Readable Classics
- Description
- These are classics that you actually enjoyed reading.
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by Jane Austen
82,990 members
1,378 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 30.17
Added 2014-02-02, 01:45 PM
- 10 Members
- cpg, jain, ghilbrae, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, kerrygiven, jeffza, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith
- Explanations
- aulsmith : I just don't like the Bennetts.
2
- 9 Members
- cpg, jain, ghilbrae, aulsmith, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, jeffza, ManWithAnAgenda
3
by Harper Lee
80,484 members
1,440 reviews
½ 4.4
Score 22.99
Added 2014-02-02, 01:43 PM
- 8 Members
- hipdeep, cpg, Euryale, aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963, kerrygiven, TeriAndersonNeedham
4
- 8 Members
- hipdeep, cpg, jain, ghilbrae, aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
5
- 7 Members
- aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963, kerrygiven, jeffza, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
6
- 6 Members
- hipdeep, Euryale, aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham
7
10,174 members
434 reviews
3.9
Score 16.03
Added 2014-05-20, 08:51 AM
- 7 Members
- Euryale, jain, aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
8
- 7 Members
- hipdeep, Stav, Euryale, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
9
- 7 Members
- hipdeep, Stav, aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
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11
73,953 members
1,170 reviews
3.8
Score 12.38
Added 2014-02-02, 01:44 PM
- 6 Members
- Euryale, sturlington, ahef1963, jeffza, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith
- Explanations
- aulsmith : It's readable, but I find the end disappointing every time I read it.
12
- 5 Members
- merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, kerrygiven, TeriAndersonNeedham
13
by Oscar Wilde
40,647 members
634 reviews
4
Score 11.18
Added 2014-05-20, 08:53 AM
- 5 Members
- Euryale, sturlington, ahef1963, kerrygiven, ManWithAnAgenda
14
19,600 members
348 reviews
4
Score 11
Added 2019-01-13, 01:26 PM
- 4 Members
- hipdeep, jain, sturlington, ahef1963
15
25,614 members
528 reviews
4.1
Score 10.74
Added 2019-01-16, 01:58 PM
- 5 Members
- hipdeep, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham
16
37,628 members
459 reviews
3.9
Score 10.12
Added 2014-02-02, 04:30 PM
- 5 Members
- cpg, aulsmith, merrystar, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham,sturlington
17
15,756 members
304 reviews
3.9
Score 9.58
Added 2015-06-16, 02:23 PM
- 5 Members
- Euryale, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
18
- 4 Members
- cpg, aulsmith, ahef1963, jeffza,sturlington
19
- 4 Members
- aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham
20
- 4 Members
- merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
21
by Ray Bradbury
11,662 members
299 reviews
4
Score 8.78
Added 2019-01-16, 02:08 PM
- 5 Members
- hipdeep, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
22
8,484 members
429 reviews
4.1
Score 8.55
Added 2014-02-02, 01:43 PM
- 4 Members
- Euryale, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
23
- 5 Members
- aulsmith, merrystar, ahef1963, kerrygiven, TeriAndersonNeedham,sturlington
24
- 4 Members
- jain, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963
25
- 4 Members
- sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
26
- 4 Members
- hipdeep, aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963
27
35,225 members
439 reviews
3.8
Score 7.61
Added 2014-06-03, 10:12 AM
- 4 Members
- Euryale, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
28
16,379 members
395 reviews
4
Score 7.56
Added 2014-10-03, 01:42 PM
- 4 Members
- hipdeep, jain, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
29
by Mark Twain
44,088 members
523 reviews
3.9
Score 7.15
Added 2014-06-03, 10:13 AM
- 5 Members
- hipdeep, aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham,merrystar
30
- 3 Members
- merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963
31
- 3 Members
- sturlington, ahef1963, jeffza
32
40,949 members
968 reviews
4
Score 7.08
Added 2019-01-16, 02:06 PM
- 4 Members
- hipdeep, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963
33
50,793 members
744 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 6.95
Added 2014-02-02, 01:44 PM
- 3 Members
- ghilbrae, sturlington, ahef1963
34
- 3 Members
- merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
35
- 3 Members
- merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963
36
11,003 members
267 reviews
4.1
Score 6.54
Added 2020-05-14, 06:05 AM
- 3 Members
- jain, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
37
- 3 Members
- merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963
38
39
6,644 members
171 reviews
3.9
Score 5.91
Added 2019-01-16, 02:03 PM
- 3 Members
- hipdeep, merrystar, ManWithAnAgenda
40
- 3 Members
- hipdeep, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
41
- 4 Members
- Euryale, sturlington, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith
- Explanations
- aulsmith : I found pacing lose and disjointed. Had to start it a couple of times before I got through it.
42
- 3 Members
- merrystar, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
43
- 3 Members
- merrystar, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
44
- 3 Members
- jain, sturlington, ahef1963
46
5,937 members
112 reviews
3.9
Score 5.47
Added 2014-02-02, 04:32 PM
47
- 3 Members
- jain, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
48
2,051 members
18 reviews
4.1
Score 5.29
Added 2014-05-20, 08:48 AM
- 4 Members
- hipdeep, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham,aulsmith
- Explanations
- aulsmith : I've never found these very readable as novels. They don't make sense, and the chess game in Looking Glass makes it even worse. But each chapter is fun and the poetry is great.
49
- 3 Members
- jain, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
50
- 3 Members
- jain, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
51
- 3 Members
- jain, sturlington, ahef1963
52
- 3 Members
- merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963
53
- 3 Members
- jain, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
54
1,095 members
14 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 5.04
Added 2014-10-03, 01:52 PM
- 3 Members
- aulsmith, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
55
by Thomas Mann
5,806 members
108 reviews
4.2
Score 5.02
Added 2014-02-02, 04:31 PM
56
2,827 members
84 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 4.99
Added 2014-06-20, 12:05 PM
- 3 Members
- sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
57
31,508 members
505 reviews
3.8
Score 4.67
Added 2016-01-11, 09:42 AM
- 3 Members
- jain, sturlington, ahef1963
- Explanations
- jain: I'm not usually a fan of Hemingway, but this I liked.
58
by Ken Kesey
24,569 members
297 reviews
4.1
Score 4.53
Added 2014-02-02, 01:45 PM
- 2 Members
- sturlington, ahef1963
59
21,752 members
479 reviews
3.9
Score 4.51
Added 2019-01-16, 02:00 PM
60
- 3 Members
- jain, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington
- Explanations
- jain: Shows a perceptive and nuanced understanding of generational abuse. Accordingly, the beginning and middle of the book can be painful (though compelling) reading, but I find the eventual happy ending extremely catharctic.
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63
- 2 Members
- ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
64
- 2 Members
- hipdeep, ManWithAnAgenda
65
66
67
- 2 Members
- jain, ManWithAnAgenda
68
- 2 Members
- ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
69
70
35,086 members
476 reviews
4.1
Score 3.55
Added 2014-06-20, 12:06 PM
- 2 Members
- aulsmith, sturlington
- Explanations
- sturlington: Can be a slog but worth reading
71
73
16,119 members
251 reviews
4.1
Score 3.47
Added 2019-01-16, 02:05 PM
76
- 2 Members
- jain, ahef1963,sturlington
77
78
- 2 Members
- jain, sturlington
79
- 3 Members
- jain, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,sturlington
81
- 3 Members
- sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith
- Explanations
- aulsmith : I found the prose dense and the story odd.
85
by Muriel Spark
1,344 members
58 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 2.38
Added 2022-01-22, 02:54 PM
- Member
- ManWithAnAgenda
87
- Member
- hipdeep
88
- Member
- Euryale
90
- Member
- hipdeep
92
- Member
- ManWithAnAgenda
93
- 2 Members
- sturlington, TeriAndersonNeedham,aulsmith
- Explanations
- aulsmith : I read this at age 18 and found it confusing and irritatingly misogynist (though I didn't know the word at the time).
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97
1,972 members
17 reviews
4
Score 1.97
Added 2014-02-02, 01:46 PM
- 3 Members
- hipdeep, ghilbrae, sturlington,aulsmith ,ManWithAnAgenda
- Explanations
- aulsmith : Poe is very readable, but he gives me nightmares.
100
- 2 Members
- sturlington, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda