Readable Classics
- Description
- These are classics that you actually enjoyed reading.
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by Jane Austen
81,208 members
1,372 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 30.17
Added 2014-02-02, 01:45 PM
- 10 Members
- cpg, jain, ghilbrae, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, kerrygiven, jeffza, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith
- Explanations
- aulsmith : I just don't like the Bennetts.
2
- 9 Members
- cpg, jain, ghilbrae, aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, jeffza, ManWithAnAgenda
3
by Harper Lee
78,947 members
1,434 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 22.99
Added 2014-02-02, 01:43 PM
- 8 Members
- hipdeep, cpg, Euryale, aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963, kerrygiven, TeriAndersonNeedham
4
- 8 Members
- hipdeep, cpg, jain, ghilbrae, aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
5
- 7 Members
- aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963, kerrygiven, jeffza, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
6
- 6 Members
- hipdeep, Euryale, aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham
7
9,856 members
433 reviews
3.9
Score 16.03
Added 2014-05-20, 08:51 AM
- 7 Members
- Euryale, jain, aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
8
- 7 Members
- hipdeep, Stav, Euryale, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
9
- 7 Members
- hipdeep, Stav, aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
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11
72,604 members
1,176 reviews
3.8
Score 12.38
Added 2014-02-02, 01:44 PM
- 6 Members
- Euryale, sturlington, ahef1963, jeffza, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith
- Explanations
- aulsmith : It's readable, but I find the end disappointing every time I read it.
12
- 5 Members
- merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, kerrygiven, TeriAndersonNeedham
13
by Oscar Wilde
39,804 members
638 reviews
4
Score 11.18
Added 2014-05-20, 08:53 AM
- 5 Members
- Euryale, sturlington, ahef1963, kerrygiven, ManWithAnAgenda
14
19,253 members
348 reviews
4
Score 11
Added 2019-01-13, 01:26 PM
- 4 Members
- hipdeep, jain, sturlington, ahef1963
15
24,923 members
528 reviews
4.1
Score 10.74
Added 2019-01-16, 01:58 PM
- 5 Members
- hipdeep, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham
16
36,886 members
457 reviews
3.9
Score 10.12
Added 2014-02-02, 04:30 PM
- 5 Members
- cpg, aulsmith, merrystar, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham,sturlington
17
15,439 members
303 reviews
3.9
Score 9.58
Added 2015-06-16, 02:23 PM
- 5 Members
- Euryale, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
18
- 4 Members
- cpg, aulsmith, ahef1963, jeffza,sturlington
19
- 4 Members
- aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham
20
- 4 Members
- merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
21
by Ray Bradbury
11,445 members
297 reviews
3.9
Score 8.78
Added 2019-01-16, 02:08 PM
- 5 Members
- hipdeep, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
22
8,232 members
426 reviews
4.1
Score 8.55
Added 2014-02-02, 01:43 PM
- 4 Members
- Euryale, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
23
- 5 Members
- aulsmith, merrystar, ahef1963, kerrygiven, TeriAndersonNeedham,sturlington
24
- 4 Members
- jain, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963
25
- 4 Members
- sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
26
- 4 Members
- hipdeep, aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963
27
34,347 members
439 reviews
3.8
Score 7.61
Added 2014-06-03, 10:12 AM
- 4 Members
- Euryale, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
28
16,050 members
385 reviews
4
Score 7.56
Added 2014-10-03, 01:42 PM
- 4 Members
- hipdeep, jain, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
29
by Mark Twain
43,271 members
520 reviews
3.9
Score 7.15
Added 2014-06-03, 10:13 AM
- 5 Members
- hipdeep, aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham,merrystar
30
- 3 Members
- merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963
31
- 3 Members
- sturlington, ahef1963, jeffza
32
39,753 members
963 reviews
4
Score 7.08
Added 2019-01-16, 02:06 PM
- 4 Members
- hipdeep, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963
33
49,923 members
748 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 6.95
Added 2014-02-02, 01:44 PM
- 3 Members
- ghilbrae, sturlington, ahef1963
34
- 3 Members
- merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
35
- 3 Members
- merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963
36
10,780 members
268 reviews
4.1
Score 6.54
Added 2020-05-14, 06:05 AM
- 3 Members
- jain, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
37
- 3 Members
- merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963
38
39
6,570 members
172 reviews
3.9
Score 5.91
Added 2019-01-16, 02:03 PM
- 3 Members
- hipdeep, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
40
- 3 Members
- hipdeep, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
41
- 4 Members
- Euryale, sturlington, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith
- Explanations
- aulsmith : I found pacing lose and disjointed. Had to start it a couple of times before I got through it.
42
- 3 Members
- merrystar, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
43
- 3 Members
- merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
44
- 3 Members
- jain, sturlington, ahef1963
46
5,802 members
112 reviews
3.9
Score 5.47
Added 2014-02-02, 04:32 PM
47
- 3 Members
- jain, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
48
2,019 members
18 reviews
4.1
Score 5.29
Added 2014-05-20, 08:48 AM
- 4 Members
- hipdeep, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham,aulsmith
- Explanations
- aulsmith : I've never found these very readable as novels. They don't make sense, and the chess game in Looking Glass makes it even worse. But each chapter is fun and the poetry is great.
49
- 3 Members
- jain, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
50
- 3 Members
- jain, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
51
- 3 Members
- jain, sturlington, ahef1963
52
- 3 Members
- merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963
53
- 3 Members
- jain, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
54
1,086 members
15 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 5.04
Added 2014-10-03, 01:52 PM
- 3 Members
- aulsmith, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
55
by Thomas Mann
5,707 members
109 reviews
4.2
Score 5.02
Added 2014-02-02, 04:31 PM
56
2,786 members
83 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 4.99
Added 2014-06-20, 12:05 PM
- 3 Members
- sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
57
30,882 members
508 reviews
3.8
Score 4.67
Added 2016-01-11, 09:42 AM
- 3 Members
- jain, sturlington, ahef1963
- Explanations
- jain: I'm not usually a fan of Hemingway, but this I liked.
58
by Ken Kesey
24,263 members
298 reviews
4.1
Score 4.53
Added 2014-02-02, 01:45 PM
- 2 Members
- sturlington, ahef1963
59
21,481 members
477 reviews
3.9
Score 4.51
Added 2019-01-16, 02:00 PM
60
- 3 Members
- jain, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington
- Explanations
- jain: Shows a perceptive and nuanced understanding of generational abuse. Accordingly, the beginning and middle of the book can be painful (though compelling) reading, but I find the eventual happy ending extremely catharctic.
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63
- 2 Members
- ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
64
- 2 Members
- hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda
65
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67
- 2 Members
- jain, ManWithAnAgenda
68
- 2 Members
- ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
69
70
34,502 members
478 reviews
4.1
Score 3.55
Added 2014-06-20, 12:06 PM
- 2 Members
- aulsmith, sturlington
- Explanations
- sturlington: Can be a slog but worth reading
71
73
15,799 members
251 reviews
4.1
Score 3.47
Added 2019-01-16, 02:05 PM
76
- 2 Members
- jain, ahef1963,sturlington
77
78
- 2 Members
- jain, sturlington
79
- 3 Members
- jain, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington
81
- 3 Members
- sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith
- Explanations
- aulsmith : I found the prose dense and the story odd.
85
by Muriel Spark
1,324 members
58 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 2.38
Added 2022-01-22, 02:54 PM
- Member
- ManWithAnAgenda
87
- Member
- hipdeep
88
- Member
- Euryale
90
- Member
- hipdeep
92
- Member
- ManWithAnAgenda
93
- 2 Members
- sturlington, TeriAndersonNeedham,aulsmith
- Explanations
- aulsmith : I read this at age 18 and found it confusing and irritatingly misogynist (though I didn't know the word at the time).
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97
1,936 members
18 reviews
4
Score 1.97
Added 2014-02-02, 01:46 PM
- 3 Members
- hipdeep, ghilbrae, sturlington,aulsmith ,ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- aulsmith : Poe is very readable, but he gives me nightmares.
100
- 2 Members
- sturlington, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda