Around the World in 100 Books

1.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating — 3,402,546 ratings
2.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,689,890 ratings
3.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating — 1,681,974 ratings
4.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,732,261 ratings
5.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating — 1,070,181 ratings
6.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina 4.10 avg rating — 906,409 ratings
7.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating — 2,082,711 ratings
8.
Don Quixote
Don Quixote 3.91 avg rating — 297,058 ratings
9.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,802,595 ratings
10.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,073,720 ratings
11.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,505 ratings
12.
The Arabian Nights
The Arabian Nights
by: Anonymous
4.03 avg rating — 80,399 ratings
13.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating — 1,024,852 ratings
14.
Out of Africa
Out of Africa 3.91 avg rating — 46,910 ratings
15.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,089 ratings
16.
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 696,809 ratings
17.
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 1,080,042 ratings
18.
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet 3.74 avg rating — 2,767,966 ratings
19.
The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita 4.28 avg rating — 401,160 ratings
20.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,123 ratings
21.
Dubliners
Dubliners 3.84 avg rating — 170,165 ratings
22.
War and Peace
War and Peace 4.17 avg rating — 357,017 ratings
23.
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster 4.26 avg rating — 551,059 ratings
24.
The Tears of Dark Water
The Tears of Dark Water 4.19 avg rating — 3,565 ratings
25.
Hamlet
Hamlet 4.03 avg rating — 1,020,252 ratings
26.
Heidi (Heidi, #1-2)
Heidi (Heidi, #1-2) 4.04 avg rating — 208,699 ratings
27.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 3,378,714 ratings
28.
Schindler’s List
Schindler’s List 4.34 avg rating — 164,326 ratings
29.
The Man Without Qualities
The Man Without Qualities 4.19 avg rating — 7,191 ratings
30.
Hawaii
Hawaii 4.22 avg rating — 80,877 ratings
31.
ShĹŤgun (Asian Saga, #1)
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1) 4.41 avg rating — 206,507 ratings
32.
Into the Wild
Into the Wild 4.02 avg rating — 1,165,783 ratings
33.
Persuasion
Persuasion 4.15 avg rating — 752,890 ratings
34.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Unbearable Lightness of Being 4.11 avg rating — 524,941 ratings
35.
The Baghdad Clock
The Baghdad Clock 3.55 avg rating — 2,750 ratings
36.
Cutting for Stone
Cutting for Stone 4.33 avg rating — 417,431 ratings
37.
East of Eden
East of Eden 4.43 avg rating — 602,379 ratings
38.
The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits 4.29 avg rating — 304,685 ratings
39.
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 257,790 ratings
40.
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness 3.43 avg rating — 545,809 ratings
41.
The Complete Persepolis
The Complete Persepolis 4.40 avg rating — 199,605 ratings
42.
Girl with a Pearl Earring
Girl with a Pearl Earring 3.93 avg rating — 768,759 ratings
43.
The God of Small Things
The God of Small Things 3.96 avg rating — 317,182 ratings
44.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,893 ratings
45.
Walden or, Life in the Woods
Walden or, Life in the Woods 3.78 avg rating — 200,863 ratings
46.
Cry, the Beloved Country
Cry, the Beloved Country 3.92 avg rating — 78,542 ratings
47.
A Room with a View
A Room with a View 3.90 avg rating — 197,400 ratings
48.
Pippi Longstocking (Pippi LĂĄngstrump, #1)
Pippi Longstocking (Pippi Långstrump, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 206,943 ratings
49.
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame 4.02 avg rating — 213,391 ratings
50.
The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds 4.25 avg rating — 361,087 ratings
51.
The Complete Fairy Tales
The Complete Fairy Tales 4.29 avg rating — 108,190 ratings
52.
Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy
Under the Tuscan Sun: At Home in Italy 3.77 avg rating — 329,148 ratings
53.
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Moby-Dick or, The Whale 3.56 avg rating — 602,853 ratings
54.
A Fine Balance
A Fine Balance 4.38 avg rating — 156,867 ratings
55.
Eat, Pray, Love
Eat, Pray, Love 3.64 avg rating — 1,819,922 ratings
56.
The Shipping News
The Shipping News 3.88 avg rating — 150,748 ratings
57.
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time
Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace ... One School at a Time 3.66 avg rating — 358,693 ratings
58.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating — 176,486 ratings
59.
The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild 3.91 avg rating — 461,094 ratings
60.
Love in the Time of Cholera
Love in the Time of Cholera 3.94 avg rating — 535,631 ratings
61.
Rainbirds
Rainbirds 3.48 avg rating — 7,153 ratings
62.
Kon-Tiki
Kon-Tiki 4.16 avg rating — 24,592 ratings
63.
Ulysses
Ulysses 3.77 avg rating — 138,361 ratings
64.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil 3.92 avg rating — 289,247 ratings
65.
Ojo por ojo (Talion, #1)
Ojo por ojo (Talion, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 4,052 ratings
66.
My Name Is Red
My Name Is Red 3.87 avg rating — 60,044 ratings
67.
The Iliad
The Iliad
by: Homer
3.92 avg rating — 494,722 ratings
68.
The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers 4.10 avg rating — 340,250 ratings
69.
A Town Like Alice
A Town Like Alice 4.15 avg rating — 60,771 ratings
70.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
by: Lisa See
4.09 avg rating — 382,972 ratings
71.
The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street (The Cairo Trilogy #1-3)
The Cairo Trilogy: Palace Walk, Palace of Desire, Sugar Street (The Cairo Trilogy #1-3) 4.46 avg rating — 4,947 ratings
72.
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1) 4.56 avg rating — 222,418 ratings
73.
Rooftops of Tehran
Rooftops of Tehran 3.96 avg rating — 11,117 ratings
74.
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse 3.81 avg rating — 207,222 ratings
75.
For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls 3.99 avg rating — 311,434 ratings
76.
My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1)
My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 61,503 ratings
77.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities 3.88 avg rating — 996,500 ratings
78.
Jamilia
Jamilia 3.89 avg rating — 9,622 ratings
79.
The Odyssey
The Odyssey
by: Homer
3.82 avg rating — 1,156,782 ratings
80.
Midnight’s Children
Midnight’s Children 3.98 avg rating — 130,720 ratings
81.
A Passage to India
A Passage to India 3.68 avg rating — 84,389 ratings
82.
Smilla's Sense of Snow
Smilla's Sense of Snow 3.73 avg rating — 51,271 ratings
83.
On the Beach
On the Beach 3.98 avg rating — 48,167 ratings
84.
Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago 4.01 avg rating — 101,119 ratings
85.
Blindness
Blindness 4.18 avg rating — 324,732 ratings
86.
The Bridge on the Drina (Bosnian Trilogy, #1)
The Bridge on the Drina (Bosnian Trilogy, #1) 4.33 avg rating — 24,215 ratings
87.
Corelli’s Mandolin
Corelli’s Mandolin 4.03 avg rating — 91,619 ratings
88.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating — 1,315,941 ratings
89.
The Valley of Unknowing
The Valley of Unknowing 3.85 avg rating — 370 ratings
90.
Z213: EXIT
Z213: EXIT 4.30 avg rating — 232 ratings
91.
The Trial
The Trial 3.94 avg rating — 377,406 ratings
92.
The Bonfire of the Vanities
The Bonfire of the Vanities
by: Tom Wolfe
3.92 avg rating — 85,405 ratings
93.
The Tiger's Wife
The Tiger's Wife 3.42 avg rating — 101,755 ratings
94.
Empire of the Sun
Empire of the Sun 3.98 avg rating — 22,083 ratings
95.
The Baron in the Trees
The Baron in the Trees 4.02 avg rating — 51,067 ratings
96.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 4.14 avg rating — 306,625 ratings
97.
The Kitchen God's Wife
The Kitchen God's Wife
by: Amy Tan
4.04 avg rating — 87,073 ratings
98.
The Republic
The Republic
by: Plato
3.96 avg rating — 220,226 ratings
99.
The Whale Rider
The Whale Rider 3.84 avg rating — 11,948 ratings
100.
The Summer Book
The Summer Book 4.01 avg rating — 50,858 ratings
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