The best books first published in 1895.

These books are now in the public domain. If you add new ones, please try to find editions that are not modern scanned ones with boring covers. Thank you.

For 1895:
1895 lists
1895 shelf

By year:
1889
1890, 1891, 1892, 1893, 1894, 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1899
1900, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1909
1910, 1911, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919
1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929
1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939
1940
1950
1960
1970
1980
1990
2000
2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024
1

by
4.17 avg rating — 410,208 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
2

by
3.89 avg rating — 571,753 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
3

by
3.84 avg rating — 76,671 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
4

by
3.78 avg rating — 4,411 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
5

by
3.91 avg rating — 38,905 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
6

by
3.28 avg rating — 16,675 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
7

by
3.35 avg rating — 1,845 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
8

by
4.01 avg rating — 44,944 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
9

by
3.88 avg rating — 7,452 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
10

by
3.71 avg rating — 214 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
11

by
3.68 avg rating — 8,815 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
12

by
3.31 avg rating — 1,548 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
13

by
3.30 avg rating — 110,875 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
14

by
3.52 avg rating — 28,941 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
15

by
4.01 avg rating — 42,657 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
16

by
3.50 avg rating — 2,413 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
17

by
3.88 avg rating — 33,241 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
18

by
4.44 avg rating — 9 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
18

by
4.04 avg rating — 200 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
18

by
3.57 avg rating — 1,902 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
18

by
3.41 avg rating — 54 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
22

by
3.88 avg rating — 209 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
23

by
3.08 avg rating — 13 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
24

by
3.55 avg rating — 438 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
24

by
3.26 avg rating — 47 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
26

by
3.66 avg rating — 44 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
26

by
3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
28

by
3.43 avg rating — 897 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
29

by
4.04 avg rating — 989 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
29

by
3.84 avg rating — 3,286 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
31

by
3.68 avg rating — 530 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
31

by
3.87 avg rating — 4,646 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
33

by
3.80 avg rating — 22,916 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
33

by
2.94 avg rating — 287 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
33

by
4.15 avg rating — 316 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
36

by
3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
37

by
4.40 avg rating — 10,647 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
38

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 9,352 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
39

by
3.42 avg rating — 127 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
40

by
4.24 avg rating — 3,511 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
40

by
3.89 avg rating — 65 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
42

by
3.91 avg rating — 2,062 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
42

by
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
Rate this book
Clear rating
44

by
3.76 avg rating — 1,991 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
45

by
3.84 avg rating — 1,597 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
45

by
3.76 avg rating — 128 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
47

by
3.96 avg rating — 1,575 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
47

by
3.76 avg rating — 1,991 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
49

by
3.10 avg rating — 60 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
49 books · 25 voters · list created June 4th, 2012 by Alessandra (votes) .
1 like · 
Lists are re-scored approximately every 5 minutes.


Alessandra 2196 books
62 friends
Susanna - Censored by GoodReads 3388 books
851 friends
Erica 4576 books
24 friends
Soumya 1374 books
38 friends
Emily 4791 books
142 friends
Matt 1166 books
55 friends
Sarah 13809 books
226 friends
Greyweather 2660 books
65 friends

More voters…


Comments Showing 1-4 of 4 (4 new)

dateUp arrow    newest »

message 1: by Lobstergirl (new)

Lobstergirl The Seagull is on this list and also on 1896...


message 2: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (last edited Jul 03, 2019 03:33AM) (new)

BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) According to (the Dutch) Wikipedia, Quo Vadis (#11) was first published in 1895. But according to GR first publication was in 1894... And according to the Royal Dutch Library it was written between 1894-1896... Which one is right? 😊


message 3: by Lobstergirl (new)

Lobstergirl Booklovinglady wrote: "According to (the Dutch) Wikipedia, Quo Vadis (#11) was first published in 1895. But according to GR first publication was in 1894... And according to the Royal Dutch Library it was w..."

1896 is right. GR pub dates are the date the book was first published in book form. I

"It was first published in installments in the Gazeta Polska between 26 March 1895 and 29 February 1896..."

"It came out in book form in 1896 and has been translated into more than 50 languages...." (wikipedia)


BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) Thanks Lobstergirl 🙂


back to top