Readable Classics
- Description
- These are classics that you actually enjoyed reading.
- Members
- 14 participating members
1
by Jane Austen
77,831 members
1,336 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
76,097 members
1,421 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
9,083 members
418 reviews
3.9
Score 16.03
Added 2014-05-20, 08:51 AM
- 7 Members
- Euryale, jain, aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
8
69,835 members
1,132 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.
9
- 6 Members
- hipdeep, aulsmith, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
10
- 5 Members
- merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, kerrygiven, TeriAndersonNeedham
11
- 6 Members
- hipdeep, Euryale, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
12
by Oscar Wilde
38,181 members
614 reviews
4
Score 11.18
Added 2014-05-20, 08:53 AM
- 5 Members
- Euryale, sturlington, ahef1963, kerrygiven, ManWithAnAgenda
13
18,490 members
334 reviews
4
Score 11
Added 2019-01-13, 01:26 PM
- 4 Members
- hipdeep, jain, sturlington, ahef1963
14
- 5 Members
- hipdeep, Euryale, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963
15
23,550 members
504 reviews
4.1
Score 10.74
Added 2019-01-16, 01:58 PM
- 5 Members
- hipdeep, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham
16
35,422 members
439 reviews
3.9
Score 10.12
Added 2014-02-02, 04:30 PM
- 5 Members
- cpg, aulsmith, merrystar, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham,sturlington
17
14,766 members
288 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
10,984 members
290 reviews
4
Score 8.78
Added 2019-01-16, 02:08 PM
- 5 Members
- hipdeep, sturlington, ahef1963, TeriAndersonNeedham, ManWithAnAgenda
22
7,638 members
410 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
32,610 members
423 reviews
3.8
Score 7.61
Added 2014-06-03, 10:12 AM
- 4 Members
- Euryale, sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
28
15,310 members
368 reviews
4
Score 7.56
Added 2014-10-03, 01:42 PM
- 4 Members
- hipdeep, jain, sturlington, ManWithAnAgenda
29
by Mark Twain
41,743 members
508 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
38,017 members
926 reviews
4
Score 7.08
Added 2019-01-16, 02:06 PM
- 4 Members
- hipdeep, merrystar, sturlington, ahef1963
33
48,182 members
732 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
10,322 members
260 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
6,350 members
168 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
5,502 members
109 reviews
3.9
Score 5.47
Added 2014-02-02, 04:32 PM
47
- 3 Members
- jain, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
48
1,946 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
1,052 members
15 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 5.04
Added 2014-10-03, 01:52 PM
- 3 Members
- aulsmith, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
55
by Thomas Mann
5,539 members
106 reviews
4.2
Score 5.02
Added 2014-02-02, 04:31 PM
56
2,670 members
77 reviews
½ 3.7
Score 4.99
Added 2014-06-20, 12:05 PM
- 3 Members
- sturlington, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda
57
29,708 members
489 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
23,586 members
296 reviews
4.1
Score 4.53
Added 2014-02-02, 01:45 PM
- 2 Members
- sturlington, ahef1963
59
20,977 members
460 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
33,239 members
457 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
15,051 members
243 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
1,281 members
56 reviews
½ 3.6
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).
96
97
1,965 members
18 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.
99
- Member
- jain
100
- 2 Members
- sturlington, ahef1963,ManWithAnAgenda