Appendix D: The Chaotic Age, Pt 3: Britain & Ireland (Harold Bloom's Western Canon)

1.
Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot 3.84 avg rating — 217,134 ratings
2.
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 342,010 ratings
3.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 3.64 avg rating — 161,014 ratings
4.
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse 3.81 avg rating — 207,223 ratings
5.
Far From the Madding Crowd
Far From the Madding Crowd 3.97 avg rating — 162,888 ratings
6.
Jude the Obscure
Jude the Obscure 3.83 avg rating — 74,830 ratings
7.
The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds 3.83 avg rating — 340,335 ratings
8.
The Forsyte Saga
The Forsyte Saga 4.18 avg rating — 20,498 ratings
9.
Pygmalion
Pygmalion 3.89 avg rating — 108,312 ratings
10.
The Return of the Native
The Return of the Native 3.88 avg rating — 39,908 ratings
11.
The Moon and Sixpence
The Moon and Sixpence 4.13 avg rating — 26,378 ratings
12.
The Collected Poems of Wilfred Owen
The Collected Poems of Wilfred Owen 4.31 avg rating — 4,181 ratings
13.
The Old Wives' Tale
The Old Wives' Tale 3.85 avg rating — 4,724 ratings
14.
The Complete Saki
The Complete Saki
by: Saki
4.37 avg rating — 2,582 ratings
15.
A Voyage to Arcturus
A Voyage to Arcturus 3.54 avg rating — 3,825 ratings
16.
Selected Poems of Edward Thomas
Selected Poems of Edward Thomas 4.04 avg rating — 207 ratings
17.
The Rainbow
The Rainbow 3.70 avg rating — 21,411 ratings
18.
Dubliners
Dubliners 3.84 avg rating — 170,166 ratings
19.
A Handful of Dust
A Handful of Dust 3.89 avg rating — 28,245 ratings
20.
The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats
The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats 4.23 avg rating — 39,744 ratings
21.
Brighton Rock
Brighton Rock 3.69 avg rating — 34,855 ratings
22.
The Power and the Glory
The Power and the Glory 3.98 avg rating — 42,544 ratings
23.
Major Barbara
Major Barbara 3.66 avg rating — 7,244 ratings
23.
The Woodlanders
The Woodlanders 3.90 avg rating — 17,523 ratings
25.
The Complete Poems
The Complete Poems 4.08 avg rating — 2,462 ratings
25.
Zuleika Dobson: Or, An Oxford Love Story
Zuleika Dobson: Or, An Oxford Love Story 3.52 avg rating — 4,867 ratings
27.
Kim
Kim 3.70 avg rating — 39,393 ratings
28.
Puck of Pook's Hill
Puck of Pook's Hill 3.85 avg rating — 2,992 ratings
29.
The Collected Poems
The Collected Poems 4.15 avg rating — 1,031 ratings
30.
Lord Jim
Lord Jim 3.61 avg rating — 32,459 ratings
31.
The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale
The Secret Agent: A Simple Tale 3.58 avg rating — 24,256 ratings
32.
Nostromo
Nostromo 3.81 avg rating — 17,607 ratings
33.
Collected Stories
Collected Stories 4.33 avg rating — 2,008 ratings
34.
Firbank: Five Novels
Firbank: Five Novels 3.64 avg rating — 106 ratings
35.
Collected Poems of Walter De LA Mare
Collected Poems of Walter De LA Mare 3.95 avg rating — 61 ratings
36.
Memoirs of a Midget
Memoirs of a Midget 3.67 avg rating — 261 ratings
37.
Collected Poems
Collected Poems 4.09 avg rating — 58 ratings
38.
Sons and Lovers
Sons and Lovers 3.64 avg rating — 55,129 ratings
39.
Orlando
Orlando 3.87 avg rating — 109,474 ratings
40.
Murphy
Murphy 3.81 avg rating — 6,324 ratings
41.
Endgame & Act Without Words
Endgame & Act Without Words 3.92 avg rating — 11,104 ratings
42.
The Plays (The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats #2)
The Plays (The Collected Works of W. B. Yeats #2) 4.12 avg rating — 64 ratings
43.
A Vision (Collected Works, Vol 13)
A Vision (Collected Works, Vol 13) 3.81 avg rating — 427 ratings
44.
Mythologies
Mythologies 4.07 avg rating — 451 ratings
45.
Major Critical Essays
Major Critical Essays really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 18 ratings
46.
Heartbreak House
Heartbreak House 3.74 avg rating — 2,714 ratings
46.
Scoop
Scoop 3.79 avg rating — 22,003 ratings
46.
The Heart of the Matter
The Heart of the Matter 3.96 avg rating — 30,378 ratings
49.
Saint Joan
Saint Joan 3.78 avg rating — 9,495 ratings
49.
Vile Bodies
Vile Bodies 3.72 avg rating — 17,245 ratings
51.
Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch
Back to Methuselah: A Metabiological Pentateuch 3.79 avg rating — 315 ratings
52.
The Complete Plays of John M. Synge
The Complete Plays of John M. Synge 4.01 avg rating — 272 ratings
53.
Sean O'Casey: Critical Guide / Three Dublin Plays: The Shadow of a Gunman, Juno and the Paycock, The Plough and the Stars
Sean O'Casey: Critical Guide / Three Dublin Plays: The Shadow of a Gunman, Juno and the Paycock, The Plough and the Stars 4.34 avg rating — 29 ratings
54.
The House With the Green Shutters
The House With the Green Shutters 3.50 avg rating — 548 ratings
55.
The Pursuit of the Well-Beloved & The Well-Beloved
The Pursuit of the Well-Beloved & The Well-Beloved 3.57 avg rating — 2,216 ratings
56.
The Mayor of Casterbridge
The Mayor of Casterbridge 3.86 avg rating — 65,080 ratings
57.
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Tess of the D’Urbervilles 3.84 avg rating — 297,835 ratings
58.
Collected Stories
Collected Stories 4.04 avg rating — 182 ratings
59.
Complete Verse
Complete Verse 4.16 avg rating — 382 ratings
60.
Seven Men
Seven Men 3.87 avg rating — 208 ratings
61.
Under Western Eyes
Under Western Eyes 3.70 avg rating — 3,440 ratings
62.
Victory
Victory 3.84 avg rating — 4,203 ratings
63.
Parade's End
Parade's End 3.87 avg rating — 6,754 ratings
64.
The Good Soldier
The Good Soldier 3.67 avg rating — 28,236 ratings
65.
Wolf Solent
Wolf Solent 4.08 avg rating — 611 ratings
66.
A Glastonbury Romance
A Glastonbury Romance 4.24 avg rating — 464 ratings
67.
The Collected Works of Isaac Rosenberg: Poetry, Prose, Letters, Paintings and Drawings
The Collected Works of Isaac Rosenberg: Poetry, Prose, Letters, Paintings and Drawings 4.27 avg rating — 33 ratings
68.
Selected Poems
Selected Poems 4.13 avg rating — 6,239 ratings
69.
King Jesus
King Jesus 3.84 avg rating — 1,168 ratings
70.
In Parenthesis
In Parenthesis 3.94 avg rating — 729 ratings
71.
The Anathemata: Fragments of an Attempted Writing
The Anathemata: Fragments of an Attempted Writing 4.21 avg rating — 123 ratings
72.
Howards End
Howards End 3.96 avg rating — 93,458 ratings
73.
A Passage to India
A Passage to India 3.68 avg rating — 84,390 ratings
74.
The Best of Frank O'Connor
The Best of Frank O'Connor 4.33 avg rating — 95 ratings
75.
The Complete Poems
The Complete Poems really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,877 ratings
76.
Studies in Classic American Literature
Studies in Classic American Literature 4.05 avg rating — 609 ratings
77.
The Complete Short Stories: Volume 1
The Complete Short Stories: Volume 1 3.99 avg rating — 203 ratings
78.
Women in Love
Women in Love 3.66 avg rating — 33,148 ratings
79.
The Waves
The Waves 4.14 avg rating — 51,061 ratings
80.
Between the Acts
Between the Acts 3.61 avg rating — 8,676 ratings
81.
Ulysses
Ulysses 3.77 avg rating — 138,363 ratings
82.
Finnegans Wake
Finnegans Wake 3.68 avg rating — 13,450 ratings
83.
Watt
Watt 3.89 avg rating — 3,660 ratings
84.
Three Novels: Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable
Three Novels: Molloy, Malone Dies, The Unnamable 4.28 avg rating — 9,326 ratings
85.
Krapp's Last Tape and Other Dramatic Pieces
Krapp's Last Tape and Other Dramatic Pieces 3.92 avg rating — 1,629 ratings
86.
How It Is
How It Is really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,453 ratings
87.
The Collected Stories
The Collected Stories 4.01 avg rating — 461 ratings
88.
The Siege of Krishnapur (Empire Trilogy, #2)
The Siege of Krishnapur (Empire Trilogy, #2) 3.93 avg rating — 8,354 ratings
89.
Nothing
Nothing 3.73 avg rating — 249 ratings
90.
Loving
Loving 3.52 avg rating — 3,806 ratings
91.
Party Going
Party Going 3.49 avg rating — 961 ratings
92.
Put Out More Flags
Put Out More Flags 3.80 avg rating — 2,537 ratings
93.
Nothing Like the Sun
Nothing Like the Sun 3.77 avg rating — 1,300 ratings
94.
The Book of Ebenezer Le Page
The Book of Ebenezer Le Page 4.27 avg rating — 2,162 ratings
95.
The Good Apprentice
The Good Apprentice 3.85 avg rating — 1,708 ratings
96.
Bruno's Dream
Bruno's Dream 3.81 avg rating — 1,216 ratings