5000 BEST BOOKS

Year from to
 
RankScoreTitle (Year)LinksWriter
901.7.1Client (1993)GR  AM  KBJohn Grisham
902.7.1Hyperion (1989)GR  AM  KBDan Simmons
903.7.1The Savage Detectives (1998)GR  AM  KBRoberto Bolano
904.7.1Fast Food Nation (2002)GR  AM  KBEric Schlosser
905.7.1A House for Mr Biswas (1961)GR  AM  KBVS Naipaul
906.7.1Pollyanna (1913)GR  AM  KBEleanor H. Porter
907.7.1Sybil (1973)GR  AM  KBFlora Rheta Schreiber
908.7.1Leviathan (2009)GR  AM  KBScott Westerfeld
909.7.1When You Reach Me (2009)GR  AM  KBRebecca Stead
910.7.1Mystic River (2001)GR  AM  KBDennis Lehane
911.7.1SlammedGR  AM  KBColleen Hoover
912.7.1Down and Out in Paris and London (1933)GR  AM  KBGeorge Orwell
913.7.1The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down (1998)GR  AM  KBAnne Fadiman
914.7.1The Adventures of Augie March (1953)GR  AM  KBSaul Bellow
915.7.1Darkest PowersGR  AM  KBKelley Armstrong
916.7.1FormaldehydeGR  AM  KB
917.7.1This Side of Paradise (1920)GR  AM  KBF. Scott Fitzgerald
918.7.1The New 52 (2011)GR  AM  KB
919.7.1Wolf Hall (2009)GR  AM  KBHilary Mantel
920.7.1The History of Love (2005)GR  AM  KBNicole Krauss
921.7.1Adam Bede (1859)GR  AM  KBGeorge Eliot
922.7.1Hex Hall (2010)GR  AM  KBRachel Hawkins
923.7.1Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass An American Slave (1845)GR  AM  KBFrederick Douglass
924.7.1All the Pretty Horses (1992)GR  AM  KBCormac McCarthy
925.7.1Sookie StackhouseGR  AM  KBCharlaine Harris
926.7.1God Is Not Great (2007)GR  AM  KBChristopher Hitchens
927.7.1Porno (2002)GR  AM  KBIrvine Welsh
928.7.1The City of Ember (2003)GR  AM  KBJeanne DuPrau
929.7.1Yertle the Turtle and Other Stories (1958)GR  AM  KBDr. Seuss
930.7.1Elantris (2005)GR  AM  KBBrandon Sanderson
931.7.1MasnaviGR  AM  KBRumi
932.7.1CensusGR  AM  KB
933.7.1The Dharma Bums (1958)GR  AM  KBJack Kerouac
934.7.1Half of a Yellow Sun (2007)GR  AM  KBChimamanda Ngozi Adichie
935.7.1Timeline (1999)GR  AM  KBMichael Crichton
936.7.1Anansi Boys (2005)GR  AM  KBNeil Gaiman
937.7.1The Counterfeiters (1925)GR  AM  KBAndre Gide
938.7.1Sometimes a Great Notion (1964)GR  AM  KBKen Kesey
939.7.1I Am Number Four (2010)GR  AM  KBPittacus Lore
940.7.1Lock and Key (2008)GR  AM  KBSarah Dessen
941.7.1Till We Have Faces (1956)GR  AM  KBC.S. Lewis
942.7.1Watchers (1987)GR  AM  KBDean Koontz
943.7.1Death Comes for the Archbishop (1927)GR  AM  KBWilla Cather
944.7.1On the Beach (1957)GR  AM  KBNevil Shute
945.7.1Ironweed (1983)GR  AM  KBWilliam Kennedy
946.7.1StoriesGR  AM  KBAnton Chekhov
947.7.1Separate Peace (1959)GR  AM  KBJohn Knowles
948.7.1Zuleika Dobson (1911)GR  AM  KBMax Beerbohm
949.7.1Gilead (2004)GR  AM  KBMarilynne Robinson
950.7.1DepressionGR  AM  KB
951.7.1Immortals After DarkGR  AM  KBKresley Cole
952.7.1The Clan of the Cave Bear (1980)GR  AM  KBJean M. Auel
953.7.1Interview with the Vampire (1976)GR  AM  KBAnne Rice
954.7.1Walk Two Moons (1994)GR  AM  KBSharon Creech
955.7.1Out of Africa (1937)GR  AM  KBIsak Dinesen
956.7.1Girl, Interrupted (1993)GR  AM  KBSusanna Kaysen
957.7.1Anna and the French KissGR  AM  KBStephanie Perkins
958.7.1The Sparrow (1996)GR  AM  KBMary Doria Russell
959.7.1EssaysGR  AM  KBMichel de Montaigne
960.7.1Stevie Ray VaughanGR  AM  KB
961.7.1Dolores Claiborne (1992)GR  AM  KBStephen King
962.7.1Manon LescautGR  AM  KBAbbe Prevost
963.7.1The Sign of Four (1890)GR  AM  KBArthur Conan Doyle
964.7.1Inkheart (2003)GR  AM  KBCornelia Funke
965.7.1Everything That Rises Must Converge (1965)GR  AM  KBFlannery O'Connor
966.7.1Before I Fall (2010)GR  AM  KBLauren Oliver
967.7.1Unaccustomed Earth (2008)GR  AM  KBJhumpa Lahiri
968.7.1Story of My LifeGR  AM  KBHelen Keller
969.7.1A Memory of Light (2013)GR  AM  KBBrandon Sanderson
970.7.1Flowers in the Attic (1979)GR  AM  KBV.C. Andrews
971.7.1Love Story (1970)GR  AM  KBEric Segal
972.7.1LifeGR  AM  KBJames Fox
973.7.1Under the Skin (2000)GR  AM  KBMichel Faber
974.7.1A High Wind in Jamaica (1929)GR  AM  KBRichard Hughes
975.7.1The Painted Bird (1965)GR  AM  KBJerzy Kosinski
976.7.1Damar (1982)GR  AM  KBRobin McKinley
977.7.1Psy-ChangelingGR  AM  KBNalini Singh
978.7.1High School DxDGR  AM  KB
979.7.1The 3 Mistakes of My Life (2008)GR  AM  KBChetan Bhagat
980.7.1Message in a Bottle (1998)GR  AM  KBNicholas Sparks
981.7.1Welcome to the Monkey House (1968)GR  AM  KBKurt Vonnegut
982.7.1Runaway Bunny (1942)GR  AM  KBMargaret Wise Brown
983.7.1City of Bones (2007)GR  AM  KBCassandra Clare
984.7.1Blue Like Jazz (2003)GR  AM  KBDonald Miller
985.7.1Year of Wonders (2001)GR  AM  KBGeraldine Brooks
986.7.1The Castle of Otranto (1764)GR  AM  KBHorace Walpole
987.7.1Because of Winn-Dixie (2000)GR  AM  KBKate DiCamillo
988.7.12666 (2004)GR  AM  KBRoberto Bolano
989.7.1UgliesGR  AM  KBScott Westerfeld
990.7.1Push (1996)GR  AM  KBSapphire
991.7.1Blue BloodsGR  AM  KBMelissa de la Cruz
992.7.1The PianistGR  AM  KBWladyslaw Szpilman
993.7.1Cheaper by the Dozen (1948)GR  AM  KBFrank B. Gilbreth
994.7.1Zazie in the Metro (1959)GR  AM  KBRaymond Queneau
995.7.1Collected FictionsGR  AM  KBJorge Luis Borges
996.7.1You Are SpecialGR  AM  KBMax Lucado
997.7.1Breaking Dawn (2008)GR  AM  KBStephenie Meyer
998.7.1Rich Dad Poor Dad (2000)GR  AM  KBRobert Kiyosaki
999.7.1White Oleander (1999)GR  AM  KBJanet Fitch
1000.7.1Under the Banner of Heaven (2003)GR  AM  KBJon Krakauer
 
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5000 Best Books, by Arek Paterek (Twitter), 2012.
Scores are based mainly on Wikipedia, Goodreads and various top-lists.
 
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