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Top downloaded books over the last 365 days

20,451

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

12,102

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

8,853

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]

6,827

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]

6,569

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

5,331

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

4,549

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

3,996

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

3,831

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

3,741

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

76,250Top 10: 7%
3,621

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

3,431

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

3,374

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

3,284

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

3,272

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

3,108

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

3,084

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

3,019

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

3,015

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

2,885

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

108,343Top 20: 10%
2,705

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

2,648

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]

2,583

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

2,550

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

2,423

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

2,359

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

2,318

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)]

2,206

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]

2,171

Titus Groan (Gormenghast #1) (1946), Peake, Mervyn, Peake, Mervyn, [fantasy, fiction, gothic]

2,138

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

132,444Top 30: 12%
2,081

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

2,060

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

2,007

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

2,005

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

1,979

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

1,970

Monkey: Folk Tale of China (1942), Waley, Arthur, Ch'êng-ên, Wu , [fiction, folklore, James Tait Black Memorial Prize, China]

1,969

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

1,907

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

1,901

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

1,892

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

152,215Top 40: 14%
1,885

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

1,862

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

1,861

The Winter of Our Discontent (1961), Steinbeck, John, [fiction, film/TV adaptation]

1,852

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

1,798

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

1,747

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

1,719

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

1,712

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

1,696

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]

1,666

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

170,013Top 50: 16%
1,650

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

1,645

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

1,634

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

1,613

The Pearl (1947), Steinbeck, John, [fiction, Mexico, novella]

1,543

The Bates Method for Good Sight without Glasses (1944), Bates, William Horatio, [medicine, non-fiction, vision, ophthalmology, Bates Method, alternative medicine, health]

1,536

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

1,509

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

1,507

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]

1,481

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

1,463

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

185,594Top 60: 17%
1,445

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

1,444

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

1,444

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

1,435

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

1,435

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

1,430

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

1,429

The School at the Chalet (Chalet School #1) (1925), Brent-Dyer, Elinor Mary, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

1,428

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

1,420

The Lion and the Unicorn (1941), Blair, Eric Arthur[Orwell, George], [essay, non-fiction, socialism, English nationalism]

1,418

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

199,922Top 70: 18%
1,416

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

1,409

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

1,405

The Day of the Locust (1939), West, Nathanael, [fiction, Modern Library's 100 Best Novels, film/TV adaptation]

1,401

The Odyssey: The Story of Odysseus (1937), Rouse, W.H.D., Homer, [adventure, classics, fiction, Greek]

1,400

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

1,396

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

1,372

Tender is the Night (1933), Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott Key), [fiction, Modern Library's 100 Best Novels, film/TV adaptation]

1,371

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

1,360

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

1,359

Cannery Row (1945), Steinbeck, John, [fiction, life, film/TV adaptation]

213,811Top 80: 20%
1,356

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

1,356

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

1,339

Travels with Charley (1962), Steinbeck, John, [non-fiction, travelogue, U.S.A.]

1,329

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

1,326

The Folk of the Faraway Tree (Faraway Tree #3) (1946), Blyton, Enid, Wheeler, Dorothy M., [fiction, juvenile]

1,323

Adventures of the Wishing Chair (Wishing-Chair #1) (1937), Blyton, Enid, [fiction, juvenile]

1,314

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

1,314

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

1,311

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

1,310

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

227,089Top 90: 21%
1,304

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

1,303

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

1,299

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

1,291

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

1,284

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

1,284

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

1,281

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

1,281

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

1,279

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

1,277

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

239,972Top 100: 22%
1,272

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

1,267

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

1,264

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

1,262

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

1,261

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

1,261

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

1,257

The Collected Ghost Stories (1931), James, M. R. (Montague Rhodes), [fiction, ghosts, short stories, film/TV adaptation]

1,255

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

1,247

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

1,244

Who Goes There? (1938), Campbell, John W., Jr., [fiction, science fiction]

252,562Top 110: 23%
1,233

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

1,230

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

1,218

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

1,206

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

1,197

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

1,192

Five on a Hike Together (Famous Five #10) (1951), Blyton, Enid, [adventure, fiction, juvenile]

1,192

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

1,191

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

1,186

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

1,183

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

264,590Top 120: 24%
1,176

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

1,166

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

1,154

Finnegans Wake (1939), Joyce, James, [fiction, Modern Library's 100 Best Novels, Irish literature]

1,148

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

1,145

A Future Chalet School Girl (Chalet School #47) (1962), Brent-Dyer, Elinor Mary, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

1,145

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

1,143

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

1,135

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

1,134

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

1,117

The Joy of Cooking, 3rd Edition (Revised) (1946), Rombauer, Irma S., [cooking, food, instructional, non-fiction, reference, entertaining]

276,053Top 130: 25%
1,112

The Castle of Adventure (Adventure series #2) (1946), Blyton, Enid, [adventure, fiction, juvenile, film/TV adaptation]

1,108

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

1,097

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

1,096

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

1,093

To Have and Have Not (1937), Hemingway, Ernest, [fiction, film/TV adaptation]

1,093

Tortilla Flat (1935), Steinbeck, John, [fiction, film/TV adaptation]

1,091

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]

1,085

The Chalet School Wins the Trick (Chalet School #46) (1961), Brent-Dyer, Elinor Mary, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

1,084

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

1,063

Doctor Faustus (1948), Mann, Thomas, [fiction]

286,975Top 140: 26%
1,063

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

1,047

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

1,042

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]

1,041

The Coming-of-Age of the Chalet School (Chalet School #39) (1958), Brent-Dyer, Elinor Mary, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

1,038

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]

1,031

The Feud in the Chalet School (Chalet School #48) (1962), Brent-Dyer, Elinor Mary, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

1,026

Last and First Men (1930), Stapledon, Olaf, [fiction, philosophy, science fiction]

1,019

Homer: The Iliad: The Story of Achillês (1938), Rouse, W.H.D., Homer, [classics, fiction, Greek, literature, film/TV adaptation]

1,005

The Moon is Down (1942), Steinbeck, John, [fiction, war, film/TV adaptation]

1,001

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]

297,288Top 150: 27%
996

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

995

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

993

Le Survenant (1945), Guèvremont, Germaine, [Canada, Canadiana, fiction, Quebec, québécois]

993

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

978

The Sea of Adventure (Adventure series #4) (1948), Blyton, Enid, [adventure, fiction, juvenile]

972

Six Cousins at Mistletoe Farm (Six Cousins #1) (1948), Blyton, Enid, [farm-life, fiction, juvenile]

972

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

970

The Valley of Adventure (Adventure series #3) (1947), Blyton, Enid, [adventure, fiction, juvenile]

969

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

963

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

307,089Top 160: 28%
958

The New Mistress at the Chalet School (Chalet School #37) (1957), Brent-Dyer, Elinor Mary, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

957

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]

953

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]

952

The Chalet School Reunion (Chalet School #50) (1963), Brent-Dyer, Elinor Mary, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

938

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

936

The Odyssey of Homer (1932), Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward)[Shaw, T. E. (Thomas Edward)], [fiction, Mythology]

932

The Mountain of Adventure (Adventure series #5) (1949), Blyton, Enid, [adventure, fiction, juvenile]

915

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

914

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

914

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

316,458Top 170: 29%
904

The Circus of Adventure (Adventure series #7) (1952), Blyton, Enid, [adventure, fiction, juvenile]

904

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

899

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

894

Jo of the Chalet School (Chalet School #2) (1926), Brent-Dyer, Elinor Mary, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

891

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

891

To a God Unknown (1933), Steinbeck, John, [fiction]

887

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

885

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

877

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]

876

The River of Adventure (Adventure series #8) (1955), Blyton, Enid, [adventure, fiction, juvenile]

325,366Top 180: 30%
873

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

873

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

872

Prefects of the Chalet School (Chalet School #58) (1970), Brent-Dyer, Elinor Mary, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

872

The Chrysanthemum and the Sword: Patterns of Japanese Culture (1946), Benedict, Ruth, [anthropology, history, non-fiction, science, sociology, Japan]

868

The Ship of Adventure (Adventure series #6) (1950), Blyton, Enid, [adventure, fiction, juvenile]

866

The Chalet School Triplets (Chalet School #49) (1963), Brent-Dyer, Elinor Mary, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

861

The Bungalow Mystery [Revised Edition] (Nancy Drew Mystery [Revised] #3) (1960), Doll, Patricia[Keene, Carolyn], [amateur detective, detective, fiction, mystery, female detectives, Nancy Drew (Fictional character)]

858

The Dharma Bums (1958), Kerouac, Jack, [fiction, semi-autobiographical, travel]

856

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)]

855

Here Lies: The Collected Stories of Dorothy Parker (1939), Parker, Dorothy, [fiction, short stories]

334,020Top 190: 31%
855

The Chalet School in Exile (Chalet School #14) (1940), Brent-Dyer, Elinor Mary, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

852

Adrienne and the Chalet School (Chalet School #53) (1965), Brent-Dyer, Elinor Mary, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

852

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]

852

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

851

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

848

The Secret of Spiggy Holes (Secret Series #2) (1940), Blyton, Enid, [adventure, fiction, juvenile]

842

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]

842

The Head Girl of the Chalet School (Chalet School #4) (1928), Brent-Dyer, Elinor Mary, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

842

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

841

The Hidden Staircase (Nancy Drew Mystery #2) (1930), Benson, Mildred A. Wirt[Keene, Carolyn], Tandy, Russell H., [amateur detective, detective, fiction, mystery, female detectives, Nancy Drew (Fictional character)]

342,497Top 200: 31%
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