Best books with no vampires, no magic spells, no fantasy, no aliens, no sci-fi, etc.

1.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating — 505,032 ratings
2.
Johnny Got His Gun
Johnny Got His Gun 4.21 avg rating — 47,420 ratings
3.
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 3,378,395 ratings
4.
UC_Pride and Prejudice
UC_Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,633,098 ratings
5.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating — 992,020 ratings
6.
The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle 4.32 avg rating — 1,325,616 ratings
7.
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest 4.17 avg rating — 397,693 ratings
8.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,150 ratings
9.
The Goldfinch
The Goldfinch 3.96 avg rating — 1,010,505 ratings
10.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating — 2,082,553 ratings
11.
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair 3.81 avg rating — 131,957 ratings
12.
The Invention of Wings
The Invention of Wings 4.26 avg rating — 328,058 ratings
13.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,731,285 ratings
14.
A Handful of Dust
A Handful of Dust 3.89 avg rating — 28,245 ratings
15.
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1) 4.56 avg rating — 222,341 ratings
16.
Pygmalion
Pygmalion 3.89 avg rating — 108,298 ratings
17.
The Hours
The Hours 3.96 avg rating — 146,852 ratings
18.
The Light Between Oceans
The Light Between Oceans 4.04 avg rating — 473,456 ratings
19.
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 809,448 ratings
20.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations 3.80 avg rating — 857,527 ratings
21.
Never Go With Your Gut: How Pioneering Leaders Make the Best Decisions and Avoid Business Disasters
Never Go With Your Gut: How Pioneering Leaders Make the Best Decisions and Avoid Business Disasters 4.14 avg rating — 252 ratings
22.
Legs
Legs 3.81 avg rating — 1,961 ratings
23.
Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Songs of Innocence and of Experience 4.09 avg rating — 50,997 ratings
24.
A Man Called Ove
A Man Called Ove 4.38 avg rating — 1,164,798 ratings
25.
The Racketeer
The Racketeer 3.90 avg rating — 113,668 ratings
26.
Mrs Dalloway
Mrs Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 341,936 ratings
27.
Le Parfum
Le Parfum 4.04 avg rating — 530,076 ratings
28.
In the Woods
In the Woods 3.78 avg rating — 429,598 ratings
29.
Cutting for Stone
Cutting for Stone 4.33 avg rating — 417,368 ratings
30.
Stones from the River (Burgdorf Cycle, #1)
Stones from the River (Burgdorf Cycle, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 96,151 ratings
31.
All the Light We Cannot See
All the Light We Cannot See 4.31 avg rating — 1,904,551 ratings
32.
The Hour I First Believed
The Hour I First Believed 3.83 avg rating — 64,357 ratings
33.
Notes of Oisin: From an Irish Monk to a Skaldic Poet
Notes of Oisin: From an Irish Monk to a Skaldic Poet 4.68 avg rating — 25 ratings
34.
Houdini Heart
Houdini Heart 3.84 avg rating — 5,459 ratings
34.
Barbarian (Forgotten Legends of the Germanic Peoples Book 1)
Barbarian (Forgotten Legends of the Germanic Peoples Book 1) 4.75 avg rating — 28 ratings
36.
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus 4.05 avg rating — 93,181 ratings
37.
Three Day Road
Three Day Road 4.28 avg rating — 25,560 ratings
38.
The Aviator's Wife
The Aviator's Wife 3.91 avg rating — 75,929 ratings
39.
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 3.65 avg rating — 194,440 ratings
40.
Northanger Abbey (Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels)
Northanger Abbey (Dover Thrift Editions: Classic Novels) 3.85 avg rating — 439,078 ratings
41.
Pavilion of Women
Pavilion of Women 4.15 avg rating — 15,177 ratings
42.
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories 4.17 avg rating — 48,600 ratings
43.
The Reader
The Reader 3.78 avg rating — 226,224 ratings
44.
Trifles
Trifles 3.88 avg rating — 7,656 ratings
44.
Abeng
Abeng 3.72 avg rating — 1,002 ratings
46.
The First Casualty
The First Casualty
by: Ben Elton
3.95 avg rating — 6,599 ratings
47.
Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea
by: Jean Rhys
3.59 avg rating — 103,274 ratings
48.
The French Lieutenant's Woman
The French Lieutenant's Woman 3.88 avg rating — 54,865 ratings
49.
Paris Trout
Paris Trout 3.88 avg rating — 7,017 ratings
50.
And the Mountains Echoed
And the Mountains Echoed 4.08 avg rating — 395,444 ratings
51.
The Round House
The Round House 3.98 avg rating — 122,361 ratings
52.
The Cove
The Cove
by: Ron Rash
3.70 avg rating — 12,378 ratings
53.
The Mistress of Nothing
The Mistress of Nothing 3.61 avg rating — 4,201 ratings
53.
The Stone Angel
The Stone Angel 3.77 avg rating — 13,219 ratings
55.
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet
The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet 4.03 avg rating — 66,778 ratings
56.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating — 1,681,650 ratings
57.
The White Tiger
The White Tiger 3.77 avg rating — 200,084 ratings
58.
The Gallery
The Gallery 4.03 avg rating — 470 ratings
58.
Lonely Mirrors
Lonely Mirrors 4.86 avg rating — 7 ratings
58.
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code
The Riddle of the Labyrinth: The Quest to Crack an Ancient Code 4.01 avg rating — 3,647 ratings
58.
Dream
Dream 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
58.
Evocronik 1.0
Evocronik 1.0 3.64 avg rating — 11 ratings
58.
The Undead: Book One, Overview
The Undead: Book One, Overview 3.94 avg rating — 18 ratings
58.
A Thousand Beauties
A Thousand Beauties 4.53 avg rating — 43 ratings
58.
Legacy of Rescue: A Daughter's Tribute
Legacy of Rescue: A Daughter's Tribute 4.38 avg rating — 24 ratings
58.
The Blue Chair
The Blue Chair 4.33 avg rating — 12 ratings
58.
The Legendary Life of Bee Ho Gray
The Legendary Life of Bee Ho Gray 4.56 avg rating — 9 ratings
58.
The War in Our Hearts
The War in Our Hearts 4.17 avg rating — 60 ratings
58.
The Science of Love and Attraction: The long-hidden neurobiological secrets to improve your social and romantic life
The Science of Love and Attraction: The long-hidden neurobiological secrets to improve your social and romantic life 3.57 avg rating — 14 ratings
70.
The Grass Is Singing
The Grass Is Singing 3.83 avg rating — 14,769 ratings
70.
A Soldier's Story of Expat Living - Cages of Smoke
A Soldier's Story of Expat Living - Cages of Smoke it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
70.
The Undead: Book Two, North America
The Undead: Book Two, North America really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
70.
Down
Down 4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
74.
Mad Bad Spinning Top
Mad Bad Spinning Top 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
75.
Stranger Things Happen
Stranger Things Happen 3.83 avg rating — 6,347 ratings
75.
The Last Days of Socrates: Euthyphro / The Apology / Crito / Phaedo
The Last Days of Socrates: Euthyphro / The Apology / Crito / Phaedo
by: Plato
4.12 avg rating — 44,774 ratings
75.
The Zanzibar Affair: A High Society Love Story Out of Africa
The Zanzibar Affair: A High Society Love Story Out of Africa 4.25 avg rating — 982 ratings
78.
The Midnight Watch
The Midnight Watch 3.81 avg rating — 4,521 ratings
79.
Flight of Dreams
Flight of Dreams 3.84 avg rating — 9,335 ratings
80.
Property
Property 3.70 avg rating — 5,850 ratings
80.
Endurance
Endurance 3.99 avg rating — 74 ratings
82.
Temple of a Thousand Faces
Temple of a Thousand Faces 3.84 avg rating — 1,435 ratings
83.
Mémoires d'une portraitiste, 1755-1842
Mémoires d'une portraitiste, 1755-1842 4.12 avg rating — 16 ratings
84.
Flow Down Like Silver
Flow Down Like Silver 4.01 avg rating — 4,508 ratings
84.
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena 4.12 avg rating — 55,467 ratings
84.
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution
Madame Tussaud: A Novel of the French Revolution 3.97 avg rating — 22,304 ratings
87.
Oleanna
Oleanna 3.60 avg rating — 9,839 ratings
87.
The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1)
The Golem and the Jinni (The Golem and the Jinni, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 129,518 ratings
87.
Generals Die in Bed
Generals Die in Bed 3.82 avg rating — 1,632 ratings
87.
Nature Girl
Nature Girl 3.67 avg rating — 26,492 ratings
91.
M. Butterfly
M. Butterfly 3.93 avg rating — 14,876 ratings
91.
The Orenda (Bird Family Trilogy, #3)
The Orenda (Bird Family Trilogy, #3) 4.22 avg rating — 18,892 ratings
91.
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania
Dead Wake: The Last Crossing of the Lusitania 4.13 avg rating — 157,304 ratings
91.
Seven Days in May
Seven Days in May
by: Kim Izzo
3.89 avg rating — 1,795 ratings
95.
Winter Garden
Winter Garden 4.28 avg rating — 385,618 ratings
95.
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 4.16 avg rating — 192,413 ratings
95.
The Gilded Hour (The Waverly Place, #1)
The Gilded Hour (The Waverly Place, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 17,659 ratings
95.
The Romanov Empress: A Novel of Tsarina Maria Feodorovna
The Romanov Empress: A Novel of Tsarina Maria Feodorovna 4.29 avg rating — 8,746 ratings
99.
Broken Angels
Broken Angels 4.46 avg rating — 14,666 ratings
99.
Kal
Kal
by: Judy Nunn
4.13 avg rating — 903 ratings
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