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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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4.51 avg rating — 1,527 ratings
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3.87 avg rating — 986,647 ratings
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3.71 avg rating — 3,340,128 ratings
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4.40 avg rating — 422,108 ratings
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3.92 avg rating — 6,187,286 ratings
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4.34 avg rating — 14,694 ratings
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3.89 avg rating — 54,296 ratings
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3.98 avg rating — 2,170,309 ratings
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3.80 avg rating — 4,036,796 ratings
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4.21 avg rating — 5,828,704 ratings
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3.97 avg rating — 3,023,566 ratings
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3.93 avg rating — 2,039,169 ratings
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4.13 avg rating — 1,162,752 ratings
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4.29 avg rating — 1,176,756 ratings
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3.80 avg rating — 900,021 ratings
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3.76 avg rating — 142,530 ratings
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4.10 avg rating — 14,132 ratings
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4.11 avg rating — 120,331 ratings
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3.88 avg rating — 44,968 ratings
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4.29 avg rating — 108,385 ratings
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4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
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4.29 avg rating — 1,728,261 ratings
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4.11 avg rating — 75,172 ratings
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4.36 avg rating — 152 ratings
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29

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4.24 avg rating — 346,218 ratings
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4.04 avg rating — 140,132 ratings
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31

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3.92 avg rating — 490,592 ratings
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3.76 avg rating — 315,721 ratings
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3.97 avg rating — 101,585 ratings
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4.17 avg rating — 137,029 ratings
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4.12 avg rating — 2,921,965 ratings
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4.33 avg rating — 6,891 ratings
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4.13 avg rating — 215,599 ratings
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4.18 avg rating — 304,214 ratings
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4.13 avg rating — 4,687 ratings
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3.92 avg rating — 317,488 ratings
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4.05 avg rating — 1,031,358 ratings
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4.20 avg rating — 42,410 ratings
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3.69 avg rating — 413,358 ratings
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4.30 avg rating — 5,052,879 ratings
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3.80 avg rating — 20 ratings
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4.09 avg rating — 1,360,555 ratings
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3.78 avg rating — 515,071 ratings
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4.09 avg rating — 181,351 ratings
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3.99 avg rating — 16,944 ratings
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3.77 avg rating — 380,143 ratings
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4.39 avg rating — 14,435 ratings
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4.27 avg rating — 457,689 ratings
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3.83 avg rating — 889 ratings
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3.75 avg rating — 1,309 ratings
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3.88 avg rating — 1,039,351 ratings
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3.74 avg rating — 2,198 ratings
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4.83 avg rating — 3,203 ratings
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4.13 avg rating — 407,931 ratings
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3.47 avg rating — 201 ratings
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3.99 avg rating — 908,819 ratings
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3.71 avg rating — 10,230 ratings
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3.86 avg rating — 203,074 ratings
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4.18 avg rating — 107,964 ratings
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4.07 avg rating — 185,942 ratings
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4.19 avg rating — 76,691 ratings
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4.23 avg rating — 341,553 ratings
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4.27 avg rating — 69,650 ratings
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3.30 avg rating — 12,709 ratings
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3.89 avg rating — 172 ratings
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4.18 avg rating — 1,982 ratings
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3.86 avg rating — 1,151 ratings
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4.22 avg rating — 869,996 ratings
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4.26 avg rating — 111 ratings
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3.72 avg rating — 330 ratings
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4.11 avg rating — 976,487 ratings
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4.03 avg rating — 13,703 ratings
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4.04 avg rating — 10,650 ratings
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3.77 avg rating — 10,104 ratings
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3.76 avg rating — 18,598 ratings
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3.69 avg rating — 4,166 ratings
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4.11 avg rating — 130,478 ratings
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4.12 avg rating — 97,501 ratings
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3.43 avg rating — 579,659 ratings
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3.77 avg rating — 912 ratings
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3.86 avg rating — 281,373 ratings
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3.97 avg rating — 1,319,574 ratings
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3.63 avg rating — 13,416 ratings
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4.14 avg rating — 186,367 ratings
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3.84 avg rating — 717,514 ratings
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107 books · 18 voters · list created July 19th, 2013 by jess (votes) .
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jess 2533 books
86 friends
Tara 3209 books
93 friends
Lapsus 823 books
10 friends
Paul 2204 books
4 friends
Andriy 843 books
88 friends
Natalia 2537 books
707 friends
Rose 1935 books
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Luella 416 books
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