500 Masterworks of Fiction (You pick 'em)

1.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating — 1,024,786 ratings
2.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,260,030 ratings
3.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,689,627 ratings
4.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,633,919 ratings
5.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating — 1,318,995 ratings
6.
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again 4.29 avg rating — 4,346,313 ratings
7.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations 3.80 avg rating — 857,592 ratings
8.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,827 ratings
9.
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings 4.54 avg rating — 716,554 ratings
10.
Dracula
Dracula 4.02 avg rating — 1,415,247 ratings
11.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,407 ratings
12.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,731,995 ratings
13.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,357,055 ratings
14.
Treasure Island (Bantam Classic) Treasure Island
Treasure Island (Bantam Classic) Treasure Island 3.85 avg rating — 528,285 ratings
15.
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol 4.09 avg rating — 896,600 ratings
15.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,227,126 ratings
17.
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
A Study in Scarlet (Sherlock Holmes, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 482,379 ratings
18.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,373 ratings
19.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,767 ratings
20.
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf 4.13 avg rating — 206,772 ratings
21.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,441 ratings
22.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.13 avg rating — 1,783,164 ratings
23.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities 3.88 avg rating — 996,478 ratings
24.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,670 ratings
25.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 3.92 avg rating — 996,786 ratings
26.
East of Eden
East of Eden 4.43 avg rating — 602,334 ratings
27.
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Something Wicked This Way Comes 3.90 avg rating — 146,006 ratings
28.
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men 3.89 avg rating — 2,752,200 ratings
29.
The Man Without Qualities
The Man Without Qualities 4.19 avg rating — 7,191 ratings
30.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,802,475 ratings
31.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,451 ratings
32.
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary 3.71 avg rating — 363,704 ratings
33.
American Gods (American Gods, #1)
American Gods (American Gods, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 978,839 ratings
33.
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist 3.88 avg rating — 419,650 ratings
35.
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge 3.93 avg rating — 9,669 ratings
36.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,515 ratings
37.
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov 4.38 avg rating — 369,581 ratings
38.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina 4.10 avg rating — 906,373 ratings
39.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,689 ratings
40.
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
The Giver (The Giver, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 2,733,362 ratings
41.
King Solomon's Mines (Allan Quatermain, #1)
King Solomon's Mines (Allan Quatermain, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 51,863 ratings
42.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,067 ratings
43.
And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None 4.28 avg rating — 1,544,388 ratings
44.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4.30 avg rating — 499,257 ratings
45.
Don Quixote
Don Quixote 3.91 avg rating — 297,049 ratings
46.
The Glass Bead Game
The Glass Bead Game 4.10 avg rating — 41,306 ratings
47.
The Bottoms
The Bottoms 4.19 avg rating — 9,487 ratings
48.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating — 174,989 ratings
49.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating — 1,070,130 ratings
50.
The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild 3.91 avg rating — 461,084 ratings
51.
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland 4.03 avg rating — 395,718 ratings
52.
Macbeth
Macbeth 3.89 avg rating — 992,175 ratings
53.
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest 4.17 avg rating — 397,722 ratings
53.
The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried 4.14 avg rating — 337,494 ratings
55.
Boy's Life
Boy's Life 4.40 avg rating — 39,740 ratings
55.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,862 ratings
57.
Tropic of Cancer
Tropic of Cancer 3.66 avg rating — 76,600 ratings
58.
Hamlet
Hamlet 4.03 avg rating — 1,020,222 ratings
59.
The Anubis Gates
The Anubis Gates 3.90 avg rating — 17,433 ratings
59.
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (George Smiley, #3)
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold (George Smiley, #3) 4.09 avg rating — 122,078 ratings
61.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating — 992,141 ratings
62.
In Search of Lost Time
In Search of Lost Time 4.34 avg rating — 13,694 ratings
63.
Imajica
Imajica 4.17 avg rating — 24,049 ratings
64.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating — 505,106 ratings
65.
For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls 3.99 avg rating — 311,431 ratings
66.
Ghost Story
Ghost Story 3.92 avg rating — 81,723 ratings
67.
Going After Cacciato
Going After Cacciato 3.91 avg rating — 14,428 ratings
68.
The Trial
The Trial 3.94 avg rating — 377,390 ratings
68.
Absalom, Absalom!
Absalom, Absalom! 3.99 avg rating — 47,017 ratings
70.
Johnny Got His Gun
Johnny Got His Gun 4.21 avg rating — 47,425 ratings
71.
Possession
Possession 3.90 avg rating — 83,127 ratings
72.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,309 ratings
73.
Around the World in Eighty Days
Around the World in Eighty Days 3.95 avg rating — 274,990 ratings
74.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating — 901,369 ratings
75.
Go Ask Alice
Go Ask Alice 3.74 avg rating — 288,670 ratings
76.
David Copperfield
David Copperfield 4.04 avg rating — 253,111 ratings
77.
The Master and Margarita
The Master and Margarita 4.28 avg rating — 401,147 ratings
78.
Women in Love
Women in Love 3.66 avg rating — 33,147 ratings
79.
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe 3.68 avg rating — 325,005 ratings
80.
To Have and Have Not
To Have and Have Not 3.51 avg rating — 35,661 ratings
81.
The Man In the High Castle
The Man In the High Castle 3.59 avg rating — 229,261 ratings
82.
Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth
Demian: The Story of Emil Sinclair's Youth 4.14 avg rating — 129,492 ratings
83.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 270,621 ratings
84.
North and South
North and South 4.15 avg rating — 179,598 ratings
85.
Siddhartha
Siddhartha 4.08 avg rating — 846,970 ratings
86.
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2) 4.25 avg rating — 578,199 ratings
87.
Bleak House
Bleak House 4.02 avg rating — 112,459 ratings
88.
The Book of Disquiet
The Book of Disquiet 4.40 avg rating — 35,773 ratings
89.
Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #12)
Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #12) 4.20 avg rating — 31,538 ratings
90.
The Choirboys
The Choirboys 4.04 avg rating — 6,349 ratings
91.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,821 ratings
92.
Nicholas Nickleby
Nicholas Nickleby 3.94 avg rating — 46,294 ratings
92.
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 341,983 ratings
94.
War and Peace
War and Peace 4.17 avg rating — 357,009 ratings
95.
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair 3.81 avg rating — 131,963 ratings
96.
Stranger in a Strange Land
Stranger in a Strange Land 3.92 avg rating — 323,292 ratings
97.
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales 3.52 avg rating — 234,637 ratings
97.
The Postman
The Postman 3.89 avg rating — 36,992 ratings
99.
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises 3.79 avg rating — 482,079 ratings
99.
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 387,295 ratings
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