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100 World Classics

Description: These are the 100 world classics listed in The Book of Great Books: A Guide to 100 World Classics by W. John Campbell.

Rank Title Author Added

1

by Charlotte Brontë

59,172 members

921 reviews

4.2

10 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, jeffza, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, BobbiannMarkle, foobar2020

2

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

54,024 members

773 reviews

3.9

9 Members: aulsmith, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, BobbiannMarkle, JFGrenier, foobar2020

3

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

43,097 members

520 reviews

3.9

9 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, BobbiannMarkle, foobar2020

4

The Scarlet Letter

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

36,665 members

373 reviews

½ 3.4

9 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, BobbiannMarkle, foobar2020

5

Pride and Prejudice

80,866 members

1,371 reviews

½ 4.4

8 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, ahef1963, jeffza, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, BobbiannMarkle, foobar2020

6

Treasure Island

by Robert Louis Stevenson

34,212 members

433 reviews

3.8

8 Members: hipdeep, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, BobbiannMarkle, JFGrenier, foobar2020

7

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

33,010 members

328 reviews

3.9

8 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, BobbiannMarkle, foobar2020

8

by William Shakespeare

31,074 members

292 reviews

4.2

8 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, thecoroner, ahef1963, jeffza, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, foobar2020

9

Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

28,621 members

280 reviews

½ 3.7

8 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, steller0707, BobbiannMarkle, foobar2020

10

by William Shakespeare

26,154 members

230 reviews

4

8 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, thecoroner, Bretzky1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, foobar2020

11

The Great Gatsby

by F. Scott Fitzgerald

72,342 members

1,172 reviews

3.8

8 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, Bretzky1, ahef1963, jeffza, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, BobbiannMarkle,cej1027

12

Great Expectations

by Charles Dickens

38,602 members

436 reviews

3.9

7 Members: thecoroner, Bretzky1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, BobbiannMarkle, JFGrenier

13

The Canterbury Tales

by Geoffrey Chaucer

22,043 members

169 reviews

½ 3.7

7 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, thecoroner, Bretzky1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, foobar2020

14

The Call of the Wild

20,268 members

321 reviews

3.8

7 Members: aulsmith, Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, BobbiannMarkle

15

by William Shakespeare

15,095 members

147 reviews

4.1

7 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, thecoroner, Bretzky1, ahef1963, jeffza, foobar2020

16

Antigone / Oedipus Rex / Oedipus at Colonus

13,199 members

51 reviews

4

7 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, JFGrenier, foobar2020

17

The Glass Menagerie

by Tennessee Williams

6,603 members

70 reviews

½ 3.7

7 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, jasmaynard, Bretzky1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, foobar2020

18

by George Orwell

82,177 members

1,274 reviews

4.2

6 Members: aulsmith, Bretzky1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, BobbiannMarkle

19

The Diary of a Young Girl

28,405 members

514 reviews

4.1

6 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, cej1027, ahef1963, steller0707, BobbiannMarkle

20

Heart of Darkness

by Joseph Conrad

23,636 members

389 reviews

½ 3.6

6 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, Bretzky1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

21

by William Shakespeare

16,969 members

131 reviews

4

6 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, Bretzky1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

22

by Pearl S. Buck

13,873 members

264 reviews

4

6 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, cej1027, ahef1963, JFGrenier, foobar2020

23

The Hobbit / The Lord of the Rings

by J. R. R. Tolkien

9,072 members

57 reviews

½ 4.6

6 Members: aulsmith, cej1027, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, BobbiannMarkle, JFGrenier

24

The House of the Seven Gables

by Nathaniel Hawthorne

8,661 members

115 reviews

½ 3.5

6 Members: aulsmith, gtross, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, BobbiannMarkle

25

by Henrik Ibsen

5,395 members

91 reviews

½ 3.6

6 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, Bretzky1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

26

by George Orwell

60,181 members

889 reviews

4

5 Members: aulsmith, Bretzky1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

27

by Mary Shelley

42,782 members

714 reviews

3.8

5 Members: hipdeep, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, BobbiannMarkle

28

Of Mice and Men

by John Steinbeck

39,155 members

665 reviews

3.9

5 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

29

by Herman Melville

35,671 members

543 reviews

3.8

5 Members: thecoroner, Bretzky1, ManWithAnAgenda, BobbiannMarkle, JFGrenier

30

The Grapes of Wrath

by John Steinbeck

34,385 members

475 reviews

4.1

5 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, Bretzky1, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

31

The Old Man and the Sea

by Ernest Hemingway

30,784 members

506 reviews

3.8

5 Members: Bretzky1, cej1027, ahef1963, steller0707, BobbiannMarkle

32

by Charles Dickens

24,330 members

240 reviews

3.8

5 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, Bretzky1, ahef1963, BobbiannMarkle

33

by Dante Alighieri

23,978 members

213 reviews

4.1

5 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, thecoroner, jeffza, ManWithAnAgenda

34

by Niccolò Machiavelli

23,685 members

253 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: hipdeep, thecoroner, Bretzky1, ManWithAnAgenda, JFGrenier

35

A Midsummer Night's Dream

by William Shakespeare

19,867 members

178 reviews

4

5 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

36

by William Shakespeare

13,813 members

176 reviews

3.9

5 Members: aulsmith, ahef1963, jeffza, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

37

Waiting for Godot: A Tragicomedy in Two Acts

by Samuel Beckett

12,967 members

161 reviews

3.9

5 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

38

A Separate Peace

by John Knowles

12,802 members

190 reviews

½ 3.6

5 Members: aulsmith, Bretzky1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

39

by William Shakespeare

12,481 members

110 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: aulsmith, Bretzky1, ahef1963, jeffza, ManWithAnAgenda

40

The Red Badge of Courage

by Stephen Crane

11,197 members

128 reviews

½ 3.4

5 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, Bretzky1, steller0707, BobbiannMarkle

41

by William Shakespeare

10,807 members

113 reviews

4

5 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, ahef1963, jeffza, steller0707

42

by Edith Wharton

9,514 members

214 reviews

½ 3.6

5 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, Bretzky1, ahef1963, steller0707

43

Lord of the Flies

by William Golding

49,717 members

745 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: aulsmith, Bretzky1, ahef1963, BobbiannMarkle

44

by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra

30,567 members

453 reviews

4.1

4 Members: hipdeep, thecoroner, Bretzky1, JFGrenier

45

by Gustave Flaubert

26,267 members

389 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: thecoroner, Bretzky1, ahef1963, steller0707

46

by Beowulf Poet

25,446 members

334 reviews

3.8

4 Members: aulsmith, Bretzky1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

47

20,596 members

308 reviews

3.8

4 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

48

Tess of the D'Urbervilles

by Thomas Hardy

19,222 members

244 reviews

3.8

4 Members: thecoroner, ahef1963, steller0707, BobbiannMarkle

49

The Merchant of Venice

by William Shakespeare

11,442 members

113 reviews

3.8

4 Members: aulsmith, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

50

by Charles Dickens

10,606 members

133 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: thecoroner, Bretzky1, ahef1963, BobbiannMarkle

51

Death of a Salesman [critical edition]

by Arthur Miller

1,261 members

8 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: aulsmith, jasmaynard, ahef1963, JFGrenier

52

Gulliver's Travels

by Jonathan Swift

1,131 members

11 reviews

½ 3.5

5 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, Bretzky1, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,cej1027

53

by Joseph Heller

40,084 members

527 reviews

4.1

3 Members: aulsmith, Bretzky1, ahef1963

54

by Albert Camus

35,577 members

507 reviews

3.9

3 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

55

One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

24,271 members

298 reviews

4.1

3 Members: hipdeep, ahef1963, steller0707

56

A Farewell to Arms

by Ernest Hemingway

22,461 members

244 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: aulsmith, ahef1963, steller0707

57

21,975 members

142 reviews

3.9

3 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, Bretzky1

58

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

21,251 members

217 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: aulsmith, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

59

David Copperfield

by Charles Dickens

20,732 members

276 reviews

4.1

3 Members: Bretzky1, ahef1963, BobbiannMarkle

60

The Color Purple

by Alice Walker

19,788 members

338 reviews

4.1

3 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

61

All Quiet on the Western Front

by Erich Maria Remarque

19,131 members

403 reviews

4.1

3 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, Bretzky1

62

For Whom the Bell Tolls

by Ernest Hemingway

19,013 members

186 reviews

3.9

3 Members: Bretzky1, ahef1963, steller0707

63

by Albert Camus

18,532 members

249 reviews

4

3 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, ManWithAnAgenda

64

by Henry David Thoreau

14,157 members

192 reviews

3.8

3 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, Bretzky1

65

13,962 members

113 reviews

4

3 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner, ahef1963

66

by John Steinbeck

13,220 members

204 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: Bretzky1, cej1027, ManWithAnAgenda

67

by George Eliot

11,367 members

152 reviews

3.8

3 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707, JFGrenier

68

9,198 members

179 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

69

by Christopher Marlowe

5,076 members

72 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, ahef1963

70

Henry IV, Part 1

by William Shakespeare

5,062 members

39 reviews

3.9

3 Members: hipdeep, aulsmith, ahef1963

71

Crime and Punishment [Norton Critical Edition, 3rd ed.]

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

1,166 members

4 reviews

½ 4.4

3 Members: thecoroner, Bretzky1, ahef1963

72

53,260 members

475 reviews

4

2 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner

73

40,090 members

386 reviews

4

2 Members: thecoroner, Bretzky1

74

The Sun Also Rises

by Ernest Hemingway

23,001 members

337 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

75

22,976 members

198 reviews

3.9

2 Members: aulsmith, thecoroner

76

Their Eyes Were Watching God

by Zora Neale Hurston

19,164 members

346 reviews

4

2 Members: ahef1963, steller0707

77

The Joy Luck Club

17,622 members

198 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

78

The Sound and the Fury

by William Faulkner

17,324 members

226 reviews

4

2 Members: thecoroner, ahef1963

79

by Ralph Ellison

16,215 members

212 reviews

4

2 Members: aulsmith, Bretzky1

80

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

by Maya Angelou

14,852 members

224 reviews

4

2 Members: cej1027, steller0707

81

by William Faulkner

14,824 members

216 reviews

3.9

2 Members: aulsmith, steller0707

82

by Upton Sinclair

11,680 members

129 reviews

3.8

2 Members: ManWithAnAgenda, steller0707

83

Sons and Lovers

by D. H. Lawrence

9,530 members

100 reviews

½ 3.6

2 Members: aulsmith, ahef1963

84

The Taming of the Shrew

by William Shakespeare

8,764 members

90 reviews

½ 3.7

2 Members: aulsmith, ahef1963

85

The Mayor of Casterbridge

by Thomas Hardy

8,327 members

114 reviews

3.9

2 Members: ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

86

by William Shakespeare

7,550 members

73 reviews

3.8

2 Members: aulsmith, ahef1963

87

by William Shakespeare

6,239 members

88 reviews

4

2 Members: aulsmith, ahef1963

88

3,612 members

84 reviews

½ 3.4

2 Members: Bretzky1, ManWithAnAgenda

89

House Made of Dawn

by N. Scott Momaday

1,946 members

37 reviews

½ 3.5

2 Members: cej1027, steller0707

90

The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts

by Arthur Miller

15,446 members

159 reviews

½ 3.6

Member: aulsmith

91

by Hermann Hesse

13,538 members

194 reviews

4

Member: thecoroner

92

by Toni Morrison

13,468 members

239 reviews

3.9

Member: steller0707

93

Light in August

by William Faulkner

9,244 members

104 reviews

4

Member: ahef1963

94

by Joseph Conrad

9,064 members

115 reviews

½ 3.7

Member: Bretzky1

95

by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

5,451 members

40 reviews

3.9

Member: thecoroner

96

by Richard Wright

7,737 members

101 reviews

3.9

97

All the King's Men

by Robert Penn Warren

7,330 members

129 reviews

4.1

98

Billy Budd, Sailor

by Herman Melville

2,628 members

53 reviews

½ 3.3

99

Euthyphro / Apology / Crito / Phaedo / Phaedrus

418 members

2 reviews

½ 4.4

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Started: sturlington
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