Books that Make Readers Work

1.
Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea
by: Jean Rhys
3.59 avg rating — 103,294 ratings
2.
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury 3.86 avg rating — 192,294 ratings
3.
James Joyce's Ulysses
James Joyce's Ulysses 3.96 avg rating — 28 ratings
4.
Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,570,610 ratings
5.
Infinite Jest
Infinite Jest 4.25 avg rating — 98,673 ratings
6.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man / Dubliners
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man / Dubliners 3.93 avg rating — 6,994 ratings
7.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,227,567 ratings
8.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating — 174,995 ratings
9.
O Pioneers!
O Pioneers! 3.90 avg rating — 57,283 ratings
10.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,690,050 ratings
11.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating — 1,319,042 ratings
11.
Memories of a Butterfly
Memories of a Butterfly 2.71 avg rating — 14 ratings
11.
A Brief History of Seven Killings
A Brief History of Seven Killings 3.89 avg rating — 37,308 ratings
11.
Nibiru
Nibiru 2.07 avg rating — 14 ratings
11.
The Good Negress
The Good Negress 3.67 avg rating — 438 ratings
16.
Trainspotting
Trainspotting 4.11 avg rating — 174,926 ratings
16.
Feersum Endjinn
Feersum Endjinn 3.84 avg rating — 11,450 ratings
16.
The Most Wretched Thing Imaginable or, Beneath the Burnt Umbrella
The Most Wretched Thing Imaginable or, Beneath the Burnt Umbrella 3.75 avg rating — 20 ratings
16.
1959
1959 3.32 avg rating — 97 ratings
20.
The Shining (The Shining, #1)
The Shining (The Shining, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,650,669 ratings
20.
Shutter Island
Shutter Island 4.13 avg rating — 215,655 ratings
22.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating — 901,400 ratings
23.
Native Son
Native Son 4.04 avg rating — 103,289 ratings
24.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 477,044 ratings
25.
On the Road
On the Road 3.61 avg rating — 438,563 ratings
26.
On the Road: The Original Scroll
On the Road: The Original Scroll 4.11 avg rating — 13,378 ratings
27.
Bad Sex on Speed
Bad Sex on Speed 3.60 avg rating — 203 ratings
28.
Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1)
Tropic of Cancer (Tropic, #1) 3.66 avg rating — 76,602 ratings
29.
A Room of One’s Own
A Room of One’s Own 4.22 avg rating — 246,521 ratings
30.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,711 ratings
31.
In Search of Lost Time
In Search of Lost Time 4.34 avg rating — 13,696 ratings
32.
Prozac Nation
Prozac Nation 3.64 avg rating — 63,390 ratings
33.
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises 3.79 avg rating — 482,112 ratings
34.
The Other
The Other 3.98 avg rating — 22,605 ratings