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by George Orwell

62,177 members

900 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

11,118 members

179 reviews

4.2

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

3

Slaughterhouse-Five

by Kurt Vonnegut

45,714 members

727 reviews

4.1

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

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by Joseph Heller

41,265 members

541 reviews

4.1

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

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

by Douglas Adams

40,268 members

740 reviews

4.2

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

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Gulliver's Travels

by Jonathan Swift

1,148 members

11 reviews

½ 3.5

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

7

Cold Comfort Farm

by Stella Gibbons

5,936 members

232 reviews

4

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

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The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

by Douglas Adams

18,882 members

199 reviews

4.1

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

9

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

44,825 members

535 reviews

3.9

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

10

Guards! Guards!

by Terry Pratchett

14,619 members

250 reviews

4.2

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

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Monstrous Regiment

by Terry Pratchett

9,708 members

137 reviews

4

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

12

by Terry Pratchett

11,630 members

173 reviews

½ 4.4

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

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by William Makepeace Thackeray

15,173 members

193 reviews

3.9

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

14

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

by Tom Stoppard

8,206 members

94 reviews

4.2

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

15

The Rape of the Lock

by Alexander Pope

700 members

7 reviews

½ 3.5

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

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by Terry Pratchett

36,135 members

815 reviews

½ 4.3

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

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by Terry Pratchett

12,447 members

186 reviews

4.2

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

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Northanger Abbey

22,584 members

425 reviews

3.8

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

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by George Bernard Shaw

7,013 members

81 reviews

3.8

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

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by Kurt Vonnegut

23,039 members

309 reviews

4.1

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

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by Henry Fielding

8,370 members

97 reviews

3.9

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

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by Terry Pratchett

14,911 members

258 reviews

3.8

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

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

7,562 members

62 reviews

4.1

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

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The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman

by Laurence Sterne

7,957 members

119 reviews

3.9

4 Members: thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Code of the Woosters

by P. G. Wodehouse

4,005 members

67 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: hipdeep, novicebaker, ahef1963, fredsmithx

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by Yevgeny Zamyatin

8,869 members

225 reviews

3.8

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

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21,258 members

319 reviews

3.8

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

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by Terry Pratchett

12,154 members

216 reviews

½ 4.3

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

29

1066 and All That

by W. C. Sellar

2,697 members

52 reviews

4

3 Members: thorold, AnnaClaire, ahef1963

30

The Colour of Magic

by Terry Pratchett

22,914 members

457 reviews

3.8

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

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by Terry Pratchett

10,350 members

125 reviews

4.1

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

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by Evelyn Waugh

3,672 members

77 reviews

3.8

4 Members: hipdeep, parlerodermime, novicebaker, alex68

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House of Leaves

by Mark Z. Danielewski

16,389 members

388 reviews

4.1

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

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by Terry Pratchett

10,469 members

147 reviews

4.1

4 Members: hipdeep, misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Terry Pratchett

5,162 members

72 reviews

4

4 Members: Ragnell, blackdove07, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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23,370 members

364 reviews

3.8

4 Members: thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

37

Our Man in Havana

by Graham Greene

5,550 members

143 reviews

3.9

4 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963

38

The Screwtape Letters

8,323 members

96 reviews

4.1

4 Members: hipdeep, misshiss, cej1027, ahef1963

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by Terry Pratchett

8,747 members

89 reviews

4.2

4 Members: hipdeep, misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

40

The Screwtape Letters / Screwtape Proposes a Toast

18,186 members

157 reviews

4.1

4 Members: hipdeep, misshiss, cej1027, ahef1963

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by Terry Pratchett

16,302 members

265 reviews

4.1

4 Members: misshiss, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

42

Moving Pictures

by Terry Pratchett

9,965 members

113 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: misshiss, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Fifth Elephant

by Terry Pratchett

10,134 members

108 reviews

4.1

4 Members: misshiss, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Terry Pratchett

11,674 members

164 reviews

4.1

4 Members: hipdeep, misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

24,851 members

301 reviews

4.1

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, VictoriaLynn

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by Douglas Coupland

3,243 members

108 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: novicebaker, ahef1963, VictoriaLynn, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Terry Pratchett

9,145 members

137 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: misshiss, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

by Terry Pratchett

7,316 members

139 reviews

4

4 Members: misshiss, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Sirens of Titan

by Kurt Vonnegut

10,813 members

133 reviews

4

3 Members: aulsmith, ahef1963, VictoriaLynn

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A Modest Proposal [essay]

by Jonathan Swift

1,366 members

44 reviews

4

3 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, VictoriaLynn

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The School for Scandal

by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

1,108 members

17 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: novicebaker, ahef1963, mspixieears

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The White Tiger

by Aravind Adiga

9,881 members

425 reviews

3.8

3 Members: thorold, novicebaker, ahef1963

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

1,393 members

35 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: blackdove07, novicebaker, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Mouse on Wall Street

by Leonard Wibberley

103 members

4 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: parlerodermime, novicebaker

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The Adventures of Inspector Lestrade

96 members

5 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: lahochstetler, novicebaker

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2,584 members

61 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: lahochstetler, novicebaker

57

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

by Lewis Carroll

28,733 members

496 reviews

4

3 Members: thecoroner, cej1027, ahef1963

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by Kingsley Amis

5,960 members

156 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: thorold, novicebaker, ahef1963

59

The Diary of a Nobody

by George Grossmith

3,380 members

95 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: thorold, novicebaker, ahef1963

60

Portnoy's Complaint

7,572 members

157 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963

61

by Terry Pratchett

12,871 members

196 reviews

4

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

62

Breakfast of Champions

by Kurt Vonnegut

16,698 members

175 reviews

4

3 Members: blackdove07, ahef1963, VictoriaLynn

63

2,145 members

35 reviews

3.9

3 Members: thorold, thecoroner, ahef1963

64

by Terry Pratchett

11,892 members

161 reviews

4.1

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

65

by Terry Pratchett

10,486 members

149 reviews

4.1

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

66

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

by Jon Scieszka

12,325 members

712 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: aulsmith, cej1027, ahef1963

67

by Terry Pratchett

9,684 members

114 reviews

4

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

68

A Confederacy of Dunces

by John Kennedy Toole

22,025 members

487 reviews

3.9

3 Members: hipdeep, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

69

by Terry Pratchett

10,776 members

128 reviews

4.2

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

70

by Terry Pratchett

10,147 members

117 reviews

4.1

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

71

by Terry Pratchett

9,600 members

126 reviews

4

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

72

Lords and Ladies

by Terry Pratchett

10,031 members

131 reviews

4

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

73

by Terry Pratchett

9,018 members

187 reviews

4

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

74

The Last Continent

by Terry Pratchett

8,949 members

102 reviews

3.8

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

75

The Lecturer's Tale

504 members

8 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: lahochstetler, novicebaker

76

The Wee Free Men

by Terry Pratchett

11,239 members

265 reviews

4.2

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

77

by Terry Pratchett

5,296 members

179 reviews

4

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

78

The Princess Bride

by William Goldman

25,780 members

544 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: aulsmith, cej1027, ahef1963

79

The Complete Yes Minister: The Diaries of a Cabinet Minister

by Jonathan Lynn

995 members

13 reviews

½ 4.5

2 Members: Edward, ahef1963

80

The Satires of Juvenal

by Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis

1,841 members

15 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Edward, novicebaker

81

When You Are Engulfed in Flames

by David Sedaris

9,393 members

271 reviews

3.9

2 Members: blackdove07, VictoriaLynn

82

The Mouse that Roared

by Leonard Wibberley

831 members

16 reviews

3.9

2 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith

83

by Margaret Atwood

17,480 members

547 reviews

3.9

2 Members: novicebaker, ahef1963

84

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

by Kurt Vonnegut

6,490 members

58 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Ragnell, blackdove07

85

Unseen Academicals

by Terry Pratchett

6,542 members

196 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

5,988 members

133 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

88

by Chuck Palahniuk

8,863 members

97 reviews

3.9

2 Members: novicebaker, ahef1963

89

Metamorphosis [Bantam Classic]

5,275 members

71 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

90

by Chuck Palahniuk

19,892 members

329 reviews

4.1

2 Members: blackdove07, ahef1963

91

by Charles Dickens

14,199 members

256 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

92

by Michael Chabon

4,400 members

102 reviews

3.9

2 Members: hipdeep, novicebaker

93

by W. Somerset Maugham

2,003 members

41 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

94

The Dilbert Principle

4,067 members

42 reviews

3.8

2 Members: thorold, ahef1963

95

The Mouse on the Moon

by Leonard Wibberley

303 members

5 reviews

½ 3.4

Member: parlerodermime

96

Me Talk Pretty One Day

by David Sedaris

21,456 members

374 reviews

4

2 Members: blackdove07, ahef1963

97

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

by Hunter S. Thompson

14,754 members

194 reviews

4

2 Members: blackdove07, ahef1963

98

The Man Who Was Thursday

by G. K. Chesterton

7,311 members

173 reviews

3.8

2 Members: cej1027, ahef1963

99

by Terry Pratchett

5,304 members

249 reviews

4.1

2 Members: misshiss, ahef1963

100

The Devil Wears Prada

by Lauren Weisberger

11,979 members

229 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: misshiss, ahef1963

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