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1	Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 4.29 avg rating — 4,673,438 ratings score: 12,238, and 126 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 4.16 avg rating — 2,274,408 ratings score: 10,634, and 110 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde 4.13 avg rating — 1,804,294 ratings score: 10,563, and 110 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 3.90 avg rating — 1,973,307 ratings score: 7,949, and 84 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll 4.06 avg rating — 600,498 ratings score: 7,216, and 76 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Dracula by Bram Stoker 4.02 avg rating — 1,426,173 ratings score: 7,213, and 77 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen 4.09 avg rating — 1,273,590 ratings score: 7,149, and 76 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 3.89 avg rating — 1,786,957 ratings score: 6,505, and 70 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Persuasion by Jane Austen 4.15 avg rating — 757,751 ratings score: 6,287, and 67 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Les Misérables by Victor Hugo 4.21 avg rating — 833,711 ratings score: 6,252, and 67 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 3.80 avg rating — 861,311 ratings score: 5,737, and 61 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Emma by Jane Austen 4.05 avg rating — 957,525 ratings score: 5,104, and 55 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens 3.88 avg rating — 421,488 ratings score: 5,065, and 55 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 4.32 avg rating — 999,465 ratings score: 4,986, and 54 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Odyssey by Homer 3.83 avg rating — 1,164,587 ratings score: 4,754, and 51 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Little Women by Louisa May Alcott 4.17 avg rating — 2,408,101 ratings score: 4,625, and 50 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Middlemarch by George Eliot 4.03 avg rating — 176,042 ratings score: 4,234, and 46 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen 3.85 avg rating — 442,406 ratings score: 4,234, and 47 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4.28 avg rating — 1,037,493 ratings score: 3,968, and 43 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins 4.01 avg rating — 163,435 ratings score: 3,563, and 40 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings by Charles Dickens 4.14 avg rating — 39,671 ratings score: 3,483, and 39 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	Mansfield Park by Jane Austen 3.86 avg rating — 373,822 ratings score: 3,215, and 37 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 3.88 avg rating — 1,000,071 ratings score: 3,187, and 36 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 4.10 avg rating — 912,420 ratings score: 3,139, and 35 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes #5) by Arthur Conan Doyle 4.14 avg rating — 379,017 ratings score: 3,074, and 35 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	Inferno by Dante Alighieri 4.03 avg rating — 201,835 ratings score: 2,757, and 31 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert 3.71 avg rating — 366,553 ratings score: 2,565, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	Moby-Dick by Herman Melville 3.56 avg rating — 605,973 ratings score: 2,557, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Bleak House by Charles Dickens 4.02 avg rating — 112,786 ratings score: 2,460, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy 3.84 avg rating — 298,961 ratings score: 2,434, and 29 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	The Sonnets and a Lover's Complaint by William Shakespeare 4.18 avg rating — 2,845 ratings score: 2,269, and 27 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Metamorphoses by Ovid 4.10 avg rating — 76,841 ratings score: 2,191, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	The Iliad by Homer 3.93 avg rating — 498,246 ratings score: 2,162, and 26 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift 3.59 avg rating — 295,098 ratings score: 2,148, and 25 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell 3.83 avg rating — 47,119 ratings score: 1,994, and 23 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy 4.17 avg rating — 358,981 ratings score: 1,940, and 24 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The Bhagavad Gita by Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa 4.19 avg rating — 79,854 ratings score: 1,847, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë 4.03 avg rating — 127,389 ratings score: 1,784, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	Hard Times by Charles Dickens 3.55 avg rating — 72,540 ratings score: 1,781, and 22 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence 3.50 avg rating — 135,474 ratings score: 1,696, and 21 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson 3.85 avg rating — 531,379 ratings score: 1,631, and 20 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Jabberwocky and Other Nonsense: Collected Poems by Lewis Carroll 4.14 avg rating — 5,809 ratings score: 1,562, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Villette by Charlotte Brontë 3.78 avg rating — 78,949 ratings score: 1,475, and 19 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	David Copperfield by Charles Dickens 4.04 avg rating — 254,323 ratings score: 1,464, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer 3.52 avg rating — 235,382 ratings score: 1,395, and 18 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Paradise Lost by John Milton 3.85 avg rating — 178,867 ratings score: 1,366, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe 3.68 avg rating — 326,617 ratings score: 1,359, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray 3.81 avg rating — 132,283 ratings score: 1,351, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy 3.97 avg rating — 163,729 ratings score: 1,319, and 17 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 3.83 avg rating — 1,323,331 ratings score: 1,229, and 16 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	Love and Freindship: and Other Youthful Writings by Jane Austen 3.59 avg rating — 1,251 ratings score: 1,145, and 15 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Captain Nemo #2) by Jules Verne 3.89 avg rating — 272,172 ratings score: 1,021, and 14 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	The Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling 4.01 avg rating — 88,775 ratings score: 1,013, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	The Pearl by John Steinbeck 3.56 avg rating — 263,997 ratings score: 926, and 12 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell 4.20 avg rating — 5,281,368 ratings score: 908, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys 3.59 avg rating — 104,204 ratings score: 867, and 13 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes and The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes #3-4) by Arthur Conan Doyle 4.32 avg rating — 8,262 ratings score: 850, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 3.91 avg rating — 299,121 ratings score: 828, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne 3.95 avg rating — 276,888 ratings score: 810, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	Orlando by Virginia Woolf 3.87 avg rating — 110,940 ratings score: 775, and 11 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	The Aeneid by Virgil 3.87 avg rating — 140,013 ratings score: 708, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	Sanditon: with Lady Susan and The Watsons by Jane Austen 3.74 avg rating — 13,517 ratings score: 669, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James 3.80 avg rating — 84,323 ratings score: 656, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	The Day of the Triffids by John Wyndham 4.01 avg rating — 115,705 ratings score: 644, and 10 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy 3.83 avg rating — 75,104 ratings score: 624, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells 3.83 avg rating — 342,838 ratings score: 619, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 124,434 ratings score: 598, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	The Travels by Marco Polo 3.58 avg rating — 7,968 ratings score: 591, and 9 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	Animal Farm by George Orwell 4.01 avg rating — 4,401,135 ratings score: 570, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	Remembrance Of Things Past: Vol 1 by Marcel Proust 4.30 avg rating — 165 ratings score: 537, and 8 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	The Ramayana by Vālmīki 4.07 avg rating — 13,066 ratings score: 469, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	Remembrance Of Things Past: Vol 2 by Marcel Proust 4.39 avg rating — 17,302 ratings score: 442, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole 3.89 avg rating — 293,271 ratings score: 422, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs 3.46 avg rating — 97,296 ratings score: 411, and 7 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	Tales from 1,001 Nights: Aladdin, Ali Baba and Other Favourites by Anonymous 3.97 avg rating — 1,118 ratings score: 405, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	Monkey King by Wu Cheng'en 4.08 avg rating — 3,158 ratings score: 390, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy 3.86 avg rating — 65,320 ratings score: 361, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	Remembrance Of Things Past: Vol 3 by Marcel Proust 4.54 avg rating — 957 ratings score: 349, and 6 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	The Ring of the Nibelung by Richard Wagner 4.28 avg rating — 1,100 ratings score: 342, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf 3.78 avg rating — 345,874 ratings score: 327, and 4 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	Ulysses by James Joyce 3.77 avg rating — 139,004 ratings score: 276, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson 3.83 avg rating — 646,642 ratings score: 268, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	Grimm Tales: For Young and Old by Philip Pullman 4.05 avg rating — 23,014 ratings score: 255, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	The Outsider by Albert Camus 4.03 avg rating — 1,335,003 ratings score: 193, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	The Nature of Things by Lucretius 3.97 avg rating — 14,298 ratings score: 178, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	The Penguin Book of Christmas Stories: From Hans Christian Andersen to Angela Carter by Jessica Harrison (Editor) 3.41 avg rating — 1,514 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	On the road by Jack Kerouac 3.61 avg rating — 441,123 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy by Laurence Sterne 3.73 avg rating — 22,792 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov 3.87 avg rating — 925,346 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson 3.81 avg rating — 369,815 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	The Lonely Londoners by Sam Selvon 3.70 avg rating — 13,218 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov 4.28 avg rating — 405,813 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	The Little Prince: And Letter to a Hostage by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 4.40 avg rating — 12,591 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	The Brothers Karamazov: A Novel in Four Parts and an Epilogue by Fyodor Dostoevsky 4.39 avg rating — 373,688 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley, #5) by John Le Carré 4.06 avg rating — 103,243 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	Four Tragedies by William Shakespeare 4.42 avg rating — 18,061 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	Bonjour Tristesse by Françoise Sagan 3.74 avg rating — 68,751 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	The Turn of the Screw and Other Ghost Stories by Henry James 3.32 avg rating — 794 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov 3.88 avg rating — 28,401 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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message 1: by Ashley (new)

Jan 25, 2013 05:14PM

I wish I had the money to buy all these. I've seen a collection and they look so nice together.

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message 2: by Carla (last edited Feb 16, 2013 07:00PM) (new)

Feb 16, 2013 06:59PM

Such a beautiful collection my favorites are:1.)Les Miserables/2.)The Count Of Montecristo/3.)Pride & Prejudice

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message 3: by Londa (last edited Feb 26, 2013 08:06AM) (new)

Feb 26, 2013 07:46AM

Love these gorgeous books! Just voting for the ones I have on my shelf. Clothbound books are the best!

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message 4: by Michelle (new)

Feb 27, 2013 07:28AM

I have 5 myself. Dorian Grey, Alice in Wonderland, Treasure Island, Dracula, and Little Women.

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message 5: by Carolin (new)

Apr 24, 2013 02:55PM

These are so beautiful! I want them all!

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message 6: by Pia (new)

Jul 30, 2013 12:52AM

So beautiful!

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message 7: by Eline (new)

Oct 25, 2013 02:33PM

I've been wanting these for some time now and I might buy my first next month!

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message 8: by Azur (new)

Dec 16, 2013 11:14AM

I already have Dracula, The picture of Dorian Gray and Gulliver's travels. I'll try to collect them all, but it will take some years. I collect beautifully designed books. I already have some of these books in different editions, but I might buy the clothbound editions as well. I already have several editions of some other books anyway. Is this crazy or are here some other people who do this too?

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message 9: by Maisie (last edited Dec 23, 2013 02:08PM) (new)

Dec 23, 2013 02:08PM

Azur wrote: "I already have Dracula, The picture of Dorian Gray and Gulliver's travels. I'll try to collect them all, but it will take some years. I collect beautifully designed books. I already have some of th..."
I have different editions of some of these books too! Still planning on buying these because they are gorgeous.
I have Far From the Madding Crowd, Oliver Twist, Jabberwocky and Treasure Island in clothbound editions ...I'm slowly going to collect them all as well!

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message 10: by Sandra (new)

Jan 09, 2014 07:03AM

I love these books, they are so beautiful! I own several of them; Persuasion, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Dracula, Great Expectations and A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Writings.

The only problem is the print on the covers comes off sometimes, when you touch them. The heat/humidity/something makes it rub off. Very frustrating. I had to stop reading Persuasion and finish it on my Kindle app.

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message 11: by Michelle (new)

Jan 24, 2014 04:38PM

Okay people please don't add random non Cloth Penguin books.

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message 12: by marissa (new)

Mar 24, 2014 08:56PM

Can someone please tell me where these are made?

I love collecting beautiful books and right now my collection mostly consists of Barnes & Noble leather bounds.
I't's always bothered me that they are made in china, and if these are made elsewhereI might start collecting them instead.

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message 13: by marissa (new)

Apr 08, 2014 07:40AM

Damian wrote: "marissa wrote: "Can someone please tell me where these are made?

Picking one off my shelf at random (Robinson Crusoe) it says they're made in St. Ives (UK)"

Thank you!

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message 14: by Nora (new)

Apr 27, 2014 11:58AM

Does anyone have this copy of "Metamorphoses"? Or "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"? I'm interesting in ordering one or both from Amazon, but there aren't any reviews. Specifically, I'm wondering about issues of full-text or abridged and translation for "M". Thanks!

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message 15: by Graham (new)

May 10, 2014 07:31AM

Amazon are listing Homer's Iliad and Henry James' The Portrait of a Lady clothbounds for release on November 6th. Also I noticed John Steinbeck's the Pearl is missing from this list

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message 16: by Ashley (new)

Jun 07, 2014 10:45PM

I'm pretty sure I spotted a few of these editions of books on Hazel's bookshelf in the Fault in Our Stars movie. Needless to say, I was a bit jealous of a fictional character.

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message 17: by Sarah (new)

Jun 14, 2014 12:09PM

Ashley wrote: "I'm pretty sure I spotted a few of these editions of books on Hazel's bookshelf in the Fault in Our Stars movie. Needless to say, I was a bit jealous of a fictional character."

I know I know!! I got so excited when I saw her cloth-bounds! She is, after all, a very smart girl :)

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message 18: by Daniel (new)

Jun 16, 2014 04:13PM

There is also an edition of Jane Austen's Love and Freindship coming out.

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message 19: by Azur (last edited Aug 03, 2014 11:29AM) (new)

Aug 03, 2014 11:26AM

Marco Polo's Travels will be released in January 2015. The Portrait of a Lady by Henry James and the Iliad in November 2014.

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message 20: by Subhajit (new)

Sep 30, 2014 06:53AM

I have already bought Bleak House and Tess of the D"Urbervilles. Will surely buy all the titles very soon. Wish some more titles they include.

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message 21: by Thomas (last edited Oct 18, 2014 06:11AM) (new)

Oct 18, 2014 06:09AM

I really want to get these! I feel like getting the Bronte Sisters, Jane Austen, and Charles Dickens collections from the Barnes and Noble Leatherbound Collection, because they are only £17 each, but everything else from Penguin because they don't manufacture in China.

Does anyone know if the children's books in this collection (like Alice in Wonderland) are illustrated?

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message 22: by Thomas (new)

Oct 22, 2014 11:35AM

Some people are saying that the book's covers rub off very easily (I'm guessing they mean the foil?) Can anyone say if this is true or not?

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message 23: by Azur (new)

Oct 22, 2014 12:24PM

My copy of Gulliver's Travels rubbed of easily (white on blue fabric). My copies of Dracula (black on grey) and The picture of Dorian Gray (white on black) still look like new. Maybe it depends on the edition or how the book was stored? I bought Gulliver's Travels at a local bookshop and the others elsewhere.

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message 24: by Thomas (new)

Oct 22, 2014 01:07PM

Azur wrote: "My copy of Gulliver's Travels rubbed of easily (white on blue fabric). My copies of Dracula (black on grey) and The picture of Dorian Gray (white on black) still look like new. Maybe it depends on ..."

Thanks for the heads-up. I think I'll only buy one of them at first to see how it fares. I'm not going to take it out of the house though, so it should be fine.

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message 25: by Emily (new)

Oct 26, 2014 12:38AM

Azur wrote: "My copy of Gulliver's Travels rubbed of easily (white on blue fabric). My copies of Dracula (black on grey) and The picture of Dorian Gray (white on black) still look like new. Maybe it depends on ..."

To make sure you don't rub the pattern off, when you're reading them don't put your fingers over the foil; find a way to splay them out on the cloth parts. Not the best way, but it'll prolong the pattern. I carry mine around in plastic bags, I'm so paranoid about fading!

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message 26: by Thomas (new)

Oct 26, 2014 03:59AM

Madame Bovary and Crime and Punishment are meant to be out of print, but I found about 10 copies of MB in my local Waterstones yesterday. Am I extremely lucky or are either/both of these books back in print? I really hope that they're not because they go for crazy prices on sites like eBay.

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message 27: by Azur (new)

Oct 26, 2014 06:36AM

Madame Bovary is still in stock on German amazon.

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message 28: by Thomas (new)

Oct 26, 2014 09:47AM

Azur wrote: "Madame Bovary is still in stock on German amazon."

Same with the Waterstones website. Now we're only missing Crime and Punishment :)

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message 29: by Daniel (new)

Oct 26, 2014 09:13PM

Madame Bovary is back in print, I don't think C&P is.

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message 30: by Kirsten (new)

Nov 13, 2014 02:16PM

I would love to own this collection. They're all so pretty!

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message 31: by Marmot (new)

Feb 07, 2015 11:46AM

Has anyone else had an issue with these books getting wavy pages? I just ordered 5 online, and as soon as I received them, I noticed all of them had wavy pages (e.g. as though it was dropped in water, but hasn't been), it is more obvious in the slimmer volumes than in the 800 page ones. Not sure if this is something that the paper used in these editions is prone to perhaps, or maybe I just got bad luck with the mail courier leaving it in a high humidity environment? Anyway, it is a bit too bad as I wanted to collect them after readings others' good reviews, but my initial thought is that they aren't of the best quality.....

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message 32: by Thomas (new)

Feb 08, 2015 04:13AM

Marmot wrote: "Has anyone else had an issue with these books getting wavy pages? I just ordered 5 online, and as soon as I received them, I noticed all of them had wavy pages (e.g. as though it was dropped in wa..."

Mine were like this when they arrived. To fix the problem, I put a large stack of hardbacks/heavy books on top of the book with wavy pages. If you leave it for a week or so, the problem will be mostly fixed. Using a dehumidifier in the same room should speed up the process.

As for the quality of Penguin Clothbound Classics, they're not the most durable. They are pretty to look at but the wavy pages and cover designs that rub off put me off buying any more than I already have. If you do want a good hardback classics collection I would recommend Everyman Library Classics. They're about £8 each so they're a bit cheaper than the Penguin classics and much more durable. Some modern titles like the His Dark Materials trilogy are in the Everyman Library collection too :D

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message 33: by Graham (new)

Apr 04, 2015 06:38AM

Penguin classics website has listed a gorgeous looking Clothbound edition on Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand League under the Sea for publication on 1/10/15
http://www.penguinclassics.co.uk/book...

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message 34: by Michelle (new)

Apr 05, 2015 07:20PM

Graham wrote: "Penguin classics website has listed a gorgeous looking Clothbound edition on Jules Verne's Twenty Thousand League under the Sea for publication on 1/10/15
http://www.penguinclassics.co.uk/book......"

I have added it to the list :)

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message 35: by Jen (last edited Aug 02, 2015 01:22PM) (new)

Jun 05, 2015 07:19PM

Absolutely love this collection. I currently have Madame Bovary, The Count of Monte Christo, Les Misérables, Frankenstein, Hound of the Baskervilles, Tales from 1,001 Nights & Tales of the Marvellous and News of the Strange.
These editions are both beautiful and tactile, and whilst they're pricey I think they're worth it for special editions of favourite books.
Foil rubbing off seems to affect some books more than others, so I'd recommend buying them from a physical store, so you can give the copy you're buying a quick inspection before purchase.
The Penguin English library editions are a cheaper alternative, featuring a wider selection, the book jackets carry the same illustrations as the clothbounds but in paperback.

Edit: recently got the Dickens box set during the amazon sales, so glad I managed to get 'A Christmas Carol', its so beautiful.

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message 36: by Eline (new)

Jun 28, 2015 11:20AM

First one I bought was Anna Karenina, than I bought Love and Friendship and recently I bought
Gulliver's Travels. Right now I'm saving money to buy more soon.

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message 37: by Elena (last edited Aug 02, 2015 11:45AM) (new)

Aug 02, 2015 11:45AM

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall has just been listed for publication as a Clothbound Classic in January 2016!

PS: Lots of non-Clothbound Classics seem to have found their way into this list...

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message 38: by Hera (new)

Aug 03, 2015 06:15PM

I have a few of these and am completely obsessed with collecting them as they are so beautiful. Has anyone found a definitive list with all the titles?

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message 39: by Azur (new)

Aug 04, 2015 06:06PM

Hera wrote: "I have a few of these and am completely obsessed with collecting them as they are so beautiful. Has anyone found a definitive list with all the titles?"
As far as I can tell this is the most comprehensive list. They publish new books every few months.

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message 40: by Michelle (last edited Aug 05, 2015 09:44PM) (new)

Aug 05, 2015 09:44PM

Elena wrote: "The Tenant of Wildfell Hall has just been listed for publication as a Clothbound Classic in January 2016!

PS: Lots of non-Clothbound Classics seem to have found their way into this list..."

I have go in and removed any non-clothbound ones as this is what the list is to be about. Not nice hardcover, but specifically the clothbound ones.

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message 41: by Michelle (new)

Aug 05, 2015 09:45PM

Azur wrote: "Hera wrote: "I have a few of these and am completely obsessed with collecting them as they are so beautiful. Has anyone found a definitive list with all the titles?"
As far as I can tell this is th..."

Why thank you for saying this list is pretty much the end all. I have just gone in and edited out the ones that do not fit the criteria. :)

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message 42: by Kyle (last edited Aug 28, 2015 09:33PM) (new)

Aug 28, 2015 09:32PM

A lovely and very comprehensive list of the Clothbounds. I cannot wait for Penguin to release "Twenty Thousand Leagues" and "Tenant Hall." Hopefully, Coralie will soon return to Penguin to design more titles, now that her own book is finally out.

It's nice to see that even the more obscure titles, like "The Pearl" and the Qur'an, were included here. It's very helpful when hunting them down, especially in the US where not all of the titles were released. May I ask why the Penguin Clothbound Pocket Classics, like "Meditations" and "The Prince" weren't included? I've always considered them part of the overall clothbound series, just tinier.

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message 43: by Michelle (new)

Aug 31, 2015 07:19PM

I tried to look for the clothbound editions of the titles you mentioned. While I can find covers that are hardcover and appear to have the same style, I cannot find ones that say clothbound. You may go ahead and search if you'd like and see if there is and add them to the list.

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message 44: by Elena (new)

Sep 23, 2015 01:37PM

Villette will apparently be published as a Clothbound Classic in February 2016 in the UK.

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message 45: by Jessica (new)

Sep 29, 2015 07:14PM

Im collecting these and have 40 so far. I love them and have read almost half of what I have and am powering through the rest. If you are looking to buy them and want to save some money look on ebay. There are a lot of book sellers that sell them for 10-14 each and pretty cheap shipping. Also look for coupon codes at books a million. Anyways I hope that helps!!

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message 46: by Faye (new)

Oct 06, 2015 09:15AM

I was looking into getting some of the Barnes & Noble Leatherbound books, but according to several Amazon reviews they are often abridged, poorly translated, and/or Americanised. Are the Penguin Clothbounds closer to the original texts?

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message 47: by Jessica (new)

Oct 06, 2015 08:39PM

Yes all that I've read so far are really close to the original version and even goes so far as spelling things the way the original authors did. In the beging and back of each book the give you so many details as far as original translations what was changed and when. They are amazingly well done. Pick up one go to the back and you will see what I'm talking about!!!

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message 48: by Graham (new)

Dec 04, 2015 01:22AM

Tolstoy's War and Peace is listed for release on amazon for 14th January 2016 in the UK

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message 49: by Jessica (new)

Dec 04, 2015 04:11AM

Thanks I'm gonna look for it!

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message 50: by Jessica (new)

Dec 07, 2015 10:17AM

The Ramayana is the same size as the penguin cloth bound classics not one of the bigger ones like love poems or the others.