Reading Through an Archival Lens

1.
Dracula
Dracula 4.02 avg rating — 1,415,165 ratings
2.
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
The Giver (The Giver, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 2,733,240 ratings
3.
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1)
The Shadow of the Wind (The Cemetery of Forgotten Books, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 696,757 ratings
4.
Cloud Atlas
Cloud Atlas 4.01 avg rating — 262,740 ratings
5.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,317 ratings
6.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,226,781 ratings
7.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,356,757 ratings
8.
The Historian
The Historian 3.80 avg rating — 273,586 ratings
9.
Alphabet of Thorn
Alphabet of Thorn 4.09 avg rating — 6,141 ratings
10.
Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,570,405 ratings
11.
My Name Is Rachel
My Name Is Rachel 3.92 avg rating — 50 ratings
12.
Station Eleven
Station Eleven 4.07 avg rating — 590,305 ratings
13.
The Shining (The Shining, #1)
The Shining (The Shining, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,650,484 ratings
14.
The Stand
The Stand 4.35 avg rating — 814,352 ratings
15.
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War 4.02 avg rating — 556,648 ratings
16.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,719,100 ratings
17.
Shades of Grey (Shades of Grey, #1)
Shades of Grey (Shades of Grey, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 40,807 ratings
18.
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1)
Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children (Miss Peregrine's Peculiar Children, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 1,336,884 ratings
19.
Tigana
Tigana 4.08 avg rating — 51,017 ratings
20.
The Fall of the Kings (Riverside, #3)
The Fall of the Kings (Riverside, #3) 3.66 avg rating — 2,337 ratings
21.
A Discovery of Witches (All Souls, #1)
A Discovery of Witches (All Souls, #1) 4.02 avg rating — 542,109 ratings
22.
The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)
The Empress of Salt and Fortune (The Singing Hills Cycle, #1)
by: Nghi Vo
3.92 avg rating — 42,149 ratings
23.
The Archivist
The Archivist 3.43 avg rating — 2,523 ratings
24.
Northanger Abbey
Northanger Abbey 3.85 avg rating — 439,108 ratings
25.
Dying to Meet You (43 Old Cemetery Road, #1)
Dying to Meet You (43 Old Cemetery Road, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 8,461 ratings
25.
U.S.A.: The 42nd Parallel / 1919 / The Big Money
U.S.A.: The 42nd Parallel / 1919 / The Big Money 4.12 avg rating — 4,966 ratings
27.
Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1)
Storm Front (The Dresden Files, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 371,098 ratings
28.
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August
The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August 4.03 avg rating — 96,336 ratings
28.
Travels in the Scriptorium
Travels in the Scriptorium 3.26 avg rating — 11,129 ratings
30.
Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1)
Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 142,191 ratings
31.
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 116,706 ratings
32.
The Light Fantastic (Discworld, #2; Rincewind, #2)
The Light Fantastic (Discworld, #2; Rincewind, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 164,487 ratings
33.
The Old Kingdom Collection: Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen, Clariel (Abhorsen 1-4)
The Old Kingdom Collection: Sabriel, Lirael, Abhorsen, Clariel (Abhorsen 1-4)
by: Garth Nix
4.63 avg rating — 961 ratings
34.
The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King, #1-5)
The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King, #1-5) 4.07 avg rating — 116,437 ratings
35.
Orlando
Orlando 3.87 avg rating — 109,454 ratings
36.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,837 ratings
36.
The World Before Us
The World Before Us 3.08 avg rating — 1,799 ratings
38.
Archivist Wasp (Archivist Wasp Saga, #1)
Archivist Wasp (Archivist Wasp Saga, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 3,857 ratings
39.
People of the Book
People of the Book 4.04 avg rating — 153,734 ratings
40.
Arcadia
Arcadia 4.13 avg rating — 23,784 ratings
41.
Dear Ellen Bee: A Civil War Scrapbook of Two Union Spies
Dear Ellen Bee: A Civil War Scrapbook of Two Union Spies 3.75 avg rating — 138 ratings
42.
Picture the Dead
Picture the Dead 3.50 avg rating — 1,662 ratings
43.
Where'd You Go, Bernadette
Where'd You Go, Bernadette 3.87 avg rating — 592,726 ratings
43.
Carmilla
Carmilla 3.87 avg rating — 166,947 ratings
43.
The Orpheus Clock: The Search for My Family's Art Treasures Stolen by the Nazis
The Orpheus Clock: The Search for My Family's Art Treasures Stolen by the Nazis 4.13 avg rating — 935 ratings
43.
Operation Red Jericho (The Guild of Specialists, #1)
Operation Red Jericho (The Guild of Specialists, #1) 3.69 avg rating — 1,704 ratings
43.
A Summer of Secrets
A Summer of Secrets 3.72 avg rating — 149 ratings
43.
The Habitation of the Blessed (A Dirge for Prester John, #1)
The Habitation of the Blessed (A Dirge for Prester John, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 1,061 ratings
43.
The Archivist: A Thriller
The Archivist: A Thriller 3.09 avg rating — 321 ratings
43.
Els nens de l'Elisa
Els nens de l'Elisa 4.62 avg rating — 8 ratings
51.
The Hundred-Year House
The Hundred-Year House 3.44 avg rating — 12,837 ratings
52.
Juja
Juja 3.78 avg rating — 749 ratings
52.
The Invisible Library (The Invisible Library, #1)
The Invisible Library (The Invisible Library, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 63,952 ratings
54.
Voices (Annals of the Western Shore, #2)
Voices (Annals of the Western Shore, #2) 3.97 avg rating — 6,056 ratings
55.
Piranesi
Piranesi 4.22 avg rating — 406,603 ratings
56.
The Telling
The Telling 3.98 avg rating — 8,847 ratings
57.
House of Day, House of Night
House of Day, House of Night 4.08 avg rating — 6,321 ratings
58.
This Star Shall Abide (Children of the Star, #1)
This Star Shall Abide (Children of the Star, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 386 ratings
59.
The Starless Sea
The Starless Sea 3.84 avg rating — 227,440 ratings
60.
Canopus in Argos: Archives
Canopus in Argos: Archives 4.19 avg rating — 312 ratings
60.
Matched (Matched, #1)
Matched (Matched, #1) 3.62 avg rating — 809,408 ratings
62.
Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden's Syndrome (Lock In, #0.5)
Unlocked: An Oral History of Haden's Syndrome (Lock In, #0.5) 3.96 avg rating — 9,840 ratings
62.
Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1)
Code Name Verity (Code Name Verity, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 125,855 ratings
64.
Riddley Walker
Riddley Walker 4.02 avg rating — 8,554 ratings
65.
The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft
The Complete Works of H.P. Lovecraft 4.34 avg rating — 36,326 ratings
66.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,343 ratings
67.
The Thirteenth Tale
The Thirteenth Tale 3.98 avg rating — 323,016 ratings
68.
The Sixty-Eight Rooms (Sixty-Eight Rooms, #1)
The Sixty-Eight Rooms (Sixty-Eight Rooms, #1) 3.72 avg rating — 4,199 ratings
69.
Possession
Possession 3.90 avg rating — 83,123 ratings
70.
The Stockholm Octavo
The Stockholm Octavo 3.43 avg rating — 3,933 ratings
71.
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1)
The Name of the Wind (The Kingkiller Chronicle, #1) 4.52 avg rating — 1,051,270 ratings
72.
Seveneves
Seveneves really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 122,817 ratings
73.
Johnny Got His Gun
Johnny Got His Gun 4.21 avg rating — 47,424 ratings
74.
The Journey to the East
The Journey to the East 3.68 avg rating — 15,824 ratings
75.
Finding Family
Finding Family 3.64 avg rating — 145 ratings
76.
The Great Railroad Race: the Diary of Libby West
The Great Railroad Race: the Diary of Libby West 3.85 avg rating — 4,049 ratings
77.
The Journal of Finn Reardon: A Newsie, New York City, 1899
The Journal of Finn Reardon: A Newsie, New York City, 1899 3.93 avg rating — 256 ratings
78.
Hope in My Heart: Sofia's Immigrant Diary (My America, #1)
Hope in My Heart: Sofia's Immigrant Diary (My America, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 298 ratings
79.
Letters from a Slave Girl: The Story of Harriet Jacobs
Letters from a Slave Girl: The Story of Harriet Jacobs 3.93 avg rating — 618 ratings
80.
Sweet Tooth
Sweet Tooth 3.44 avg rating — 51,886 ratings
81.
Eaters of the Dead
Eaters of the Dead 3.71 avg rating — 45,611 ratings
82.
Triangle
Triangle 3.46 avg rating — 1,212 ratings