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1	A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 793,612 ratings score: 30,261, and 311 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	Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 665,264 ratings score: 28,823, and 297 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	1984 by George Orwell 4.21 avg rating — 5,779,618 ratings score: 25,522, and 262 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 — 4,018,759 ratings score: 24,195, and 247 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	Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 4.10 avg rating — 1,530,311 ratings score: 22,843, and 234 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	House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 213,985 ratings score: 17,181, and 176 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	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson 4.06 avg rating — 389,352 ratings score: 16,095, and 168 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	Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll 4.06 avg rating — 624,754 ratings score: 15,207, and 159 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	Animal Farm by George Orwell 4.03 avg rating — 4,822,302 ratings score: 14,737, and 155 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	The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon 3.89 avg rating — 1,636,048 ratings score: 14,726, and 150 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	If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino 4.01 avg rating — 117,374 ratings score: 13,358, and 139 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	The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 4.13 avg rating — 2,010,377 ratings score: 13,108, and 141 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	Watchmen by Alan Moore (Goodreads Author) 4.39 avg rating — 608,054 ratings score: 13,058, and 135 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	Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 3.98 avg rating — 2,158,169 ratings score: 12,848, and 135 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	Ulysses by James Joyce 3.76 avg rating — 141,920 ratings score: 11,387, and 119 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	American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis 3.80 avg rating — 383,017 ratings score: 10,333, and 112 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	The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov 4.28 avg rating — 452,017 ratings score: 9,487, and 101 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	The Pythagorean by Alexander Morpheigh 4.33 avg rating — 7,951 ratings score: 9,207, and 97 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	The Beasts of Success by Jasun Ether (Goodreads Author) 3.64 avg rating — 432 ratings score: 9,122, and 94 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	Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 3.99 avg rating — 905,782 ratings score: 9,114, and 98 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	Ubik by Philip K. Dick 4.11 avg rating — 129,427 ratings score: 8,551, and 93 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	Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon 4.02 avg rating — 50,338 ratings score: 8,493, and 93 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	Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 1,227,212 ratings score: 7,880, and 85 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	Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell 4.01 avg rating — 275,906 ratings score: 7,807, and 82 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	Valis by Philip K. Dick 3.91 avg rating — 33,932 ratings score: 7,772, and 86 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 Trial by Franz Kafka 3.93 avg rating — 423,745 ratings score: 7,745, and 83 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	Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 3.87 avg rating — 980,734 ratings score: 7,610, 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
28	Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 815,825 ratings score: 7,567, and 80 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	Naked Lunch: The Restored Text by William S. Burroughs 3.46 avg rating — 100,967 ratings score: 7,440, and 79 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	The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author) 4.39 avg rating — 2,983,883 ratings score: 7,391, and 78 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	Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh 4.12 avg rating — 186,537 ratings score: 7,297, and 80 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	One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez 4.13 avg rating — 1,154,398 ratings score: 6,884, and 73 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	On the Road by Jack Kerouac 3.61 avg rating — 460,929 ratings score: 6,836, and 74 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	Life After Life (Todd Family, #1) by Kate Atkinson 3.78 avg rating — 248,971 ratings score: 6,831, and 75 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	Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1) by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 3.64 avg rating — 778,119 ratings score: 6,829, and 72 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	The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 121,931 ratings score: 6,800, and 71 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	Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 3.97 avg rating — 2,998,943 ratings score: 6,779, and 75 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	Recursion by Blake Crouch (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 355,033 ratings score: 6,760, and 71 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 Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley 3.55 avg rating — 269,853 ratings score: 6,756, and 71 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	Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 317,084 ratings score: 6,675, and 70 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	The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 179,174 ratings score: 6,551, and 69 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	Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace 4.25 avg rating — 106,176 ratings score: 6,474, and 68 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	The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard (Goodreads Author) 3.87 avg rating — 28,647 ratings score: 6,395, and 67 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	Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov 4.17 avg rating — 60,617 ratings score: 6,284, and 66 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 Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner 3.86 avg rating — 202,042 ratings score: 6,282, and 66 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 Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, #1) by Micaiah Johnson 3.92 avg rating — 47,581 ratings score: 6,210, and 65 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
47	Dracula by Bram Stoker 4.03 avg rating — 1,545,449 ratings score: 6,189, and 71 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	All This & More by Peng Shepherd 3.41 avg rating — 6,603 ratings score: 6,117, 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
49	The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1) by Matt Haig (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 2,688,002 ratings score: 6,105, 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
50	Piranesi by Susanna Clarke 4.19 avg rating — 585,985 ratings score: 6,054, 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
51	Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville 3.57 avg rating — 636,347 ratings score: 5,903, and 63 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	A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick 4.02 avg rating — 113,583 ratings score: 5,768, 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
53	Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf 3.77 avg rating — 375,999 ratings score: 5,431, and 57 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	Life of Pi by Yann Martel 3.95 avg rating — 1,789,632 ratings score: 5,262, and 56 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	Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett 3.84 avg rating — 229,171 ratings score: 5,185, and 56 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	The Road by Cormac McCarthy really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,091,168 ratings score: 5,016, and 56 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	Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami 4.11 avg rating — 578,307 ratings score: 4,860, 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
57	Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 916,773 ratings score: 4,860, and 52 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	Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino 4.09 avg rating — 102,829 ratings score: 4,817, and 52 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
60	Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad 3.43 avg rating — 576,578 ratings score: 4,562, and 50 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	Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4.16 avg rating — 261,804 ratings score: 4,525, and 50 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	Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick 4.09 avg rating — 536,097 ratings score: 4,400, and 50 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	Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 4.06 avg rating — 286,659 ratings score: 4,327, and 47 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	Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 4.15 avg rating — 449,962 ratings score: 4,302, and 48 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	One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey 4.20 avg rating — 796,757 ratings score: 4,176, and 49 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	The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks 3.76 avg rating — 115,677 ratings score: 4,158, and 47 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	Battle Royale by Koushun Takami 4.26 avg rating — 89,093 ratings score: 3,965, and 43 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	Factotum by Charles Bukowski 3.91 avg rating — 78,152 ratings score: 3,883, 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
69	Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr. 4.12 avg rating — 70,213 ratings score: 3,841, and 43 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
70	American Gods (American Gods, #1) by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 1,005,818 ratings score: 3,729, 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
71	Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis 3.65 avg rating — 31,566 ratings score: 3,673, 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
72	Finnegans Wake by James Joyce 3.68 avg rating — 13,927 ratings score: 3,655, 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
73	Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse 4.13 avg rating — 227,458 ratings score: 3,648, 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
74	Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 154,558 ratings score: 3,634, 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
75	Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1) by Irvine Welsh 4.07 avg rating — 18,484 ratings score: 3,579, 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
76	A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce 3.65 avg rating — 168,574 ratings score: 3,537, and 40 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	Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings by Jorge Luis Borges 4.44 avg rating — 34,637 ratings score: 3,466, and 37 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 Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera 4.10 avg rating — 570,246 ratings score: 3,132, and 37 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	The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne 3.72 avg rating — 23,432 ratings score: 3,094, and 33 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	Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4.29 avg rating — 1,162,596 ratings score: 3,083, 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
81	Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Céline 4.18 avg rating — 50,164 ratings score: 3,065, and 34 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	Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie 3.97 avg rating — 136,786 ratings score: 3,034, and 33 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	The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien 4.15 avg rating — 356,730 ratings score: 3,025, and 33 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 Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 277,045 ratings score: 3,014, and 33 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	The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman 4.58 avg rating — 265,940 ratings score: 2,680, 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
86	The Shining (The Shining, #1) by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 4.29 avg rating — 1,772,480 ratings score: 2,672, and 31 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	Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 185,426 ratings score: 2,656, 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
88	The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand 3.89 avg rating — 342,016 ratings score: 2,624, 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
89	Neuromancer (Sprawl #1) by William Gibson 3.89 avg rating — 380,915 ratings score: 2,604, 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
90	Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) by Chinua Achebe 3.75 avg rating — 427,071 ratings score: 2,603, 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
91	The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien 3.96 avg rating — 24,256 ratings score: 2,601, 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
92	Blood and Guts in High School by Kathy Acker 3.46 avg rating — 7,505 ratings score: 2,593, 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
93	The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 3,763,007 ratings score: 2,581, 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
94	Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes 4.25 avg rating — 846,760 ratings score: 2,576, 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
95	Watership Down (Watership Down, #1) by Richard Adams 4.10 avg rating — 515,648 ratings score: 2,525, 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
96	Dubliners by James Joyce 3.83 avg rating — 186,298 ratings score: 2,457, 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
97	The Man in the High Castle by Philip K. Dick 3.59 avg rating — 245,122 ratings score: 2,340, 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
98	Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg 4.13 avg rating — 121,315 ratings score: 2,322, and 25 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	The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury 4.16 avg rating — 294,334 ratings score: 2,292, and 27 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 Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) by Suzanne Collins 4.36 avg rating — 10,297,006 ratings score: 2,100, 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

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message 1: by Bookman (new)

Aug 31, 2010 12:45AM

Which of these are "children's"? I was quite surprised to see the list when I looked under "children's" because there are some books there that are very much NOT for children.

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message 2: by Alix (new)

Sep 27, 2011 03:56PM

some people are playing a little fast and loose with the word "experimental" here.

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message 3: by Jacob (new)

Jul 25, 2012 05:00PM

The only thing that J.D. was experimenting with when he wrote Catcher in The Rye, was new ways to make high school students waste their time.

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message 4: by [deleted user] (new)

Oct 28, 2012 03:04PM

"Ulysses" obviously deserves the number 1 spot

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message 5: by Leslie (new)

Jan 20, 2013 11:50AM

This is my favorite category of books. It's hard to define, but I'll take anyone's suggestions- because that's just more ideas for my 'to read' list!

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message 6: by Carrie (new)

May 11, 2013 07:33PM

I couldn't finish #1 because I couldn't get past the rape scene of minors. I even tried watching a midnight showing of the movie but fell asleep, although mostly because of the booze I'd consumed prior. What little I did read of Burgess' "experimental" vocabulary & his premise of "experimenting" bad behavior out was "interesting", to say the least.

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message 7: by BookLovingLady (deceased Jan. 25, 2023...) (new)

Jun 30, 2013 02:47PM

Alix wrote: "some people are playing a little fast and loose with the word "experimental" here."

I agree...

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message 8: by Danail (new)

Dec 19, 2013 11:49AM

The End of the Jesus Era correlates with tags: creative, history, innovative, non-fiction, odd, religion, science, series, unique, unorthodox.

An honest search for a path to God reveals the shocking findings...
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message 9: by Paul (new)

Jan 21, 2014 07:35AM

I can't believe how many WWII books there are on every list

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message 10: by Juan (last edited Mar 26, 2014 10:05AM) (new)

Mar 25, 2014 11:35PM

Booklovinglady wrote:

Alix wrote: "some people are playing a little fast and loose with the word "experimental" here."
I agree...

I agree...

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message 11: by Melanie (new)

Apr 22, 2014 12:44PM

Alix wrote: "some people are playing a little fast and loose with the word "experimental" here."

Definitely.

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message 12: by Taylor (new)

Apr 26, 2014 01:25AM

Melanie wrote: "Alix wrote: "some people are playing a little fast and loose with the word "experimental" here."

Definitely."

Agreed: Life of Pi? I'm actually pretty disappointed with a lot of the books on this list.

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message 13: by Melanie (new)

Apr 26, 2014 07:20AM

Agreed: Life of Pi? I'm actually pretty disappointed with a lot of th..."

Life of Pi is more like a fairy tale than experimental. There are certain publishers people should be looking at, like FC2, Coffee House Press, and FSG.

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message 14: by Daniel (new)

Apr 26, 2014 12:36PM

Some of these books are only experimental if you've read nothing that's actually experimental.

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message 15: by Melanie (new)

Apr 26, 2014 04:00PM

I'm going to add a bunch! I can totally do that!

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message 16: by Paul (new)

Nov 03, 2014 06:13AM

Checked for duplicates: 3 books removed.

I'd love someone to explain to me how 'Catcher in the Rye' is in any sense 'experimental'.

Another list rendered useless by being set up but not curated to remove spurious additions.

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message 17: by Leo (last edited May 28, 2016 10:30PM) (new)

May 28, 2016 10:24PM

Seems to me that these books aren't that experimental. The top of the list are transgressive, not experimental. Experiemntal works play with language and expectation.

And then, some light-weights that you can polish off in an evening show up. Like, for instance "The Eyre Affair."

Any serious list of experimental fiction would include heavyweights like "Finnegans Wake," "Ulysses," "The Waves," "To the Lighthouse," "Foucault's Pendulum," Name of the Rose," "JR" "Mason & Dixon," and "Gravity's Rainbow."

Those books take work to read. Because they play with both a novel's form and language itself. Some are dang-near impossible to read. For instance, I think I'll be 70 before I finally crack "Finnegans Wake," which I've been reading off and on since my thirties.

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message 18: by Ben (new)

Apr 15, 2017 05:16PM

Paul wrote: "Checked for duplicates: 3 books removed.

I'd love someone to explain to me how 'Catcher in the Rye' is in any sense 'experimental'.

Another list rendered useless by being set up but not curated t..."
The Catcher in the Rye is not exactly experimental, but it is on this list because it isn't a typical novel, for these reasons: The slang it is written in was very edgy at the time, it frequently uses passive voice, and most subtle but undoubtedly most important-the novel is entirely inseparable from its narrator. While people may dismiss Holden Caulfieldas as whiny and annoying, if you analyze his character carefully you will find that he is a unique and brilliantly written character who makes this book that would otherwise be pointless have real worth and significance. It ain't a classic for nothing.

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message 19: by James (new)

Aug 28, 2017 03:14PM

pmsl@ Mein Kampf
The man was totally misunderstood in his time.

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message 20: by Serenity (new)

May 03, 2018 08:56AM

Alix wrote: "some people are playing a little fast and loose with the word "experimental" here."

True

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message 21: by Erin (new)

Jun 25, 2020 01:18PM

How is The Adventures of Tom Sawyer on this list??? It is the quintessential children’s adventure novel — absolutely nothing experimental!

I also don’t see how Anne Frank’s The Diary of a Young Girl, The Hunger Games, Romeo and Juliet and others make any sense on this list, and that is only the first page...

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message 22: by Erin (new)

Jun 25, 2020 01:22PM

Even Pride and Prejudice? Okay, wow, either some people really misunderstood what this list was for or, as the someone who posted this list on ListChallenges put it, modern readers apparently think anything not written about vampires is experimental. =P

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message 23: by Caroline (new)

Dec 06, 2024 04:33PM

I find it funny how there are three books that share pretty much the exact plot right by each other: Breakthrough by Ken Grimwood, The Terminal Man by Michael Crichton, and Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes. Currently they're all right by each other on the list 69 to 72. Since Breakthrough by Ken Grimwood was the first to be written, it should be the only one of the three on the list. Flowers for Algernon was the very last to be written, and the worst in my opinion. I have no idea why it's on this list, and how in the hell did that book sell over 5 million copies? The author must have priced his book for 1 cent and bought 5 million copies and then upped the price, ha, ha.

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