Best Past-Present Books

1.
The Forgotten Garden
The Forgotten Garden 4.15 avg rating — 234,183 ratings
2.
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,843,092 ratings
3.
The House at Riverton
The House at Riverton 3.95 avg rating — 123,470 ratings
4.
The Secret Keeper
The Secret Keeper 4.16 avg rating — 171,043 ratings
5.
The Thirteenth Tale
The Thirteenth Tale 3.98 avg rating — 323,020 ratings
6.
The Distant Hours
The Distant Hours 3.89 avg rating — 83,467 ratings
7.
The Winter Sea (Slains, #1)
The Winter Sea (Slains, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 68,877 ratings
8.
Water for Elephants
Water for Elephants 4.11 avg rating — 1,680,895 ratings
9.
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 — 696,787 ratings
10.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 3,378,635 ratings
11.
The Historian
The Historian 3.80 avg rating — 273,593 ratings
12.
Sarah's Key
Sarah's Key 4.18 avg rating — 489,799 ratings
13.
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
Outlander (Outlander, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 1,132,054 ratings
14.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,633,919 ratings
15.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,962,327 ratings
16.
The Rose Garden
The Rose Garden 4.03 avg rating — 33,391 ratings
17.
The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
by: Amy Tan
3.97 avg rating — 703,429 ratings
18.
Mariana
Mariana 4.08 avg rating — 26,049 ratings
19.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet 4.05 avg rating — 311,655 ratings
20.
11/22/63
11/22/63 4.35 avg rating — 614,224 ratings
21.
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane (The Physick Book, #1)
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane (The Physick Book, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 57,769 ratings
22.
The Notebook (The Notebook, #1)
The Notebook (The Notebook, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 1,809,385 ratings
23.
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2)
The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2) 4.26 avg rating — 968,995 ratings
24.
People of the Book
People of the Book 4.04 avg rating — 153,741 ratings
25.
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest (Millennium, #3) 4.24 avg rating — 765,905 ratings
26.
The Hours
The Hours 3.96 avg rating — 146,852 ratings
27.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,827 ratings
28.
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 387,295 ratings
29.
Labyrinth (Languedoc Trilogy, #1)
Labyrinth (Languedoc Trilogy, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 58,396 ratings
30.
The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day 4.14 avg rating — 344,120 ratings
31.
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood 3.86 avg rating — 565,748 ratings
32.
And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None 4.28 avg rating — 1,544,388 ratings
33.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating — 813,372 ratings
34.
Persuasion
Persuasion 4.15 avg rating — 752,868 ratings
34.
The Shadowy Horses
The Shadowy Horses 3.97 avg rating — 22,309 ratings
36.
Wildflower Hill
Wildflower Hill 4.11 avg rating — 13,617 ratings
37.
The Last Letter from Your Lover
The Last Letter from Your Lover really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 135,602 ratings
38.
The Light Between Oceans
The Light Between Oceans 4.04 avg rating — 473,481 ratings
39.
The Bridges of Madison County
The Bridges of Madison County 3.71 avg rating — 104,278 ratings
40.
The Girl You Left Behind
The Girl You Left Behind 4.03 avg rating — 176,522 ratings
41.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 4.03 avg rating — 126,469 ratings
42.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) 4.13 avg rating — 376,330 ratings
43.
Blackberry Winter
Blackberry Winter
by: Sarah Jio
4.01 avg rating — 20,284 ratings
44.
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 1,079,978 ratings
45.
The Kitchen God's Wife
The Kitchen God's Wife
by: Amy Tan
4.04 avg rating — 87,070 ratings
46.
Cutting for Stone
Cutting for Stone 4.33 avg rating — 417,409 ratings
47.
The French Lieutenant's Woman
The French Lieutenant's Woman 3.88 avg rating — 54,872 ratings
48.
The Bonesetter's Daughter
The Bonesetter's Daughter
by: Amy Tan
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 131,942 ratings
49.
The Orchid House
The Orchid House 4.04 avg rating — 38,981 ratings
50.
Those Who Save Us
Those Who Save Us 4.11 avg rating — 102,913 ratings
51.
The Eight (The Eight, #1)
The Eight (The Eight, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 45,363 ratings
52.
Possession
Possession 3.90 avg rating — 83,127 ratings
53.
A Discovery of Witches (All Souls, #1)
A Discovery of Witches (All Souls, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 542,125 ratings
54.
The Legacy
The Legacy 3.71 avg rating — 9,115 ratings
55.
The Hundred Secret Senses
The Hundred Secret Senses
by: Amy Tan
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 46,176 ratings
56.
The Bungalow
The Bungalow
by: Sarah Jio
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 14,438 ratings
57.
Inkheart (Inkworld, #1)
Inkheart (Inkworld, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 438,731 ratings
58.
It
It 4.24 avg rating — 1,227,572 ratings
59.
Bleak House
Bleak House 4.02 avg rating — 112,459 ratings
60.
Foucault’s Pendulum
Foucault’s Pendulum 3.91 avg rating — 73,677 ratings
61.
Midnight’s Children
Midnight’s Children 3.98 avg rating — 130,718 ratings
62.
Ethan Frome
Ethan Frome 3.45 avg rating — 134,941 ratings
63.
If I Wake
If I Wake 3.92 avg rating — 747 ratings
64.
Fingersmith
Fingersmith 4.02 avg rating — 115,242 ratings
65.
Sophie’s Choice
Sophie’s Choice 4.17 avg rating — 93,613 ratings
66.
What She Left Behind
What She Left Behind 4.02 avg rating — 65,710 ratings
67.
Snow Falling on Cedars
Snow Falling on Cedars 3.86 avg rating — 192,466 ratings
68.
I Know This Much Is True
I Know This Much Is True 4.21 avg rating — 320,929 ratings
69.
Holes (Holes, #1)
Holes (Holes, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 1,333,128 ratings
70.
Seven For A Secret
Seven For A Secret 4.27 avg rating — 70 ratings
71.
The Violets of March
The Violets of March
by: Sarah Jio
3.84 avg rating — 27,237 ratings
72.
The Gargoyle
The Gargoyle 3.97 avg rating — 50,390 ratings
73.
Angle of Repose
Angle of Repose 4.24 avg rating — 61,310 ratings
74.
The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds 4.25 avg rating — 361,083 ratings
75.
In Search of Lost Time
In Search of Lost Time 4.34 avg rating — 13,694 ratings
76.
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (Cordelia Gray, #1)
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman (Cordelia Gray, #1) 3.82 avg rating — 20,012 ratings
77.
Sepulchre (Languedoc Trilogy, #2)
Sepulchre (Languedoc Trilogy, #2) 3.80 avg rating — 22,241 ratings
78.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 568,990 ratings
79.
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying 3.72 avg rating — 182,491 ratings
80.
Before I Fall
Before I Fall 3.88 avg rating — 344,279 ratings
81.
Slaughterhouse Five, or The Children's Crusade
Slaughterhouse Five, or The Children's Crusade 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,407 ratings
81.
Green Darkness
Green Darkness 3.97 avg rating — 6,874 ratings
83.
Every Secret Thing
Every Secret Thing
by: Emma Cole
3.99 avg rating — 6,694 ratings
84.
The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2)
The Sign of Four (Sherlock Holmes, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 172,338 ratings
85.
The Moon Gate
The Moon Gate 4.39 avg rating — 2,511 ratings
86.
Elephants Can Remember (Hercule Poirot, #42)
Elephants Can Remember (Hercule Poirot, #42) 3.66 avg rating — 47,150 ratings
87.
Five Little Pigs (Hercule Poirot, #25)
Five Little Pigs (Hercule Poirot, #25) 4.03 avg rating — 88,123 ratings
87.
The Baker's Daughter
The Baker's Daughter 3.97 avg rating — 24,319 ratings
89.
Revolution
Revolution really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 30,032 ratings
90.
A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1)
A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 50,910 ratings
91.
Someone Knows My Name
Someone Knows My Name 4.47 avg rating — 90,247 ratings
92.
Orlando
Orlando 3.87 avg rating — 109,462 ratings
93.
The Island
The Island 4.12 avg rating — 58,370 ratings
94.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,385 ratings
95.
Stone's Fall
Stone's Fall 3.87 avg rating — 8,677 ratings
95.
Firefly Lane (Firefly Lane, #1)
Firefly Lane (Firefly Lane, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 456,738 ratings
97.
Birdsong
Birdsong 4.11 avg rating — 82,678 ratings
98.
Lady of Hay
Lady of Hay 4.07 avg rating — 8,324 ratings
99.
Atonement
Atonement 3.95 avg rating — 552,017 ratings
100.
The Midnight House
The Midnight House 4.15 avg rating — 10,161 ratings
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