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Top downloaded books this calendar year:

26,774

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

21,829

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

11,576

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]

7,509

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

7,494

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

7,028

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]

6,934

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

5,017

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

4,599

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

4,189

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)]

102,949Top 10: 11%
4,078

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]

4,032

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

3,800

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

3,672

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

3,622

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

3,539

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

3,502

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

3,498

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

3,451

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

3,395

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

139,538Top 20: 15%
3,284

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

3,119

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

3,048

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

2,931

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

2,837

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

2,821

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

2,794

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

2,742

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

2,688

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

2,614

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

168,416Top 30: 18%
2,593

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

2,551

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

2,548

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

2,308

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

2,283

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

2,236

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

2,206

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

2,199

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

2,175

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

2,167

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

191,682Top 40: 21%
2,106

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

2,096

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

2,067

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

2,044

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

2,040

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

2,010

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

1,980

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

1,944

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

1,866

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

1,821

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

211,656Top 50: 23%
1,763

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

1,740

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

1,705

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

1,704

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

1,700

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

1,696

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

1,647

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

1,645

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]

1,642

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

1,548

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

228,446Top 60: 24%
1,546

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

1,546

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

1,543

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

1,541

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]

1,509

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

1,505

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

1,497

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

1,496

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

1,488

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

1,472

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

243,589Top 70: 26%
1,468

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

1,452

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

1,445

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

1,430

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

1,414

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

1,412

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

1,391

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

1,385

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

1,365

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

1,363

The Pole Star Family (Family series #3) (1950), Blyton, Enid, [fiction, juvenile, seafaring]

257,714Top 80: 28%
1,356

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

1,352

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

1,349

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

1,337

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]

1,325

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

1,312

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

1,301

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

1,297

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

1,296

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

1,283

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

270,922Top 90: 29%
1,277

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

1,273

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

1,271

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

1,270

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

1,265

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

1,264

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

1,263

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

1,262

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

1,256

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

1,254

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

283,577Top 100: 30%
1,249

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

1,246

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

1,243

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

1,237

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

1,237

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

1,233

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

1,229

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

1,216

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

1,211

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

1,202

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

295,880Top 110: 32%
1,202

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

1,196

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

1,180

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

1,180

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

1,179

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

1,176

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

1,176

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

1,172

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

1,164

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

1,156

Mary Lou at the Chalet School (Chalet School #34) (1956), Brent-Dyer, Elinor Mary, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

307,661Top 120: 33%
1,153

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

1,150

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

1,147

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

1,144

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

1,141

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

1,138

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

1,133

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

1,127

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

1,124

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

1,117

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

319,035Top 130: 34%
1,107

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

1,106

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

1,104

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]

1,100

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]

1,083

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

1,075

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

1,070

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

1,063

The Daughter of Time [Inspector Alan Grant #5] (1951), Mackintosh, Elizabeth[Tey, Josephine], [England, fiction, history, mystery, royalty]

1,060

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

1,058

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

329,861Top 140: 35%
1,056

The Epic of America (1931), Adams, James Truslow, [history, non-fiction, U.S.A.]

1,055

The Cocktail Party (1950), Eliot, T. S. (Thomas Stearns), [comedy, drama, fiction]

1,043

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

1,038

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

1,038

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

1,033

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

1,031

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

1,018

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

998

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

996

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)]

340,167Top 150: 36%
994

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

989

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

984

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

980

The Well of Loneliness (1928), Hall, Marguerite Radclyffe, [fiction, relationships, romance, LGBTQ]

979

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

977

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

977

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

967

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]

965

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

957

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

349,936Top 160: 38%
956

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

954

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

953

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]

949

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

944

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

944

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]

944

The Yearling (1938), Rawlings, Marjorie Kinnan, [fiction, juvenile, Pulitzer Prize, film/TV adaptation]

932

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

919

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

906

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

359,337Top 170: 39%
895

The Sea Around Us (1950), Carson, Rachel, [biology, non-fiction, science, environment, film/TV adaptation]

893

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]

892

The Nine Tailors (1934), Sayers, Dorothy L., [crime, fiction, Lord Peter Wimsey (Fictional character), mystery]

889

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

888

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]

885

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

883

The Red Pony (1945), Steinbeck, John, Dennis, Wesley, [fiction, horses, film/TV adaptation]

882

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

868

The Once and Future King (1958), White, T. H. (Terence Hanbury), [fantasy, fiction]

864

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]

368,176Top 180: 39%
863

Murder in the Squire's Pew (Ronald Camberwell #3) (1932), Fletcher, J. S. (Joseph Smith), [fiction, mystery]

862

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]

857

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

856

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

856

The Second World War: Their Finest Hour (volume 2) (1949), Churchill, Winston S. (Spencer), [history, memoir, non-fiction, World War II, Churchill]

855

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

848

Changes For the Chalet School (Chalet School #28) (1953), Brent-Dyer, Elinor Mary, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

846

Busman's Honeymoon (1937), Sayers, Dorothy L., [crime, fiction, Lord Peter Wimsey (Fictional character), mystery]

845

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

828

The Chalet School Does It Again (Chalet School #32) (1955), Brent-Dyer, Elinor Mary, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

376,692Top 190: 40%
828

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

827

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

824

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

822

The Second World War: The Grand Alliance (volume 3) (1950), Churchill, Winston S. (Spencer), [history, memoir, non-fiction, World War II, Churchill]

819

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

818

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

816

A Treasury of Sayers Stories (1958), Sayers, Dorothy L., [fiction, Lord Peter Wimsey (Fictional character), mystery, short stories]

809

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

805

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

804

Bride Leads the Chalet School (Chalet School #27) (1953), Brent-Dyer, Elinor Mary, [fiction, juvenile, school stories]

384,864Top 200: 41%
932,866

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