Books that make you thankful your life isn't like the plot

1.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,226,201 ratings
2.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,073,097 ratings
3.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,116 ratings
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Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,881 ratings
5.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,653 ratings
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The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,699 ratings
7.
Misery
Misery 4.23 avg rating — 815,594 ratings
8.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 753,913 ratings
9.
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis 3.90 avg rating — 1,338,318 ratings
10.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,356,293 ratings
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The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones 3.86 avg rating — 2,439,510 ratings
12.
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist 3.88 avg rating — 419,628 ratings
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Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet 3.74 avg rating — 2,767,667 ratings
14.
My Sister’s Keeper
My Sister’s Keeper 4.11 avg rating — 1,263,826 ratings
15.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,794 ratings
16.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating — 901,338 ratings
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Hamlet
Hamlet 4.03 avg rating — 1,020,142 ratings
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The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.13 avg rating — 1,782,770 ratings
19.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating — 813,216 ratings
20.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,182 ratings
21.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,894 ratings
22.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating — 2,082,565 ratings
23.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 3.83 avg rating — 641,341 ratings
24.
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer 4.04 avg rating — 530,090 ratings
25.
The Lottery and Other Stories
The Lottery and Other Stories 4.02 avg rating — 82,491 ratings
26.
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Tess of the D’Urbervilles 3.84 avg rating — 297,808 ratings
27.
Othello
Othello 3.89 avg rating — 428,033 ratings
28.
Beloved
Beloved 3.97 avg rating — 476,949 ratings
29.
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1)
Oryx and Crake (MaddAddam, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 281,939 ratings
30.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating — 1,024,576 ratings
31.
In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood 4.09 avg rating — 710,356 ratings
32.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating — 1,681,675 ratings
33.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,731,361 ratings
34.
The Trial
The Trial 3.94 avg rating — 377,302 ratings
35.
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 9,594,566 ratings
36.
Rosemary’s Baby (Rosemary's Baby, #1)
Rosemary’s Baby (Rosemary's Baby, #1)
by: Ira Levin
4.05 avg rating — 153,659 ratings
37.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,582 ratings
38.
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 7,126,192 ratings
39.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating — 1,315,488 ratings
40.
And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None 4.28 avg rating — 1,544,144 ratings
41.
Bell Jar
Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,153,789 ratings
42.
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary 3.71 avg rating — 363,653 ratings
43.
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich 3.98 avg rating — 122,131 ratings
44.
Not Okay
Not Okay 4.44 avg rating — 142 ratings
45.
Johnny Got His Gun
Johnny Got His Gun 4.21 avg rating — 47,420 ratings
46.
A Child Called 'It': One Child's Courage to Survive
A Child Called 'It': One Child's Courage to Survive 4.14 avg rating — 455,047 ratings
47.
Noughts & Crosses (Noughts & Crosses, #1)
Noughts & Crosses (Noughts & Crosses, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 80,689 ratings
48.
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,843,032 ratings
49.
The Little Mermaid
The Little Mermaid 3.98 avg rating — 29,688 ratings
50.
Dr. Faustus
Dr. Faustus 3.80 avg rating — 71,005 ratings
51.
The Exorcist
The Exorcist 4.21 avg rating — 259,253 ratings
52.
The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)
The Godfather (The Godfather, #1) 4.40 avg rating — 452,888 ratings
53.
The Jungle
The Jungle 3.78 avg rating — 152,235 ratings
54.
Nana (Les Rougon-Macquart, #9)
Nana (Les Rougon-Macquart, #9) 3.84 avg rating — 27,056 ratings
54.
Jude the Obscure
Jude the Obscure 3.83 avg rating — 74,822 ratings
56.
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead
Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculous Man, and Selections from The House of the Dead 4.19 avg rating — 78,033 ratings
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The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II
The Rape of Nanking: The Forgotten Holocaust of World War II 4.24 avg rating — 50,743 ratings
57.
Go Ask Alice
Go Ask Alice 3.74 avg rating — 288,661 ratings
59.
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon 3.64 avg rating — 174,607 ratings
60.
Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago 4.01 avg rating — 101,108 ratings
61.
Hard Times
Hard Times 3.55 avg rating — 72,193 ratings
62.
The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars 4.12 avg rating — 5,580,626 ratings
63.
The Stepford Wives
The Stepford Wives
by: Ira Levin
3.87 avg rating — 51,733 ratings
64.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,447 ratings
65.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,209 ratings
66.
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots: The Saga of an American Family 4.45 avg rating — 163,547 ratings
67.
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 387,264 ratings
68.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating — 505,043 ratings
69.
The Crucible
The Crucible 3.61 avg rating — 452,158 ratings
70.
Checkmate (Noughts & Crosses, #3)
Checkmate (Noughts & Crosses, #3) 4.17 avg rating — 21,632 ratings
70.
Les Liaisons dangereuses
Les Liaisons dangereuses 4.05 avg rating — 57,183 ratings
72.
Death Note, Vol. 1: Boredom (Death Note, #1)
Death Note, Vol. 1: Boredom (Death Note, #1) 4.47 avg rating — 345,522 ratings
72.
The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2)
The Year of the Flood (MaddAddam, #2) 4.07 avg rating — 130,988 ratings
74.
Knife Edge (Noughts & Crosses, #2)
Knife Edge (Noughts & Crosses, #2) 4.06 avg rating — 26,273 ratings
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Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Wartime Sarajevo
Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Wartime Sarajevo 3.76 avg rating — 12,197 ratings
76.
American Psycho
American Psycho 3.80 avg rating — 349,178 ratings
77.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating — 779,771 ratings
78.
Hush, Hush (Hush, Hush, #1)
Hush, Hush (Hush, Hush, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 735,767 ratings
78.
The Shining (The Shining, #1)
The Shining (The Shining, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,650,383 ratings
80.
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men 3.89 avg rating — 2,751,912 ratings
81.
No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men 4.17 avg rating — 233,386 ratings
82.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations 3.80 avg rating — 857,537 ratings
83.
Where Angels Fear to Tread
Where Angels Fear to Tread 3.59 avg rating — 17,388 ratings
84.
Watership Down
Watership Down 4.09 avg rating — 499,175 ratings
84.
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? 4.06 avg rating — 72,630 ratings
86.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,802,169 ratings
87.
The French Lieutenant’s Woman
The French Lieutenant’s Woman 3.88 avg rating — 54,867 ratings
88.
Sherry and Narcotics
Sherry and Narcotics 3.87 avg rating — 135 ratings
88.
Wake the Wicked
Wake the Wicked 3.45 avg rating — 76 ratings
90.
Between Shades of Gray
Between Shades of Gray 4.37 avg rating — 268,402 ratings
91.
Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1)
Flowers in the Attic (Dollanganger, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 232,265 ratings
92.
Once
Once 4.24 avg rating — 27,370 ratings
93.
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich: A History of Nazi Germany 4.22 avg rating — 144,581 ratings
94.
Two Weeks with the Queen
Two Weeks with the Queen 3.79 avg rating — 2,339 ratings
95.
House of Sand and Fog
House of Sand and Fog 3.86 avg rating — 135,354 ratings
96.
Perfect Chemistry (Perfect Chemistry, #1)
Perfect Chemistry (Perfect Chemistry, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 262,734 ratings
96.
Dead Gorgeous
Dead Gorgeous 3.44 avg rating — 736 ratings
96.
A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1)
A Great Deliverance (Inspector Lynley, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 50,907 ratings
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The Book of Negroes
The Book of Negroes 4.47 avg rating — 90,242 ratings
100.
The Bluest Eye
The Bluest Eye 4.13 avg rating — 288,102 ratings
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