Best Novels for Adults, Without Sequels, with a 4 Rating or Higher, and Having at Least 5000 Ratings

1.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,633,098 ratings
2.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,226,078 ratings
3.
The Stand
The Stand 4.35 avg rating — 814,319 ratings
4.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating — 1,681,650 ratings
5.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,962,071 ratings
6.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating — 3,402,007 ratings
6.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,802,149 ratings
8.
The Nightingale
The Nightingale 4.64 avg rating — 1,894,539 ratings
9.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,772 ratings
10.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating — 992,020 ratings
11.
A Man Called Ove
A Man Called Ove 4.38 avg rating — 1,164,798 ratings
12.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,183 ratings
13.
All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See 4.31 avg rating — 1,904,551 ratings
14.
East of Eden
East of Eden 4.43 avg rating — 602,182 ratings
15.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating — 2,082,553 ratings
16.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,270 ratings
17.
The Secret History
The Secret History 4.16 avg rating — 950,472 ratings
18.
Station Eleven
Station Eleven 4.07 avg rating — 590,263 ratings
19.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,761 ratings
20.
Big Little Lies
Big Little Lies 4.31 avg rating — 1,089,259 ratings
21.
Eye of the Needle
Eye of the Needle 4.21 avg rating — 165,984 ratings
22.
The World According to Garp
The World According to Garp 4.11 avg rating — 235,959 ratings
22.
Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon 4.23 avg rating — 763,579 ratings
24.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating — 779,768 ratings
25.
Cutting for Stone
Cutting for Stone 4.33 avg rating — 417,368 ratings
26.
The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day 4.14 avg rating — 344,044 ratings
27.
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 387,262 ratings
28.
The Princess Bride
The Princess Bride 4.27 avg rating — 936,541 ratings
29.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,009 ratings
30.
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe 4.28 avg rating — 321,372 ratings
31.
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle 4.14 avg rating — 306,575 ratings
32.
The Night Circus
The Night Circus really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,068,411 ratings
33.
11/22/63
11/22/63 4.35 avg rating — 614,103 ratings
34.
The Art of Racing in the Rain
The Art of Racing in the Rain 4.23 avg rating — 545,684 ratings
35.
And the Mountains Echoed
And the Mountains Echoed 4.08 avg rating — 395,444 ratings
36.
Persuasion
Persuasion 4.15 avg rating — 752,795 ratings
37.
Purple Hibiscus
Purple Hibiscus 4.18 avg rating — 137,114 ratings
38.
Still Alice
Still Alice 4.32 avg rating — 355,942 ratings
39.
I Know This Much Is True
I Know This Much Is True 4.21 avg rating — 320,913 ratings
40.
The Narrow Road to the Deep North
The Narrow Road to the Deep North 4.03 avg rating — 60,926 ratings
41.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 4.19 avg rating — 793,959 ratings
41.
Three Day Road (Bird Family Trilogy, #1)
Three Day Road (Bird Family Trilogy, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 25,560 ratings
43.
The Cider House Rules
The Cider House Rules 4.17 avg rating — 192,666 ratings
44.
The Sunne in Splendour
The Sunne in Splendour 4.41 avg rating — 22,484 ratings
44.
Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun 4.34 avg rating — 176,450 ratings
46.
Giovanni's Room
Giovanni's Room 4.34 avg rating — 226,052 ratings
47.
Epitaph of a Small Winner
Epitaph of a Small Winner 4.26 avg rating — 36,383 ratings
48.
Kafka on the Shore
Kafka on the Shore 4.12 avg rating — 528,217 ratings
48.
The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits 4.29 avg rating — 304,602 ratings
50.
Kindred
Kindred 4.31 avg rating — 258,312 ratings
51.
The Lathe of Heaven
The Lathe of Heaven 4.13 avg rating — 84,205 ratings
52.
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility 4.09 avg rating — 1,266,137 ratings
53.
The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds 4.25 avg rating — 361,066 ratings
54.
Pavilion of Women
Pavilion of Women 4.15 avg rating — 15,177 ratings
54.
Misery
Misery 4.23 avg rating — 815,581 ratings
56.
Doctor Zhivago
Doctor Zhivago 4.01 avg rating — 101,107 ratings
57.
The Secret Keeper
The Secret Keeper 4.16 avg rating — 171,035 ratings
58.
Sarah's Key
Sarah's Key 4.18 avg rating — 489,782 ratings
59.
Bastard Out of Carolina
Bastard Out of Carolina 4.14 avg rating — 46,996 ratings
60.
Americanah
Americanah 4.31 avg rating — 401,488 ratings
61.
Memoirs of Hadrian
Memoirs of Hadrian 4.22 avg rating — 34,178 ratings
62.
It
It 4.24 avg rating — 1,227,416 ratings
63.
A Little Life
A Little Life 4.29 avg rating — 858,892 ratings
64.
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol 4.09 avg rating — 896,515 ratings
65.
The Library at Mount Char
The Library at Mount Char 4.07 avg rating — 72,414 ratings
66.
Mornings in Jenin
Mornings in Jenin 4.51 avg rating — 48,745 ratings
67.
If You Only Knew
If You Only Knew 4.04 avg rating — 26,611 ratings
68.
Bleak House
Bleak House 4.02 avg rating — 112,456 ratings
69.
The Language of Flowers
The Language of Flowers 4.09 avg rating — 230,241 ratings
70.
The Forgotten Garden
The Forgotten Garden 4.15 avg rating — 234,163 ratings
70.
Mary Queen of Scotland and The Isles
Mary Queen of Scotland and The Isles 4.09 avg rating — 14,861 ratings
72.
Katherine
Katherine 4.21 avg rating — 35,119 ratings
72.
The Garden of Evening Mists
The Garden of Evening Mists 4.15 avg rating — 28,994 ratings
74.
An Officer and a Spy
An Officer and a Spy 4.22 avg rating — 32,173 ratings
74.
The Door
The Door 4.10 avg rating — 33,162 ratings
76.
Possessing The Secret Of Joy
Possessing The Secret Of Joy 4.09 avg rating — 15,681 ratings
77.
The Rose Garden
The Rose Garden 4.03 avg rating — 33,390 ratings
78.
Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon
Gabriela, Clove and Cinnamon 4.15 avg rating — 9,312 ratings
79.
Sing, Unburied, Sing
Sing, Unburied, Sing really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 145,369 ratings
80.
North and South
North and South 4.15 avg rating — 179,582 ratings
81.
The Bone People
The Bone People 4.04 avg rating — 23,582 ratings
82.
Charms for the Easy Life
Charms for the Easy Life 4.02 avg rating — 12,888 ratings
82.
Fight Club
Fight Club 4.18 avg rating — 629,418 ratings
84.
A Fraction of the Whole
A Fraction of the Whole 4.14 avg rating — 23,929 ratings
85.
Down and Out in Paris and London
Down and Out in Paris and London 4.09 avg rating — 97,503 ratings
86.
The War of the End of the World
The War of the End of the World 4.25 avg rating — 12,233 ratings
87.
Darkness at Noon
Darkness at Noon 4.12 avg rating — 32,886 ratings
88.
Ahab's Wife, or The Star-Gazer
Ahab's Wife, or The Star-Gazer 4.03 avg rating — 45,117 ratings
88.
Pedro Páramo
Pedro Páramo 4.06 avg rating — 92,512 ratings
90.
The Lake House
The Lake House 4.08 avg rating — 127,719 ratings
91.
The Secret Life of Bees
The Secret Life of Bees 4.10 avg rating — 1,337,501 ratings
92.
News of the World
News of the World 4.08 avg rating — 110,557 ratings
93.
Dark Matter
Dark Matter 4.14 avg rating — 664,920 ratings
93.
Circe
Circe 4.22 avg rating — 1,276,326 ratings
95.
An Untamed State
An Untamed State 4.07 avg rating — 19,599 ratings
96.
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan
by: Lisa See
4.09 avg rating — 382,945 ratings
97.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating — 174,972 ratings
98.
The Green Mile
The Green Mile 4.49 avg rating — 351,382 ratings
98.
I Capture the Castle
I Capture the Castle 3.99 avg rating — 113,034 ratings
100.
The Promise of Stardust
The Promise of Stardust 4.08 avg rating — 12,664 ratings
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