Flavorwire's 25 Big Novels that are Worth Your Time

1.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,079 ratings
2.
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Moby-Dick or, The Whale 3.56 avg rating — 602,844 ratings
3.
War and Peace
War and Peace 4.17 avg rating — 357,011 ratings
4.
Don Quixote
Don Quixote 3.91 avg rating — 297,052 ratings
5.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating — 174,992 ratings
6.
Les Misérables
Les Misérables 4.21 avg rating — 830,274 ratings
7.
Ulysses
Ulysses 3.77 avg rating — 138,360 ratings
8.
2666
2666 4.21 avg rating — 46,705 ratings
9.
Infinite Jest
Infinite Jest 4.25 avg rating — 98,671 ratings
9.
Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago 4.01 avg rating — 101,118 ratings
11.
In Search of Lost Time
In Search of Lost Time 4.34 avg rating — 13,695 ratings
12.
The Instructions
The Instructions 4.08 avg rating — 2,736 ratings
13.
David Copperfield
David Copperfield 4.04 avg rating — 253,112 ratings
14.
A Suitable Boy (A Bridge of Leaves, #1)
A Suitable Boy (A Bridge of Leaves, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 49,457 ratings
15.
The Ambassadors
The Ambassadors 3.63 avg rating — 12,858 ratings
16.
J R
J R 4.32 avg rating — 3,682 ratings
17.
The Making of Americans
The Making of Americans 3.55 avg rating — 583 ratings
18.
My Name Is Red
My Name Is Red 3.87 avg rating — 60,043 ratings
19.
Miss MacIntosh, My Darling
Miss MacIntosh, My Darling 4.25 avg rating — 240 ratings
20.
Life and Fate
Life and Fate 4.45 avg rating — 14,761 ratings
21.
Conversation in the Cathedral
Conversation in the Cathedral 4.38 avg rating — 11,140 ratings
22.
Look at Me
Look at Me 3.43 avg rating — 14,133 ratings
23.
A House for Mr. Biswas
A House for Mr. Biswas 3.81 avg rating — 21,972 ratings
24.
Tree of Smoke
Tree of Smoke 3.60 avg rating — 14,879 ratings
25.
A Book of Memories
A Book of Memories 4.06 avg rating — 646 ratings