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Highly Rated Fiction (Before 2010)

Fiction, published before 2010 rated 4.0 or higher on Hardcover, from at least 300 ratings. Leaves out young adult and children's titles, omnibus editions, and books that are not the first in their series.

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100 Years Of Solitude

100 Years Of Solitude

Gabriel Garcia Marquez

4.1 Hardcover (755)
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1984

1984

George Orwell

4.2 Hardcover (9238) 4.5 Google
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A Christmas Carol

A Christmas Carol

Charles Dickens

4.1 Hardcover (1320)
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A Game Of Thrones: The Illustrated Edition

A Game Of Thrones: The Illustrated Edition

George R. R. Martin

5.0 Google
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A Little Life

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara

4.1 Hardcover (1188) 5.0 Google
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All Quiet On The Western Front

All Quiet On The Western Front

Erich Maria Remarque

4.2 Hardcover (1044)
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All The Pretty Horses

All The Pretty Horses

Cormac Mccarthy

4.1 Hardcover (370)
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Altered Carbon

Altered Carbon

Richard K. Morgan

4.0 Hardcover (1006) 4.5 Google
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American Gods

American Gods

Neil Gaiman

4.0 Hardcover (3407)
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Anathem

Anathem

Neal Stephenson

4.2 Hardcover (643)
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Animal Farm

Animal Farm

George Orwell

4.1 Hardcover (7134) 5.0 Google
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Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina

Leo Tolstoy

4.0 Hardcover (1010)
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Blood Meridian: Or The Evening Redness In The West

Blood Meridian: Or The Evening Redness In The West

Cormac Mccarthy

4.1 Hardcover (879)
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Cat's Cradle

Cat's Cradle

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

4.1 Hardcover (1468)
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Catch 22

Catch 22

Heller, Joseph

No ratings
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Childhood’s End

Childhood’s End

Arthur C. Clarke

4.0 Hardcover (906)
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City Of Thieves

City Of Thieves

David Benioff

4.3 Hardcover (368)
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Crime And Punishment

Crime And Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky

4.3 Hardcover (2118)
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Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?

Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?

Philip K. Dick

4.0 Hardcover (2384) 4.0 Google
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East Of Eden

East Of Eden

John Steinbeck

4.5 Hardcover (1147) 4.5 Google
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Elantris

Elantris

Brandon Sanderson

4.1 Hardcover (2386)
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Fight Club

Fight Club

Chuck Palahniuk

4.1 Hardcover (1615)
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Flowers For Algernon

Flowers For Algernon

Daniel Keyes

4.3 Hardcover (2463) 5.0 Google
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Giovanni's Room (Deluxe Edition)

Giovanni's Room (Deluxe Edition)

James Baldwin

No ratings
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Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Girl With The Dragon Tattoo

Stieg Larsson

4.1 Hardcover (3064) 4.0 Google
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Good Omens: The Nice And Accurate Prophecies Of Agnes Nutter, Witch

Good Omens: The Nice And Accurate Prophecies Of Agnes Nutter, Witch

Neil Gaiman

4.2 Hardcover (2862)
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His Majesty's Dragon

His Majesty's Dragon

Naomi Novik

4.0 Hardcover (564)
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House Of Leaves

House Of Leaves

Mark Z. Danielewski

4.1 Hardcover (888)
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Hyperion

Hyperion

Dan Simmons

4.3 Hardcover (2118) 4.5 Google
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I Who Have Never Known Men

I Who Have Never Known Men

Jacqueline Harpman

4.2 Hardcover (1193)
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I, Robot

I, Robot

Isaac Asimov

4.1 Hardcover (1586) 4.0 Google
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Infinite Jest

Infinite Jest

David Foster Wallace

4.3 Hardcover (419) 4.5 Google
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Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)

Jurassic Park (Jurassic Park, #1)

Michael Crichton

4.1 Hardcover (929) 4.5 Google
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Kindred

Kindred

Octavia Butler

4.3 Hardcover (830) 2.5 Google
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Leviathan Wakes

Leviathan Wakes

James S.A. Corey

4.3 Hardcover (2994)
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Lonesome Dove

Lonesome Dove

Larry Mcmurtry

4.6 Hardcover (572)
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Misery

Misery

Stephen King

4.1 Hardcover (1492)
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Mother Night

Mother Night

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

4.2 Hardcover (418)
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Neverwhere

Neverwhere

Neil Gaiman

4.1 Hardcover (1853)
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No Country For Old Men

No Country For Old Men

Cormac Mccarthy

4.1 Hardcover (680)
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Norse Mythology

Norse Mythology

Neil Gaiman

4.0 Hardcover (1560)
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Notes From Underground

Notes From Underground

Fyodor Dostoevsky

4.1 Hardcover (734)
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Old Man's War (old Man's War, #1)

Old Man's War (old Man's War, #1)

John Scalzi

4.1 Hardcover (686) 4.5 Google
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Pandora's Star

Pandora's Star

Peter F. Hamilton

4.2 Hardcover (525)
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Rebecca

Rebecca

Daphne Du Maurier

4.1 Hardcover (922) 3.5 Google
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Rendezvous With Rama

Rendezvous With Rama

Arthur C. Clarke

4.0 Hardcover (1152) 4.0 Google
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Replay

Replay

Ken Grimwood

4.1 Hardcover (302)
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Shutter Island

Shutter Island

Dennis Lehane

4.1 Hardcover (409) 5.0 Google
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Siddhartha

Siddhartha

Hermann Hesse

4.0 Hardcover (1662)
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Slaughterhouse-five

Slaughterhouse-five

Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

4.1 Hardcover (3377) 4.0 Google
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Snow Crash

Snow Crash

Neal Stephenson

4.1 Hardcover (1976)
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Spin

Spin

Robert Charles Wilson

4.1 Hardcover (398)
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Stoner

Stoner

John Williams

4.4 Hardcover (888)
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Stories Of Your Life And Others

Stories Of Your Life And Others

Ted Chiang

4.2 Hardcover (1065)
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The Amazing Adventures Of Kavalier & Clay

The Amazing Adventures Of Kavalier & Clay

Michael Chabon

4.3 Hardcover (509) 4.0 Google
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The Art Of Racing In The Rain

The Art Of Racing In The Rain

Garth Stein

4.1 Hardcover (396)
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The Blade Itself

The Blade Itself

Joe Abercrombie

4.1 Hardcover (2196)
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The Bluest Eye

The Bluest Eye

Toni Morrison

4.0 Hardcover (416) 4.0 Google
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The Brothers Karamazov

The Brothers Karamazov

Fyodor Dostoevsky

4.4 Hardcover (803)
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The Color Purple

The Color Purple

Alice Walker

4.2 Hardcover (811)
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The Death Of Ivan Ilych

The Death Of Ivan Ilych

Leo Tolstoy

4.1 Hardcover (721)
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The Diamond Age

The Diamond Age

Neal Stephenson

4.2 Hardcover (655) 4.5 Google
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The Forever War

The Forever War

Joe Haldeman

4.0 Hardcover (1117) 5.0 Google
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The Godfather

The Godfather

Mario Puzo

4.4 Hardcover (756)
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The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society

The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society

Mary Ann Shaffer

4.0 Hardcover (519) 4.0 Google
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The Handmaid's Tale

The Handmaid's Tale

Margaret Atwood

4.1 Hardcover (3638) 4.5 Google
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The Help

The Help

Kathryn Stockett

4.2 Hardcover (1220) 4.5 Google
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The Importance Of Being Earnest

The Importance Of Being Earnest

Oscar Wilde

4.2 Hardcover (702)
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The Kite Runner

The Kite Runner

Khaled Hosseini

4.2 Hardcover (2388) 4.5 Google
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The Last Kingdom

The Last Kingdom

Bernard Cornwell

4.2 Hardcover (312) 4.0 Google
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The Last Wish

The Last Wish

Andrzej Sapkowski

4.1 Hardcover (2328) 4.5 Google
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The Lathe Of Heaven

The Lathe Of Heaven

Ursula K. Le Guin

4.1 Hardcover (582)
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The Lies Of Locke Lamora

The Lies Of Locke Lamora

Scott Lynch

4.3 Hardcover (1969) 4.5 Google
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The Martian Chronicles

The Martian Chronicles

Ray Bradbury

4.0 Hardcover (1030) 5.0 Google
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The Name Of The Rose

The Name Of The Rose

Umberto Eco

4.1 Hardcover (839) 5.0 Google
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The Name Of The Wind

The Name Of The Wind

Patrick Rothfuss

4.5 Hardcover (3930)
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The Pillars Of The Earth

The Pillars Of The Earth

Ken Follett

4.2 Hardcover (1137) 5.0 Google
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The Poisonwood Bible

The Poisonwood Bible

Barbara Kingsolver

4.0 Hardcover (515) 5.0 Google
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The Prophet

The Prophet

Kahlil Gibran

4.1 Hardcover (366)
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The Remains Of The Day

The Remains Of The Day

Kazuo Ishiguro

4.2 Hardcover (874)
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The Road

The Road

Cormac Mccarthy

4.0 Hardcover (2627) 4.0 Google
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The Secret History: A Read With Jenna Pick

The Secret History: A Read With Jenna Pick

Donna Tartt

4.0 Google
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The Shadow Of The Wind

The Shadow Of The Wind

Carlos Ruiz Zafón

4.2 Hardcover (1266) 4.5 Google
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The Shining

The Shining

Stephen King

4.2 Hardcover (2526)
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The Sirens Of Titan

The Sirens Of Titan

Kurt Vonnegut

4.0 Hardcover (649) 4.5 Google
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The Stand

The Stand

Stephen King

4.2 Hardcover (1915) 5.0 Google
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The Three-body Problem

The Three-body Problem

Liu Cixin

4.0 Hardcover (3888)
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The Warded Man: Book One Of The Demon Cycle

The Warded Man: Book One Of The Demon Cycle

Peter V. Brett

4.2 Hardcover (627)
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The Way Of Shadows

The Way Of Shadows

Brent Weeks

4.1 Hardcover (731)
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The Wind-up Bird Chronicle

The Wind-up Bird Chronicle

Haruki Murakami

4.0 Hardcover (916)
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The Witches

The Witches

Roald Dahl

4.0 Hardcover (575)
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Ubik

Ubik

Philip K. Dick

4.1 Hardcover (748)
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War And Peace

War And Peace

Leo Tolstoy

4.1 Hardcover (543)
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Where The Wild Things Are

Where The Wild Things Are

Maurice Sendak

4.2 Hardcover (826)
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