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by J. R. R. Tolkien

95,072 members

1,194 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

50,634 members

452 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

38,985 members

724 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

36,074 members

322 reviews

½ 4.3

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

5

Romeo and Juliet

by William Shakespeare

28,758 members

280 reviews

½ 3.7

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

6

A Midsummer Night's Dream

by William Shakespeare

19,945 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

13,884 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

59,380 members

924 reviews

4.2

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

9

Brave New World

by Aldous Huxley

54,186 members

774 reviews

3.9

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

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by Frank Herbert

42,931 members

695 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

16,057 members

377 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.

11,801 members

309 reviews

3.9

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

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38,263 members

506 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

1,976 members

41 reviews

4.2

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

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by Kurt Vonnegut

22,410 members

301 reviews

4.1

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

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The Canterbury Tales

by Geoffrey Chaucer

22,100 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

13,901 members

359 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

10,780 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

10,240 members

232 reviews

3.9

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

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I Capture the Castle

9,240 members

295 reviews

4.1

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

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by Louisa May Alcott

26,673 members

402 reviews

4

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

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Out of the Silent Planet

11,081 members

164 reviews

3.8

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

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by William Shakespeare

10,857 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

10,482 members

183 reviews

4.1

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

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by Anne McCaffrey

9,122 members

181 reviews

3.9

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

26

Lord Foul's Bane

by Stephen R. Donaldson

6,198 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

5,933 members

227 reviews

3.9

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

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by Susan Cooper

5,892 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

5,878 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

4,985 members

64 reviews

4

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

31

The Dark is Rising Sequence

by Susan Cooper

2,925 members

53 reviews

½ 4.3

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

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1,051 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

13,416 members

209 reviews

4

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

35

The Lathe of Heaven

by Ursula K. Le Guin

6,575 members

197 reviews

4

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

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by Anne McCaffrey

6,288 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

3,641 members

99 reviews

3.9

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

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Stand on Zanzibar

by John Brunner

3,219 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

2,933 members

94 reviews

3.8

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

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by Samuel R. Delany

2,665 members

85 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

2,378 members

31 reviews

3.9

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

42

City of Illusions

by Ursula K. Le Guin

1,599 members

37 reviews

½ 3.6

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

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The Silmarillion

by J. R. R. Tolkien

35,153 members

273 reviews

3.9

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

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by Robert Graves

9,220 members

168 reviews

4.2

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

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The White Dragon

by Anne McCaffrey

6,455 members

57 reviews

4

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

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by Eleanor H. Porter

4,828 members

66 reviews

3.8

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

47

Have Spacesuit, Will Travel

by Robert A. Heinlein

3,766 members

56 reviews

3.8

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

48

Tales from Earthsea

by Ursula K. Le Guin

3,644 members

58 reviews

3.9

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

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by Josephine Tey

1,905 members

77 reviews

4

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

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22,064 members

142 reviews

3.9

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

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Far from the Madding Crowd

by Thomas Hardy

11,435 members

198 reviews

4

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

52

The Sirens of Titan

by Kurt Vonnegut

10,449 members

127 reviews

4

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

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9,998 members

187 reviews

3.8

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

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The Sword of Shannara

by Terry Brooks

7,904 members

112 reviews

½ 3.5

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

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6,569 members

71 reviews

4

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

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The Winter's Tale

by William Shakespeare

4,804 members

60 reviews

½ 3.7

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

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by John Wyndham

4,782 members

122 reviews

3.9

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

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by William Shakespeare

4,200 members

54 reviews

3.8

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

59

The End of Eternity

by Isaac Asimov

3,680 members

94 reviews

4

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

60

The Persian Boy

by Mary Renault

2,339 members

40 reviews

4.1

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

61

The Guns of Avalon

by Roger Zelazny

2,291 members

46 reviews

4

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

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1,739 members

10 reviews

4.1

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

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The Last of the Wine

by Mary Renault

1,676 members

25 reviews

4.1

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

64

The Broken Sword

by Poul Anderson

1,458 members

36 reviews

½ 3.7

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

65

The Eye of the Heron

by Ursula K. Le Guin

982 members

18 reviews

½ 3.5

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

66

Too Many Magicians

by Randall Garrett

491 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

23,548 members

443 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: anglemark, richardderus, avatiakh, rretzler

69

23,066 members

199 reviews

3.9

4 Members: anglemark, richardderus, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda

70

Breakfast of Champions

by Kurt Vonnegut

16,319 members

167 reviews

4

4 Members: anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, sturlington

71

The Communist Manifesto

15,193 members

138 reviews

½ 3.5

4 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, aulsmith

72

The Mote in God's Eye

6,367 members

109 reviews

3.9

4 Members: lorax, anglemark, mckait, sturlington

73

God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater

by Kurt Vonnegut

6,309 members

55 reviews

3.9

4 Members: anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, aulsmith

74

Time Enough for Love

by Robert A. Heinlein

5,551 members

65 reviews

3.9

4 Members: anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, ManWithAnAgenda

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by Robert A. Heinlein

3,642 members

52 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: anglemark, Rtrace, mckait, aulsmith

76

3,311 members

41 reviews

½ 4.3

4 Members: hipdeep, anglemark, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda

77

by Clifford D. Simak

2,575 members

79 reviews

4

4 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace

78

by Susan Coolidge

2,127 members

30 reviews

½ 3.6

4 Members: anglemark, avatiakh, souloftherose, ahef1963

79

Sign of the Unicorn

by Roger Zelazny

2,047 members

40 reviews

3.9

4 Members: anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace, rretzler

80

The Shockwave Rider

by John Brunner

1,607 members

27 reviews

3.8

4 Members: lorax, anglemark, aulsmith, sturlington

81

by Robert Silverberg

1,555 members

51 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: lorax, RedQueen, anglemark, Rtrace

82

Callahan's Crosstime Saloon

by Spider Robinson

1,476 members

34 reviews

3.9

4 Members: hipdeep, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace

83

1,461 members

30 reviews

3.9

4 Members: anglemark, richardderus, mckait, ahef1963

84

by Keith Roberts

1,405 members

44 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, souloftherose

85

Creatures of Light and Darkness

by Roger Zelazny

1,215 members

19 reviews

3.8

4 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus, Rtrace

86

The Starlight Barking

483 members

10 reviews

½ 3.7

4 Members: anglemark, souloftherose, eclecticdodo, ManWithAnAgenda

87

Warm Worlds and Otherwise

by James Tiptree Jr.

431 members

6 reviews

4

4 Members: lorax, RedQueen, anglemark, ManWithAnAgenda

88

Lord Darcy: A 3-in-1 volume

by Randall Garrett

264 members

1 review

4.2

4 Members: RedQueen, anglemark, richardderus, aulsmith

89

The Girl Who Was Plugged In [short fiction]

by James Tiptree Jr.

51 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

7,188 members

65 reviews

4

3 Members: anglemark, Rtrace, ManWithAnAgenda

92

Our Mutual Friend

by Charles Dickens

5,871 members

102 reviews

4.1

3 Members: anglemark, avatiakh, souloftherose

93

A Spell for Chameleon

by Piers Anthony

5,009 members

91 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: anglemark, Rtrace, sturlington

94

When Hitler Stole Pink Rabbit

2,872 members

47 reviews

3.9

3 Members: anglemark, avatiakh, souloftherose

95

by Arthur C. Clarke

2,204 members

25 reviews

½ 3.5

3 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus

96

by Roger Zelazny

1,996 members

35 reviews

½ 3.7

3 Members: anglemark, Rtrace, rretzler

97

Waldo & Magic, Inc.

by Robert A. Heinlein

1,715 members

20 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: anglemark, Rtrace, aulsmith

98

The Bull from the Sea

by Mary Renault

1,697 members

28 reviews

3.9

3 Members: lorax, anglemark, richardderus

99

Make Room! Make Room!

by Harry Harrison

1,595 members

48 reviews

½ 3.6

3 Members: anglemark, richardderus, sturlington

100

Jane of Lantern Hill

by L. M. Montgomery

1,504 members

31 reviews

4

3 Members: anglemark, souloftherose, ahef1963

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