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1	Lord of the Flies by William Golding 3.70 avg rating — 3,244,832 ratings score: 8,948, and 90 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne 3.44 avg rating — 929,083 ratings score: 8,333, and 84 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3.93 avg rating — 6,007,222 ratings score: 6,322, and 64 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger 3.80 avg rating — 3,941,838 ratings score: 6,008, and 61 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 3.80 avg rating — 882,719 ratings score: 5,232, and 53 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway 3.81 avg rating — 1,336,865 ratings score: 4,332, and 44 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 3.90 avg rating — 2,881,036 ratings score: 4,042, and 41 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare 3.74 avg rating — 2,850,534 ratings score: 3,818, and 39 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad 3.43 avg rating — 565,426 ratings score: 3,557, and 36 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 4.26 avg rating — 6,980,651 ratings score: 3,438, and 35 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Beowulf by Unknown 3.50 avg rating — 350,688 ratings score: 3,173, and 32 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Animal Farm by George Orwell 4.02 avg rating — 4,654,633 ratings score: 2,943, and 30 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 4.03 avg rating — 1,006,779 ratings score: 2,859, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton 3.46 avg rating — 139,899 ratings score: 2,740, and 28 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	A Separate Peace by John Knowles 3.60 avg rating — 233,919 ratings score: 2,263, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane 3.30 avg rating — 110,879 ratings score: 2,242, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 3.90 avg rating — 2,213,194 ratings score: 2,165, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Hamlet by William Shakespeare 4.03 avg rating — 1,068,798 ratings score: 2,046, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville 3.57 avg rating — 623,355 ratings score: 2,042, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare 3.71 avg rating — 222,119 ratings score: 1,963, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) by Chinua Achebe 3.75 avg rating — 418,316 ratings score: 1,942, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Silas Marner by George Eliot 3.70 avg rating — 94,706 ratings score: 1,937, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Giver (The Giver, #1) by Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 2,845,985 ratings score: 1,859, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Macbeth by William Shakespeare 3.89 avg rating — 1,035,733 ratings score: 1,802, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 1,638,616 ratings score: 1,765, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Call of the Wild by Jack London 3.92 avg rating — 478,908 ratings score: 1,708, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 3.91 avg rating — 1,941,263 ratings score: 1,643, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 3.88 avg rating — 1,021,452 ratings score: 1,547, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	1984 by George Orwell 4.20 avg rating — 5,585,663 ratings score: 1,466, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4.29 avg rating — 1,111,182 ratings score: 1,447, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 3.97 avg rating — 2,899,384 ratings score: 1,445, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque 4.12 avg rating — 528,185 ratings score: 1,369, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	The Pearl/The Red Pony by John Steinbeck 3.72 avg rating — 1,955 ratings score: 1,363, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 3.83 avg rating — 1,345,071 ratings score: 1,341, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The Pearl by John Steinbeck 3.57 avg rating — 278,216 ratings score: 1,335, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce 3.64 avg rating — 165,922 ratings score: 1,330, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The Crucible by Arthur Miller 3.61 avg rating — 469,632 ratings score: 1,320, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe 3.68 avg rating — 334,358 ratings score: 1,270, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand 3.89 avg rating — 339,122 ratings score: 1,172, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Night by Elie Wiesel 4.38 avg rating — 1,381,006 ratings score: 1,156, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 3.91 avg rating — 309,497 ratings score: 1,148, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller 3.59 avg rating — 262,203 ratings score: 1,135, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Othello by William Shakespeare 3.89 avg rating — 441,691 ratings score: 1,105, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1) by Madeleine L'Engle 3.97 avg rating — 1,297,846 ratings score: 1,065, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka 3.91 avg rating — 1,474,677 ratings score: 1,063, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner 3.72 avg rating — 189,769 ratings score: 1,038, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) by Pearl S. Buck 4.01 avg rating — 262,383 ratings score: 1,038, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien 4.30 avg rating — 4,522,797 ratings score: 1,033, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway 3.82 avg rating — 359,361 ratings score: 1,029, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Babbitt by Sinclair Lewis 3.69 avg rating — 25,028 ratings score: 1,026, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway 3.79 avg rating — 500,597 ratings score: 1,007, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Emma by Jane Austen 4.05 avg rating — 999,687 ratings score: 974, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy 3.84 avg rating — 305,242 ratings score: 964, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert 3.71 avg rating — 380,809 ratings score: 961, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer 3.53 avg rating — 239,549 ratings score: 892, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Antigone (Theban Plays, #3) by Sophocles 3.69 avg rating — 179,919 ratings score: 871, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros 3.68 avg rating — 241,016 ratings score: 779, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Billy Budd, Sailor by Herman Melville 3.19 avg rating — 19,862 ratings score: 778, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Persuasion by Jane Austen 4.51 avg rating — 6,902 ratings score: 765, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse 4.08 avg rating — 891,975 ratings score: 765, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 4.16 avg rating — 2,360,418 ratings score: 763, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan 4.08 avg rating — 161,689 ratings score: 742, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	The Stranger by Albert Camus 4.03 avg rating — 1,448,883 ratings score: 692, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 3.98 avg rating — 2,108,065 ratings score: 658, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera 4.10 avg rating — 553,724 ratings score: 656, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	Hatchet (Brian's Saga, #1) by Gary Paulsen 3.80 avg rating — 457,276 ratings score: 654, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings 4.04 avg rating — 30,766 ratings score: 642, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	The Jungle by Upton Sinclair 3.78 avg rating — 156,020 ratings score: 567, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton 3.93 avg rating — 80,208 ratings score: 566, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold 3.86 avg rating — 2,473,243 ratings score: 566, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 4.17 avg rating — 370,667 ratings score: 554, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain 3.92 avg rating — 1,029,691 ratings score: 541, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	The Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov 3.69 avg rating — 46,119 ratings score: 530, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	Doctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak 4.01 avg rating — 104,076 ratings score: 521, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare 4.03 avg rating — 161,209 ratings score: 484, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison 3.92 avg rating — 204,070 ratings score: 483, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett 3.84 avg rating — 225,155 ratings score: 473, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	The Odyssey by Homer 3.84 avg rating — 1,214,663 ratings score: 472, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	Sir Gawain and the Green Knight by Burton Raffel (Tranlator) 3.76 avg rating — 78,882 ratings score: 471, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	Candide by Voltaire 3.76 avg rating — 305,165 ratings score: 470, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	The Mill on the Floss by George Eliot 3.84 avg rating — 59,669 ratings score: 468, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 4.30 avg rating — 4,890,028 ratings score: 456, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	Fathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 103,184 ratings score: 449, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 1,361,380 ratings score: 443, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	King Lear by William Shakespeare 3.91 avg rating — 240,181 ratings score: 429, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 4.33 avg rating — 1,045,052 ratings score: 388, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	Wringer by Jerry Spinelli 3.65 avg rating — 15,456 ratings score: 386, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	Taras Bulba by Nikolai Gogol 3.73 avg rating — 14,787 ratings score: 382, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes 4.24 avg rating — 814,134 ratings score: 381, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 4.10 avg rating — 1,500,437 ratings score: 379, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi 3.86 avg rating — 88,473 ratings score: 375, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	The Betrothed by Alessandro Manzoni 3.88 avg rating — 18,095 ratings score: 374, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	Holes (Holes, #1) by Louis Sachar (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 1,376,765 ratings score: 362, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel 3.95 avg rating — 399,664 ratings score: 353, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1) by C.S. Lewis 4.24 avg rating — 3,183,370 ratings score: 338, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	Richard III by William Shakespeare 3.91 avg rating — 59,350 ratings score: 330, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 4.09 avg rating — 950,007 ratings score: 327, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	Jonathan Livingston Seagull by Richard Bach (Goodreads Author) 3.86 avg rating — 275,542 ratings score: 316, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo 4.21 avg rating — 49,582 ratings score: 297, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
100	The Pigman (The Pigman, #1) by Paul Zindel 3.60 avg rating — 28,809 ratings score: 292, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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323 books · 561 voters · list created February 13th, 2009 by Kim (votes) .

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message 1: by Meredeth (new)

Apr 06, 2009 10:16AM

I disliked with a passion having to read this book. It was so tedious to me!

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message 2: by John (new)

Dec 01, 2009 12:58PM

I think the process of being made to read a book is often the problem, not the book itself. I read of mice and men and animal farm, before i was made to read them in school and really liked them and when i had to re-read them for class i found them ubnbearably boring.

Reading any book purely because a curriculum demands it is never a good way to treat literature.

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message 3: by Emily (new)

Jan 13, 2010 08:06PM

Someone had to read extremely loud and incredibly close for school???

Lucky.

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message 4: by Mary (new)

Feb 23, 2010 04:41PM

Meredeth wrote: "
I disliked with a passion having to read this book. It was so tedious to me!"

This is our county's Big Read this year. Guess who's taking a year off from participating?

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message 5: by ATL (new)

Feb 23, 2010 05:15PM

*gasp* How can anyone not love P&P???

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message 6: by Derya (new)

Apr 05, 2010 01:06PM

Do you guys really hate those wonderful books?

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message 7: by Jojo (new)

May 02, 2010 09:03AM

You people are crazy, i love these books. They are wonderful.

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message 8: by Jo (new)

May 04, 2010 01:03PM

Who put Catcher in the Rye on this list? Own up! You really are very naughty. Go back and read it again. You WILL enjoy.

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message 9: by Irene (new)

May 30, 2010 07:36AM

Svenne
I absolutely hated this book, but some the books on the list i really enjoyed. Like To Kill a Mockingbird and P&P. How could anyone hate those?

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message 10: by Killercupcake (new)

Jul 25, 2010 10:51PM

how in the world could anyone hate Wribger or To Kill a Mockingbird?

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message 11: by Sami (new)

Sep 17, 2010 06:30PM

How could anybody hate The Giver?...

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message 12: by Maurizio (matemati) (new)

Sep 23, 2010 04:02PM

I'm Italian, so I had to put some books they force us to read in my country, maybe you don't know them...and you don't miss anything at that :)

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message 13: by Jeanette (last edited Sep 24, 2010 12:37PM) (new)

Sep 24, 2010 12:36PM

I haven't read all of these, but English Lit was my favorite subject ever. These aren't all English Lit, though, so ANY class where I get to read a book and then write essays about what I just read is the best kind of class! I've read about half of these, and I loved them all! Especially in English class. I have to say I hated The Scarlet Letter at first, but not because it wasn't a good book. I just couldn't relate to Hester and thought she was crazy for staying in that place. After thinking about the book for days, I finally decided I did like it, after all.

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message 14: by Christine (last edited Jan 18, 2011 03:47AM) (new)

Jan 18, 2011 03:47AM

When I was school-bullied teen I hated to read about "poor misunderstood" crap like teens in S E Hinton books and Clockwork orange.

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message 15: by Sophia (new)

Mar 25, 2011 07:39PM

Zlata's diary was so bad...even my teacher said that it was horrible.

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message 16: by Jess (new)

Apr 16, 2011 06:36AM

Tomorrow, When the War Began

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message 17: by Mia (last edited Jun 05, 2011 02:31PM) (new)

Jun 05, 2011 02:31PM

I hated reading the Brontë sisters. Bemoaning melodramatically about love is not something I like to waste time on. If I wanted to do that, I would read poorly written fanfiction. Jane Eyre Wuthering Heights

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message 18: by Pauline (new)

Jun 23, 2011 01:15PM

Samantha wrote: "You people are crazy, i love these books. They are wonderful."
True, now they are, but when you are made to read them at too young an age then the mere title brings back bad memories.

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message 19: by Alexandra (new)

Dec 15, 2011 04:07PM

Sami wrote: "How could anybody hate The Giver?..."

Exactly

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message 20: by Derya (new)

Dec 15, 2011 11:44PM

I did not hate Dubliners and The Quiet American but the reading process was painful and dull. I would rather watch Martha on TV than reading them again. =)

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message 21: by Emma (new)

Jan 12, 2012 12:17PM

English was always my absolute favourite class, and reading is my favourite pasttime... but reading books for English class was always so brutal! Most of the books they make us read aren't that good, in my opinion. A few were ok, and some were great (Elie Wiesel's Night and Shelly's Frankenstein). Shakespeare was just the worst, although Macbeth and Hamlet were at least somewhat interesting.
Worst book ever? Heart of Darkness. Reading that was like pulling teeth for me...

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message 22: by Angel (new)

Apr 04, 2012 07:00PM

Vampirella wrote: "Do you guys really hate those wonderful books?"

Not all of them, but a good number of them, yea. That is the thing about reader taste, what one likes, another may not. And I am sure the "being forced to read it," often left a bit of a trauma too. I know there are books that, had I not been forced, I may have at least appreciated. Having that trauma, there is no way in hell I am touching them again.

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message 23: by Angel (new)

Apr 04, 2012 07:01PM

Jo wrote: "Who put Catcher in the Rye on this list? Own up! You really are very naughty. Go back and read it again. You WILL enjoy."

I did not put it, but I wish I had. Salinger owes me for the time I lost on that book. But hey, that is me. As librarians say, every book its reader, and every reader its book.

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message 24: by Angel (new)

Apr 04, 2012 07:04PM

As others have said, I did enjoy English as a subject in school. Heck, I even got a degree in it later on. But, I do have some serious traumas from some books I was forced to read, whether it was not the right time, wrong book for me, lousy teacher, or lousy curriculum (hell, even the best teacher cannot fix things when curriculum mandates come down a pipe).

I did notice a few titles in Spanish, including one or two I was forced to read as well.

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message 25: by Sapphire (new)

May 11, 2012 01:20PM

Killthepopular wrote: "I think the process of being made to read a book is often the problem, not the book itself. I read of mice and men and animal farm, before i was made to read them in school and really liked them an..."

I agree. I remember hating most of the required reading back in high school (with the exception of Dickens, Shakespeare, and Bronte). But not anymore. I love most of them now.

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message 26: by Jack (last edited May 19, 2012 03:23PM) (new)

May 19, 2012 03:22PM

Sapphire wrote: "Killthepopular wrote: "I think the process of being made to read a book is often the problem, not the book itself. I read of mice and men and animal farm, before i was made to read them in school a..."

Yes! I'm a huge Shakespeare fan and it's one of my favorites, but being made to read Romeo and Juliet in class (already knowing the show backwards and forwards) almost ruined it for me.

On a similar note- I've read three Steinbeck books now. The Grapes of Wrath and The Pearl, which I first read for school, I absolutely hated. However, when I read Of Mice and Men on my own, I loved it. I wonder if it has to do with being forced to read them and having classmates who will constantly bash on whatever they're assigned.

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message 27: by Yoshi (last edited Dec 26, 2014 07:22PM) (new)

Sep 15, 2013 04:15PM

Crime and Punishment was incredibly painful for my AP Lit class to read for one reason - the version we read was written in engrish and had multiple misspellings and badly translated phrases. The story was decent, the copy of the book itself was horrible.

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message 28: by Naomi (new)

Dec 26, 2014 07:17PM

Siddhartha? Lord of the flies? The Giver? Beowulf? This list is incorrect.

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message 29: by Loveliest Evaris (last edited Feb 12, 2015 10:37AM) (new)

Feb 12, 2015 10:36AM

My beef with 1984 was the fact that my teacher freaking spoiled the book for the whole class. He actually played a short video on YouTube that walked the viewer through every event and every meaning behind the book. This was AP Lit class. What, you thought I couldn't handle the stupid message against oppressive regimes and how it could possibly infect Western nations? Oh my God, no.

A Brave New World is the better dystopian novel of the two, I find.

And people had to read War and Peace in school? I feel soooo bad for you people D: You could keep a fire going for two hours with a book that big!

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