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by George Orwell

61,579 members

892 reviews

4

14 Members: Edward, hipdeep, devenish, Ragnell, thorold, aulsmith, blackdove07, andreas.wpv, thecoroner, misshiss, alex68, ahef1963, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Importance of Being Earnest

10,941 members

179 reviews

4.2

10 Members: hipdeep, parlerodermime, aulsmith, blackdove07, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, dwarren13, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda

3

Slaughterhouse-Five

by Kurt Vonnegut

44,980 members

712 reviews

4.1

9 Members: hipdeep, Ragnell, aulsmith, blackdove07, andreas.wpv, ahef1963, mspixieears, VictoriaLynn, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Joseph Heller

40,685 members

536 reviews

4.1

9 Members: Edward, hipdeep, devenish, Ragnell, thorold, aulsmith, blackdove07, thecoroner, alex68,andreas.wpv

5

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

by Douglas Adams

39,602 members

721 reviews

4.2

10 Members: hipdeep, devenish, Ragnell, blackdove07, andreas.wpv, cej1027, ahef1963, bukowskientrepapas, VictoriaLynn, ManWithAnAgenda

6

Gulliver's Travels

by Jonathan Swift

1,140 members

11 reviews

½ 3.5

8 Members: thorold, aulsmith, andreas.wpv, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda

7

Cold Comfort Farm

by Stella Gibbons

5,868 members

231 reviews

4

7 Members: devenish, lahochstetler, AnnaClaire, thecoroner, ahef1963, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith

8

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

by Douglas Adams

18,624 members

195 reviews

4.1

7 Members: hipdeep, Ragnell, andreas.wpv, ahef1963, bukowskientrepapas, VictoriaLynn, ManWithAnAgenda

9

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

44,059 members

525 reviews

3.9

7 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, thecoroner, misshiss, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

10

Guards! Guards!

by Terry Pratchett

14,397 members

245 reviews

4.2

7 Members: Ragnell, aulsmith, blackdove07, misshiss, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

11

Monstrous Regiment

by Terry Pratchett

9,553 members

132 reviews

4

6 Members: Ragnell, thorold, aulsmith, misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

12

by Terry Pratchett

11,436 members

165 reviews

½ 4.4

6 Members: Ragnell, aulsmith, blackdove07, misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

13

by William Makepeace Thackeray

14,969 members

194 reviews

3.9

5 Members: thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, VictoriaLynn, ManWithAnAgenda

14

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

by Tom Stoppard

8,125 members

92 reviews

4.2

5 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, novicebaker, ahef1963, mspixieears

15

The Rape of the Lock

by Alexander Pope

689 members

7 reviews

½ 3.5

5 Members: hipdeep, thorold, novicebaker, ahef1963, VictoriaLynn

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by Terry Pratchett

35,520 members

801 reviews

½ 4.3

6 Members: hipdeep, blackdove07, andreas.wpv, ahef1963, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda,misshiss

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by Terry Pratchett

12,275 members

182 reviews

4.2

5 Members: Ragnell, aulsmith, misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

18

Northanger Abbey

22,181 members

419 reviews

3.8

5 Members: AnnaClaire, thecoroner, ahef1963, mspixieears, ManWithAnAgenda

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by George Bernard Shaw

6,900 members

78 reviews

3.8

5 Members: parlerodermime, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, mspixieears

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by Kurt Vonnegut

22,710 members

300 reviews

4.1

5 Members: Ragnell, blackdove07, ahef1963, VictoriaLynn, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Henry Fielding

8,266 members

94 reviews

3.9

5 Members: thecoroner, novicebaker, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Terry Pratchett

14,694 members

255 reviews

3.8

5 Members: misshiss, cej1027, ahef1963, bukowskientrepapas, ManWithAnAgenda

23

America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction

7,488 members

62 reviews

4.1

5 Members: hipdeep, AnnaClaire, novicebaker, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

24

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

by Laurence Sterne

7,796 members

116 reviews

3.9

4 Members: thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

25

The Code of the Woosters

by P. G. Wodehouse

3,943 members

67 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: hipdeep, novicebaker, ahef1963, fredsmithx

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by Yevgeny Zamyatin

8,677 members

220 reviews

3.8

5 Members: blackdove07, thecoroner, novicebaker, alex68, ManWithAnAgenda

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20,976 members

318 reviews

3.8

5 Members: thecoroner, novicebaker, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

28

by Terry Pratchett

11,961 members

208 reviews

½ 4.3

5 Members: misshiss, cej1027, ahef1963, VictoriaLynn, ManWithAnAgenda

29

1066 and All That

by W. C. Sellar

2,669 members

51 reviews

4

3 Members: thorold, AnnaClaire, ahef1963

30

The Colour of Magic

by Terry Pratchett

22,495 members

450 reviews

3.8

5 Members: misshiss, novicebaker, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Terry Pratchett

10,206 members

123 reviews

4.1

5 Members: aulsmith, misshiss, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Evelyn Waugh

3,634 members

78 reviews

3.8

4 Members: hipdeep, parlerodermime, novicebaker, alex68

33

House of Leaves

by Mark Z. Danielewski

15,998 members

380 reviews

4.1

5 Members: thecoroner, misshiss, novicebaker, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Terry Pratchett

10,317 members

144 reviews

4.1

4 Members: hipdeep, misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Terry Pratchett

5,105 members

71 reviews

4

4 Members: Ragnell, blackdove07, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

36

22,996 members

364 reviews

3.8

4 Members: thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

37

Our Man in Havana

by Graham Greene

5,465 members

142 reviews

3.9

4 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963

38

The Screwtape Letters

8,093 members

91 reviews

4.1

4 Members: hipdeep, misshiss, cej1027, ahef1963

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by Terry Pratchett

8,621 members

85 reviews

4.2

4 Members: hipdeep, misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

40

The Screwtape Letters / Screwtape Proposes a Toast

17,957 members

154 reviews

4.1

4 Members: hipdeep, misshiss, cej1027, ahef1963

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by Terry Pratchett

16,090 members

260 reviews

4.1

4 Members: misshiss, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

42

Moving Pictures

by Terry Pratchett

9,816 members

108 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: misshiss, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

43

The Fifth Elephant

by Terry Pratchett

9,984 members

102 reviews

4.1

4 Members: misshiss, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Terry Pratchett

11,491 members

156 reviews

4.1

4 Members: hipdeep, misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

45

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

24,562 members

297 reviews

4.1

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, VictoriaLynn

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by Douglas Coupland

3,225 members

107 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: novicebaker, ahef1963, VictoriaLynn, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Terry Pratchett

9,016 members

133 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: misshiss, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

48

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

by Terry Pratchett

7,184 members

135 reviews

4

4 Members: misshiss, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

49

The Sirens of Titan

by Kurt Vonnegut

10,620 members

128 reviews

4

3 Members: aulsmith, ahef1963, VictoriaLynn

50

A Modest Proposal [essay]

by Jonathan Swift

1,333 members

44 reviews

4

3 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, VictoriaLynn

51

The School for Scandal

by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

1,091 members

17 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: novicebaker, ahef1963, mspixieears

52

The White Tiger

by Aravind Adiga

9,725 members

425 reviews

3.8

3 Members: thorold, novicebaker, ahef1963

53

I, Lucifer: Finally, the Other Side of the Story

1,385 members

35 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: blackdove07, novicebaker, ManWithAnAgenda

54

The Mouse on Wall Street

by Leonard Wibberley

98 members

3 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: parlerodermime, novicebaker

55

The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade

96 members

5 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: lahochstetler, novicebaker

56

2,573 members

61 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: lahochstetler, novicebaker

57

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

by Lewis Carroll

28,071 members

490 reviews

4

3 Members: thecoroner, cej1027, ahef1963

58

by Kingsley Amis

5,888 members

155 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: thorold, novicebaker, ahef1963

59

The Diary of a Nobody

by George Grossmith

3,336 members

93 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: thorold, novicebaker, ahef1963

60

Portnoy's Complaint

7,482 members

155 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963

61

by Terry Pratchett

12,672 members

191 reviews

4

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

62

Breakfast of Champions

by Kurt Vonnegut

16,514 members

169 reviews

4

3 Members: blackdove07, ahef1963, VictoriaLynn

63

2,132 members

34 reviews

3.9

3 Members: thorold, thecoroner, ahef1963

64

by Terry Pratchett

11,738 members

152 reviews

4.1

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

65

by Terry Pratchett

10,333 members

145 reviews

4.1

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

66

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

by Jon Scieszka

12,071 members

682 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: aulsmith, cej1027, ahef1963

67

by Terry Pratchett

9,536 members

109 reviews

4

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

68

A Confederacy of Dunces

by John Kennedy Toole

21,737 members

479 reviews

3.9

3 Members: hipdeep, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

69

by Terry Pratchett

10,614 members

123 reviews

4.2

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

70

by Terry Pratchett

10,029 members

113 reviews

4.1

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

71

by Terry Pratchett

9,465 members

121 reviews

4

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

72

Lords and Ladies

by Terry Pratchett

9,879 members

126 reviews

4

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Terry Pratchett

8,858 members

180 reviews

4

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

74

The Last Continent

by Terry Pratchett

8,809 members

95 reviews

3.8

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

75

The Lecturer's Tale

499 members

8 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: lahochstetler, novicebaker

76

The Wee Free Men

by Terry Pratchett

10,966 members

261 reviews

4.2

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

77

by Terry Pratchett

5,159 members

175 reviews

4

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

78

The Princess Bride

by William Goldman

25,374 members

537 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: aulsmith, cej1027, ahef1963

79

The Complete Yes Minister: The Diaries of a Cabinet Minister

by Jonathan Lynn

979 members

13 reviews

½ 4.4

2 Members: Edward, ahef1963

80

The Satires of Juvenal

by Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis

1,814 members

15 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Edward, novicebaker

81

When You Are Engulfed in Flames

by David Sedaris

9,281 members

268 reviews

3.9

2 Members: blackdove07, VictoriaLynn

82

The Mouse that Roared

by Leonard Wibberley

815 members

15 reviews

3.8

2 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith

83

by Margaret Atwood

17,222 members

542 reviews

3.9

2 Members: novicebaker, ahef1963

84

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

by Kurt Vonnegut

6,395 members

56 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Ragnell, blackdove07

85

Unseen Academicals

by Terry Pratchett

6,393 members

190 reviews

3.9

2 Members: hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda

86

Kafka in Tangier

by Mohammed Said Hjiouij

16 members

9 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: hjiouij

87

I Am America (And So Can You!)

by Stephen Colbert

5,937 members

134 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

88

by Chuck Palahniuk

8,792 members

96 reviews

3.9

2 Members: novicebaker, ahef1963

89

5,226 members

72 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

90

by Chuck Palahniuk

19,584 members

326 reviews

4.1

2 Members: blackdove07, ahef1963

91

by Charles Dickens

13,955 members

251 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

92

by Michael Chabon

4,361 members

104 reviews

3.9

2 Members: hipdeep, novicebaker

93

by W. Somerset Maugham

1,977 members

41 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

94

The Dilbert Principle

4,033 members

42 reviews

3.8

2 Members: thorold, ahef1963

95

The Mouse on the Moon

by Leonard Wibberley

298 members

4 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: parlerodermime

96

Me Talk Pretty One Day

by David Sedaris

21,292 members

372 reviews

4

2 Members: blackdove07, ahef1963

97

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

by Hunter S. Thompson

14,571 members

193 reviews

4

2 Members: blackdove07, ahef1963

98

The Man Who Was Thursday

by G. K. Chesterton

7,202 members

169 reviews

3.8

2 Members: cej1027, ahef1963

99

by Terry Pratchett

5,231 members

245 reviews

4.1

2 Members: misshiss, ahef1963

100

The Devil Wears Prada

by Lauren Weisberger

11,829 members

226 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: misshiss, ahef1963

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