List created for the Around the Year in 52 Prompts Challenge

A classic book you've always meant to read

Please limit these to books published more than 50 years ago (so published before 1969).

Suggestions Thread
Voting Thread
Results Thread
1

by
4.30 avg rating — 4,887,881 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
2

by
3.88 avg rating — 1,021,178 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
3

by
4.25 avg rating — 738,063 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
4

by
3.93 avg rating — 6,004,923 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
5

by
3.90 avg rating — 2,211,242 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
6

by
4.16 avg rating — 2,359,394 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
7

by
3.93 avg rating — 519,259 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
8

by
4.30 avg rating — 520,030 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
9

by
4.17 avg rating — 370,532 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
10

by
4.01 avg rating — 71,082 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
11

by
3.75 avg rating — 418,163 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
12

by
4.33 avg rating — 1,044,335 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
13

by
3.97 avg rating — 2,897,719 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
14

by
4.04 avg rating — 181,899 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
15

by
4.20 avg rating — 786,476 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
16

by
4.11 avg rating — 945,739 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
17

by
3.81 avg rating — 1,336,217 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
18

by
4.33 avg rating — 1,130,331 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
19

by
3.83 avg rating — 677,729 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
20

by
4.20 avg rating — 5,582,645 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
21

by
4.14 avg rating — 394,160 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
22

by
3.71 avg rating — 380,654 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
23

by
3.99 avg rating — 443,386 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
24

by
4.15 avg rating — 185,669 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
25

by
4.13 avg rating — 1,927,017 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
26

by
4.02 avg rating — 14,250 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
27

by
4.20 avg rating — 747,409 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
28

by
3.87 avg rating — 66,623 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
29

by
4.17 avg rating — 75,385 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
30

by
4.18 avg rating — 48,110 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
31

by
3.60 avg rating — 233,883 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
32

by
3.85 avg rating — 149,300 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
33

by
4.16 avg rating — 62,510 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
34

by
3.43 avg rating — 565,233 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
35

by
3.87 avg rating — 118,171 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
36

by
3.84 avg rating — 1,213,993 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
37

by
3.76 avg rating — 139,419 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
38

by
4.28 avg rating — 431,795 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
39

by
4.02 avg rating — 115,326 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
40

by
4.05 avg rating — 262,039 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
41

by
4.02 avg rating — 1,502,856 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
41

by
4.01 avg rating — 262,330 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
43

by
3.77 avg rating — 99,713 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
44

by
3.98 avg rating — 98,038 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
44

by
3.84 avg rating — 225,064 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
46

by
4.21 avg rating — 851,226 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
46

by
3.91 avg rating — 240,096 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
48

by
3.77 avg rating — 19,878 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
49

by
3.86 avg rating — 32,515 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
50

by
3.79 avg rating — 24,206 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
51

by
3.97 avg rating — 199,174 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
52

by
4.16 avg rating — 130,677 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
53

by
4.21 avg rating — 36,887 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
53

by
4.56 avg rating — 25,909 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
55

by
4.09 avg rating — 67,106 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
55

by
3.96 avg rating — 16,843 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
57

by
4.09 avg rating — 14,238 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
58

by
3.78 avg rating — 20,282 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
59

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 128,245 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
60

by
3.87 avg rating — 26,998 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
61

by
3.88 avg rating — 1,021,178 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
62

by
4.10 avg rating — 349,648 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
63

by
4.35 avg rating — 4,263 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
63

by
3.81 avg rating — 218,904 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
65

by
3.91 avg rating — 309,348 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
66

by
4.29 avg rating — 1,657,759 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
67

by
4.38 avg rating — 1,380,519 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
68

by
3.99 avg rating — 321,795 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
68

by
3.83 avg rating — 48,550 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
70

by
4.30 avg rating — 329,535 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
71

by
3.68 avg rating — 86,637 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
72

by
3.85 avg rating — 546,764 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
73

by
3.62 avg rating — 200 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
73

by
3.89 avg rating — 11,306 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
73

by
3.81 avg rating — 20,540 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
73

by
3.99 avg rating — 48,512 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
73

by
3.94 avg rating — 581,985 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
73

by
3.91 avg rating — 304,417 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
73

by
4.16 avg rating — 69,570 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
80

by
3.97 avg rating — 10,493 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
81

by
4.19 avg rating — 842 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
81

by
4.27 avg rating — 1,652,636 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
81

by
3.92 avg rating — 244,524 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
84

by
3.71 avg rating — 84,164 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
84

by
3.83 avg rating — 81,239 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
84

by
4.04 avg rating — 6,807 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
84

by
4.06 avg rating — 22,879 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
88

by
3.74 avg rating — 91 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
89

by
3.92 avg rating — 3,545 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
89

by
3.94 avg rating — 67,289 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
91

by
3.77 avg rating — 24,960 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
91

by
3.77 avg rating — 6,687 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
91

by
4.33 avg rating — 28,671 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
94

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 12,379 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
95

by
4.21 avg rating — 223,022 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
96

by
3.66 avg rating — 31,676 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
96 books · 47 voters · list created September 14th, 2019 by Emily Bourque (votes) .
4 likes · 
Lists are re-scored approximately every 5 minutes.


Emily 1982 books
532 friends
Raquel (Silver Valkyrie Reads) 2642 books
100 friends
Saturday's 2277 books
66 friends
Chrissy 2127 books
51 friends
Rachel Adiyah 1158 books
58 friends
~☆~Autumn 8170 books
147 friends
Nadine in NY 5746 books
339 friends
Patricia 1520 books
36 friends

More voters…


No comments have been added yet.




Related News

What kind of reader are you?   That’s the thesis question for our Personality Picks collection of book recommendations, an experimental new...

Anyone can add books to this list.