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Top downloaded books since Dec 17, 2015:

111,302

The Bell Jar (1963), Plath, Sylvia, [fiction, Guardian's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time (2003), film/TV adaptation, depression]

82,097

As I Lay Dying (1935), Faulkner, William, [fiction, Mississippi, U.S.A., Modern Library's 100 Best Novels, Guardian's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time (2003), film/TV adaptation]

73,562

A Moveable Feast (1964), Hemingway, Ernest, [autobiography, non-fiction]

64,969

The Old Man and the Sea (1952), Hemingway, Ernest, [Caribbean Sea, fiction, male friendship, Pulitzer Prize, film/TV adaptation]

58,594

Brave New World (1932), Huxley, Aldous Leonard, [fiction, dystopia, science fiction, Modern Library's 100 Best Novels, Guardian's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time (2003), film/TV adaptation]

55,786

The Haunting of Hill House (1960), Jackson, Shirley, [fiction, ghosts, horror, film/TV adaptation]

51,120

Casino Royale (James Bond #1) (1953), Fleming, Ian, [adventure, fiction, Great Britain, James Bond (Fictional character), intelligence service, spy stories, film/TV adaptation]

49,474

The Grapes of Wrath (1939), Steinbeck, John, [family life, fiction, Pulitzer Prize, Modern Library's 100 Best Novels, film/TV adaptation]

36,466

Little House in the Big Woods (Little House #1) (1932), Wilder, Laura Ingalls, Sewell, Helen, [autobiography, family life, juvenile, non-fiction, film/TV adaptation]

34,757

The Sun Also Rises (1926), Hemingway, Ernest, [adventure, fiction, France, historical, romance, Spain, World War I, Modern Library's 100 Best Novels, film/TV adaptation]

618,127Top 10: 9%
32,332

The Sound and the Fury (1929), Faulkner, William, [fiction, Modern Library's 100 Best Novels, film/TV adaptation, Family Saga]

31,603

A Farewell to Arms (1929), Hemingway, Ernest, [fiction, historical, romance, war, World War I, Modern Library's 100 Best Novels, film/TV adaptation]

26,962

Gaudy Night (1935), Sayers, Dorothy L., [crime, England, fiction, Lord Peter Wimsey (Fictional character), mystery, private investigators, female detectives]

26,794

On the Beach (1957), Norway, Nevil Shute[Shute, Nevil], [Australia, fiction, science fiction, suspense, war, nuclear warfare, film/TV adaptation]

25,644

The Screwtape Letters (1944), Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), [fiction, letters, theology, allegory]

25,217

The Maltese Falcon (1930), Hammett, Dashiell, [detective, fiction, mystery, Sam Spade (Fictional character), Modern Library's 100 Best Novels, film/TV adaptation]

25,185

The Enchanted Wood (Faraway Tree #1) (1939), Blyton, Enid, Wheeler, Dorothy M., [fantasy, fiction, children's literature]

24,469

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (1939), Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), [cats, fiction, poetry]

23,069

First Term at Malory Towers (Malory Towers #1) (1946), Blyton, Enid, Lloyd, Stanley, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

23,011

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia #1) (1950), Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), [fantasy, fiction, juvenile, film/TV adaptation]

882,413Top 20: 12%
22,957

The Great Divorce (1945), Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), [fiction, theology]

22,500

Mere Christianity (1952), Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), [non-fiction, religion]

22,100

From Russia With Love (James Bond #5) (1957), Fleming, Ian, [adventure, fiction, Great Britain, James Bond (Fictional character), intelligence service, spy stories, film/TV adaptation]

21,203

Wise Blood (1949), O'Connor, Flannery, [fiction, religion, Guardian's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time (2003), film/TV adaptation]

21,019

The Long Goodbye (1953), Chandler, Raymond, [fiction, mystery, Philip Marlowe (Fictional character), film/TV adaptation]

20,863

The Complete Short Stories of W. Somerset Maugham, Vol. I (1951), Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), [collection, fiction, short stories]

20,572

The Big Sleep (1939), Chandler, Raymond, [crime, detective, fiction, Philip Marlowe (Fictional character), Guardian's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time (2003), film/TV adaptation]

20,402

1984 [Nineteen Eighty-Four] (1949), Blair, Eric Arthur[Orwell, George], [fiction, dystopia, science fiction, Modern Library's 100 Best Novels, Prometheus Award Hall of Fame, Guardian's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time (2003), film/TV adaptation]

19,214

Live and Let Die (James Bond #2) (1954), Fleming, Ian, [adventure, fiction, James Bond (Fictional character), intelligence service, spy stories, film/TV adaptation]

19,185

The Mystery of the Burnt Cottage (Five Find-Outers #1) (1943), Blyton, Enid, Abbey, Joseph, [fiction, juvenile, mystery]

1,092,428Top 30: 15%
19,135

Five on a Treasure Island (Famous Five #1) (1942), Blyton, Enid, [adventure, fiction, juvenile]

18,519

Absalom, Absalom! (1936), Faulkner, William, [fiction, Mississippi]

18,397

Their Eyes Were Watching God (1937), Hurston, Zora Neale, [fiction]

17,664

Dr. No (James Bond #6) (1958), Fleming, Ian, [adventure, Caribbean Sea, fiction, James Bond (Fictional character), intelligence service, spy stories, Jamaica, film/TV adaptation]

17,073

East of Eden (1952), Steinbeck, John, [fiction, film/TV adaptation]

17,050

The Man of Bronze: A Doc Savage Adventure (Doc Savage #1) (1933), Dent, Lester Bernard[Robeson, Kenneth], [adventure, Doc Savage (Fictional character), fiction, film/TV adaptation]

16,681

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter (1940), McCullers, Carson, [fiction, Modern Library's 100 Best Novels, film/TV adaptation]

16,499

Of Mice and Men (1937), Steinbeck, John, [fiction, novella, tragedy, film/TV adaptation]

16,152

Farewell My Lovely (1940), Chandler, Raymond, [detective, fiction, mystery, Philip Marlowe (Fictional character), film/TV adaptation]

15,805

The Second World War: The Gathering Storm (volume 1) (1948), Churchill, Winston S. (Spencer), [history, memoir, non-fiction, World War II, Churchill]

1,265,403Top 40: 18%
15,633

Moonraker (James Bond #3) (1955), Fleming, Ian, [adventure, fiction, Great Britain, James Bond (Fictional character), intelligence service, spy stories, film/TV adaptation]

15,420

Upper Fourth at Malory Towers (Malory Towers #4) (1949), Blyton, Enid, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

15,319

Farmer Boy (Little House #2) (1933), Wilder, Laura Ingalls, [biography, family life, juvenile, non-fiction, film/TV adaptation]

14,844

Out of Africa (1937), Blixen, Karen, [Africa, biography, non-fiction, film/TV adaptation]

14,595

Last Term at Malory Towers (Malory Towers #6) (1951), Blyton, Enid, Lloyd, Stanley, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

14,576

The Simple Art of Murder (1950), Chandler, Raymond, [fiction, mystery, short stories]

14,567

Second Form at Malory Towers (Malory Towers #2) (1947), Blyton, Enid, Lloyd, Stanley, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

14,543

The Nine Tailors (1934), Sayers, Dorothy L., [crime, fiction, Lord Peter Wimsey (Fictional character), mystery]

14,342

Winnie-the-Pooh (1926), Milne, A. A., [children, fiction, film/TV adaptation]

14,276

The Twins at St. Clare's (St. Clare's #1) (1941), Blyton, Enid, Cable, W. Lindsay, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

1,413,518Top 50: 20%
14,187

In the Fifth at Malory Towers (Malory Towers #5) (1950), Blyton, Enid, Lloyd, Stanley, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

13,810

Goldfinger (James Bond #7) (1959), Fleming, Ian, [adventure, fiction, Great Britain, James Bond (Fictional character), intelligence service, spy stories, film/TV adaptation]

13,716

The Pilgrim's Regress (1933), Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), [fiction, religion]

13,701

Have His Carcase (1932), Sayers, Dorothy L., [fiction, Lord Peter Wimsey (Fictional character), mystery]

13,448

Prince Caspian. The Return to Narnia. (Chronicles of Narnia #2) (1951), Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), [fantasy, fiction, juvenile, film/TV adaptation]

13,376

Diamonds are Forever (James Bond #4) (1956), Fleming, Ian, [adventure, fiction, James Bond (Fictional character), intelligence service, spy stories, film/TV adaptation]

13,262

The Thin Man (1934), Hammett, Dashiell, [detective, fiction, mystery, film/TV adaptation]

13,154

Third Year at Malory Towers (Malory Towers #3) (1948), Blyton, Enid, Lloyd, Stanley, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

12,794

That Hideous Strength (Space Trilogy #3) (1945), Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), [fiction, science fiction]

12,740

Animal Farm (1945), Blair, Eric Arthur[Orwell, George], [fiction, satire, Modern Library's 100 Best Novels, Prometheus Award Hall of Fame, film/TV adaptation]

1,547,706Top 60: 21%
12,673

For Whom the Bell Tolls (1940), Hemingway, Ernest, [fiction, Spain, war, film/TV adaptation, Spanish Civil War]

12,585

Till we have Faces -- A Myth Retold (1956), Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), [fiction, Mythology]

12,441

Black Boy (1937), Wright, Richard, [autobiography, non-fiction, Guardian's 100 Best Nonfiction Books of All Time, civil rights movement]

12,408

The Long Winter (Little House #6) (1940), Wilder, Laura Ingalls, [autobiography, family life, juvenile, non-fiction, Newbery Medal]

12,335

Out of the Silent Planet (Space Trilogy #1) (1938), Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), [fiction, science fiction]

12,326

The Secret Seven (Secret Seven #1) (1949), Blyton, Enid, [fiction, juvenile, mystery]

12,295

Politics and the English Language and other essays (1946), Blair, Eric Arthur[Orwell, George], [essay, literature, non-fiction, politics]

12,267

Red Harvest (1929), Hammett, Dashiell, [detective, fiction, mystery]

12,244

Five Run Away Together (Famous Five #3) (1944), Blyton, Enid, [adventure, fiction, juvenile]

12,078

The World of Yesterday (1943), Zweig, Stefan, [autobiography, memoir, non-fiction, Germany]

1,671,358Top 70: 23%
11,938

The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (Chronicles of Narnia #3) (1952), Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), [fantasy, fiction, juvenile, film/TV adaptation]

11,876

An Experiment in Criticism (1961), Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), [essay, non-fiction]

11,826

The Magician's Nephew (Chronicles of Narnia #6) (1955), Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), [fantasy, fiction, juvenile, film/TV adaptation]

11,814

For Your Eyes Only: Five secret occasions in the life of James Bond. (James Bond #8) (1960), Fleming, Ian, [adventure, fiction, Great Britain, James Bond (Fictional character), intelligence service, spy stories, film/TV adaptation]

11,814

These Happy Golden Years (Little House #8) (1944), Wilder, Laura Ingalls, [autobiography, family life, juvenile, non-fiction, Newbery Medal, film/TV adaptation]

11,708

Swallows and Amazons [Swallows and Amazons #1] (1930), Ransome, Arthur, Ransome, Arthur, Spurrier, Steven, [adventure, fiction, juvenile, film/TV adaptation]

11,689

The Mystery of the Secret Room (Five Find-Outers #3) (1945), Blyton, Enid, Abbey, Joseph, [fiction, juvenile, mystery]

11,528

Busman's Honeymoon (1937), Sayers, Dorothy L., [crime, fiction, Lord Peter Wimsey (Fictional character), mystery]

11,492

The Mystery of the Disappearing Cat (Five Find-Outers #2) (1944), Blyton, Enid, Abbey, Joseph, [fiction, juvenile, mystery]

11,479

The Naughtiest Girl in the School (Naughtiest Girl #1) (1940), Blyton, Enid, Lovell, Kenneth, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

1,788,522Top 80: 25%
11,376

The Adventures of Sam Spade and other stories (1944), Hammett, Dashiell, [crime, detective, fiction, Sam Spade (Fictional character), short stories]

11,236

On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House #4) (1937), Wilder, Laura Ingalls, [autobiography, family life, juvenile, non-fiction, Newbery Medal, film/TV adaptation]

11,078

Five Go Adventuring Again (Famous Five #2) (1943), Blyton, Enid, [adventure, fiction, juvenile]

10,926

L'Étranger (1957), Camus, Albert, [fiction, film/TV adaptation]

10,920

Trouble is My Business (1950), Chandler, Raymond, [fiction, mystery]

10,817

The Razor's Edge (1944), Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), [fiction, film/TV adaptation]

10,792

The Magic Faraway Tree (Faraway Tree #2) (1943), Blyton, Enid, Wheeler, Dorothy M., [fiction, juvenile]

10,785

The Secret Island (Secret Series #1) (1938), Blyton, Enid, [adventure, fiction, juvenile]

10,755

The Silver Chair (Chronicles of Narnia #4) (1953), Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), [fantasy, fiction, juvenile, film/TV adaptation]

10,744

The Mystery of the Spiteful Letters (Five Find-Outers #4) (1946), Blyton, Enid, Abbey, Joseph, [fiction, juvenile, mystery]

1,897,951Top 90: 26%
10,688

The Spy Who Loved Me (James Bond #10) (1962), Fleming, Ian, [adventure, fiction, Great Britain, James Bond (Fictional character), intelligence service, spy stories, film/TV adaptation]

10,552

The Song of Roland--a new translation (1957), Sayers, Dorothy L., [chivalry, folklore, non-fiction, poetry]

10,487

The Good Shepherd (1955), Smith, Cecil Louis Troughton[Forester, C. S. (Cecil Scott)], [fiction, historical, navy, World War II, film/TV adaptation]

10,471

Dust Tracks on a Road (1942), Hurston, Zora Neale, [autobiography, non-fiction]

10,468

Reflections on the Psalms (1958), Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), [non-fiction, religion, theology]

10,432

Maurice (1914), Forster, E. M., [fiction, LGBTQ]

10,391

You Only Live Twice (James Bond #12) (1964), Fleming, Ian, [adventure, Asia, fiction, James Bond (Fictional character), intelligence service, spy stories, film/TV adaptation]

10,380

Little Town on the Prairie (Little House #7) (1941), Wilder, Laura Ingalls, [autobiography, family life, juvenile, non-fiction, Newbery Medal, film/TV adaptation]

10,372

On Her Majesty's Secret Service (James Bond #11) (1963), Fleming, Ian, [adventure, fiction, James Bond (Fictional character), intelligence service, spy stories, film/TV adaptation]

10,371

The Second Form at St. Clare's (St. Clare's #4) (1944), Blyton, Enid, Cable, W. Lindsay, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

2,002,563Top 100: 28%
10,346

Little House on the Prairie (Little House #3) (1935), Wilder, Laura Ingalls, [autobiography, family life, juvenile, non-fiction, film/TV adaptation]

10,308

A Treasury of Sayers Stories (1958), Sayers, Dorothy L., [fiction, Lord Peter Wimsey (Fictional character), mystery, short stories]

10,303

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (1928), Sayers, Dorothy L., [crime, fiction, Lord Peter Wimsey (Fictional character), mystery]

10,277

The Mystery of the Hidden House (Five Find-Outers #6) (1948), Blyton, Enid, Abbey, Joseph, [fiction, juvenile, mystery]

10,239

The Last Battle (Chronicles of Narnia #7) (1956), Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), [fantasy, fiction, juvenile, Carnegie Medal, film/TV adaptation]

10,238

Summer Term at St. Clare's (St. Clare's #3) (1943), Blyton, Enid, Cable, W. Lindsay, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

10,158

Five Go To Smuggler's Top (Famous Five #4) (1945), Blyton, Enid, [adventure, fiction, juvenile]

10,150

Mr. Midshipman Hornblower [Hornblower Saga #1] (1950), Smith, Cecil Louis Troughton[Forester, C. S. (Cecil Scott)], [fiction, historical, seafaring]

10,097

The Doors of Perception (1954), Huxley, Aldous Leonard, [essay, philosophy, spiritualism, psychedelic drugs, mysticism]

10,068

The Secret of the Old Clock (Nancy Drew Mystery #1) (1930), Benson, Mildred A. Wirt[Keene, Carolyn], Tandy, Russell H., [amateur detective, detective, fiction, mystery, female detectives, Nancy Drew (Fictional character)]

2,104,747Top 110: 29%
10,023

Murder Must Advertise (1933), Sayers, Dorothy L., [crime, fiction, Lord Peter Wimsey (Fictional character), mystery]

10,012

The Five Red Herrings [Suspicious Characters] (1931), Sayers, Dorothy L., [fiction, Lord Peter Wimsey (Fictional character), mystery]

9,990

The Devils of Loudun (1952), Huxley, Aldous Leonard, [France, historical, non-fiction, film/TV adaptation]

9,949

By the Shores of Silver Lake (Little House #5) (1939), Wilder, Laura Ingalls, [autobiography, family life, juvenile, non-fiction, Newbery Medal]

9,832

The Horse and his Boy (Chronicles of Narnia #5) (1954), Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), [fantasy, fiction, juvenile, film/TV adaptation]

9,824

The O'Sullivan Twins (St. Clare's #2) (1942), Blyton, Enid, Cable, W. Lindsay, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

9,502

The Four Loves (1960), Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), [non-fiction, philosophy]

9,483

Perelandra (Space Trilogy #2) (1943), Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), [fiction, science fiction]

9,385

Five Go Off in a Caravan (Famous Five #5) (1946), Blyton, Enid, [adventure, fiction, juvenile]

9,381

The Mystery of the Missing Necklace (Five Find-Outers #5) (1947), Blyton, Enid, [fiction, juvenile, mystery]

2,202,128Top 120: 31%
9,350

The Hidden Staircase [Revised Edition] (Nancy Drew Mystery [Revised] #2) (1959), Adams, Harriet Stratemeyer[Keene, Carolyn], Benson, Mildred A. Wirt[Keene, Carolyn], [amateur detective, detective, fiction, mystery, female detectives, Nancy Drew (Fictional character)]

9,219

The Well of Loneliness (1928), Hall, Marguerite Radclyffe, [fiction, relationships, romance, LGBTQ]

9,216

The Mystery of the Pantomime Cat (Five Find-Outers #7) (1949), Blyton, Enid, [fiction, juvenile, mystery]

9,191

The Mystery of the Invisible Thief (Five Find-Outers #8) (1950), Blyton, Enid, [fiction, juvenile, mystery]

9,073

The Painted Veil (1925), Maugham, W. Somerset (William Somerset), [Britain, fiction, romance, married people—fiction, Hong Kong, film/TV adaptation]

9,020

Thunderball (James Bond #9) (1961), Fleming, Ian, [fiction, James Bond (Fictional character), intelligence service, spy stories, film/TV adaptation]

8,912

Clouds of Witness (1926), Sayers, Dorothy L., [crime, fiction, Lord Peter Wimsey (Fictional character), mystery]

8,896

Five Have Plenty of Fun (Famous Five #14) (1955), Blyton, Enid, [adventure, fiction, juvenile]

8,850

The Mystery of the Strange Bundle (Five Find-Outers #10) (1952), Blyton, Enid, Evans, Treyer, [fiction, juvenile, mystery]

8,832

Five On Kirrin Island Again (Famous Five #6) (1947), Blyton, Enid, [adventure, fiction, juvenile]

2,292,687Top 130: 32%
8,828

Five Go Down to the Sea (Famous Five #12) (1953), Blyton, Enid, [adventure, fiction, juvenile]

8,820

The Man with the Golden Gun (James Bond #13) (1965), Fleming, Ian, [adventure, fiction, James Bond (Fictional character), intelligence service, spy stories, Jamaica, film/TV adaptation]

8,708

The Once and Future King (1958), White, T. H. (Terence Hanbury), [fantasy, fiction]

8,701

Le mythe de Sisyphe (1942), Camus, Albert, [non-fiction, philosophy]

8,566

The Mystery of the Vanished Prince (Five Find-Outers #9) (1951), Blyton, Enid, Evans, Treyer, [fiction, juvenile, mystery]

8,516

Five Have a Wonderful Time (Famous Five #11) (1952), Blyton, Enid, [adventure, fiction, juvenile]

8,510

Gone with the Wind (1936), Mitchell, Margaret, [fiction, historical, U.S.A., Pulitzer Prize, film/TV adaptation, Family Saga, American Civil War]

8,469

Letters to Malcolm: Chiefly on Prayer (1964), Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), [non-fiction, religion]

8,466

The Lady in the Lake (1943), Chandler, Raymond, [detective, fiction, mystery, Philip Marlowe (Fictional character), film/TV adaptation]

8,440

Fifth Formers at St. Clare's (St. Clare's #6) (1945), Blyton, Enid, Cable, W. Lindsay, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

2,378,711Top 140: 33%
8,424

The Mystery of Holly Lane (Five Find-Outers #11) (1953), Blyton, Enid, Evans, Treyer, [fiction, juvenile, mystery]

8,357

Beat to Quarters [AKA The Happy Return] [Hornblower Saga #6] (1937), Smith, Cecil Louis Troughton[Forester, C. S. (Cecil Scott)], Wyeth, N. C., [fiction, historical, seafaring, war, Napoleonic Wars]

8,301

Secret Seven Adventure (Secret Seven #2) (1950), Blyton, Enid, [fiction, juvenile, mystery]

8,237

Ship of the Line [Hornblower Saga #7] (1939), Smith, Cecil Louis Troughton[Forester, C. S. (Cecil Scott)], Wyeth, N. C., [fiction, historical, seafaring, war, Napoleonic Wars, James Tait Black Memorial Prize]

8,213

Five Go to Billycock Hill (Famous Five #16) (1957), Blyton, Enid, [adventure, fiction, juvenile]

8,178

Five on a Secret Trail (Famous Five #15) (1956), Blyton, Enid, [adventure, fiction, juvenile]

8,129

Strong Poison (1930), Sayers, Dorothy L., [detective, fiction, Lord Peter Wimsey (Fictional character), mystery]

8,100

My Life and Hard Times (1933), Thurber, James, Thurber, James, [essay, humour, non-fiction, film/TV adaptation]

8,083

The Mystery of the Strange Messages (Five Find-Outers #14) (1957), Blyton, Enid, [fiction, juvenile, mystery]

8,044

The High Window (1942), Chandler, Raymond, [detective, fiction, mystery, Philip Marlowe (Fictional character)]

2,460,777Top 150: 34%
8,042

The Little Sister (1949), Chandler, Raymond, [fiction, mystery, Philip Marlowe (Fictional character)]

8,019

The Wimsey Papers—The Wartime Letters and Documents of the Wimsey Family (1940), Sayers, Dorothy L., [letters, Lord Peter Wimsey (Fictional character), non-fiction, war, World War II]

7,981

Five Go Off to Camp (Famous Five #7) (1948), Blyton, Enid, [adventure, fiction, juvenile]

7,924

Alas, Babylon (1959), Frank, Harry Hart[Frank, Pat], [fiction, dystopia, science fiction, war, nuclear warfare, film/TV adaptation]

7,879

Whose Body? (1923), Sayers, Dorothy L., [crime, fiction, Lord Peter Wimsey (Fictional character), mystery]

7,845

Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder. (1945), Waugh, Evelyn (Arthur Evelyn St John), [fiction, Modern Library's 100 Best Novels, film/TV adaptation, Family Saga]

7,835

Miss Pickerell Goes to Mars (Miss Pickerell #1) (1951), MacGregor, Ellen, [adventure, children, fiction]

7,757

Five Fall into Adventure (Famous Five #9) (1950), Blyton, Enid, [adventure, fiction, juvenile]

7,750

Commodore Hornblower [AKA The Commodore] [Hornblower Saga #9] (1945), Smith, Cecil Louis Troughton[Forester, C. S. (Cecil Scott)], Wyeth, N. C., [fiction, historical, seafaring, war, Napoleonic Wars]

7,745

The Living Daylights [AKA Berlin Escape] (James Bond #15) (1962), Fleming, Ian, [adventure, fiction, James Bond (Fictional character), intelligence service, spy stories, film/TV adaptation]

2,539,554Top 160: 35%
7,730

The Mystery of the Missing Man (Five Find-Outers #13) (1956), Blyton, Enid, [fiction, juvenile, mystery]

7,688

Five Get Into Trouble (Famous Five #8) (1949), Blyton, Enid, [adventure, fiction, juvenile]

7,662

Five on Finniston Farm (Famous Five #18) (1960), Blyton, Enid, [adventure, fiction, juvenile]

7,607

A Preface to Paradise Lost (1942), Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), [essay, literature, non-fiction]

7,591

Five Get Into a Fix (Famous Five #17) (1958), Blyton, Enid, [adventure, fiction, juvenile]

7,545

Miracles (1947), Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), [non-fiction, philosophy]

7,469

The Naughtiest Girl Again (Naughtiest Girl #2) (1942), Blyton, Enid, Cable, W. Lindsay, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

7,442

Flying Colours [Hornblower Saga #8] (1939), Smith, Cecil Louis Troughton[Forester, C. S. (Cecil Scott)], Wyeth, N. C., [fiction, historical, seafaring, war, Napoleonic Wars, James Tait Black Memorial Prize]

7,426

The Naughtiest Girl is a Monitor (Naughtiest Girl #3) (1945), Blyton, Enid, Lovell, Kenneth, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

7,391

Claudine at St. Clare's (St. Clare's #5) (1944), Blyton, Enid, Cable, W. Lindsay, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

2,615,105Top 170: 36%
7,385

Silent Spring (1962), Carson, Rachel, [non-fiction, science, chemistry, environment, Guardian's 100 Best Nonfiction Books of All Time]

7,318

Men without Women (1926), Hemingway, Ernest, [fiction, short stories, Guardian's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time (2003)]

7,260

Grey Mask (Miss Silver #1) (1929), Elles, Dora Amy[Wentworth, Patricia], [detective, fiction, Miss Silver (Fictional character), mystery, female detectives]

7,252

The Daughter of Time [Inspector Alan Grant #5] (1951), Mackintosh, Elizabeth[Tey, Josephine], [England, fiction, history, mystery, royalty]

7,241

The Problem of Pain (1940), Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), [non-fiction, pain, religion]

7,176

Five Go to Demon's Rocks (Famous Five #19) (1961), Blyton, Enid, [adventure, fiction, juvenile]

7,174

The Famous Five Have a Puzzling Time and Other Stories [AKA Famous Five Story Collection] (Famous Five #22) (1963), Blyton, Enid, [fiction, juvenile, short stories]

7,130

The violent bear it away (1955), O'Connor, Flannery, [fiction, religion]

7,122

The Mystery of the Banshee Towers (Five Find-Outers #15) (1961), Blyton, Enid, [fiction, juvenile, mystery]

7,116

The Abolition of Man; or; Reflections on Education with Special Reference to the Teaching of English in the Upper Forms of Schools (1944), Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), [non-fiction, philosophy]

2,687,279Top 180: 37%
7,103

Octopussy (James Bond #14) (1965), Fleming, Ian, [adventure, fiction, James Bond (Fictional character), intelligence service, spy stories, Jamaica, film/TV adaptation]

7,081

Five Have a Mystery to Solve (Famous Five #20) (1962), Blyton, Enid, [adventure, fiction, juvenile]

7,063

The Island of Adventure (Adventure series #1) (1944), Blyton, Enid, [adventure, fiction, juvenile, film/TV adaptation]

7,040

Surprised by Joy: The shape of my early life (1955), Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), [autobiography, non-fiction]

7,006

A Grief Observed (1961), Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples)[Clerk, N. W.], [non-fiction, religion, Guardian's 100 Best Nonfiction Books of All Time]

6,968

The Haunted Policeman (1939), Sayers, Dorothy L., [fiction, Lord Peter Wimsey (Fictional character), mystery]

6,934

Unnatural Death (1927), Sayers, Dorothy L., [crime, fiction, Lord Peter Wimsey (Fictional character), mystery]

6,848

The Mystery of Tally-ho Cottage (Five Find-Outers #12) (1954), Blyton, Enid, Evans, Treyer, [fiction, juvenile, mystery]

6,766

The Glass Key (1931), Hammett, Dashiell, [fiction, mystery]

6,749

The Rockingdown Mystery (Barney Mysteries #1) (1949), Blyton, Enid, [adventure, fiction, juvenile, mystery]

2,756,837Top 190: 38%
6,718

Homage to Catalonia (1938), Blair, Eric Arthur[Orwell, George], [autobiography, non-fiction, Spain, war, Guardian's 100 Best Nonfiction Books of All Time, Spanish Civil War, fascism]

6,709

Admiral Hornblower in the West Indies [Hornblower Saga #11] (1958), Smith, Cecil Louis Troughton[Forester, C. S. (Cecil Scott)], [Caribbean Sea, fiction, historical, seafaring, war, Napoleonic Wars]

6,665

Five are Together Again (Famous Five #21) (1963), Blyton, Enid, [adventure, fiction, juvenile]

6,655

Well Done Secret Seven (Secret Seven #3) (1951), Blyton, Enid, [fiction, juvenile, mystery]

6,649

Hornblower and the Hotspur [Hornblower Saga #3] (1962), Smith, Cecil Louis Troughton[Forester, C. S. (Cecil Scott)], [fiction, historical, seafaring, war, Napoleonic Wars]

6,592

Five go to Mystery Moor (Famous Five #13) (1954), Blyton, Enid, [adventure, fiction, juvenile]

6,564

Wealth, Virtual Wealth and Debt: The Solution of the Economic Paradox (1933), Soddy, Frederick, [economics, non-fiction]

6,535

The King of Elfland's Daughter (1927), Plunkett, Edward 18th Baron of Dunsany[Dunsany, Lord], [fantasy, fiction]

6,515

Anne of Windy Poplars (Anne of Green Gables #4) (1936), Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud), [Anne Shirley (Fictional character), Canada, Canadiana, fiction, juvenile, Prince Edward Island, film/TV adaptation, Family Saga]

6,402

Hornblower and the Atropos [Hornblower Saga #5] (1953), Smith, Cecil Louis Troughton[Forester, C. S. (Cecil Scott)], [fiction, historical, seafaring, war, Napoleonic Wars]

2,822,841Top 200: 39%
7,206,674

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