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by George Orwell

61,774 members

891 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

11,052 members

178 reviews

4.2

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

3

Slaughterhouse-Five

by Kurt Vonnegut

45,548 members

717 reviews

4.1

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

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by Joseph Heller

41,073 members

539 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

40,040 members

730 reviews

4.2

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

6

Gulliver's Travels

by Jonathan Swift

1,146 members

11 reviews

½ 3.5

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

7

Cold Comfort Farm

by Stella Gibbons

5,914 members

232 reviews

4

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

8

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe

by Douglas Adams

18,790 members

196 reviews

4.1

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

9

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

44,615 members

531 reviews

3.9

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

10

Guards! Guards!

by Terry Pratchett

14,554 members

246 reviews

4.2

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

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Monstrous Regiment

by Terry Pratchett

9,677 members

135 reviews

4

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

12

by Terry Pratchett

11,583 members

171 reviews

½ 4.4

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

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by William Makepeace Thackeray

15,111 members

193 reviews

3.9

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

14

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead

by Tom Stoppard

8,196 members

94 reviews

4.2

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

15

The Rape of the Lock

by Alexander Pope

697 members

7 reviews

½ 3.5

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

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by Terry Pratchett

35,959 members

812 reviews

½ 4.3

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

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by Terry Pratchett

12,414 members

185 reviews

4.2

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

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Northanger Abbey

22,447 members

422 reviews

3.8

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

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by George Bernard Shaw

6,985 members

81 reviews

3.8

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

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by Kurt Vonnegut

22,971 members

308 reviews

4.1

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

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by Henry Fielding

8,347 members

97 reviews

3.9

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

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by Terry Pratchett

14,828 members

256 reviews

3.8

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

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

7,542 members

61 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

7,881 members

119 reviews

3.9

4 Members: thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Code of the Woosters

by P. G. Wodehouse

3,985 members

66 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: hipdeep, novicebaker, ahef1963, fredsmithx

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by Yevgeny Zamyatin

8,814 members

220 reviews

3.8

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

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21,180 members

319 reviews

3.8

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

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by Terry Pratchett

12,112 members

214 reviews

½ 4.3

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

29

1066 and All That

by W. C. Sellar

2,685 members

52 reviews

4

3 Members: thorold, AnnaClaire, ahef1963

30

The Colour of Magic

by Terry Pratchett

22,777 members

454 reviews

3.8

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

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by Terry Pratchett

10,327 members

124 reviews

4.1

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

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by Evelyn Waugh

3,656 members

77 reviews

3.8

4 Members: hipdeep, parlerodermime, novicebaker, alex68

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House of Leaves

by Mark Z. Danielewski

16,297 members

388 reviews

4.1

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

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by Terry Pratchett

10,411 members

145 reviews

4.1

4 Members: hipdeep, misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Terry Pratchett

5,140 members

72 reviews

4

4 Members: Ragnell, blackdove07, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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23,255 members

362 reviews

3.8

4 Members: thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

37

Our Man in Havana

by Graham Greene

5,526 members

143 reviews

3.9

4 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963

38

The Screwtape Letters

8,281 members

96 reviews

4.1

4 Members: hipdeep, misshiss, cej1027, ahef1963

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by Terry Pratchett

8,709 members

87 reviews

4.2

4 Members: hipdeep, misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

40

The Screwtape Letters / Screwtape Proposes a Toast

18,079 members

156 reviews

4.1

4 Members: hipdeep, misshiss, cej1027, ahef1963

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by Terry Pratchett

16,240 members

263 reviews

4.1

4 Members: misshiss, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

42

Moving Pictures

by Terry Pratchett

9,911 members

111 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: misshiss, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

43

The Fifth Elephant

by Terry Pratchett

10,093 members

107 reviews

4.1

4 Members: misshiss, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Terry Pratchett

11,619 members

159 reviews

4.1

4 Members: hipdeep, misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

24,773 members

301 reviews

4.1

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, VictoriaLynn

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by Douglas Coupland

3,236 members

108 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: novicebaker, ahef1963, VictoriaLynn, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Terry Pratchett

9,109 members

136 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: misshiss, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

48

The Amazing Maurice and His Educated Rodents

by Terry Pratchett

7,268 members

138 reviews

4

4 Members: misshiss, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Sirens of Titan

by Kurt Vonnegut

10,751 members

132 reviews

4

3 Members: aulsmith, ahef1963, VictoriaLynn

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A Modest Proposal [essay]

by Jonathan Swift

1,351 members

44 reviews

4

3 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, VictoriaLynn

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The School for Scandal

by Richard Brinsley Sheridan

1,102 members

17 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: novicebaker, ahef1963, mspixieears

52

The White Tiger

by Aravind Adiga

9,833 members

425 reviews

3.8

3 Members: thorold, novicebaker, ahef1963

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

1,391 members

35 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: blackdove07, novicebaker, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Mouse on Wall Street

by Leonard Wibberley

102 members

3 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

56

2,583 members

61 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: lahochstetler, novicebaker

57

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

by Lewis Carroll

28,505 members

494 reviews

4

3 Members: thecoroner, cej1027, ahef1963

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by Kingsley Amis

5,944 members

156 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: thorold, novicebaker, ahef1963

59

The Diary of a Nobody

by George Grossmith

3,367 members

94 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: thorold, novicebaker, ahef1963

60

Portnoy's Complaint

7,554 members

157 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: thecoroner, alex68, ahef1963

61

by Terry Pratchett

12,811 members

193 reviews

4

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

62

Breakfast of Champions

by Kurt Vonnegut

16,630 members

172 reviews

4

3 Members: blackdove07, ahef1963, VictoriaLynn

63

2,143 members

34 reviews

3.9

3 Members: thorold, thecoroner, ahef1963

64

by Terry Pratchett

11,869 members

159 reviews

4.1

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

65

by Terry Pratchett

10,441 members

148 reviews

4.1

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

66

The True Story of the Three Little Pigs

by Jon Scieszka

12,285 members

712 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: aulsmith, cej1027, ahef1963

67

by Terry Pratchett

9,642 members

112 reviews

4

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

68

A Confederacy of Dunces

by John Kennedy Toole

21,976 members

486 reviews

3.9

3 Members: hipdeep, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

69

by Terry Pratchett

10,730 members

126 reviews

4.2

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

70

by Terry Pratchett

10,105 members

116 reviews

4.1

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

71

by Terry Pratchett

9,547 members

125 reviews

4

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

72

Lords and Ladies

by Terry Pratchett

9,982 members

129 reviews

4

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

73

by Terry Pratchett

8,974 members

186 reviews

4

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

74

The Last Continent

by Terry Pratchett

8,913 members

100 reviews

3.8

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

75

The Lecturer's Tale

501 members

8 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: lahochstetler, novicebaker

76

The Wee Free Men

by Terry Pratchett

11,172 members

265 reviews

4.2

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

77

by Terry Pratchett

5,250 members

178 reviews

4

3 Members: misshiss, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

78

The Princess Bride

by William Goldman

25,656 members

540 reviews

½ 4.3

3 Members: aulsmith, cej1027, ahef1963

79

The Complete Yes Minister: The Diaries of a Cabinet Minister

by Jonathan Lynn

986 members

13 reviews

½ 4.5

2 Members: Edward, ahef1963

80

The Satires of Juvenal

by Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis

1,830 members

15 reviews

3.8

2 Members: Edward, novicebaker

81

When You Are Engulfed in Flames

by David Sedaris

9,360 members

270 reviews

3.9

2 Members: blackdove07, VictoriaLynn

82

The Mouse that Roared

by Leonard Wibberley

826 members

15 reviews

3.8

2 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith

83

by Margaret Atwood

17,445 members

546 reviews

3.9

2 Members: novicebaker, ahef1963

84

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

by Kurt Vonnegut

6,464 members

57 reviews

3.9

2 Members: Ragnell, blackdove07

85

Unseen Academicals

by Terry Pratchett

6,493 members

195 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

5,973 members

133 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

88

by Chuck Palahniuk

8,840 members

97 reviews

3.8

2 Members: novicebaker, ahef1963

89

5,262 members

71 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

90

by Chuck Palahniuk

19,790 members

328 reviews

4.1

2 Members: blackdove07, ahef1963

91

by Charles Dickens

14,115 members

255 reviews

4.2

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

92

by Michael Chabon

4,385 members

102 reviews

3.9

2 Members: hipdeep, novicebaker

93

by W. Somerset Maugham

1,993 members

40 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

94

The Dilbert Principle

4,057 members

42 reviews

3.8

2 Members: thorold, ahef1963

95

The Mouse on the Moon

by Leonard Wibberley

302 members

4 reviews

½ 3.5

Member: parlerodermime

96

Me Talk Pretty One Day

by David Sedaris

21,415 members

373 reviews

4

2 Members: blackdove07, ahef1963

97

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

by Hunter S. Thompson

14,718 members

192 reviews

4

2 Members: blackdove07, ahef1963

98

The Man Who Was Thursday

by G. K. Chesterton

7,295 members

172 reviews

3.8

2 Members: cej1027, ahef1963

99

by Terry Pratchett

5,283 members

248 reviews

4.1

2 Members: misshiss, ahef1963

100

The Devil Wears Prada

by Lauren Weisberger

11,934 members

228 reviews

½ 3.3

2 Members: misshiss, ahef1963

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