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Top downloaded books over the last thirty days:

2,772

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

1,332

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

910

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

713

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

653

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]

574

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

564

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]

542

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

528

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

407

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

8,995Top 10: 10%
374

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

353

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

343

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

340

Everybody Adored Cara (1963), Morse, Anne Christensen[Head, Ann], [fiction, mystery]

328

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

326

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

307

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

298

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

293

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

292

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

12,249Top 20: 14%
292

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

285

Kits at Clynton Court School (1924), Knowles, Mabel Winifred[Wynne, May], [fiction, girls, juvenile, school stories]

269

The Rebel Bride (1925), Christie, May, [fiction, romance]

268

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

261

The Blue Rajah Murder (1929), MacGrath, Harold, [fiction, mystery]

258

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

254

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

253

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

244

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]

243

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

14,876Top 30: 16%
243

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)]

241

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

241

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

240

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

237

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

233

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

224

Baptiste Larocque: Legends of French Canada (1923), Wallace, Paul A. W., [Canadiana, fiction, humour, Quebec, short stories]

223

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

219

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

216

Profiles in Courage (1955), Kennedy, John F., [biography, history, non-fiction, politics, Pulitzer Prize]

17,193Top 40: 19%
210

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

208

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

205

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

202

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

202

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

194

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

193

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

189

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

183

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

181

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

19,160Top 50: 21%
176

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

174

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

169

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

167

Anne of The Island (Anne of Green Gables #3) (1915), Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud), [Anne Shirley (Fictional character), Canada, Canadiana, fiction, juvenile, Prince Edward Island, film/TV adaptation, Family Saga]

167

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

163

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

162

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

162

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

162

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

160

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

20,822Top 60: 23%
157

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]

156

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

155

Enid Blyton's Treasury (1947), Blyton, Enid, [adventure, fiction, juvenile, nature]

155

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

152

It Can't Happen Here (1935), Lewis, Sinclair, [America, fiction, satire, politics and government, Prometheus Award Hall of Fame]

152

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

152

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

151

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

150

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

150

The India-Rubber Men (1929), Wallace, (Richard Horatio) Edgar, [detective, fiction, film/TV adaptation]

22,352Top 70: 25%
150

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

150

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

149

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

149

Scanners Live in Vain (1950), Linebarger, Paul Myron Anthony[Smith, Cordwainer], [fiction, science fiction]

148

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

147

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

147

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

147

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

146

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

145

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

23,830Top 80: 26%
145

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

142

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

142

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

141

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

141

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]

141

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

139

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]

138

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

136

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

133

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

25,228Top 90: 28%
130

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

130

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

129

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

128

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

127

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

126

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

126

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

125

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

124

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

124

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

26,497Top 100: 29%
123

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

122

The Golden Heart & Other Fairy Stories (1904), Jacob, Violet, Sandheim, May Catherine, [fairy tale, fiction, juvenile, short stories]

122

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)]

122

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

122

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

121

The Case of the Spurious Spinster (1961), Gardner, Erle Stanley, [fiction, mystery, thriller, film/TV adaptation]

119

A Genius at the Chalet School (Chalet School #35) (1956), Brent-Dyer, Elinor Mary, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

116

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

116

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

115

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]

27,695Top 110: 31%
114

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]

114

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

114

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

114

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

113

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

113

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

113

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

113

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

112

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

112

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

28,827Top 120: 32%
112

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

111

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

110

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

110

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

109

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

109

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

109

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

108

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

108

Mother India (1927), Mayo, Katherine, [history, India, non-fiction, religion, sociology, women]

107

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

29,920Top 130: 33%
106

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

106

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

105

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]

105

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

105

The Rubadub Mystery (Barney Mysteries #4) (1952), Blyton, Enid, [fiction, juvenile, mystery]

104

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

104

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]

102

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

102

Murder at Wrides Park (Ronald Camberwell #1) (1931), Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith), [fiction, mystery]

102

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

30,961Top 140: 34%
102

The World's Last Night and Other Essays (1960), Lewis, C. S. (Clive Staples), [essay, non-fiction, philosophy, religion]

101

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

100

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

99

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

99

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

99

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

98

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

97

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

97

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

97

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

31,950Top 150: 35%
96

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

96

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

96

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

96

Under the Volcano (1947), Lowry, Malcolm, [Canadiana, fiction, Mexico, Modern Library's 100 Best Novels, Guardian's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time (2003)]

95

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

95

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]

94

The Family at Red Roofs (1945), Blyton, Enid, Spence, W., [fiction, juvenile]

94

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

92

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

92

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

32,896Top 160: 36%
92

The Rilloby Fair Mystery (Barney Mysteries #2) (1950), Blyton, Enid, [fiction, juvenile, mystery]

91

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]

91

Revolt in the Desert (1926), Lawrence, T. E. (Thomas Edward), [autobiography, non-fiction]

91

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

91

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

91

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

90

A Chalet Girl from Kenya (Chalet School #33) (1955), Brent-Dyer, Elinor Mary, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

90

The Chalet School Goes to It [AKA The Chalet School Goes to War] (Chalet School #15) (1941), Brent-Dyer, Elinor Mary, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

90

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

89

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

33,802Top 170: 37%
89

Six Cousins Again (Six Cousins #2) (1950), Blyton, Enid, [farm-life, fiction, juvenile]

89

The Children of Willow Farm (Farm #2) (1942), Blyton, Enid, Rountree, Harry, [farm-life, fiction, juvenile]

89

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

88

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

88

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

88

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]

88

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

88

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

87

Peyton Place (1956), Metalious, Grace, [fiction, New England, U.S.A., film/TV adaptation]

86

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

34,682Top 180: 38%
86

The Girls of Old Grange School (1925), Knowles, Mabel Winifred[Wynne, May], [England, fiction, juvenile, school stories]

85

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

85

Light in August (1932), Faulkner, William, [fiction, Mississippi, U.S.A., Modern Library's 100 Best Novels]

85

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

85

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

85

Trials for the Chalet School (Chalet School #41) (1959), Brent-Dyer, Elinor Mary, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

84

Lavender Laughs in the Chalet School [AKA Lavender Leigh at the Chalet School] (Chalet School #17) (1943), Brent-Dyer, Elinor Mary, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

84

Ring O' Bells Mystery (Barney Mysteries #3) (1951), Blyton, Enid, [adventure, fiction, juvenile, mystery]

84

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

83

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

35,528Top 190: 39%
83

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

82

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

82

The Rat-a-Tat Mystery (Barney Mysteries #5) (1956), Blyton, Enid, [fiction, juvenile, mystery]

82

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

81

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

80

An Experiment with Time (1927), Dunne, J. W., [non-fiction, philosophy, psychology, dreams, precognition, time]

80

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

80

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

80

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

80

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

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