The Hardscrabble Life

1.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating β€” 971,610 ratings
2.
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1) 4.15 avg rating β€” 650,969 ratings
3.
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) 4.01 avg rating β€” 257,773 ratings
4.
Tobacco Road
Tobacco Road 3.71 avg rating β€” 15,712 ratings
5.
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men 3.89 avg rating β€” 2,752,032 ratings
6.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1,001,747 ratings
7.
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist 3.88 avg rating β€” 419,634 ratings
8.
Les MisΓ©rables
Les MisΓ©rables 4.21 avg rating β€” 830,232 ratings
9.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 3.98 avg rating β€” 122,138 ratings
10.
The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle 4.32 avg rating β€” 1,325,669 ratings
11.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating β€” 737,216 ratings
12.
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Tess of the D’Urbervilles 3.84 avg rating β€” 297,807 ratings
13.
Hunger
Hunger 4.04 avg rating β€” 62,407 ratings
14.
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots: The Saga of an American Family 4.45 avg rating β€” 163,548 ratings
15.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,258,033 ratings
16.
Before Familiar Woods
Before Familiar Woods 3.70 avg rating β€” 1,837 ratings
18.
A Fine Balance
A Fine Balance 4.38 avg rating β€” 156,853 ratings
19.
The Pearl
The Pearl 3.56 avg rating β€” 261,801 ratings
20.
Hard Times
Hard Times 3.55 avg rating β€” 72,195 ratings
22.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 4.07 avg rating β€” 75 ratings
23.
Winter's Bone
Winter's Bone 3.86 avg rating β€” 38,156 ratings
24.
The Snow Child
The Snow Child 4.01 avg rating β€” 166,418 ratings
25.
The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845 - 1849
The Great Hunger: Ireland 1845 - 1849 4.18 avg rating β€” 1,246 ratings
25.
Germinal
Germinal 4.20 avg rating β€” 41,612 ratings
27.
The Beans of Egypt, Maine
The Beans of Egypt, Maine 3.58 avg rating β€” 3,821 ratings
28.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities 3.88 avg rating β€” 996,438 ratings
29.
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha
Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha 3.75 avg rating β€” 23,939 ratings
30.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 911,990 ratings
31.
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire 3.98 avg rating β€” 328,887 ratings
32.
Our Mutual Friend
Our Mutual Friend 4.09 avg rating β€” 30,888 ratings
33.
Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 49,356 ratings
34.
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men 3.97 avg rating β€” 3,971 ratings
35.
Ethan Frome
Ethan Frome 3.45 avg rating β€” 134,936 ratings
36.
Old Yeller
Old Yeller 4.10 avg rating β€” 102,366 ratings
37.
Ham on Rye
Ham on Rye 4.14 avg rating β€” 115,671 ratings
38.
Push
Push
by: Sapphire
3.87 avg rating β€” 58,129 ratings
39.
Bastard Out of Carolina
Bastard Out of Carolina 4.14 avg rating β€” 46,994 ratings
40.
Ask the Dust (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #3)
Ask the Dust (The Saga of Arturo Bandini, #3) 4.10 avg rating β€” 38,235 ratings
41.
Alas, Babylon
Alas, Babylon
by: Pat Frank
4.09 avg rating β€” 47,859 ratings
42.
The Tortilla Curtain
The Tortilla Curtain 3.66 avg rating β€” 34,023 ratings
43.
A Star Called Henry (The Last Roundup, #1)
A Star Called Henry (The Last Roundup, #1) 3.85 avg rating β€” 10,106 ratings
44.
The Book of Job (Bible, #18)
The Book of Job (Bible, #18)
by: Anonymous
4.20 avg rating β€” 4,493 ratings
45.
Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing
Leaving Isn't the Hardest Thing 3.42 avg rating β€” 10,423 ratings
46.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating β€” 5,226,598 ratings
47.
Salvage the Bones
Salvage the Bones 3.96 avg rating β€” 71,443 ratings
47.
Down and Out in Paris and London
Down and Out in Paris and London 4.09 avg rating β€” 97,517 ratings
49.
A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun 3.85 avg rating β€” 107,568 ratings
50.
Twopence to Cross the Mersey
Twopence to Cross the Mersey 4.25 avg rating β€” 2,169 ratings
51.
The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding
The Fatal Shore: The Epic of Australia's Founding 4.09 avg rating β€” 10,199 ratings
53.
Ironweed
Ironweed 3.87 avg rating β€” 17,431 ratings
54.
Post Office
Post Office 3.93 avg rating β€” 135,721 ratings
55.
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman
The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman 4.18 avg rating β€” 14,106 ratings
56.
The Condition of the Working Class in England
The Condition of the Working Class in England 4.03 avg rating β€” 3,605 ratings
57.
The Irish Famine
The Irish Famine 3.73 avg rating β€” 123 ratings
58.
Mother Ireland: A Memoir
Mother Ireland: A Memoir 3.61 avg rating β€” 330 ratings
58.
Famine
Famine 4.05 avg rating β€” 522 ratings
60.
Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly
Uncle Tom's Cabin, or Life Among the Lowly 3.92 avg rating β€” 239,366 ratings
60.
Alias Grace
Alias Grace 4.04 avg rating β€” 153,263 ratings
62.
Poor Folk
Poor Folk 3.77 avg rating β€” 36,777 ratings
63.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) 4.17 avg rating β€” 3,378,517 ratings
64.
The City of Joy
The City of Joy 4.26 avg rating β€” 8,086 ratings
65.
Off Grid
Off Grid
by: Backwoods
3.52 avg rating β€” 23 ratings
65.
The Fig Orchard
The Fig Orchard 4.14 avg rating β€” 353 ratings
65.
A Tree Born Crooked
A Tree Born Crooked 3.91 avg rating β€” 222 ratings
68.
The Emigrants (The Emigrants, #1)
The Emigrants (The Emigrants, #1) 4.20 avg rating β€” 9,426 ratings
68.
The Road to Wigan Pier
The Road to Wigan Pier 3.91 avg rating β€” 27,349 ratings
68.
American Owned Love
American Owned Love 3.70 avg rating β€” 60 ratings
68.
Siddhartha
Siddhartha 4.08 avg rating β€” 846,910 ratings
68.
Rednecks
Rednecks 3.83 avg rating β€” 2,517 ratings
74.
Independent People
Independent People 4.13 avg rating β€” 13,794 ratings
75.
Dark Places
Dark Places 3.94 avg rating β€” 816,090 ratings
76.
Call It Sleep
Call It Sleep 3.81 avg rating β€” 8,878 ratings
77.
The Talk-Funny Girl
The Talk-Funny Girl 4.13 avg rating β€” 3,053 ratings
78.
Galway Bay (Of Irish Blood #1)
Galway Bay (Of Irish Blood #1) 4.16 avg rating β€” 5,033 ratings
78.
Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain 3.89 avg rating β€” 248,110 ratings
80.
Girl in Translation
Girl in Translation
by: Jean Kwok
3.99 avg rating β€” 58,179 ratings
80.
Pioneer Women: Voices from the Kansas Frontier
Pioneer Women: Voices from the Kansas Frontier 4.03 avg rating β€” 1,361 ratings
82.
The Good Brother
The Good Brother 3.84 avg rating β€” 563 ratings
82.
Cavedweller
Cavedweller 3.74 avg rating β€” 4,310 ratings
82.
Holes (Holes, #1)
Holes (Holes, #1) 4.01 avg rating β€” 1,333,049 ratings
85.
Bound for Glory
Bound for Glory 4.14 avg rating β€” 5,965 ratings
86.
My Drowning
My Drowning 3.78 avg rating β€” 433 ratings
86.
The Yearling
The Yearling 4.03 avg rating β€” 30,134 ratings
88.
Mary Barton
Mary Barton 3.74 avg rating β€” 21,062 ratings
90.
The Children's Blizzard
The Children's Blizzard 3.89 avg rating β€” 12,892 ratings
91.
12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave 4.22 avg rating β€” 123,132 ratings
92.
Showdown: A Novel
Showdown: A Novel 4.02 avg rating β€” 595 ratings
93.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating β€” 377,795 ratings
94.
Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1)
Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1) 3.79 avg rating β€” 439,434 ratings
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On the Road
On the Road 3.61 avg rating β€” 438,516 ratings
96.
Orchard Hill:  A Personal Appalachian Triumph
Orchard Hill: A Personal Appalachian Triumph 3.80 avg rating β€” 5 ratings
97.
North and South
North and South 4.15 avg rating β€” 179,585 ratings
98.
Morgan's Run
Morgan's Run 4.02 avg rating β€” 5,805 ratings
99.
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe 3.68 avg rating β€” 324,991 ratings
100.
Hunger in America
Hunger in America 3.73 avg rating β€” 11 ratings