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1	A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 780,415 ratings score: 30,430, and 313 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 — 652,310 ratings score: 29,801, and 307 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 4.20 avg rating — 5,593,701 ratings score: 26,299, and 272 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 — 3,944,913 ratings score: 24,979, and 255 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 — 1,501,733 ratings score: 22,943, and 235 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	Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream by Hunter S. Thompson 4.06 avg rating — 382,982 ratings score: 21,416, and 223 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	House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 205,832 ratings score: 19,864, and 205 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	The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 4.13 avg rating — 1,931,535 ratings score: 18,110, and 194 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	If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino 4.01 avg rating — 114,297 ratings score: 17,804, and 187 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	Animal Farm by George Orwell 4.02 avg rating — 4,661,443 ratings score: 17,798, and 189 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	Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll 4.06 avg rating — 615,808 ratings score: 16,981, and 179 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 Beasts of Success by Jasun Ether (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 439 ratings score: 15,934, and 163 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 Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon 3.89 avg rating — 1,612,819 ratings score: 14,825, and 151 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 — 2,110,138 ratings score: 13,956, and 147 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	Ubik by Philip K. Dick 4.11 avg rating — 125,553 ratings score: 13,525, and 145 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	Watchmen by Alan Moore (Goodreads Author) 4.39 avg rating — 599,744 ratings score: 13,418, 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
17	American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis 3.80 avg rating — 371,026 ratings score: 13,062, and 143 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	Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 3.87 avg rating — 960,614 ratings score: 13,044, and 142 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	Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon 4.02 avg rating — 49,171 ratings score: 12,913, and 143 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	Ulysses by James Joyce 3.76 avg rating — 139,588 ratings score: 12,075, and 127 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	Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer (Goodreads Author) 4.02 avg rating — 1,205,967 ratings score: 11,539, and 124 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	The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov 4.28 avg rating — 432,906 ratings score: 10,884, and 117 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	Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 3.99 avg rating — 894,404 ratings score: 10,726, and 116 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	VALIS by Philip K. Dick 3.91 avg rating — 33,275 ratings score: 10,041, 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
25	The Pythagorean by Alexander Morpheigh 4.32 avg rating — 7,493 ratings score: 8,853, 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
26	Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell 4.01 avg rating — 271,302 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
27	The Trial by Franz Kafka 3.94 avg rating — 406,605 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
28	Naked Lunch: The Restored Text by William S. Burroughs 3.46 avg rating — 99,556 ratings score: 7,519, 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	Trainspotting by Irvine Welsh 4.12 avg rating — 182,829 ratings score: 7,386, and 81 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 — 2,923,110 ratings score: 7,236, and 76 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	Life After Life (Todd Family, #1) by Kate Atkinson 3.79 avg rating — 244,596 ratings score: 6,926, and 76 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	Before the Coffee Gets Cold (Before the Coffee Gets Cold, #1) by Toshikazu Kawaguchi 3.65 avg rating — 729,016 ratings score: 6,922, 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	One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez 4.12 avg rating — 1,123,999 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
34	The Book of Doors by Gareth Brown (Goodreads Author) 4.03 avg rating — 106,564 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
35	Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 3.97 avg rating — 2,903,504 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
36	The Ministry of Time by Kaliane Bradley 3.56 avg rating — 246,338 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
37	Recursion by Blake Crouch (Goodreads Author) 4.16 avg rating — 332,733 ratings score: 6,754, 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
38	Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 305,453 ratings score: 6,578, 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
39	The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 173,636 ratings score: 6,548, 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
40	The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard (Goodreads Author) 3.88 avg rating — 25,450 ratings score: 6,491, 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
41	Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace 4.25 avg rating — 103,224 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
42	Pale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov 4.17 avg rating — 58,653 ratings score: 6,382, 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
43	The Space Between Worlds (The Space Between Worlds, #1) by Micaiah Johnson 3.93 avg rating — 46,162 ratings score: 6,309, 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
44	The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner 3.86 avg rating — 198,297 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
45	Piranesi by Susanna Clarke 4.21 avg rating — 513,950 ratings score: 6,154, 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
46	All This & More by Peng Shepherd (Goodreads Author) 3.38 avg rating — 6,102 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
47	The Midnight Library (The Midnight World, #1) by Matt Haig (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 2,547,137 ratings score: 6,044, 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
48	On the Road by Jack Kerouac 3.61 avg rating — 453,395 ratings score: 6,043, 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
49	Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville 3.57 avg rating — 623,945 ratings score: 6,003, 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	Dracula by Bram Stoker 4.02 avg rating — 1,505,247 ratings score: 5,670, 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
51	A Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick 4.02 avg rating — 111,715 ratings score: 5,500, and 60 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	Dark Matter by Blake Crouch (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 760,085 ratings score: 5,474, 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
53	Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf 3.77 avg rating — 364,240 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 3.94 avg rating — 1,767,973 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	The Road by Cormac McCarthy really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,059,089 ratings score: 5,131, 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
56	Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett 3.84 avg rating — 225,340 ratings score: 5,097, and 55 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	Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino 4.09 avg rating — 99,346 ratings score: 4,976, and 54 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	Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 4.06 avg rating — 282,718 ratings score: 4,946, and 54 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	Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami 4.11 avg rating — 559,579 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
59	Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 879,752 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
61	The Wasp Factory by Iain Banks 3.76 avg rating — 112,539 ratings score: 4,663, 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
62	The Shining (The Shining, #1) by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 1,734,092 ratings score: 4,612, 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
63	Battle Royale by Koushun Takami 4.26 avg rating — 87,097 ratings score: 4,585, 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
64	Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad 3.43 avg rating — 565,882 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
65	Notes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4.17 avg rating — 241,823 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
66	One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey 4.20 avg rating — 787,153 ratings score: 4,334, and 51 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	Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr. 4.15 avg rating — 442,281 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
68	Lunar Park by Bret Easton Ellis 3.65 avg rating — 31,147 ratings score: 4,035, and 45 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	Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein 3.92 avg rating — 328,290 ratings score: 3,999, 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
70	Factotum by Charles Bukowski 3.92 avg rating — 76,825 ratings score: 3,955, and 45 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	Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr. 4.11 avg rating — 68,303 ratings score: 3,927, 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
72	The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand 3.89 avg rating — 339,246 ratings score: 3,908, 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
73	American Gods: Tenth Anniversary (American Gods, #1) by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 996,710 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
74	Invisible Monsters by Chuck Palahniuk (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 152,776 ratings score: 3,722, and 42 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	Finnegans Wake by James Joyce 3.68 avg rating — 13,727 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
76	Skagboys (Mark Renton, #1) by Irvine Welsh 4.07 avg rating — 18,127 ratings score: 3,652, 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	A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce 3.64 avg rating — 166,050 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
78	Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse 4.13 avg rating — 220,082 ratings score: 3,478, 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
79	Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick 4.09 avg rating — 522,315 ratings score: 3,469, and 38 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	Labyrinths: Selected Stories & Other Writings by Jorge Luis Borges 4.44 avg rating — 34,119 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
81	Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Céline 4.18 avg rating — 48,745 ratings score: 3,152, 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
82	The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne 3.72 avg rating — 23,138 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
83	Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4.29 avg rating — 1,113,258 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
84	The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera 4.10 avg rating — 554,400 ratings score: 3,049, 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
85	Midnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie 3.97 avg rating — 134,500 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
86	The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien 4.15 avg rating — 349,988 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
87	The Sandman, Vol. 1: Preludes & Nocturnes by Neil Gaiman (Goodreads Author) 4.25 avg rating — 274,954 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
88	The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury 4.16 avg rating — 289,245 ratings score: 2,991, 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
89	The Iliad by Homer 3.93 avg rating — 520,056 ratings score: 2,814, 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
90	Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand 3.69 avg rating — 409,331 ratings score: 2,740, 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
91	The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman 4.58 avg rating — 259,231 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
92	Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) by Chinua Achebe 3.75 avg rating — 418,691 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
93	The Third Policeman by Flann O'Brien 3.96 avg rating — 23,410 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
94	Blood and Guts in High School by Kathy Acker 3.46 avg rating — 7,272 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
95	Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes 4.24 avg rating — 815,425 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
96	Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 184,465 ratings score: 2,571, 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	Dubliners by James Joyce 3.83 avg rating — 180,501 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
98	Watership Down (Watership Down, #1) by Richard Adams 4.09 avg rating — 509,626 ratings score: 2,439, 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
99	Neuromancer (Sprawl #1) by William Gibson 3.89 avg rating — 370,295 ratings score: 2,431, 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
100	The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho (Goodreads Author) 3.92 avg rating — 3,648,769 ratings score: 2,410, and 26 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...
... The study includes author's autobiography, stories from his life experience as a zealous Christian, and some observations on Christianity, gained over 70 years.

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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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