Best Books for Smart People

1.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,227,168 ratings
2.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,689,664 ratings
3.
War and Peace
War and Peace 4.17 avg rating — 357,009 ratings
4.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,260,043 ratings
5.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,633,948 ratings
6.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,767 ratings
7.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating — 1,070,141 ratings
8.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,067 ratings
9.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,357,055 ratings
10.
The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)
The Godfather (The Godfather, #1) 4.40 avg rating — 452,948 ratings
11.
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair 3.81 avg rating — 131,963 ratings
12.
Far From the Madding Crowd
Far From the Madding Crowd 3.97 avg rating — 162,877 ratings
13.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating — 992,147 ratings
14.
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf 4.13 avg rating — 206,772 ratings
15.
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men 3.89 avg rating — 2,752,200 ratings
16.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina 4.10 avg rating — 906,382 ratings
17.
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest 4.17 avg rating — 397,726 ratings
18.
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury 3.86 avg rating — 192,286 ratings
19.
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Pit and the Pendulum 4.14 avg rating — 71,256 ratings
20.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4.30 avg rating — 499,259 ratings
21.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities 3.88 avg rating — 996,480 ratings
22.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,441 ratings
23.
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1)
The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie (Flavia de Luce, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 176,381 ratings
24.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 3,378,643 ratings
25.
The Bonfire of the Vanities
The Bonfire of the Vanities
by: Tom Wolfe
3.92 avg rating — 85,404 ratings
25.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating — 505,106 ratings
27.
The Shadow of the Wind (El cementerio de los libros olvidados #1)
The Shadow of the Wind (El cementerio de los libros olvidados #1) 4.30 avg rating — 696,792 ratings
28.
A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, #1)
A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 820,183 ratings
29.
The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King, #1-5)
The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King, #1-5) 4.07 avg rating — 116,438 ratings
30.
The Prince of Tides
The Prince of Tides 4.26 avg rating — 213,993 ratings
31.
The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth 3.97 avg rating — 103,543 ratings
32.
Ulysses
Ulysses 3.77 avg rating — 138,359 ratings
33.
Les Misérables
Les Misérables 4.21 avg rating — 830,265 ratings
34.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 3.92 avg rating — 996,786 ratings
35.
The Iliad
The Iliad
by: Homer
3.92 avg rating — 494,707 ratings
36.
The World According to Garp
The World According to Garp 4.11 avg rating — 235,975 ratings
37.
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol 4.09 avg rating — 896,605 ratings
38.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 4.13 avg rating — 787,118 ratings
39.
The Trial
The Trial 3.94 avg rating — 377,392 ratings
40.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating — 1,024,797 ratings
41.
The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead
by: Ayn Rand
3.89 avg rating — 333,865 ratings
42.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,962,335 ratings
43.
Dubliners
Dubliners 3.84 avg rating — 170,161 ratings
44.
Leverage
Leverage 4.29 avg rating — 110 ratings
45.
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov 4.38 avg rating — 369,581 ratings
46.
Different Seasons
Different Seasons 4.36 avg rating — 217,007 ratings
47.
The Shell Seekers
The Shell Seekers 4.20 avg rating — 118,251 ratings
48.
Middlesex
Middlesex 4.04 avg rating — 657,127 ratings
49.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 3.89 avg rating — 1,568,957 ratings
50.
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch 4.25 avg rating — 809,898 ratings
50.
The Magic Mountain
The Magic Mountain 4.13 avg rating — 56,606 ratings
52.
Kristin Lavransdatter
Kristin Lavransdatter 4.31 avg rating — 13,884 ratings
53.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating — 779,829 ratings
54.
The Accidental Tourist
The Accidental Tourist 3.90 avg rating — 107,782 ratings
55.
Meditations
Meditations 4.28 avg rating — 320,804 ratings
56.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,264 ratings
57.
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 136,063 ratings
57.
ShĹŤgun (Asian Saga, #1)
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1) 4.41 avg rating — 206,502 ratings
59.
The Return of the Native
The Return of the Native 3.88 avg rating — 39,908 ratings
60.
The Man Without Qualities
The Man Without Qualities 4.19 avg rating — 7,191 ratings
61.
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Tess of the D’Urbervilles 3.84 avg rating — 297,826 ratings
62.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations 3.80 avg rating — 857,592 ratings
63.
Nowhere Boulevard
Nowhere Boulevard 4.50 avg rating — 103 ratings
64.
Pedigree Crush with a Twisted Gene
Pedigree Crush with a Twisted Gene 4.79 avg rating — 38 ratings
65.
The Scarlet Pimpernel
The Scarlet Pimpernel 4.07 avg rating — 140,072 ratings
66.
In This House of Brede
In This House of Brede 4.36 avg rating — 6,628 ratings
67.
20,000 Leagues under the Sea
20,000 Leagues under the Sea 3.89 avg rating — 270,621 ratings
68.
Silas Marner
Silas Marner 3.69 avg rating — 91,983 ratings
69.
The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso 4.08 avg rating — 167,115 ratings
70.
Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty
Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty 4.23 avg rating — 29,465 ratings
71.
Persuasion
Persuasion 4.15 avg rating — 752,872 ratings
72.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,872 ratings
73.
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary 3.71 avg rating — 363,706 ratings
74.
Mansfield Park
Mansfield Park 3.86 avg rating — 371,716 ratings
75.
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 387,297 ratings
76.
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Lady Chatterley's Lover 3.50 avg rating — 134,632 ratings
77.
Presumed Innocent (Kindle County Legal Thriller, #1)
Presumed Innocent (Kindle County Legal Thriller, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 124,246 ratings
78.
Gargantua en Pantagruel
Gargantua en Pantagruel 3.65 avg rating — 16,002 ratings
79.
Cranford
Cranford 3.83 avg rating — 46,861 ratings
80.
The Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew 3.74 avg rating — 178,328 ratings
81.
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots: The Saga of an American Family 4.45 avg rating — 163,556 ratings
82.
Swann’s Way (In Search of Lost Time, #1)
Swann’s Way (In Search of Lost Time, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 66,168 ratings
83.
King Street Run
King Street Run
by: V.R. Ling
4.83 avg rating — 12 ratings
84.
Don Quixote
Don Quixote 3.91 avg rating — 297,050 ratings
85.
Jaws (Jaws, #1)
Jaws (Jaws, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 174,170 ratings
86.
Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago 4.01 avg rating — 101,117 ratings
87.
Katherine
Katherine 4.21 avg rating — 35,120 ratings
87.
A Question of Sanity
A Question of Sanity 4.24 avg rating — 111 ratings
89.
Cold Comfort Farm
Cold Comfort Farm 3.88 avg rating — 53,854 ratings
89.
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales 3.52 avg rating — 234,639 ratings
91.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 3.83 avg rating — 641,454 ratings
92.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,468 ratings
93.
Shakespeare's Sonnets
Shakespeare's Sonnets 4.18 avg rating — 2,840 ratings
94.
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1)
The Lies of Locke Lamora (Gentleman Bastard, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 327,469 ratings
95.
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1) 4.56 avg rating — 222,400 ratings
96.
Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels 3.59 avg rating — 293,936 ratings
97.
Peter the Great: His Life and World
Peter the Great: His Life and World 4.15 avg rating — 22,819 ratings
98.
Time Enough for Love
Time Enough for Love 3.97 avg rating — 36,723 ratings
99.
The Street Lawyer
The Street Lawyer 3.89 avg rating — 120,919 ratings
100.
Treasure Island
Treasure Island 3.85 avg rating — 528,288 ratings
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