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Top downloaded books this calendar year:

8,418

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

7,242

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

4,294

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

3,872

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]

3,511

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]

2,444

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

2,244

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

1,920

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

1,829

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

1,760

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

37,534Top 10: 7%
1,759

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

1,710

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

1,703

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

1,703

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

1,662

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

1,565

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

1,533

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

1,411

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

1,385

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]

1,372

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

53,337Top 20: 10%
1,246

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

1,220

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

1,217

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

1,152

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

1,148

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

1,138

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

1,133

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

1,125

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

1,103

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

1,102

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)]

64,921Top 30: 13%
1,061

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

1,042

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

1,035

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

1,003

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]

981

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

952

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

948

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

936

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

922

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

916

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

74,717Top 40: 14%
897

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

887

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

872

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

871

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

865

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

852

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

851

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

851

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

839

Jane and the Chalet School (Chalet School #51) (1964), Brent-Dyer, Elinor Mary, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

836

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

83,338Top 50: 16%
832

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

831

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

827

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

826

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

818

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

806

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

804

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

792

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

788

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

777

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

91,439Top 60: 18%
773

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

767

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]

765

The Chalet School and Richenda (Chalet School #40) (1958), Brent-Dyer, Elinor Mary, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

765

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

760

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

746

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

742

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

730

Redheads at the Chalet School (Chalet School #52) (1964), Brent-Dyer, Elinor Mary, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

729

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

727

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

98,943Top 70: 19%
725

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]

721

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

721

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

711

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

709

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

708

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

706

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

706

Two Sams at the Chalet School (Chalet School #56) (1967), Brent-Dyer, Elinor Mary, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

699

Challenge for the Chalet School (Chalet School #55) (1966), Brent-Dyer, Elinor Mary, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

694

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

106,043Top 80: 21%
693

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

691

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

691

Summer Term at the Chalet School (Chalet School #54) (1965), Brent-Dyer, Elinor Mary, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

688

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

683

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

681

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

680

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

679

Althea Joins the Chalet School (Chalet School #57) (1969), Brent-Dyer, Elinor Mary, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

677

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

673

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

112,879Top 90: 22%
669

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

660

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

659

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

655

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

655

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

653

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

652

Ruey Richardson—Chaletian (Chalet School #44) (1960), Brent-Dyer, Elinor Mary, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

649

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

648

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

645

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

119,424Top 100: 23%
644

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

644

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

641

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

640

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

639

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

635

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

634

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

632

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

631

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

630

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

125,794Top 110: 24%
628

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

628

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

626

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

625

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

615

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

608

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

605

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

602

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

602

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

601

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]

131,934Top 120: 26%
601

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

599

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

599

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

594

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

584

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

583

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

580

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

580

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

579

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

578

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

137,811Top 130: 27%
576

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

575

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

575

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

572

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]

571

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

569

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

567

A Leader in the Chalet School (Chalet School #45) (1961), Brent-Dyer, Elinor Mary, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

567

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

566

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

564

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

143,513Top 140: 28%
561

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

557

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

555

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

552

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

552

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

552

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

550

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

548

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

546

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

544

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

149,030Top 150: 29%
538

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]

538

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

535

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

531

Merrily We Roll Along (1934), Kaufman, George S., Hart, Moss, [drama, fiction, film/TV adaptation]

521

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

509

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)]

509

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

507

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

506

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]

496

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

154,220Top 160: 30%
489

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

484

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

481

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

479

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

473

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

470

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

467

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

464

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

462

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

460

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]

158,949Top 170: 31%
459

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]

455

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

454

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

447

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

447

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

445

Traumnovelle (1926), Schnitzler, Arthur, [fantasy, fiction, German, film/TV adaptation]

444

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

443

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

442

The Mystery at Lilac Inn (Nancy Drew Mystery #4) (1930), Benson, Mildred A. Wirt[Keene, Carolyn], [fiction, mystery]

438

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

163,423Top 180: 32%
438

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

435

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

433

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

432

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

430

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

429

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

426

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

425

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

423

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]

418

Mystery Underground (1929), Farjeon, J. Jefferson, [fiction, mystery]

167,712Top 190: 33%
417

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

415

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

412

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

412

The Third Policeman (1967), O'Nolan, Brian[O'Brien, Flann], [fiction]

411

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

410

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

406

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

400

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

398

The Wild Palms (1939), Faulkner, William, [fiction, literature, Mississippi, U.S.A., film/TV adaptation]

396

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]

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