Must Read Classics

101.
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales 3.52 avg rating — 234,627 ratings
102.
The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories
The Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories 4.05 avg rating — 22,676 ratings
103.
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales 4.17 avg rating — 74,601 ratings
104.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,786 ratings
105.
Bleak House
Bleak House 4.02 avg rating — 112,456 ratings
106.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 499,092 ratings
107.
The Awakening
The Awakening 3.69 avg rating — 222,558 ratings
108.
Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh, #1)
Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh, #1) 4.38 avg rating — 389,837 ratings
109.
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist 3.88 avg rating — 419,628 ratings
110.
American Psycho
American Psycho 3.80 avg rating — 349,176 ratings
111.
David Copperfield
David Copperfield 4.04 avg rating — 253,091 ratings
112.
Gulliver’s Travels
Gulliver’s Travels 3.59 avg rating — 293,919 ratings
113.
The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories: The Great Short Works of Franz Kafka
The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories: The Great Short Works of Franz Kafka 4.09 avg rating — 20,571 ratings
114.
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland 4.03 avg rating — 395,721 ratings
115.
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales 4.23 avg rating — 219,181 ratings
116.
The Jungle Books
The Jungle Books 4.01 avg rating — 88,663 ratings
117.
The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild 3.91 avg rating — 461,045 ratings
118.
North and South
North and South 4.15 avg rating — 179,584 ratings
119.
Trainspotting (Mark Renton, #2)
Trainspotting (Mark Renton, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 174,909 ratings
120.
Candide
Candide
by: Voltaire
3.76 avg rating — 294,524 ratings
121.
Requiem for a Dream
Requiem for a Dream 4.11 avg rating — 63,284 ratings
122.
The Time Machine
The Time Machine 3.89 avg rating — 552,923 ratings
123.
Fight Club
Fight Club 4.18 avg rating — 629,422 ratings
124.
Journey to the Center of the Earth
Journey to the Center of the Earth 3.85 avg rating — 218,549 ratings
125.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 3.83 avg rating — 641,338 ratings
126.
Green Eggs and Ham
Green Eggs and Ham
by: Dr. Seuss
4.31 avg rating — 830,141 ratings
127.
The Zombie Room
The Zombie Room 3.88 avg rating — 35,859 ratings
128.
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3) 4.58 avg rating — 1,004,501 ratings
128.
Lunar Park
Lunar Park 3.65 avg rating — 30,300 ratings
130.
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
by: Sophocles
3.72 avg rating — 232,007 ratings
131.
The Wasp Factory
The Wasp Factory 3.76 avg rating — 104,976 ratings
132.
Factotum
Factotum 3.92 avg rating — 74,338 ratings
133.
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 341,938 ratings
134.
A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1)
A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 1,263,377 ratings
135.
The Moonstone
The Moonstone 3.91 avg rating — 97,252 ratings
136.
Invisible Monsters
Invisible Monsters really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 149,316 ratings
137.
Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1)
Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 17,412 ratings
138.
Black Beauty
Black Beauty really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 293,942 ratings
139.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3) 4.30 avg rating — 320,273 ratings
140.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,089 ratings
141.
Beowulf
Beowulf
by: Unknown
3.50 avg rating — 338,027 ratings
142.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) 4.13 avg rating — 376,294 ratings
143.
Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)
Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)
by: Sophocles
3.68 avg rating — 170,464 ratings
144.
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair 3.81 avg rating — 131,958 ratings
144.
In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood 4.09 avg rating — 710,354 ratings
146.
The Trial
The Trial 3.94 avg rating — 377,300 ratings
147.
A Little Princess
A Little Princess 4.23 avg rating — 320,506 ratings
148.
Othello
Othello 3.89 avg rating — 428,033 ratings
149.
The Alchemist
The Alchemist 3.92 avg rating — 3,430,295 ratings
150.
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame 4.02 avg rating — 213,365 ratings
151.
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe 3.68 avg rating — 324,970 ratings
152.
The Jungle
The Jungle 3.78 avg rating — 152,235 ratings
153.
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10) 4.20 avg rating — 702,465 ratings
154.
Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1)
Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 281,976 ratings
155.
Jude the Obscure
Jude the Obscure 3.83 avg rating — 74,822 ratings
156.
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera 3.96 avg rating — 267,557 ratings
157.
Leaves of Grass
Leaves of Grass 4.11 avg rating — 114,641 ratings
158.
Around the World in Eighty Days
Around the World in Eighty Days 3.95 avg rating — 274,960 ratings
159.
The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid's Tale 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,115 ratings
160.
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence 3.97 avg rating — 189,916 ratings
161.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating — 174,973 ratings
162.
Walden & Civil Disobedience
Walden & Civil Disobedience 3.94 avg rating — 38,623 ratings
163.
Ulysses
Ulysses 3.77 avg rating — 138,341 ratings
164.
The Chosen (Reuven Malther, #1)
The Chosen (Reuven Malther, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 96,279 ratings
165.
Middlemarch/Silas Marner/Amos Barton
Middlemarch/Silas Marner/Amos Barton 3.98 avg rating — 799 ratings
166.
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2) 4.50 avg rating — 1,084,221 ratings
167.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,195 ratings
168.
A Room with a View
A Room with a View 3.90 avg rating — 197,366 ratings
169.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 3.98 avg rating — 122,131 ratings
170.
Where the Wild Things Are
Where the Wild Things Are 4.25 avg rating — 1,042,996 ratings
171.
Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost 3.85 avg rating — 177,949 ratings
172.
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar 3.71 avg rating — 215,358 ratings
173.
Man's Search for Meaning
Man's Search for Meaning 4.37 avg rating — 832,427 ratings
174.
The Idiot
The Idiot 4.21 avg rating — 207,640 ratings
175.
The Martian Chronicles
The Martian Chronicles 4.16 avg rating — 279,635 ratings
176.
The Aeneid
The Aeneid
by: Virgil
3.87 avg rating — 139,141 ratings
177.
And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None 4.28 avg rating — 1,544,134 ratings
178.
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 — 116,433 ratings
179.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 4.12 avg rating — 131,993 ratings
180.
The Plague
The Plague 4.02 avg rating — 300,321 ratings
181.
The Arabian Nights
The Arabian Nights
by: Anonymous
4.03 avg rating — 80,396 ratings
182.
My Ántonia
My Ántonia 3.84 avg rating — 144,866 ratings
183.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,731 ratings
184.
A Separate Peace
A Separate Peace 3.60 avg rating — 229,386 ratings
185.
The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead
by: Ayn Rand
3.89 avg rating — 333,850 ratings
186.
Inferno
Inferno 4.03 avg rating — 200,502 ratings
187.
The Art of War
The Art of War
by: Sun Tzu
3.95 avg rating — 550,581 ratings
188.
The Giving Tree
The Giving Tree 4.38 avg rating — 1,209,758 ratings
189.
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 482,332 ratings
190.
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire 3.98 avg rating — 328,880 ratings
191.
Perfume. The story of a murderer
Perfume. The story of a murderer 4.04 avg rating — 530,087 ratings
192.
The Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew 3.74 avg rating — 178,315 ratings
193.
King Lear
King Lear 3.91 avg rating — 232,688 ratings
194.
The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita 4.28 avg rating — 401,066 ratings
195.
Far From the Madding Crowd
Far From the Madding Crowd 3.97 avg rating — 162,866 ratings
196.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating — 779,770 ratings
197.
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe 3.76 avg rating — 97,933 ratings
198.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1)
The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 255,380 ratings
199.
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf 4.13 avg rating — 206,733 ratings
200.
Shakespeare's Sonnets
Shakespeare's Sonnets 4.25 avg rating — 110,513 ratings
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