Best Books of 1995

1.
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1) 4.03 avg rating โ€” 1,594,347 ratings
2.
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1)
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (The Wicked Years, #1) 3.51 avg rating โ€” 669,527 ratings
3.
The Reader
The Reader 3.78 avg rating โ€” 226,255 ratings
4.
Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1)
Assassin's Apprentice (Farseer Trilogy, #1) 4.19 avg rating โ€” 378,461 ratings
5.
Sabriel (Abhorsen, #1)
Sabriel (Abhorsen, #1)
by: Garth Nix
4.17 avg rating โ€” 215,944 ratings
6.
A Fine Balance
A Fine Balance 4.38 avg rating โ€” 156,866 ratings
7.
High Fidelity
High Fidelity 3.90 avg rating โ€” 211,793 ratings
8.
Blindness
Blindness 4.18 avg rating โ€” 324,730 ratings
9.
Notes from a Small Island
Notes from a Small Island 3.92 avg rating โ€” 117,843 ratings
10.
The Lost World (Jurassic Park, #2)
The Lost World (Jurassic Park, #2) 3.87 avg rating โ€” 173,289 ratings
11.
The Horse Whisperer
The Horse Whisperer 3.86 avg rating โ€” 60,750 ratings
12.
The Rainmaker
The Rainmaker 4.01 avg rating โ€” 204,125 ratings
13.
Digital Fortress
Digital Fortress
by: Dan Brown
3.70 avg rating โ€” 657,613 ratings
14.
Maskerade (Discworld, #18; Witches, #5)
Maskerade (Discworld, #18; Witches, #5) 4.13 avg rating โ€” 67,677 ratings
15.
In the Time of the Butterflies
In the Time of the Butterflies 4.15 avg rating โ€” 77,531 ratings
16.
Memnoch the Devil (The Vampire Chronicles, #5)
Memnoch the Devil (The Vampire Chronicles, #5)
by: Anne Rice
3.76 avg rating โ€” 85,527 ratings
17.
The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones
The Sandman, Vol. 9: The Kindly Ones 4.59 avg rating โ€” 52,102 ratings
18.
The Sandman, Vol. 8: Worlds' End
The Sandman, Vol. 8: Worlds' End 4.44 avg rating โ€” 54,004 ratings
19.
Relic (Pendergast, #1)
Relic (Pendergast, #1) 4.05 avg rating โ€” 113,849 ratings
20.
The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer
The Diamond Age: Or, a Young Lady's Illustrated Primer 4.16 avg rating โ€” 92,364 ratings
21.
The Ghost Road (Regeneration, #3)
The Ghost Road (Regeneration, #3) 4.09 avg rating โ€” 18,094 ratings
22.
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
Lies My Teacher Told Me: Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong 3.97 avg rating โ€” 72,729 ratings
23.
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance
Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance 3.94 avg rating โ€” 229,616 ratings
24.
The Last Coyote (Harry Bosch, #4)
The Last Coyote (Harry Bosch, #4) 4.26 avg rating โ€” 82,758 ratings
25.
Left Behind (Left Behind, #1)
Left Behind (Left Behind, #1) 3.86 avg rating โ€” 243,948 ratings
25.
Glory in Death (In Death, #2)
Glory in Death (In Death, #2)
by: J.D. Robb
4.27 avg rating โ€” 70,799 ratings
27.
Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort of Joy
Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort of Joy 3.98 avg rating โ€” 39,147 ratings
28.
The Hundred Secret Senses
The Hundred Secret Senses
by: Amy Tan
really liked it 4.00 avg rating โ€” 46,178 ratings
29.
Ladder of Years
Ladder of Years 3.73 avg rating โ€” 19,195 ratings
30.
How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe
How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe 3.81 avg rating โ€” 46,388 ratings
31.
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark 4.29 avg rating โ€” 78,420 ratings
32.
The Making of the Atomic Bomb
The Making of the Atomic Bomb 4.40 avg rating โ€” 23,888 ratings
33.
Beach Music
Beach Music 4.18 avg rating โ€” 53,737 ratings
34.
The Prestige
The Prestige 3.92 avg rating โ€” 24,072 ratings
35.
Sleepers
Sleepers 4.27 avg rating โ€” 16,802 ratings
36.
Circus of the Damned (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #3)
Circus of the Damned (Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter, #3) 4.17 avg rating โ€” 96,721 ratings
37.
Practical Magic (Practical Magic, #1)
Practical Magic (Practical Magic, #1) 3.72 avg rating โ€” 155,211 ratings
38.
Independence Day (Frank Bascombe, #2)
Independence Day (Frank Bascombe, #2) 3.86 avg rating โ€” 16,626 ratings
39.
Naked in Death (In Death, #1)
Naked in Death (In Death, #1)
by: J.D. Robb
4.13 avg rating โ€” 201,520 ratings
40.
Rose Madder
Rose Madder 3.76 avg rating โ€” 121,370 ratings
41.
The Rapture of Canaan
The Rapture of Canaan 3.83 avg rating โ€” 34,757 ratings
42.
The Tortilla Curtain
The Tortilla Curtain 3.66 avg rating โ€” 34,025 ratings
43.
A Long Fatal Love Chase
A Long Fatal Love Chase 3.68 avg rating โ€” 7,200 ratings
44.
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963
The Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 really liked it 4.00 avg rating โ€” 70,147 ratings
45.
Outcast of Redwall (Redwall, #8)
Outcast of Redwall (Redwall, #8) 3.94 avg rating โ€” 21,750 ratings
46.
The Lions of Al-Rassan
The Lions of Al-Rassan 4.30 avg rating โ€” 25,418 ratings
47.
Stone of Tears (Sword of Truth, #2)
Stone of Tears (Sword of Truth, #2) 4.11 avg rating โ€” 115,664 ratings
48.
Splendid (The Splendid Trilogy, #1)
Splendid (The Splendid Trilogy, #1) 3.85 avg rating โ€” 28,645 ratings
49.
Voodoo River (Elvis Cole, #5)
Voodoo River (Elvis Cole, #5) 4.18 avg rating โ€” 16,135 ratings
50.
Mystique
Mystique 3.99 avg rating โ€” 7,429 ratings
51.
Killer Pancake (A Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery, #5)
Killer Pancake (A Goldy Bear Culinary Mystery, #5) 3.91 avg rating โ€” 10,634 ratings
52.
Kissed by an Angel/The Power of Love/Soulmates (Kissed by an Angel, #1-3)
Kissed by an Angel/The Power of Love/Soulmates (Kissed by an Angel, #1-3) 4.08 avg rating โ€” 27,274 ratings
53.
View with a Grain of Sand: Selected Poems
View with a Grain of Sand: Selected Poems 4.33 avg rating โ€” 5,271 ratings
54.
The Midwife's Apprentice
The Midwife's Apprentice 3.73 avg rating โ€” 43,210 ratings
55.
Belgarath the Sorcerer
Belgarath the Sorcerer 4.10 avg rating โ€” 76,244 ratings
56.
The Rings of Saturn
The Rings of Saturn 4.23 avg rating โ€” 16,866 ratings
57.
A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #2)
A Monstrous Regiment of Women (Mary Russell and Sherlock Holmes #2) 4.04 avg rating โ€” 27,351 ratings
58.
Officer Buckle and Gloria
Officer Buckle and Gloria 4.19 avg rating โ€” 29,918 ratings
59.
The Far Sideยฎ Gallery 5
The Far Sideยฎ Gallery 5 4.52 avg rating โ€” 5,535 ratings
60.
Picture Perfect
Picture Perfect 3.57 avg rating โ€” 70,004 ratings
61.
The Poet (Jack McEvoy, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #5)
The Poet (Jack McEvoy, #1; Harry Bosch Universe, #5) 4.23 avg rating โ€” 106,959 ratings
62.
Born in Ice (Born In Trilogy, #2)
Born in Ice (Born In Trilogy, #2) 4.18 avg rating โ€” 40,584 ratings
63.
A Civil Action
A Civil Action 3.99 avg rating โ€” 16,815 ratings
64.
The Cat Who Said Cheese (Cat Who... #18)
The Cat Who Said Cheese (Cat Who... #18) 3.92 avg rating โ€” 7,528 ratings
65.
Written In Blood (Chief Inspector Barnaby #4)
Written In Blood (Chief Inspector Barnaby #4) 4.10 avg rating โ€” 2,922 ratings
66.
The Seville Communion
The Seville Communion 3.70 avg rating โ€” 8,999 ratings
67.
I Am Spock
I Am Spock 3.96 avg rating โ€” 6,128 ratings
68.
Long Walk to Freedom
Long Walk to Freedom 4.36 avg rating โ€” 92,340 ratings
69.
Black Lightning
Black Lightning
by: John Saul
3.81 avg rating โ€” 4,639 ratings
70.
The Book of Atrix Wolfe
The Book of Atrix Wolfe really liked it 4.00 avg rating โ€” 4,062 ratings
70.
Lord of Scoundrels (Scoundrels, #3)
Lord of Scoundrels (Scoundrels, #3) 4.08 avg rating โ€” 39,393 ratings
72.
Enigma
Enigma 3.90 avg rating โ€” 17,938 ratings
73.
Chicks in Chainmail (Chicks in Chainmail, #1)
Chicks in Chainmail (Chicks in Chainmail, #1) 3.79 avg rating โ€” 1,787 ratings
74.
Tribulation Force (Left Behind, #2)
Tribulation Force (Left Behind, #2) 3.98 avg rating โ€” 45,006 ratings
74.
Heaven, Texas (Chicago Stars, #2)
Heaven, Texas (Chicago Stars, #2) 4.04 avg rating โ€” 35,572 ratings
76.
Microserfs
Microserfs 3.89 avg rating โ€” 24,469 ratings
76.
Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger (Wayside School, #3)
Wayside School Gets A Little Stranger (Wayside School, #3) 4.22 avg rating โ€” 22,773 ratings
78.
Zombie
Zombie 3.32 avg rating โ€” 12,630 ratings
78.
Afternoon on the Amazon (Magic Tree House, #6)
Afternoon on the Amazon (Magic Tree House, #6) 3.97 avg rating โ€” 18,530 ratings
80.
Moo
Moo 3.47 avg rating โ€” 8,498 ratings
81.
Polgara the Sorceress
Polgara the Sorceress 4.12 avg rating โ€” 30,872 ratings
81.
The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book
The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book 4.63 avg rating โ€” 51,905 ratings
83.
Wonder Boys
Wonder Boys 3.93 avg rating โ€” 36,826 ratings
83.
High Tide in Tucson : Essays from Now or Never
High Tide in Tucson : Essays from Now or Never 4.07 avg rating โ€” 12,747 ratings
85.
The Moor's Last Sigh
The Moor's Last Sigh 3.93 avg rating โ€” 14,518 ratings
85.
The Language of Life: A Festival of Poets
The Language of Life: A Festival of Poets 4.36 avg rating โ€” 461 ratings
85.
Night of the Ninjas (Magic Tree House, #5)
Night of the Ninjas (Magic Tree House, #5) 3.99 avg rating โ€” 21,109 ratings
85.
My American Journey
My American Journey 4.08 avg rating โ€” 6,907 ratings
89.
Morality Play
Morality Play 3.78 avg rating โ€” 4,438 ratings
89.
A Place Called Freedom
A Place Called Freedom 4.07 avg rating โ€” 44,382 ratings
89.
The Wedding (Lairds' Fiancรฉes, #2)
The Wedding (Lairds' Fiancรฉes, #2) 4.16 avg rating โ€” 37,399 ratings
92.
From Time to Time (Time, #2)
From Time to Time (Time, #2) 3.69 avg rating โ€” 5,005 ratings
93.
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Writings
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Writings 3.94 avg rating โ€” 1,699 ratings
94.
Dead Man's Walk (Lonesome Dove, #3)
Dead Man's Walk (Lonesome Dove, #3) 4.05 avg rating โ€” 22,430 ratings
95.
When Christ and His Saints Slept (Plantagenets #1; Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, #1)
When Christ and His Saints Slept (Plantagenets #1; Henry II and Eleanor of Aquitaine, #1) 4.26 avg rating โ€” 17,214 ratings
96.
The Seventh Scroll (Ancient Egypt, #2)
The Seventh Scroll (Ancient Egypt, #2) 4.16 avg rating โ€” 22,157 ratings
97.
The Return of Rafe MacKade (The MacKade Brothers, #1)
The Return of Rafe MacKade (The MacKade Brothers, #1) 4.10 avg rating โ€” 15,646 ratings
98.
The Pride of Jared MacKade (The MacKade Brothers, #2)
The Pride of Jared MacKade (The MacKade Brothers, #2) 4.11 avg rating โ€” 12,459 ratings
99.
Ill Wind (Anna Pigeon, #3)
Ill Wind (Anna Pigeon, #3) 3.93 avg rating โ€” 10,932 ratings
100.
Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley (Agatha Raisin, #4)
Agatha Raisin and the Walkers of Dembley (Agatha Raisin, #4) 3.76 avg rating โ€” 19,245 ratings
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