126,442 ratings
9.
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair 3.81 avg rating — 131,955 ratings
10.
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Pit and the Pendulum 4.14 avg rating — 71,250 ratings
11.
Dead Souls
Dead Souls 3.98 avg rating — 93,251 ratings
12.
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Tell-Tale Heart 4.24 avg rating — 117,076 ratings
13.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 4.12 avg rating — 131,986 ratings
14.
Agnes Grey
Agnes Grey 3.71 avg rating — 78,677 ratings
15.
Annabel Lee
Annabel Lee 4.32 avg rating — 11,523 ratings
16.
The Masque of the Red Death
The Masque of the Red Death 4.06 avg rating — 44,762 ratings
17.
A Hero of Our Time
A Hero of Our Time 4.11 avg rating — 62,643 ratings
18.
The Murders in the Rue Morgue: The Dupin Tales (C. Auguste Dupin, #1-3)
The Murders in the Rue Morgue: The Dupin Tales (C. Auguste Dupin, #1-3) 3.74 avg rating — 11,665 ratings
19.
White Nights
White Nights 4.08 avg rating — 279,894 ratings
20.
The Communist Manifesto
The Communist Manifesto
by: Karl Marx
3.67 avg rating — 189,220 ratings
21.
The Cask of Amontillado
The Cask of Amontillado 4.08 avg rating — 85,819 ratings
22.
Shirley
Shirley 3.76 avg rating — 36,188 ratings
23.
The Black Cat
The Black Cat 4.03 avg rating — 54,327 ratings
24.
The Murders in the Rue Morgue (C. Auguste Dupin, #1)
The Murders in the Rue Morgue (C. Auguste Dupin, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 41,557 ratings
25.
The Gold Bug
The Gold Bug 3.71 avg rating — 7,223 ratings
26.
The Old Curiosity Shop
The Old Curiosity Shop 3.79 avg rating — 23,381 ratings
27.
The Overcoat and Other Short Stories
The Overcoat and Other Short Stories 4.20 avg rating — 12,331 ratings
28.
Twelve Years a Slave
Twelve Years a Slave 4.22 avg rating — 123,125 ratings
29.
The Overcoat
The Overcoat 4.15 avg rating — 49,040 ratings
30.
Mary Barton
Mary Barton 3.74 avg rating — 21,059 ratings
31.
The Condition of the Working Class in England
The Condition of the Working Class in England 4.03 avg rating — 3,605 ratings
32.
Dombey and Son
Dombey and Son 3.96 avg rating — 16,455 ratings
33.
The Double
The Double 3.67 avg rating — 40,314 ratings
34.
The Little Match Girl
The Little Match Girl 4.10 avg rating — 28,260 ratings
35.
The Man in the Iron Mask (Le vicomte de Bragelonne, #4)
The Man in the Iron Mask (Le vicomte de Bragelonne, #4) 3.99 avg rating — 66,593 ratings
36.
Essays
Essays 4.23 avg rating — 2,683 ratings
37.
Twenty Years After (Trilogie des Mousquetaires #2)
Twenty Years After (Trilogie des Mousquetaires #2) 4.09 avg rating — 25,156 ratings
38.
Civil Disobedience
Civil Disobedience 3.94 avg rating — 18,959 ratings
39.
Fear and Trembling
Fear and Trembling really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 29,954 ratings
40.
Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea
Two Years Before the Mast: A Sailor's Life at Sea 4.02 avg rating — 14,408 ratings
41.
Cousin Bette
Cousin Bette 3.85 avg rating — 10,502 ratings
42.
Poor Folk
Poor Folk 3.77 avg rating — 36,771 ratings
43.
Martin Chuzzlewit
Martin Chuzzlewit 3.83 avg rating — 16,841 ratings
44.
Either/Or: A Fragment of Life
Either/Or: A Fragment of Life 4.16 avg rating — 9,938 ratings
45.
Mosses from an Old Manse
Mosses from an Old Manse 3.76 avg rating — 879 ratings
46.
The Deerslayer (The Leatherstocking Tales, #1)
The Deerslayer (The Leatherstocking Tales, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 14,485 ratings
47.
Poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Poems by Elizabeth Barrett Browning 4.30 avg rating — 122 ratings
48.
Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life
Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life 3.56 avg rating — 5,900 ratings
49.
The Purloined Letter (C. Auguste Dupin, #3)
The Purloined Letter (C. Auguste Dupin, #3) 3.63 avg rating — 13,674 ratings
50.
The Kalevala
The Kalevala 4.05 avg rating — 5,923 ratings
51.
The Vicomte de Bragelonne (Trilogie des Mousquetaires #3.1)
The Vicomte de Bragelonne (Trilogie des Mousquetaires #3.1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8,579 ratings
52.
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
Tales of Mystery and Imagination 4.09 avg rating — 10,388 ratings
53.
Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie
Evangeline: A Tale of Acadie 3.96 avg rating — 2,642 ratings
54.
Camille: The Lady of the Camellias
Camille: The Lady of the Camellias 4.04 avg rating — 59,075 ratings
55.
The Pathfinder (The Leatherstocking Tales, #3)
The Pathfinder (The Leatherstocking Tales, #3) 3.89 avg rating — 4,930 ratings
56.
Book of Nonsense
Book of Nonsense 3.60 avg rating — 2,356 ratings
57.
The Black Sheep
The Black Sheep 3.99 avg rating — 2,225 ratings
58.
Cousin Pons
Cousin Pons 3.98 avg rating — 1,648 ratings
59.
Democracy in America: Volume 2
Democracy in America: Volume 2 4.15 avg rating — 978 ratings
60.
The Bells and Other Poems
The Bells and Other Poems 4.20 avg rating — 61 ratings
61.
Lost Illusions
Lost Illusions 4.16 avg rating — 12,141 ratings
62.
The Bells
The Bells 3.71 avg rating — 1,065 ratings
63.
The Oval Portrait
The Oval Portrait 3.72 avg rating — 7,268 ratings
64.
A Descent into the Maelstrom
A Descent into the Maelstrom 3.48 avg rating — 3,764 ratings
65.
Carmen
Carmen 3.56 avg rating — 7,621 ratings
66.
The Ugly Duckling
The Ugly Duckling 4.12 avg rating — 43,080 ratings
67.
Immensee
Immensee 3.70 avg rating — 780 ratings
68.
The Premature Burial
The Premature Burial 3.75 avg rating — 4,196 ratings
69.
The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether
The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether 3.76 avg rating — 1,588 ratings
70.
Queen Margot
Queen Margot 4.16 avg rating — 14,267 ratings
71.
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar 3.70 avg rating — 5,128 ratings
72.
Struwwelpeter: Fearful Stories and Vile Pictures to Instruct Good Little Folks
Struwwelpeter: Fearful Stories and Vile Pictures to Instruct Good Little Folks 3.79 avg rating — 1,325 ratings
73.
The Chimes
The Chimes 3.22 avg rating — 10,191 ratings
74.
Capital: A Critique of Political Economy Volume 1
Capital: A Critique of Political Economy Volume 1
by: Karl Marx
4.09 avg rating — 23,205 ratings
75.
The Manuscript Found in Saragossa
The Manuscript Found in Saragossa 4.10 avg rating — 4,048 ratings
76.
Eleonora
Eleonora 3.54 avg rating — 2,706 ratings
77.
Morte D'Arthur, A Poem By Alfred Lord Tennyson, Illuminated by Alberto Sangorski
Morte D'Arthur, A Poem By Alfred Lord Tennyson, Illuminated by Alberto Sangorski 3.94 avg rating — 90 ratings
78.
Ulalume
Ulalume 3.52 avg rating — 302 ratings
79.
La mare au diable
La mare au diable 3.41 avg rating — 4,902 ratings
80.
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers
A Week on the Concord and Merrimack Rivers 3.67 avg rating — 679 ratings
81.
Rappaccini's Daughter
Rappaccini's Daughter 3.89 avg rating — 7,707 ratings
82.
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds
Extraordinary Popular Delusions and the Madness of Crowds 3.82 avg rating — 4,975 ratings
83.
The Raven and Other Poems
The Raven and Other Poems 4.30 avg rating — 46,359 ratings
84.
Brigitta
Brigitta 3.44 avg rating — 714 ratings
85.
Netochka Nezvanova
Netochka Nezvanova 3.85 avg rating — 7,848 ratings
86.
The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain
The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain 3.30 avg rating — 2,041 ratings
87.
The Mystery of Marie Rogêt (C. Auguste Dupin, #2)
The Mystery of Marie Rogêt (C. Auguste Dupin, #2) 2.96 avg rating — 3,831 ratings
88.
The Conqueror Worm
The Conqueror Worm 3.71 avg rating — 369 ratings
89.
Медный всадник - The Bronze Horseman
Медный всадник - The Bronze Horseman 4.05 avg rating — 2,098 ratings
90.
Frei Luís de Sousa
Frei Luís de Sousa 3.18 avg rating — 6,986 ratings
91.
A Harlot High and Low
A Harlot High and Low 4.06 avg rating — 3,714 ratings
92.
The Queen's Necklace
The Queen's Necklace 3.87 avg rating — 2,089 ratings
93.
On Heroes, Hero Worship and the Heroic in History
On Heroes, Hero Worship and the Heroic in History 3.68 avg rating — 944 ratings
94.
The Seducer’s Diary
The Seducer’s Diary 3.58 avg rating — 6,955 ratings
95.
Sybil, or The Two Nations
Sybil, or The Two Nations 3.29 avg rating — 1,255 ratings
96.
Ten Years Later (Le vicomte de Bragelonne #2)
Ten Years Later (Le vicomte de Bragelonne #2) 3.97 avg rating — 3,030 ratings
96.
The Cricket on the Hearth
The Cricket on the Hearth 3.47 avg rating — 8,293 ratings
98.
Letters of Two Brides
Letters of Two Brides 3.82 avg rating — 1,103 ratings
99.
Barnaby Rudge
Barnaby Rudge 3.82 avg rating — 11,306 ratings
100.
Barry Lyndon
Barry Lyndon 3.62 avg rating — 2,771 ratings
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