A(n incomplete) list of the "best" books written by great authors. Because it is hard to separate the definition of "magnum opus" from "masterpiece" (and both are left up to individual interpretation), this list is far from definitive. It's comprised of books that are a combination of:
1)what is generally considered to be the author's defining work
2)what the author felt was his/her defining work
3)what I think is the author's defining work
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3.87 avg rating — 961,543 ratings
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3.70 avg rating — 3,250,978 ratings
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4.39 avg rating — 399,495 ratings
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3.98 avg rating — 2,112,118 ratings
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3.76 avg rating — 139,689 ratings
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4.11 avg rating — 13,843 ratings
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4.11 avg rating — 117,702 ratings
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4.34 avg rating — 14,300 ratings
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3.88 avg rating — 44,105 ratings
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4.29 avg rating — 107,154 ratings
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4.67 avg rating — 3 ratings
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4.29 avg rating — 1,663,852 ratings
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4.10 avg rating — 43,087 ratings
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4.38 avg rating — 144 ratings
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3.92 avg rating — 479,726 ratings
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3.76 avg rating — 305,688 ratings
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4.19 avg rating — 278,790 ratings
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3.91 avg rating — 309,927 ratings
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4.20 avg rating — 40,672 ratings
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3.69 avg rating — 409,470 ratings
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4.30 avg rating — 4,900,899 ratings
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3.89 avg rating — 18 ratings
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3.79 avg rating — 501,523 ratings
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4.09 avg rating — 175,750 ratings
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3.99 avg rating — 16,334 ratings
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3.77 avg rating — 364,752 ratings
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4.28 avg rating — 433,649 ratings
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3.83 avg rating — 876 ratings
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3.86 avg rating — 198,447 ratings
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4.07 avg rating — 180,160 ratings
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4.19 avg rating — 74,683 ratings
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4.23 avg rating — 333,461 ratings
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4.27 avg rating — 67,616 ratings
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3.90 avg rating — 168 ratings
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4.11 avg rating — 125,703 ratings
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3.43 avg rating — 566,383 ratings
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3.77 avg rating — 911 ratings
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3.86 avg rating — 275,924 ratings
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3.97 avg rating — 1,299,329 ratings
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3.64 avg rating — 13,115 ratings
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4.14 avg rating — 182,645 ratings
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107 books · 17 voters · list created July 19th, 2013 by jess (votes) .
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jess 2357 books
83 friends
Tara 2975 books
92 friends
Lapsus 810 books
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Paul 2138 books
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Andriy 780 books
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Natalia 2427 books
699 friends
Rose 1936 books
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Luella 414 books
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