Best Nineteenth-Century British and Irish Novels

1.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,632,671 ratings
2.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,643 ratings
3.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,958,999 ratings
4.
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility 4.09 avg rating — 1,266,065 ratings
5.
Emma
Emma 4.05 avg rating — 950,006 ratings
6.
Persuasion
Persuasion 4.15 avg rating — 752,763 ratings
7.
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol 4.09 avg rating — 896,462 ratings
8.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,009 ratings
9.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations 3.80 avg rating — 857,490 ratings
10.
Northanger Abbey
Northanger Abbey 3.85 avg rating — 439,052 ratings
11.
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 482,301 ratings
12.
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist 3.88 avg rating — 419,607 ratings
13.
Mansfield Park
Mansfield Park 3.86 avg rating — 371,659 ratings
14.
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland 4.03 avg rating — 395,717 ratings
15.
North and South
North and South 4.15 avg rating — 179,574 ratings
16.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.13 avg rating — 1,782,547 ratings
17.
Dracula
Dracula 4.02 avg rating — 1,414,942 ratings
18.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities 3.88 avg rating — 996,372 ratings
19.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating — 174,962 ratings
20.
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair 3.81 avg rating — 131,955 ratings
21.
David Copperfield
David Copperfield 4.04 avg rating — 253,078 ratings
22.
Silas Marner
Silas Marner 3.69 avg rating — 91,971 ratings
23.
Treasure Island
Treasure Island 3.85 avg rating — 528,216 ratings
24.
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Tess of the D’Urbervilles 3.84 avg rating — 297,789 ratings
25.
The Moonstone
The Moonstone 3.91 avg rating — 97,247 ratings
26.
Bleak House
Bleak House 4.02 avg rating — 112,453 ratings
27.
Black Beauty
Black Beauty really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 293,931 ratings
28.
Cranford
Cranford 3.83 avg rating — 46,845 ratings
29.
The Mill on the Floss
The Mill on the Floss 3.83 avg rating — 58,098 ratings
30.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 4.03 avg rating — 126,443 ratings
31.
The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2)
The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 172,307 ratings
32.
The Woman in White
The Woman in White 4.01 avg rating — 162,711 ratings
33.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 3.83 avg rating — 641,277 ratings
34.
Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #2)
Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 141,695 ratings
35.
Little Dorrit
Little Dorrit really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 49,354 ratings
36.
Hard Times
Hard Times 3.55 avg rating — 72,190 ratings
37.
Far From the Madding Crowd
Far From the Madding Crowd 3.97 avg rating — 162,851 ratings
38.
The Return of the Native
The Return of the Native 3.88 avg rating — 39,904 ratings
39.
The Mayor of Casterbridge
The Mayor of Casterbridge 3.86 avg rating — 65,070 ratings
40.
The Pickwick Papers
The Pickwick Papers 3.85 avg rating — 31,459 ratings
41.
Wives and Daughters
Wives and Daughters 4.13 avg rating — 50,103 ratings
42.
Our Mutual Friend
Our Mutual Friend 4.09 avg rating — 30,886 ratings
43.
Jude the Obscure
Jude the Obscure 3.83 avg rating — 74,821 ratings
44.
Daniel Deronda
Daniel Deronda 3.86 avg rating — 26,585 ratings
45.
Three Men in a Boat (Three Men, #1)
Three Men in a Boat (Three Men, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 78,263 ratings
46.
Agnes Grey
Agnes Grey 3.71 avg rating — 78,678 ratings
47.
Adam Bede
Adam Bede 3.82 avg rating — 26,146 ratings
48.
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness 3.43 avg rating — 545,702 ratings
49.
Villette
Villette 3.78 avg rating — 78,427 ratings
50.
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe 3.76 avg rating — 97,929 ratings
51.
Shirley
Shirley 3.76 avg rating — 36,188 ratings
52.
The Way We Live Now
The Way We Live Now 4.09 avg rating — 13,882 ratings
53.
Nicholas Nickleby
Nicholas Nickleby 3.94 avg rating — 46,292 ratings
54.
Barchester Towers (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #2)
Barchester Towers (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #2) 4.05 avg rating — 17,408 ratings
55.
The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)
The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1) 3.75 avg rating — 18,168 ratings
56.
Lorna Doone
Lorna Doone 3.73 avg rating — 16,259 ratings
57.
Little Lord Fauntleroy
Little Lord Fauntleroy 3.91 avg rating — 24,408 ratings
58.
The Old Curiosity Shop
The Old Curiosity Shop 3.79 avg rating — 23,382 ratings
59.
Dombey and Son
Dombey and Son 3.96 avg rating — 16,455 ratings
60.
Uncle Silas
Uncle Silas 3.74 avg rating — 6,996 ratings
61.
Waverley
Waverley 3.44 avg rating — 5,952 ratings
62.
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
The Mystery of Edwin Drood 3.66 avg rating — 12,947 ratings
63.
Rob Roy (Waverley Novels, #4)
Rob Roy (Waverley Novels, #4) 3.69 avg rating — 10,218 ratings
64.
Mary Barton
Mary Barton 3.74 avg rating — 21,059 ratings
65.
The Eustace Diamonds (Palliser, #3)
The Eustace Diamonds (Palliser, #3) 3.96 avg rating — 5,084 ratings
66.
Carmilla
Carmilla 3.87 avg rating — 166,850 ratings
67.
Ruth
Ruth 3.86 avg rating — 9,370 ratings
68.
The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds 3.83 avg rating — 340,266 ratings
69.
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner
The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner 3.68 avg rating — 9,551 ratings
70.
The Heart of Mid-Lothian
The Heart of Mid-Lothian 3.69 avg rating — 1,415 ratings
71.
Martin Chuzzlewit
Martin Chuzzlewit 3.83 avg rating — 16,841 ratings
72.
Nightmare Abbey
Nightmare Abbey 3.45 avg rating — 2,034 ratings
73.
The Professor
The Professor 3.54 avg rating — 28,802 ratings
74.
Castle Rackrent
Castle Rackrent 3.16 avg rating — 4,280 ratings
75.
The Last Chronicle of Barset (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #6)
The Last Chronicle of Barset (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #6) 4.19 avg rating — 6,300 ratings
76.
Phineas Redux (Palliser, #4)
Phineas Redux (Palliser, #4) 4.09 avg rating — 2,911 ratings
76.
Tales of Angria
Tales of Angria 3.76 avg rating — 519 ratings
78.
Phineas Finn (Palliser, #2)
Phineas Finn (Palliser, #2) 3.99 avg rating — 7,436 ratings
78.
East Lynne
East Lynne 3.74 avg rating — 5,283 ratings
80.
Hester
Hester 3.88 avg rating — 648 ratings
81.
The Woodlanders
The Woodlanders 3.90 avg rating — 17,516 ratings
82.
Gothic Tales
Gothic Tales 3.80 avg rating — 3,031 ratings
83.
Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1)
Kidnapped (David Balfour, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 67,098 ratings
84.
In a Glass Darkly
In a Glass Darkly 3.84 avg rating — 5,817 ratings
85.
The Bride of Lammermoor
The Bride of Lammermoor 3.65 avg rating — 2,142 ratings
86.
The Annotated Alice: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and, Through the Looking-Glass
The Annotated Alice: Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, and, Through the Looking-Glass 4.06 avg rating — 597,596 ratings
87.
The Master of Ballantrae
The Master of Ballantrae 3.71 avg rating — 6,403 ratings
88.
Can You Forgive Her? (Palliser novels, #1)
Can You Forgive Her? (Palliser novels, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 8,200 ratings
89.
The Chronicles of the Canongate (The Waverley Novels)
The Chronicles of the Canongate (The Waverley Novels) 3.20 avg rating — 96 ratings
90.
Desperate Remedies
Desperate Remedies 3.78 avg rating — 3,563 ratings
91.
Sybil, or the Two Nations
Sybil, or the Two Nations 3.29 avg rating — 1,255 ratings
92.
Brontë Roman Omnibus
Brontë Roman Omnibus 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
92.
The Devil's Half Mile
The Devil's Half Mile 3.66 avg rating — 848 ratings
94.
Headlong Hall
Headlong Hall 3.35 avg rating — 179 ratings
94.
Marriage
Marriage 3.48 avg rating — 404 ratings
96.
Plays Pleasant
Plays Pleasant 3.87 avg rating — 372 ratings
96.
The Way of All Flesh
The Way of All Flesh 3.60 avg rating — 9,577 ratings
98.
Trilby
Trilby 3.31 avg rating — 1,476 ratings
99.
New Grub Street
New Grub Street 3.78 avg rating — 6,406 ratings
99.
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq.
The History of Henry Esmond, Esq. 3.60 avg rating — 1,103 ratings
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