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by J. R. R. Tolkien

94,761 members

1,191 reviews

½ 4.3

13 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, aulsmith, avatiakh, sturlington, souloftherose, eclecticdodo, rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Lord of the Rings

by J. R. R. Tolkien

50,559 members

451 reviews

½ 4.5

13 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, aulsmith, avatiakh, sturlington, souloftherose, eclecticdodo, rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

by Douglas Adams

38,914 members

723 reviews

4.2

13 Members: lorax, hipdeep, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, aulsmith, sturlington, souloftherose, eclecticdodo, rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Chronicles of Narnia

35,947 members

322 reviews

½ 4.3

12 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, mckait, aulsmith, avatiakh, sturlington, souloftherose, eclecticdodo, rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

28,653 members

280 reviews

½ 3.7

12 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, aulsmith, avatiakh, sturlington, eclecticdodo, rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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A Midsummer Night's Dream

by William Shakespeare

19,876 members

178 reviews

4

12 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, aulsmith, avatiakh, sturlington, eclecticdodo, rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by William Shakespeare

13,831 members

176 reviews

3.9

12 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, aulsmith, sturlington, souloftherose, eclecticdodo, rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Charlotte Brontë

59,220 members

922 reviews

4.2

11 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, mckait, aulsmith, avatiakh, sturlington, souloftherose, rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

9

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

54,054 members

773 reviews

3.9

11 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, aulsmith, avatiakh, sturlington, rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Frank Herbert

42,774 members

694 reviews

½ 4.3

11 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, aulsmith, avatiakh, sturlington, souloftherose, rretzler, ManWithAnAgenda

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A Wizard of Earthsea

by Ursula K. Le Guin

16,031 members

376 reviews

4

11 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, aulsmith, avatiakh, sturlington, souloftherose, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

12

A Canticle for Leibowitz

by Walter M. Miller Jr.

11,776 members

308 reviews

3.9

11 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, aulsmith, avatiakh, sturlington, rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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38,138 members

507 reviews

4.1

10 Members: anglemark, richardderus, mckait, aulsmith, avatiakh, sturlington, souloftherose, rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Raven [poem]

by Edgar Allan Poe

1,959 members

41 reviews

4.2

10 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, aulsmith, sturlington, rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Kurt Vonnegut

22,361 members

300 reviews

4.1

9 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Canterbury Tales

by Geoffrey Chaucer

22,046 members

169 reviews

½ 3.7

9 Members: lorax, hipdeep, anglemark, richardderus, mckait, aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Man in the High Castle

by Philip K. Dick

13,851 members

358 reviews

½ 3.7

9 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, aulsmith, sturlington, souloftherose, rretzler, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Dispossessed

by Ursula K. Le Guin

10,741 members

268 reviews

4.1

9 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, aulsmith, sturlington, souloftherose, rretzler, ManWithAnAgenda

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Childhood's End

by Arthur C. Clarke

10,242 members

232 reviews

3.9

9 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, aulsmith, sturlington, rretzler, ManWithAnAgenda

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I Capture the Castle

9,225 members

294 reviews

4.1

9 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, mckait, avatiakh, souloftherose, rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Louisa May Alcott

26,570 members

401 reviews

4

8 Members: anglemark, mckait, aulsmith, avatiakh, sturlington, souloftherose, rretzler, ahef1963

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Out of the Silent Planet

11,034 members

164 reviews

3.8

8 Members: anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, aulsmith, souloftherose, eclecticdodo, rretzler, ahef1963

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by William Shakespeare

10,815 members

113 reviews

4

8 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, aulsmith, sturlington, eclecticdodo, ahef1963

24

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress

by Robert A. Heinlein

10,464 members

183 reviews

4.1

8 Members: anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, aulsmith, eclecticdodo, rretzler, ahef1963

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by Anne McCaffrey

9,103 members

180 reviews

3.9

8 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, aulsmith, avatiakh, souloftherose

26

Lord Foul's Bane

by Stephen R. Donaldson

6,180 members

86 reviews

½ 3.6

8 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, avatiakh, sturlington, souloftherose

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The Daughter of Time

by Josephine Tey

5,931 members

226 reviews

3.9

8 Members: lorax, anglemark, aulsmith, avatiakh, sturlington, rretzler, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Susan Cooper

5,874 members

89 reviews

4.1

8 Members: lorax, RedQueen, anglemark, avatiakh, sturlington, souloftherose, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Crystal Cave

by Mary Stewart

5,866 members

111 reviews

4.1

8 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, aulsmith, souloftherose, ahef1963

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Silver on the Tree

by Susan Cooper

4,967 members

63 reviews

4

8 Members: lorax, RedQueen, anglemark, avatiakh, sturlington, souloftherose, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Dark is Rising Sequence

by Susan Cooper

2,922 members

53 reviews

½ 4.3

8 Members: lorax, RedQueen, anglemark, avatiakh, sturlington, souloftherose, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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1,047 members

24 reviews

4

8 Members: hipdeep, anglemark, richardderus, aulsmith, avatiakh, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

33

Houston, Houston, Do You Read? [Novella]

by James Tiptree Jr.

149 members

6 reviews

3.9

8 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, aulsmith, sturlington, souloftherose, ManWithAnAgenda

34

2001: A Space Odyssey

by Arthur C. Clarke

13,397 members

209 reviews

4

7 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, sturlington, rretzler

35

The Lathe of Heaven

by Ursula K. Le Guin

6,550 members

197 reviews

4

7 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, sturlington, rretzler, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Anne McCaffrey

6,284 members

68 reviews

4.1

7 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, avatiakh, ahef1963

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Nine Princes in Amber

by Roger Zelazny

3,631 members

99 reviews

3.9

7 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, aulsmith, rretzler, ManWithAnAgenda

38

Stand on Zanzibar

by John Brunner

3,213 members

52 reviews

3.9

7 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, aulsmith, sturlington, souloftherose

39

The Word for World is Forest

by Ursula K. Le Guin

2,917 members

94 reviews

3.8

7 Members: RedQueen, anglemark, richardderus, aulsmith, sturlington, souloftherose, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Samuel R. Delany

2,652 members

84 reviews

½ 3.7

7 Members: anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, aulsmith, sturlington, rretzler, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Wind's Twelve Quarters: Stories

by Ursula K. Le Guin

2,368 members

31 reviews

3.9

7 Members: lorax, RedQueen, anglemark, richardderus, mckait, aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda

42

City of Illusions

by Ursula K. Le Guin

1,589 members

37 reviews

½ 3.6

7 Members: lorax, RedQueen, anglemark, Rtrace, aulsmith, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

43

The Silmarillion

by J. R. R. Tolkien

35,062 members

272 reviews

3.9

6 Members: lorax, anglemark, Rtrace, mckait, souloftherose, ahef1963

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by Robert Graves

9,191 members

167 reviews

4.2

6 Members: anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, aulsmith, avatiakh, ahef1963

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The White Dragon

by Anne McCaffrey

6,445 members

57 reviews

4

6 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, mckait, avatiakh

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by Eleanor H. Porter

4,798 members

66 reviews

3.8

6 Members: anglemark, mckait, aulsmith, avatiakh, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

47

Have Spacesuit, Will Travel

by Robert A. Heinlein

3,756 members

55 reviews

3.8

6 Members: hipdeep, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, aulsmith, avatiakh

48

Tales from Earthsea

by Ursula K. Le Guin

3,629 members

58 reviews

3.9

6 Members: lorax, anglemark, mckait, aulsmith, avatiakh, souloftherose

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by Josephine Tey

1,899 members

76 reviews

4

6 Members: anglemark, richardderus, avatiakh, souloftherose, rretzler, ahef1963

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21,993 members

142 reviews

3.9

5 Members: anglemark, richardderus, aulsmith, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

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Far from the Madding Crowd

by Thomas Hardy

11,431 members

198 reviews

4

5 Members: lorax, anglemark, aulsmith, avatiakh, ManWithAnAgenda

52

The Sirens of Titan

by Kurt Vonnegut

10,452 members

125 reviews

4

5 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, aulsmith

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9,977 members

187 reviews

3.8

5 Members: lorax, anglemark, Rtrace, sturlington, rretzler

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The Sword of Shannara

by Terry Brooks

7,894 members

112 reviews

½ 3.5

5 Members: lorax, anglemark, mckait, sturlington, souloftherose

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6,542 members

70 reviews

4

5 Members: anglemark, richardderus, aulsmith, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Winter's Tale

by William Shakespeare

4,783 members

60 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, sturlington, ahef1963

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by John Wyndham

4,758 members

122 reviews

3.9

5 Members: anglemark, avatiakh, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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by William Shakespeare

4,186 members

54 reviews

3.8

5 Members: hipdeep, anglemark, Rtrace, sturlington, ahef1963

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The End of Eternity

by Isaac Asimov

3,676 members

93 reviews

4

5 Members: lorax, anglemark, Rtrace, aulsmith, rretzler

60

The Persian Boy

by Mary Renault

2,333 members

40 reviews

4.1

5 Members: anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, aulsmith, ManWithAnAgenda

61

The Guns of Avalon

by Roger Zelazny

2,283 members

46 reviews

4

5 Members: anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, rretzler, ManWithAnAgenda

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1,733 members

10 reviews

4.1

5 Members: anglemark, richardderus, aulsmith, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

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The Last of the Wine

by Mary Renault

1,672 members

25 reviews

4.1

5 Members: lorax, RedQueen, anglemark, richardderus, ManWithAnAgenda

64

The Broken Sword

by Poul Anderson

1,454 members

35 reviews

3.8

5 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, souloftherose

65

The Eye of the Heron

by Ursula K. Le Guin

975 members

18 reviews

½ 3.5

5 Members: RedQueen, anglemark, aulsmith, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

66

Too Many Magicians

by Randall Garrett

488 members

8 reviews

½ 3.7

5 Members: RedQueen, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, aulsmith

67

And I awoke and found me here on the cold hill's side [short fiction]

by James Tiptree Jr.

14 members

½ 3.5

5 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, souloftherose, ManWithAnAgenda

68

Gone with the Wind

by Margaret Mitchell

23,507 members

441 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: anglemark, richardderus, avatiakh, rretzler

69

22,987 members

198 reviews

3.9

4 Members: anglemark, richardderus, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

70

Breakfast of Champions

by Kurt Vonnegut

16,291 members

167 reviews

4

4 Members: anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, sturlington

71

The Communist Manifesto

15,144 members

138 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, aulsmith

72

The Mote in God's Eye

6,349 members

108 reviews

3.9

4 Members: lorax, anglemark, mckait, sturlington

73

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

by Kurt Vonnegut

6,291 members

55 reviews

3.9

4 Members: anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, aulsmith

74

Time Enough for Love

by Robert A. Heinlein

5,548 members

65 reviews

3.9

4 Members: anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Robert A. Heinlein

3,637 members

52 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: anglemark, Rtrace, mckait, aulsmith

76

3,303 members

41 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: hipdeep, anglemark, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

77

by Clifford D. Simak

2,565 members

79 reviews

4

4 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace

78

by Susan Coolidge

2,111 members

30 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: anglemark, avatiakh, souloftherose, ahef1963

79

Sign of the Unicorn

by Roger Zelazny

2,041 members

40 reviews

3.9

4 Members: anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, rretzler

80

The Shockwave Rider

by John Brunner

1,605 members

27 reviews

3.8

4 Members: lorax, anglemark, aulsmith, sturlington

81

by Robert Silverberg

1,551 members

51 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: lorax, RedQueen, anglemark, Rtrace

82

Callahan's Crosstime Saloon

by Spider Robinson

1,474 members

34 reviews

3.9

4 Members: hipdeep, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace

83

1,459 members

30 reviews

3.9

4 Members: anglemark, richardderus, mckait, ahef1963

84

by Keith Roberts

1,401 members

44 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, souloftherose

85

Creatures of Light and Darkness

by Roger Zelazny

1,212 members

19 reviews

3.8

4 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace

86

The Starlight Barking

482 members

10 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: anglemark, souloftherose, eclecticdodo, ManWithAnAgenda

87

Warm Worlds and Otherwise

by James Tiptree Jr.

430 members

6 reviews

4

4 Members: lorax, RedQueen, anglemark, ManWithAnAgenda

88

Lord Darcy: A 3-in-1 volume

by Randall Garrett

263 members

1 review

4.2

4 Members: RedQueen, anglemark, richardderus, aulsmith

89

The Girl Who Was Plugged In [short fiction]

by James Tiptree Jr.

50 members

3 reviews

3.9

4 Members: lorax, anglemark, souloftherose, ManWithAnAgenda

90

Love Is The Plan The Plan Is Death [novelette]

by James Tiptree Jr.

21 members

2 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: lorax, anglemark, Rtrace, souloftherose

91

Welcome to the Monkey House

by Kurt Vonnegut

7,169 members

65 reviews

4

3 Members: anglemark, Rtrace, ManWithAnAgenda

92

Our Mutual Friend

by Charles Dickens

5,852 members

101 reviews

4.2

3 Members: anglemark, avatiakh, souloftherose

93

A Spell for Chameleon

by Piers Anthony

5,001 members

91 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: anglemark, Rtrace, sturlington

94

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

2,861 members

47 reviews

3.9

3 Members: anglemark, avatiakh, souloftherose

95

by Arthur C. Clarke

2,197 members

23 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus

96

by Roger Zelazny

1,994 members

35 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: anglemark, Rtrace, rretzler

97

Waldo & Magic, Inc.

by Robert A. Heinlein

1,710 members

19 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: anglemark, Rtrace, aulsmith

98

The Bull from the Sea

by Mary Renault

1,696 members

28 reviews

3.9

3 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus

99

Make Room! Make Room!

by Harry Harrison

1,591 members

48 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: anglemark, richardderus, sturlington

100

Jane of Lantern Hill

by L. M. Montgomery

1,494 members

30 reviews

4

3 Members: anglemark, souloftherose, ahef1963

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