Intimidating books I long to read/finish

1.
War and Peace
War and Peace 4.17 avg rating — 357,025 ratings
2.
Les Misérables
Les Misérables 4.21 avg rating — 830,287 ratings
3.
Don Quixote
Don Quixote 3.91 avg rating — 297,059 ratings
4.
Ulysses
Ulysses 3.77 avg rating — 138,362 ratings
5.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating — 992,192 ratings
6.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina 4.10 avg rating — 906,420 ratings
7.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating — 1,024,871 ratings
8.
The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso 4.08 avg rating — 167,125 ratings
9.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,104 ratings
10.
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings 4.54 avg rating — 716,582 ratings
11.
Moby-Dick
Moby-Dick 3.56 avg rating — 602,857 ratings
12.
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales 3.52 avg rating — 234,642 ratings
13.
Gravity’s Rainbow
Gravity’s Rainbow 4.01 avg rating — 46,905 ratings
14.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating — 174,995 ratings
15.
Infinite Jest
Infinite Jest 4.25 avg rating — 98,673 ratings
16.
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
The Complete Sherlock Holmes 4.51 avg rating — 214,400 ratings
17.
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov 4.38 avg rating — 369,607 ratings
18.
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) 4.45 avg rating — 2,674,310 ratings
19.
Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
by: Ayn Rand
3.69 avg rating — 402,811 ratings
20.
The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead
by: Ayn Rand
3.89 avg rating — 333,872 ratings
21.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating — 901,397 ratings
22.
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 809,564 ratings
23.
Finnegans Wake
Finnegans Wake 3.68 avg rating — 13,450 ratings
24.
The Faerie Queene
The Faerie Queene 3.58 avg rating — 17,147 ratings
25.
2666
2666 4.21 avg rating — 46,708 ratings
26.
House of Leaves
House of Leaves 4.09 avg rating — 191,515 ratings
27.
The Arabian Nights
The Arabian Nights
by: Anonymous
4.03 avg rating — 80,400 ratings
28.
Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost 3.85 avg rating — 177,972 ratings
29.
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 3.87 avg rating — 249,873 ratings
30.
Bleak House
Bleak House 4.02 avg rating — 112,459 ratings
31.
Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,570,601 ratings
32.
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair 3.81 avg rating — 131,964 ratings
33.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations 3.80 avg rating — 857,611 ratings
34.
The Forsyte Saga (The Forsyte Chronicles, #1-3)
The Forsyte Saga (The Forsyte Chronicles, #1-3) 4.18 avg rating — 20,498 ratings
35.
A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present
A People’s History of the United States: 1492 - Present 4.08 avg rating — 259,724 ratings
36.
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3)
1Q84 (1Q84, #1-3) 3.95 avg rating — 333,094 ratings
37.
In Search of Lost Time
In Search of Lost Time 4.34 avg rating — 13,695 ratings
38.
The Complete Works
The Complete Works 4.48 avg rating — 57,543 ratings
39.
The Gormenghast Novels (Gormenghast, #1-3)
The Gormenghast Novels (Gormenghast, #1-3) 4.03 avg rating — 9,798 ratings
40.
Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas 4.01 avg rating — 262,754 ratings
41.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,564 ratings
42.
The Satanic Verses
The Satanic Verses 3.71 avg rating — 70,310 ratings
43.
Dracula
Dracula 4.02 avg rating — 1,415,341 ratings
44.
Le Morte d'Arthur
Le Morte d'Arthur 3.92 avg rating — 38,982 ratings
45.
The Tale of Genji
The Tale of Genji 3.72 avg rating — 14,371 ratings
46.
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces 3.89 avg rating — 291,811 ratings
47.
V.
V. 3.97 avg rating — 24,778 ratings
47.
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid
Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid 4.29 avg rating — 51,684 ratings
49.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 4.14 avg rating — 306,627 ratings
50.
The Republic
The Republic
by: Plato
3.96 avg rating — 220,235 ratings
51.
Against the Day
Against the Day 4.05 avg rating — 10,020 ratings
52.
The Pickwick Papers
The Pickwick Papers 3.85 avg rating — 31,466 ratings
53.
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 499,217 ratings
54.
The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers 4.10 avg rating — 340,252 ratings
55.
The Red and the Black
The Red and the Black
by: Stendhal
3.86 avg rating — 81,059 ratings
56.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 753,993 ratings
57.
The Idiot
The Idiot 4.21 avg rating — 207,688 ratings
58.
The Wings of the Dove
The Wings of the Dove 3.79 avg rating — 17,386 ratings
59.
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism 4.29 avg rating — 51,943 ratings
60.
ShĹŤgun (Asian Saga, #1)
Shōgun (Asian Saga, #1) 4.41 avg rating — 206,512 ratings
61.
Doctor Faustus
Doctor Faustus 4.08 avg rating — 13,447 ratings
62.
The Chronicles of Narnia
The Chronicles of Narnia 4.28 avg rating — 694,189 ratings
63.
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 — 116,442 ratings
64.
Critique of Pure Reason
Critique of Pure Reason 3.96 avg rating — 40,927 ratings
65.
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1) 4.67 avg rating — 626,049 ratings
66.
The Man Without Qualities
The Man Without Qualities 4.19 avg rating — 7,191 ratings
67.
A Fine Balance
A Fine Balance 4.38 avg rating — 156,865 ratings
68.
The Pale King
The Pale King 3.97 avg rating — 19,433 ratings
69.
The Recognitions
The Recognitions 4.20 avg rating — 6,166 ratings
70.
The Life of Samuel Johnson
The Life of Samuel Johnson 3.80 avg rating — 5,264 ratings
71.
Joseph and His Brothers
Joseph and His Brothers 4.44 avg rating — 2,145 ratings
72.
Kushiel's Justice (Imriel's Trilogy, #2)
Kushiel's Justice (Imriel's Trilogy, #2) 4.28 avg rating — 19,715 ratings
73.
Mary Queen of Scots
Mary Queen of Scots 3.99 avg rating — 17,291 ratings
74.
East of Eden
East of Eden 4.43 avg rating — 602,396 ratings
75.
Possession
Possession 3.90 avg rating — 83,129 ratings
76.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Unbearable Lightness of Being 4.11 avg rating — 524,947 ratings
77.
The Ambassadors
The Ambassadors 3.63 avg rating — 12,858 ratings
78.
The Last Cavalier: Being the Adventures of Count Sainte-Hermine in the Age of Napoleon
The Last Cavalier: Being the Adventures of Count Sainte-Hermine in the Age of Napoleon 3.67 avg rating — 839 ratings
79.
Leviathan
Leviathan 3.70 avg rating — 51,364 ratings
80.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,393,429 ratings
81.
Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #3)
Master of the Senate (The Years of Lyndon Johnson, #3) 4.42 avg rating — 23,638 ratings
82.
Holy Bible: The New King James Version
Holy Bible: The New King James Version
by: Anonymous
4.41 avg rating — 8,021 ratings
83.
Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy, #1)
Kushiel's Dart (Phèdre's Trilogy, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 83,240 ratings
84.
Under the Dome
Under the Dome 3.93 avg rating — 317,826 ratings
85.
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 1,080,062 ratings
85.
Life: A User's Manual
Life: A User's Manual 4.18 avg rating — 9,837 ratings
87.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Allen Lane History, 3 Volume Set)
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Allen Lane History, 3 Volume Set) 4.02 avg rating — 15,257 ratings
88.
Walden and Civil Disobedience
Walden and Civil Disobedience 3.94 avg rating — 38,624 ratings
88.
The Anatomy of Melancholy
The Anatomy of Melancholy 4.11 avg rating — 1,841 ratings
90.
Lucifer's Hammer
Lucifer's Hammer really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 45,033 ratings
90.
Of Grammatology
Of Grammatology 3.97 avg rating — 5,290 ratings
90.
It
It 4.24 avg rating — 1,227,655 ratings
93.
O Lost: A Story of the Buried Life
O Lost: A Story of the Buried Life 4.35 avg rating — 192 ratings
94.
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
95.
J R
J R 4.32 avg rating — 3,682 ratings
96.
The Toilers of the Sea
The Toilers of the Sea 4.06 avg rating — 4,854 ratings
97.
Fear and Trembling
Fear and Trembling really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 29,962 ratings
98.
Camilla
Camilla 3.75 avg rating — 2,883 ratings
99.
Ethics
Ethics 4.10 avg rating — 20,279 ratings
100.
Kushiel's Chosen (Phèdre's Trilogy, #2)
Kushiel's Chosen (Phèdre's Trilogy, #2) 4.30 avg rating — 41,469 ratings
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