Appendix C: The Democratic Age, Pt 3 (Harold Bloom's Western Canon)

1.
War and Peace
War and Peace 4.17 avg rating — 357,025 ratings
2.
The Idiot
The Idiot 4.21 avg rating — 207,688 ratings
3.
Eugene Onegin
Eugene Onegin 4.10 avg rating — 68,930 ratings
4.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating — 1,024,866 ratings
5.
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov 4.38 avg rating — 369,606 ratings
6.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating — 901,395 ratings
7.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating — 1,319,033 ratings
8.
The Queen of Spades and Other Stories
The Queen of Spades and Other Stories 4.09 avg rating — 9,157 ratings
9.
Fathers and Sons
Fathers and Sons really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 97,932 ratings
10.
A Hero of Our Time
A Hero of Our Time 4.11 avg rating — 62,651 ratings
11.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina 4.10 avg rating — 906,420 ratings
12.
The Complete Poems
The Complete Poems 4.26 avg rating — 4,503 ratings
13.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories 3.78 avg rating — 148,589 ratings
14.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court 3.77 avg rating — 106,761 ratings
15.
First Love and Other Stories
First Love and Other Stories 4.11 avg rating — 2,213 ratings
16.
Moby-Dick; or, the Whale
Moby-Dick; or, the Whale 3.56 avg rating — 602,857 ratings
17.
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson 4.28 avg rating — 105,240 ratings
18.
The Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
The Collected Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe 4.40 avg rating — 291,508 ratings
19.
Walden
Walden 3.78 avg rating — 200,864 ratings
20.
The Awakening
The Awakening 3.69 avg rating — 222,587 ratings
21.
The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories
The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories 3.64 avg rating — 8,987 ratings
22.
Dead Souls
Dead Souls 3.98 avg rating — 93,272 ratings
23.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,393,429 ratings
24.
Boris Godunov and Other Dramatic Works
Boris Godunov and Other Dramatic Works 3.99 avg rating — 235 ratings
25.
Oblomov
Oblomov 4.13 avg rating — 41,558 ratings
26.
Poems
Poems 4.25 avg rating — 1,063 ratings
27.
The Portrait of a Lady
The Portrait of a Lady 3.80 avg rating — 84,063 ratings
28.
The Diary of a Madman, the Government Inspector, and Selected Stories
The Diary of a Madman, the Government Inspector, and Selected Stories 4.07 avg rating — 21,525 ratings
29.
The Octopus: A Story of California
The Octopus: A Story of California 3.81 avg rating — 2,016 ratings
30.
Great Short Works of Leo Tolstoy
Great Short Works of Leo Tolstoy 4.33 avg rating — 2,674 ratings
30.
Later Short Stories, 1888-1903
Later Short Stories, 1888-1903 4.52 avg rating — 116 ratings
32.
The Possessed
The Possessed 4.30 avg rating — 59,732 ratings
32.
Nathaniel Hawthorne: Tales and Sketches
Nathaniel Hawthorne: Tales and Sketches 4.18 avg rating — 1,290 ratings
34.
Longer Stories from the Last Decade
Longer Stories from the Last Decade 4.76 avg rating — 46 ratings
34.
The Plays of Anton Chekhov
The Plays of Anton Chekhov 4.26 avg rating — 3,106 ratings
36.
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket 3.50 avg rating — 14,206 ratings
37.
The Enchanted Wanderer: Selected Tales
The Enchanted Wanderer: Selected Tales 3.78 avg rating — 3,008 ratings
38.
Two Years Before the Mast
Two Years Before the Mast 4.02 avg rating — 14,412 ratings
39.
Emerson: Poems
Emerson: Poems 3.85 avg rating — 134 ratings
40.
Billy Budd and The Piazza Tales
Billy Budd and The Piazza Tales 3.83 avg rating — 411 ratings
40.
The Rise of Silas Lapham
The Rise of Silas Lapham 3.43 avg rating — 4,279 ratings
42.
A Modern Instance
A Modern Instance 3.61 avg rating — 423 ratings
43.
The Damnation of Theron Ware: Or Illumination
The Damnation of Theron Ware: Or Illumination 3.78 avg rating — 1,040 ratings
44.
Selected Poems
Selected Poems 3.86 avg rating — 336 ratings
45.
Narrative Poems by Alexander Pushkin & Mikhail Lermontov
Narrative Poems by Alexander Pushkin & Mikhail Lermontov 4.33 avg rating — 9 ratings
45.
The Portable Charles W. Chesnutt
The Portable Charles W. Chesnutt 3.64 avg rating — 50 ratings
47.
A Family Chronicle
A Family Chronicle 3.83 avg rating — 256 ratings
48.
My Past and Thoughts
My Past and Thoughts 4.20 avg rating — 381 ratings
49.
From the Other Shore & The Russian People and Socialism
From the Other Shore & The Russian People and Socialism 4.16 avg rating — 61 ratings
50.
The frigate Pallada
The frigate Pallada 3.96 avg rating — 177 ratings
51.
A Sportsman's Notebook
A Sportsman's Notebook 3.96 avg rating — 8,873 ratings
52.
A Month in the Country: A Comedy in Five Acts
A Month in the Country: A Comedy in Five Acts 3.75 avg rating — 744 ratings
53.
Rudin & On the Eve
Rudin & On the Eve 3.69 avg rating — 35 ratings
54.
Notes from Underground & The Grand Inquisitor
Notes from Underground & The Grand Inquisitor 4.19 avg rating — 967 ratings
55.
The Ambassadors
The Ambassadors 3.63 avg rating — 12,858 ratings
56.
The Wings of the Dove
The Wings of the Dove 3.79 avg rating — 17,385 ratings
57.
The Short Novels of Dostoyevsky
The Short Novels of Dostoyevsky 4.26 avg rating — 72 ratings
57.
The Golden Bowl
The Golden Bowl 3.77 avg rating — 11,715 ratings
59.
A Confession and Other Religious Writings
A Confession and Other Religious Writings 4.11 avg rating — 1,223 ratings
60.
The Power Of Darkness
The Power Of Darkness 3.65 avg rating — 390 ratings
61.
The Forged Coupon
The Forged Coupon 3.87 avg rating — 2,178 ratings
62.
The Storm
The Storm 3.64 avg rating — 4,113 ratings
63.
What Is to Be Done
What Is to Be Done 3.55 avg rating — 3,110 ratings
64.
The Twelve & Other Poems
The Twelve & Other Poems 3.84 avg rating — 268 ratings
65.
Early Short Stories, 1883-1888
Early Short Stories, 1883-1888 4.17 avg rating — 237 ratings
66.
Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition
Poetical Works of William Cullen Bryant Household Edition 4.07 avg rating — 15 ratings
67.
Selected Journals, 1841-1877
Selected Journals, 1841-1877 4.43 avg rating — 42 ratings
68.
Essays and Lectures
Essays and Lectures 4.31 avg rating — 2,872 ratings
69.
The Portable Walt Whitman
The Portable Walt Whitman 4.31 avg rating — 890 ratings
70.
The Marble Faun
The Marble Faun 3.47 avg rating — 3,345 ratings
71.
The American Notebooks: The Centenary Edition (Volume 8)
The American Notebooks: The Centenary Edition (Volume 8) 4.55 avg rating — 20 ratings
72.
Selected Poems
Selected Poems 3.64 avg rating — 66 ratings
73.
Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land
Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land 3.69 avg rating — 106 ratings
74.
Essays and Reviews
Essays and Reviews 4.29 avg rating — 78 ratings
75.
Eureka
Eureka 3.59 avg rating — 733 ratings
76.
Essays and Poems
Essays and Poems really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
77.
Selected Poems
Selected Poems 4.50 avg rating — 8 ratings
78.
Collected Essays and Poems
Collected Essays and Poems 4.21 avg rating — 358 ratings
79.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 4.12 avg rating — 132,011 ratings
80.
Poems of Sidney Lanier
Poems of Sidney Lanier 3.86 avg rating — 57 ratings
81.
Francis Parkman: France and England in North America, Volume 1
Francis Parkman: France and England in North America, Volume 1 4.27 avg rating — 128 ratings
82.
The Oregon Trail / The Conspiracy of Pontiac
The Oregon Trail / The Conspiracy of Pontiac 3.99 avg rating — 79 ratings
83.
The Education of Henry Adams
The Education of Henry Adams 3.63 avg rating — 4,868 ratings
84.
Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres
Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres 3.95 avg rating — 442 ratings
85.
The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce
The Complete Short Stories of Ambrose Bierce 4.20 avg rating — 1,527 ratings
86.
Prose and Poetry
Prose and Poetry 4.15 avg rating — 190 ratings
87.
The Bostonians
The Bostonians 3.58 avg rating — 7,843 ratings
88.
The Princess Casamassima
The Princess Casamassima 3.77 avg rating — 933 ratings
89.
The Awkward Age
The Awkward Age 3.54 avg rating — 1,095 ratings
90.
Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches, & Essays 1852–1890
Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches, & Essays 1852–1890 4.27 avg rating — 89 ratings
91.
Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches, & Essays 1891–1910
Collected Tales, Sketches, Speeches, & Essays 1891–1910 4.36 avg rating — 223 ratings
92.
Pudd'nhead Wilson
Pudd'nhead Wilson 3.75 avg rating — 19,183 ratings
93.
The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories
The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories 4.02 avg rating — 1,810 ratings
94.
The Varieties of Religious Experience
The Varieties of Religious Experience really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12,770 ratings
95.
Pragmatism and Other Writings
Pragmatism and Other Writings 3.97 avg rating — 666 ratings
96.
The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories
The Country of the Pointed Firs and Other Stories 3.87 avg rating — 2,722 ratings
97.
The Poems of Trumbull Stickney
The Poems of Trumbull Stickney 3.83 avg rating — 18 ratings