Books that SHOULD be on the 1001-list but aren't

1.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,719,619 ratings
2.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,802,668 ratings
3.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating — 3,402,658 ratings
4.
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 499,222 ratings
5.
East of Eden
East of Eden 4.43 avg rating — 602,418 ratings
6.
The Odyssey
The Odyssey
by: Homer
3.82 avg rating — 1,156,827 ratings
7.
Tagebuch
Tagebuch 4.20 avg rating — 4,073,853 ratings
8.
The Golden Compass
The Golden Compass 4.03 avg rating — 1,594,379 ratings
9.
Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon 4.23 avg rating — 763,779 ratings
10.
The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso 4.08 avg rating — 167,125 ratings
11.
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1)
Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 1,449,897 ratings
12.
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 257,795 ratings
13.
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1) 4.47 avg rating — 11,066,411 ratings
14.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,415 ratings
15.
The Neverending Story
The Neverending Story 4.18 avg rating — 215,993 ratings
16.
The Iliad
The Iliad
by: Homer
3.92 avg rating — 494,749 ratings
17.
Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,570,639 ratings
18.
Stoner
Stoner 4.35 avg rating — 221,387 ratings
19.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating — 1,682,046 ratings
20.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 3.99 avg rating — 116,858 ratings
21.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4.30 avg rating — 499,300 ratings
22.
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1)
Wolf Hall (Thomas Cromwell, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 227,559 ratings
23.
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10) 4.20 avg rating — 702,671 ratings
24.
Shantaram
Shantaram 4.28 avg rating — 233,198 ratings
25.
My Ántonia
My Ántonia 3.84 avg rating — 144,878 ratings
26.
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1) 4.56 avg rating — 222,438 ratings
27.
The Martian
The Martian
by: Andy Weir
4.42 avg rating — 1,239,093 ratings
28.
The Haunting of Hill House
The Haunting of Hill House 3.81 avg rating — 365,434 ratings
29.
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
The Giver (The Giver, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 2,733,610 ratings
30.
The Outsiders
The Outsiders 4.14 avg rating — 1,538,747 ratings
31.
West with the Night
West with the Night 4.15 avg rating — 40,235 ratings
32.
And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None 4.28 avg rating — 1,544,529 ratings
33.
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1) 4.24 avg rating — 71,610 ratings
34.
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 809,581 ratings
35.
The Bone People
The Bone People 4.04 avg rating — 23,587 ratings
36.
The Ocean at the End of the Lane
The Ocean at the End of the Lane 4.02 avg rating — 650,450 ratings
37.
Gilead (Gilead, #1)
Gilead (Gilead, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 121,034 ratings
38.
All the King's Men
All the King's Men 4.09 avg rating — 65,744 ratings
39.
Snow Crash
Snow Crash 4.01 avg rating — 293,479 ratings
40.
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales 3.52 avg rating — 234,643 ratings
41.
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Something Wicked This Way Comes 3.90 avg rating — 146,016 ratings
42.
Three Men in a Boat (Three Men, #1)
Three Men in a Boat (Three Men, #1) 3.83 avg rating — 78,283 ratings
43.
On the Beach
On the Beach 3.98 avg rating — 48,169 ratings
44.
The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars 4.12 avg rating — 5,581,592 ratings
45.
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying 3.72 avg rating — 182,502 ratings
45.
Blindness
Blindness 4.18 avg rating — 324,744 ratings
47.
Katherine
Katherine 4.21 avg rating — 35,120 ratings
48.
Outlander (Outlander, #1)
Outlander (Outlander, #1) 4.26 avg rating — 1,132,113 ratings
49.
All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See 4.31 avg rating — 1,905,031 ratings
50.
Jamilia
Jamilia 3.89 avg rating — 9,622 ratings
51.
The Alchemist
The Alchemist 3.92 avg rating — 3,431,126 ratings
52.
The Woman in the Dunes
The Woman in the Dunes 3.89 avg rating — 37,527 ratings
53.
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Death Comes for the Archbishop 3.97 avg rating — 41,775 ratings
54.
Sophie’s Choice
Sophie’s Choice 4.17 avg rating — 93,616 ratings
55.
Dubliners
Dubliners 3.84 avg rating — 170,168 ratings
56.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,912 ratings
56.
A Gentleman in Moscow
A Gentleman in Moscow 4.32 avg rating — 637,084 ratings
58.
Exodus
Exodus
by: Leon Uris
4.34 avg rating — 100,896 ratings
59.
Manon Lescaut
Manon Lescaut 3.31 avg rating — 16,176 ratings
59.
Norwegian Wood
Norwegian Wood really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 696,845 ratings
61.
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch
Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch 4.25 avg rating — 809,951 ratings
62.
The Ten Thousand Things
The Ten Thousand Things 3.80 avg rating — 1,833 ratings
62.
How to Be Both
How to Be Both
by: Ali Smith
3.66 avg rating — 26,693 ratings
64.
The Wall
The Wall 4.03 avg rating — 27,561 ratings
65.
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2)
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 270,642 ratings
66.
The Winter of Our Discontent
The Winter of Our Discontent 4.01 avg rating — 52,151 ratings
67.
The Stand
The Stand 4.35 avg rating — 814,436 ratings
68.
Pachinko
Pachinko 4.34 avg rating — 582,906 ratings
69.
True Grit
True Grit 4.17 avg rating — 68,510 ratings
70.
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell 3.87 avg rating — 249,876 ratings
70.
The Garden of Evening Mists
The Garden of Evening Mists 4.15 avg rating — 29,003 ratings
72.
The Green Mile
The Green Mile 4.49 avg rating — 351,464 ratings
73.
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1)
The Eyre Affair (Thursday Next, #1) 3.88 avg rating — 136,069 ratings
74.
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots: The Saga of an American Family 4.45 avg rating — 163,558 ratings
75.
I Capture the Castle
I Capture the Castle 3.99 avg rating — 113,061 ratings
76.
We Have Always Lived in the Castle
We Have Always Lived in the Castle 3.92 avg rating — 273,881 ratings
77.
Light in August
Light in August 3.94 avg rating — 65,247 ratings
77.
The Crystal Cave (Arthurian Saga, #1)
The Crystal Cave (Arthurian Saga, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 47,939 ratings
79.
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1) 4.52 avg rating — 1,051,389 ratings
80.
The Thirteenth Tale
The Thirteenth Tale 3.98 avg rating — 323,030 ratings
81.
The Agony and the Ecstasy
The Agony and the Ecstasy 4.09 avg rating — 93,736 ratings
82.
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1)
A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) 4.45 avg rating — 2,674,347 ratings
82.
Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #12)
Gaudy Night (Lord Peter Wimsey, #12) 4.20 avg rating — 31,539 ratings
84.
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 651,006 ratings
85.
The Moon Is Down
The Moon Is Down 3.94 avg rating — 32,039 ratings
85.
The Year of Magical Thinking
The Year of Magical Thinking 3.93 avg rating — 285,055 ratings
87.
Pavilion of Women
Pavilion of Women 4.15 avg rating — 15,179 ratings
87.
The Member of the Wedding
The Member of the Wedding 3.81 avg rating — 19,908 ratings
89.
4 3 2 1
4 3 2 1 3.97 avg rating — 35,835 ratings
90.
Plainsong (Plainsong, #1)
Plainsong (Plainsong, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 78,110 ratings
91.
Purge
Purge 3.91 avg rating — 20,154 ratings
91.
Breath, Eyes, Memory
Breath, Eyes, Memory 3.90 avg rating — 30,928 ratings
93.
The Instructions
The Instructions 4.08 avg rating — 2,736 ratings
93.
A Little Life
A Little Life 4.29 avg rating — 859,431 ratings
95.
Darkness at Noon
Darkness at Noon 4.12 avg rating — 32,889 ratings
95.
Paper Towns
Paper Towns 3.70 avg rating — 1,465,293 ratings
97.
A Separate Peace
A Separate Peace 3.60 avg rating — 229,409 ratings
98.
Life After Life
Life After Life 3.78 avg rating — 238,011 ratings
98.
Fish Have No Feet
Fish Have No Feet 3.90 avg rating — 2,721 ratings
100.
The Golden Gate
The Golden Gate 3.88 avg rating — 8,980 ratings
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