Best Books of the Decade: 1850s

1.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities 3.88 avg rating — 996,510 ratings
2.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating — 901,400 ratings
3.
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Moby-Dick or, The Whale 3.56 avg rating — 602,857 ratings
4.
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary 3.71 avg rating — 363,719 ratings
5.
David Copperfield
David Copperfield 4.04 avg rating — 253,117 ratings
6.
North and South
North and South 4.15 avg rating — 179,607 ratings
7.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle Tom’s Cabin 3.92 avg rating — 239,383 ratings
8.
Bleak House
Bleak House 4.02 avg rating — 112,459 ratings
9.
Walden or, Life in the Woods
Walden or, Life in the Woods 3.78 avg rating — 200,864 ratings
10.
Leaves of Grass
Leaves of Grass 4.11 avg rating — 114,646 ratings
11.
Cranford
Cranford 3.83 avg rating — 46,864 ratings
12.
Villette
Villette 3.78 avg rating — 78,445 ratings
13.
Bartleby the Scrivener
Bartleby the Scrivener 3.93 avg rating — 72,190 ratings
14.
Les Fleurs du Mal
Les Fleurs du Mal 4.20 avg rating — 77,716 ratings
15.
The Origin of Species
The Origin of Species 4.01 avg rating — 120,197 ratings
16.
Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 49,358 ratings
17.
The Origin of Species / The Voyage of the Beagle
The Origin of Species / The Voyage of the Beagle 4.15 avg rating — 704 ratings
18.
Hard Times
Hard Times 3.55 avg rating — 72,199 ratings
19.
Oblomov
Oblomov 4.13 avg rating — 41,558 ratings
20.
The House of the Seven Gables
The House of the Seven Gables 3.45 avg rating — 42,107 ratings
21.
Barchester Towers (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #2)
Barchester Towers (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #2) 4.05 avg rating — 17,411 ratings
22.
Adam Bede
Adam Bede 3.82 avg rating — 26,149 ratings
23.
Sonnets from the Portuguese
Sonnets from the Portuguese 4.11 avg rating — 12,702 ratings
24.
The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)
The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 18,172 ratings
25.
On Liberty
On Liberty 3.96 avg rating — 41,829 ratings
26.
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales 4.23 avg rating — 219,199 ratings
27.
Ruth
Ruth 3.86 avg rating — 9,380 ratings
28.
The Professor
The Professor 3.54 avg rating — 28,812 ratings
29.
The Song of Hiawatha
The Song of Hiawatha 3.89 avg rating — 3,349 ratings
30.
Sketches from a Hunter's Album
Sketches from a Hunter's Album 3.96 avg rating — 8,873 ratings
31.
The Sebastopol Sketches
The Sebastopol Sketches 3.85 avg rating — 3,636 ratings
32.
Idylls of the King
Idylls of the King 3.97 avg rating — 10,333 ratings
33.
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám
Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám 4.17 avg rating — 22,748 ratings
34.
The Life of Charlotte Brontë
The Life of Charlotte Brontë 3.85 avg rating — 8,902 ratings
35.
The Black Tulip
The Black Tulip 3.85 avg rating — 22,788 ratings
36.
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
The Eighteenth Brumaire of Louis Bonaparte
by: Karl Marx
4.19 avg rating — 5,591 ratings
37.
The Old Regime and the French Revolution
The Old Regime and the French Revolution 4.05 avg rating — 2,523 ratings
38.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 4.12 avg rating — 132,012 ratings
39.
Home of the Gentry
Home of the Gentry 3.92 avg rating — 5,379 ratings
40.
Doctor Thorne (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #3)
Doctor Thorne (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #3) 4.15 avg rating — 8,180 ratings
41.
Rock Crystal
Rock Crystal 3.69 avg rating — 1,911 ratings
42.
Mozart's Journey to Prague
Mozart's Journey to Prague 3.05 avg rating — 597 ratings
43.
Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases
Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases 4.18 avg rating — 610 ratings
44.
Hansel and Gretel
Hansel and Gretel 3.81 avg rating — 3,603 ratings
45.
Youth
Youth 3.71 avg rating — 609 ratings
46.
Family Happiness and Other Stories
Family Happiness and Other Stories 4.06 avg rating — 1,175 ratings
47.
Childhood
Childhood 3.85 avg rating — 1,876 ratings
48.
The Blithedale Romance
The Blithedale Romance 3.36 avg rating — 6,116 ratings
49.
Essays and Aphorisms
Essays and Aphorisms 4.17 avg rating — 8,829 ratings
50.
Scenes of Clerical Life
Scenes of Clerical Life 3.80 avg rating — 3,206 ratings
51.
Boyhood
Boyhood 3.83 avg rating — 773 ratings
52.
The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean
The Coral Island: A Tale of the Pacific Ocean 3.69 avg rating — 4,709 ratings
53.
My Bondage and My Freedom
My Bondage and My Freedom 4.38 avg rating — 12,161 ratings
54.
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. 3.60 avg rating — 1,103 ratings
55.
The Village of Stepanchikovo
The Village of Stepanchikovo 3.85 avg rating — 4,854 ratings
56.
Месяц в деревне
Месяц в деревне 3.75 avg rating — 744 ratings
57.
Aurora Leigh
Aurora Leigh 3.74 avg rating — 2,740 ratings
58.
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 — 66,599 ratings
59.
Rudin
Rudin 3.78 avg rating — 4,501 ratings
60.
Thoreau: Walden and Other Writings
Thoreau: Walden and Other Writings 3.95 avg rating — 4,847 ratings
61.
Indian Summer
Indian Summer 3.81 avg rating — 333 ratings
62.
The Old Nurse's Story
The Old Nurse's Story 3.73 avg rating — 931 ratings
63.
English as She Is Spoke
English as She Is Spoke 3.91 avg rating — 615 ratings
64.
The Queen's Necklace
The Queen's Necklace 3.87 avg rating — 2,089 ratings
65.
Song of Myself
Song of Myself 4.16 avg rating — 15,680 ratings
66.
The Piazza Tales
The Piazza Tales 3.82 avg rating — 967 ratings
67.
The Prelude
The Prelude 3.88 avg rating — 4,155 ratings
68.
Tristan et Isolde
Tristan et Isolde 3.80 avg rating — 919 ratings
69.
The Confidence-Man
The Confidence-Man 3.62 avg rating — 3,473 ratings
70.
The Charge of the Light Brigade
The Charge of the Light Brigade 4.11 avg rating — 1,220 ratings
71.
Our Nig or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black
Our Nig or, Sketches from the Life of a Free Black 3.74 avg rating — 3,208 ratings
72.
The Woman in White
The Woman in White 4.01 avg rating — 162,727 ratings
73.
Twelve Years a Slave
Twelve Years a Slave 4.22 avg rating — 123,140 ratings
74.
Phantastes
Phantastes 3.90 avg rating — 12,270 ratings
75.
Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe
Romeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe 3.02 avg rating — 3,758 ratings
76.
The King of the Golden River
The King of the Golden River 3.92 avg rating — 1,861 ratings
77.
Westward Ho!
Westward Ho! 3.61 avg rating — 489 ratings
78.
Noite na Taverna
Noite na Taverna 3.75 avg rating — 4,027 ratings
79.
A History of Rome
A History of Rome 4.42 avg rating — 241 ratings
80.
The Essence of Christianity (Great Books in Philosophy)
The Essence of Christianity (Great Books in Philosophy) 3.82 avg rating — 971 ratings
81.
Preface and Introduction to a Contribution to the Critque of Political Economy
Preface and Introduction to a Contribution to the Critque of Political Economy
by: Karl Marx
4.20 avg rating — 133 ratings
82.
Семейное счастие
Семейное счастие 3.91 avg rating — 14,054 ratings
83.
The Stones of Venice
The Stones of Venice 3.90 avg rating — 751 ratings
84.
Cora and The Doctor or Revelations of A Physician's Wife
Cora and The Doctor or Revelations of A Physician's Wife 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
85.
To Be Read at Dusk
To Be Read at Dusk 3.40 avg rating — 2,480 ratings
86.
The Seven Poor Travellers
The Seven Poor Travellers 3.28 avg rating — 560 ratings
87.
The Child's Story
The Child's Story 3.85 avg rating — 449 ratings
88.
What Christmas Is As We Grow Older
What Christmas Is As We Grow Older 3.13 avg rating — 468 ratings
89.
Nobody's Story
Nobody's Story 3.34 avg rating — 282 ratings
90.
A Christmas Tree
A Christmas Tree 2.95 avg rating — 860 ratings
91.
The History of England
The History of England 3.94 avg rating — 258 ratings
91.
The Ordeal of Richard Feverel
The Ordeal of Richard Feverel 3.53 avg rating — 321 ratings
91.
The Poor Relations Story
The Poor Relations Story 3.46 avg rating — 297 ratings
94.
Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour
Mr Sponge's Sporting Tour 3.76 avg rating — 92 ratings
95.
Autocrat of the Breakfast Table
Autocrat of the Breakfast Table 3.40 avg rating — 201 ratings
96.
The Evil Guest
The Evil Guest 3.20 avg rating — 382 ratings
97.
One Thousand Souls
One Thousand Souls 4.06 avg rating — 72 ratings
98.
Flower Fables
Flower Fables 3.52 avg rating — 811 ratings
99.
Mosses from an Old Manse
Mosses from an Old Manse 3.76 avg rating — 879 ratings
99.
The Cloister and the Hearth
The Cloister and the Hearth 3.93 avg rating — 423 ratings
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