3.91 avg rating — 237,245 ratings

"Because it's brilliant and bold "

4.31 avg rating — 106,450 ratings

"Because it just won the Booker & is wonderful"

4.28 avg rating — 2,281 ratings

"Marvelous through & through (tho' technically it was 1st pub. more than 20 yrs. ago but was so obscure I didn't read it til the 1990s)"

4.27 avg rating — 114,372 ratings

"Terrific saga"

4.59 avg rating — 260,668 ratings

"Fantastic western"

3.63 avg rating — 1,035 ratings

"A tour de force"

3.60 avg rating — 13,028 ratings

"Wonderfully enjoyable"

4.06 avg rating — 62,674 ratings

"Memorable monastics"

3.90 avg rating — 7,846 ratings

"Stunning, clever, and heartbreaking "

3.78 avg rating — 4,635 ratings

"Exquisite "

4.03 avg rating — 58,014 ratings

"Fabulous what-if premise"

3.88 avg rating — 54,887 ratings

"Intriguing"

4.03 avg rating — 19,586 ratings

"Terrific set up"

4.11 avg rating — 84,788 ratings

"Fascinating story"

4.01 avg rating — 34,332 ratings

"Hats off to her"

3.66 avg rating — 9,974 ratings

"Surprisingly good"

4.02 avg rating — 121,270 ratings

"Clever and authentic"

3.76 avg rating — 17,439 ratings

"Enjoyable"

3.89 avg rating — 15,837 ratings

"Marco Didius Falco, a man after my own heart. Who could resist?"

4.02 avg rating — 8,194 ratings

"Astounding. Emulates the Victorian era novel in heft if not scope."

3.89 avg rating — 45,396 ratings

"Amazing writing. Oddly off-putting characters that draw you in nonetheless."

4.14 avg rating — 372,452 ratings

"Tour de force. Who'd've believed a Japanese guy could depict an English butler so convincingly?"

3.70 avg rating — 5,945 ratings

"Most beautifully made or crafted novel ever."

3.70 avg rating — 2,190 ratings

"Liked the setting"

4.01 avg rating — 177,764 ratings

"Pretty good look back at the plague years. Liked the tie-in to the Arab world."

3.94 avg rating — 27,423 ratings

"Cool plotting?"

4.04 avg rating — 159,446 ratings

"Full of riddles, plot twists and forebodings... female villainy or innocence? Based on true incident in the 1840s."

3.90 avg rating — 85,397 ratings

"Sensational & satirical."

3.86 avg rating — 140,664 ratings

"Strange constellation of characters, a love story, and very fine writing indeed."

4.27 avg rating — 20,117 ratings

"Terrific hook, audacious characters, and good solid suspense. Set during the Napoleonic wars, this one in Spain.
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4.04 avg rating — 570,054 ratings

"Memorable - wierdly enthralling"

3.78 avg rating — 14,121 ratings

"It's genius "

4.35 avg rating — 844,611 ratings

"Gripping & epic
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3.87 avg rating — 62,254 ratings

"Brings new meaning to the word colorful characters:)"

4.23 avg rating — 34,104 ratings

"Eerie, chilling tale of conspiracy as the top spy gets to the bottom of le Dreyfus affair in fin de siècle Paris... "

3.72 avg rating — 13,817 ratings

"Nothing like losing your political innocence while spying on the Germans in Berlin during the Cold War - I liked this early novel by McEwan better than Atonement which obviously also explores themes of innocence, guilt, and betrayal brilliantly...
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4.31 avg rating — 2,024,795 ratings

"We read you loud & clear... Excellent all the way through. Plus winner of Pulitzer for fiction 2015:)"

3.85 avg rating — 104,361 ratings

"Highly enjoyable thanks to a sympathetic horse and narrator:)"

4.24 avg rating — 29,353 ratings

"The book is so slight compared to the epic film but still deserves some credit for the original story!"

3.98 avg rating — 6,986 ratings

""A dazzling romp through 17th-century England" "

4.06 avg rating — 452,464 ratings

"Very impressive re-imagining of fugitive slaves' escape route to freedom"

3.55 avg rating — 16,126 ratings

"Astonishing is right - don't be fooled by YA classification"

4.32 avg rating — 685,598 ratings

"The storytelling is exquisite, the characters endearing, the milieu sublime"