5000 BEST BOOKS

Year from to
 
RankScoreTitle (Year)LinksWriter
1001.7.1Wintergirls (2009)GR  AM  KBLaurie Halse Anderson
1002.7.1Mystery of Edwin Drood (1870)GR  AM  KBCharles Dickens
1003.7.1Invisible Man (1897)GR  AM  KBH.G. Wells
1004.7.1Stargirl (2000)GR  AM  KBJerry Spinelli
1005.7.1A Bend in the Road (2001)GR  AM  KBNicholas Sparks
1006.7.1Njal's SagaGR  AM  KB
1007.7.1Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (1985)GR  AM  KBJeanette Winterson
1008.7.1Odd Thomas (2003)GR  AM  KBDean Koontz
1009.7.1The Dark Is Rising Sequence (1984)GR  AM  KBSusan Cooper
1010.7.1Good to Great (2001)GR  AM  KBJames C. Collins
1011.7.1The Missing Piece (1976)GR  AM  KBShel Silverstein
1012.7.1The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole, Aged 13 (1982)GR  AM  KBSue Townsend
1013.7.1Pinocchio (1883)GR  AM  KBCarlo Collodi
1014.7.1Bridge of San Luis Rey (1927)GR  AM  KBThornton Wilder
1015.7.1Last Exit to Brooklyn (1964)GR  AM  KBHubert Selby Jr.
1016.7.1The White Tiger (2008)GR  AM  KBAravind Adiga
1017.7.1Ragtime (1975)GR  AM  KBE.L. Doctorow
1018.7.1Snow Falling on Cedars (1994)GR  AM  KBDavid Guterson
1019.7.1The Talented Mr Ripley (1955)GR  AM  KBPatricia Highsmith
1020.7.111/22/63GR  AM  KBStephen King
1021.7.1The Secret (2006)GR  AM  KBRhonda Byrne
1022.7.1Eat, Pray, Love (2006)GR  AM  KBElizabeth Gilbert
1023.7.1Demian (1919)GR  AM  KBHermann Hesse
1024.7.1Burned (2007)GR  AM  KBEllen Hopkins
1025.7.1Sir Gawain and the Grene KnightGR  AM  KB
1026.7.1Titus AndronicusGR  AM  KBWilliam Shakespeare
1027.7.1The Right Stuff (1979)GR  AM  KBTom Wolfe
1028.7.1History (1974)GR  AM  KBElsa Morante
1029.7.1Hatchet (1987)GR  AM  KBGary Paulsen
1030.7.1Fatherland (1992)GR  AM  KBRobert Harris
1031.7.1Moll Flanders (1721)GR  AM  KBDaniel Defoe
1032.7.1The Rum Diary (1998)GR  AM  KBHunter S. Thompson
1033.7.1Liar's Poker (1990)GR  AM  KBMichael Lewis
1034.7.1Bel-Ami (1885)GR  AM  KBGuy de Maupassant
1035.7.1MadelineGR  AM  KBLudwig Bemelmans
1036.7.1Misty of Chincoteague (1947)GR  AM  KBMarguerite Henry
1037.7.1Still AliceGR  AM  KBLisa Genova
1038.7.1Enchanted Forest ChroniclesGR  AM  KBPatricia C. Wrede
1039.7.1Skeleton Crew (1985)GR  AM  KBStephen King
1040.7.1Nicholas Nickleby (1839)GR  AM  KBCharles Dickens
1041.7.1Clarissa (1748)GR  AM  KBSamuel Richardson
1042.7.1World Without End (2007)GR  AM  KBKen Follett
1043.7.1Matched (2010)GR  AM  KBAlly Condie
1044.7.1Autobiography of a Yogi (1946)GR  AM  KBParamahansa Yogananda
1045.7.1The DescendantsGR  AM  KBKaui Hart Hemmings
1046.7.1Without Remorse (1993)GR  AM  KBTom Clancy
1047.7.1Rainmaker (1995)GR  AM  KBJohn Grisham
1048.7.1Extremis (2006)GR  AM  KB
1049.7.1Delta of Venus (1977)GR  AM  KBAnais Nin
1050.7.1The Hours (1998)GR  AM  KBMichael Cunningham
1051.7.1Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and SweetGR  AM  KBJamie Ford
1052.7.1Survivor (1999)GR  AM  KBChuck Palahniuk
1053.7.1The Death of the Heart (1938)GR  AM  KBElizabeth Bowen
1054.7.1The True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle (1990)GR  AM  KBAvi
1055.7.1The Eyes of the Dragon (1987)GR  AM  KBStephen King
1056.7.1The Thief LordGR  AM  KBCornelia Funke
1057.7.1Altered Carbon (2002)GR  AM  KBRichard K. Morgan
1058.7.1Slouching Towards Bethlehem (1968)GR  AM  KBJoan Didion
1059.7.1Guerrilla WarfareGR  AM  KBChe Guevara
1060.7.1A Madman's DiaryGR  AM  KBLu Xun
1061.7.1Who Moved My Cheese? (1998)GR  AM  KBSpencer Johnson
1062.7.1She: A History of Adventure (1887)GR  AM  KBH. Rider Haggard
1063.7.1Rosemary's Baby (1967)GR  AM  KBIra Levin
1064.7.1Nicomachean EthicsGR  AM  KBAristotle
1065.7.1Virginian (1902)GR  AM  KBOwen Wister
1066.7.1Farewell AddressGR  AM  KBGeorge Washington
1067.7.1AntigoneGR  AM  KBSophocles
1068.7.1FeverGR  AM  KBKaren Marie Moning
1069.7.1Second World WarGR  AM  KBWinston Churchill
1070.7.1Seven RealmsGR  AM  KBCinda Williams Chima
1071.7.1A New Earth (2005)GR  AM  KBEckhart Tolle
1072.7.1When You Are Engulfed in Flames (2008)GR  AM  KBDavid Sedaris
1073.7.1MatterGR  AM  KBIain M. Banks
1074.7.1The Shell SeekersGR  AM  KBRosamunde Pilcher
1075.7.1RamonaGR  AM  KBBeverly Cleary
1076.7.1Magician's Nephew (1955)GR  AM  KBC.S. Lewis
1077.7.1The Morganville Vampires (2006)GR  AM  KBRachel Caine
1078.7.1Journey to the West (1592)GR  AM  KBWu Cheng'en
1079.7.1Sanctuary (1931)GR  AM  KBWilliam Faulkner
1080.7.1Thumbelina (1835)GR  AM  KBHans Christian Andersen
1081.7.1La Vie Mode d'Emploi (1978)GR  AM  KBGeorges Perec
1082.7.1Wheel of TimeGR  AM  KBRobert Jordan
1083.7.1The Casual Vacancy (2012)GR  AM  KBJ.K. Rowling
1084.7.1The Immortals of Meluha (2010)GR  AM  KBAmish Tripathi
1085.7.1The Quiet American (1955)GR  AM  KBGraham Greene
1086.7.1The Children of Hurin (2007)GR  AM  KBJ.R.R. Tolkien
1087.7.1HistoryGR  AM  KBHerodotus
1088.7.1Left to TellGR  AM  KBImmaculee Ilibagiza
1089.7.1John Dies at the End (2007)GR  AM  KBJason Pargin
1090.7.1Lord of Light (1967)GR  AM  KBRoger Zelazny
1091.7.1For One More Day (2006)GR  AM  KBMitch Albom
1092.7.1Demons (1872)GR  AM  KBFyodor Dostoyevsky
1093.7.1Plain Truth (2001)GR  AM  KBJodi Picoult
1094.7.1Geek Love (1989)GR  AM  KBKatherine Dunn
1095.7.1The Thirteenth Tale (2006)GR  AM  KBDiane Setterfield
1096.7.1The Cost of Discipleship (1937)GR  AM  KBDietrich Bonhoeffer
1097.7.1Ben-Hur (1880)GR  AM  KBLew Wallace
1098.7.1Housekeeping (1980)GR  AM  KBMarilynne Robinson
1099.7.1RubaiyatGR  AM  KBOmar Khayyam
1100.7.1Murder on the Orient Express (1934)GR  AM  KBAgatha Christie
 
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5000 Best Books, by Arek Paterek (Twitter), 2012.
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