Top-Rated Books on LibraryThing

Beschrijving
Discovering books with a significant number of owners (>1000) that have a 4-1/2 star rating on LibraryThing. Do these books deserve their high ratings?
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78,367 leden
1,346 besprekingen
½ 4.4
9
12,253 leden
91 besprekingen
½ 4.4
10
25,524 leden
332 besprekingen
½ 4.3
20 Members
eromsted, kerrlm, Cecrow, jarmstrong, richgatlin, ncgraham, souloftherose, thecoroner, Dilara86, Bretzky1, raperper, bcrowl399, leialoha, stevengolson, emmendelson, Jeannine504, JaneM1948, cullengrey, pinkpilled, vinicius76,aulsmith
Verklaringen
aulsmith : Hugo was paid by the word and this work meanders shamelessly whenever he needed extra money. The digressions are interesting, but I kept losing track of the plot and gave up.
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20,061 leden
594 besprekingen
4.2
15
34,746 leden
305 besprekingen
½ 4.3
19
7,820 leden
131 besprekingen
½ 4.3
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30,928 leden
170 besprekingen
½ 4.6
16 Members
hipdeep, staffordcastle, kageeh, kerrlm, ncgraham, thecoroner, mike_frank, rretzler, ahef1963, raperper, literary.jess, bcrowl399, kara.shamy, leialoha, JaneM1948, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith ,Bluewolf0411
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aulsmith : The Complete Works are NOT a good read. Some of the plays are. A lot of the poetry is. The plays are often better performed, so listen to an audio or watch a DVD.
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29,842 leden
1,471 besprekingen
½ 4.4
19 Members
kageeh, pmarshall, KimarieBee, dldbizacct, kerrlm, LuciAHH, mmignano11, krazy4katz, ncgraham, susiesharp, souloftherose, BonnieJune54, MaggieFlo, ahef1963, toschim, bcrowl399, Peace2, JuniperGreen, JaneM1948,eromsted ,aulsmith , , ,Dilara86 ,mike_frank ,
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aulsmith : White girl helps the poor Negros to tell there story ... written in the 21st century. You can waste your time with better tripe.
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42,017 leden
511 besprekingen
3.9
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28,712 leden
315 besprekingen
½ 4.4
11 Members
eromsted, cpg, smcwl, kerrlm, Cecrow, thecoroner, Bretzky1, raperper, leialoha, guitarkhw, vinicius76,aulsmith
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aulsmith : This bogs down in the middle. Probably worth pushing on, but not a good read.
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5,353 leden
146 besprekingen
½ 4.3
32
22,697 leden
412 besprekingen
½ 4.4
12 Members
eromsted, kerrlm, iggyjreilly, mmignano11, Cecrow, richgatlin, ncgraham, thecoroner, bcrowl399, Jeannine504, JaneM1948, guitarkhw,aulsmith
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aulsmith : A good read? Not really. There's lots of fine writing coupled with Steinbeck's usual misogyny and a group of very dark characters. I still think most of Steinbeck is worth plowing through, but this one isn't for sitting and enjoying.
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24,136 leden
518 besprekingen
½ 4.3
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5,729 leden
340 besprekingen
4.2
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26,825 leden
566 besprekingen
½ 4.3
37
16,145 leden
431 besprekingen
½ 4.3
38
6,557 leden
90 besprekingen
½ 4.3
39
7,624 leden
132 besprekingen
½ 4.3
40
3,249 leden
54 besprekingen
4.2
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13,970 leden
202 besprekingen
½ 4.3
14 Members
iggyjreilly, mmignano11, Cecrow, merrystar, susiesharp, Dilara86, mike_frank, rretzler, BomboChipolata, ahef1963, JuniperGreen, JaneM1948, guitarkhw, ManWithAnAgenda,generalkala ,eromsted ,smcwl ,aulsmith
Verklaringen
aulsmith : I hate annoying adolescents. If you do too, don't bother with this one.
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17,264 leden
325 besprekingen
4.2
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8,140 leden
237 besprekingen
½ 4.5
46
19,542 leden
364 besprekingen
½ 4.3
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11,030 leden
164 besprekingen
½ 4.4
48
43,582 leden
673 besprekingen
4.2
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18,242 leden
1,000 besprekingen
½ 4.3
51
623 leden
3 besprekingen
½ 4.3
9 Members
starfishian, smcwl, kerrlm, Cecrow, Bretzky1, ahef1963, Peace2, JaneM1948, ManWithAnAgenda,hipdeep
Verklaringen
hipdeep: Less than 1000 members
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37,407 leden
424 besprekingen
3.9
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2,349 leden
73 besprekingen
½ 4.4
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13,396 leden
242 besprekingen
4.2
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24,206 leden
436 besprekingen
½ 4.4
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9,000 leden
164 besprekingen
4.2
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24,273 leden
467 besprekingen
4.2
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25,309 leden
220 besprekingen
4
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18,014 leden
325 besprekingen
4.2
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20,160 leden
263 besprekingen
4.1
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1,667 leden
16 besprekingen
½ 4.4
63
3,474 leden
24 besprekingen
½ 4.3
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2,489 leden
96 besprekingen
½ 4.4
65
38,101 leden
645 besprekingen
3.9
11 Members
starfishian, enrique_molinero, kerrlm, Cecrow, ncgraham, BonnieJune54, ahef1963, Peace2, Jeannine504, JaneM1948, guitarkhw,hipdeep ,eromsted ,aulsmith ,ManWithAnAgenda
Verklaringen
aulsmith : Dark, depressing and misogynist.
ManWithAnAgenda: Less than 4.3 average stars
66
3,701 leden
105 besprekingen
4.2
67
50,412 leden
679 besprekingen
3.9
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13,400 leden
128 besprekingen
½ 4.3
69
19,742 leden
518 besprekingen
4.2
12 Members
enrique_molinero, kerrlm, mmignano11, Cecrow, rretzler, cej1027, ahef1963, bcrowl399, Peace2, Jeannine504, JaneM1948, rmaness,hipdeep , ,eromsted ,norabelle414 ,aulsmith ,ManWithAnAgenda
Verklaringen
aulsmith : I find this story of home invasion disturbing.
ManWithAnAgenda: Less than 4.3 average stars
70
4,746 leden
170 besprekingen
½ 4.3
71
9,530 leden
118 besprekingen
½ 4.3
72
1,691 leden
31 besprekingen
4.8
7 Members
Edward, staffordcastle, _Zoe_, BookWallah, kerrlm, ahef1963, leialoha,eromsted ,aulsmith ,Bluewolf0411
Verklaringen
aulsmith : A wonderful book to peruse, but not a good read.
73
7,394 leden
110 besprekingen
½ 4.4
74
7,163 leden
127 besprekingen
4.1
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3,649 leden
54 besprekingen
½ 4.3
76
6,511 leden
66 besprekingen
½ 4.4
77
13,027 leden
200 besprekingen
½ 4.3
78
9,296 leden
525 besprekingen
½ 4.3
79
9,757 leden
425 besprekingen
4.2
80
3,125 leden
97 besprekingen
½ 4.3
81
23,090 leden
971 besprekingen
4.2
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13,558 leden
222 besprekingen
4.2
83
25,471 leden
215 besprekingen
½ 4.3
6 Members
cpg, smcwl, richgatlin, merrystar, BonnieJune54, cej1027,aulsmith ,Bluewolf0411
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aulsmith : It's Christian apologetics. A good read if you agree, tedious if you don't
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13,377 leden
192 besprekingen
½ 4.3
85
2,156 leden
35 besprekingen
½ 4.3
86
5,139 leden
146 besprekingen
4.2
87
1,136 leden
17 besprekingen
½ 4.3
88
4,769 leden
62 besprekingen
½ 4.3
89
16,875 leden
904 besprekingen
4
6 Members
starfishian, Cecrow, ahef1963, kara.shamy, Jeannine504, sotw,hipdeep ,eromsted ,ManWithAnAgenda
Verklaringen
ManWithAnAgenda: Less than 4.3 average stars
90
11,282 leden
787 besprekingen
½ 4.3
91
15,435 leden
467 besprekingen
½ 4.3
92
4,930 leden
142 besprekingen
4.1
5 Members
aulsmith, Cecrow, merrystar, BomboChipolata, ahef1963,hipdeep ,ManWithAnAgenda
Verklaringen
ManWithAnAgenda: Less than 4.3 average stars
93
5,564 leden
450 besprekingen
½ 4.4
94
19,665 leden
771 besprekingen
½ 4.4
5 Members
staffordcastle, KimarieBee, Cecrow, ahef1963, Peace2,ManWithAnAgenda
Verklaringen
ManWithAnAgenda: Never-ending story
95
17,654 leden
1,240 besprekingen
4.1
5 Members
enrique_molinero, Cecrow, mrmapcase, BomboChipolata, ahef1963,hipdeep ,ManWithAnAgenda
Verklaringen
ManWithAnAgenda: Less than 4.3 average stars
96
16,788 leden
287 besprekingen
4.2
97
2,867 leden
52 besprekingen
½ 4.3
6 Members
staffordcastle, Cecrow, merrystar, souloftherose, ahef1963, ManWithAnAgenda,aulsmith ,ncgraham
Verklaringen
aulsmith : I don't like this kind of fantasy. Could get past page 20 of the first one.
98
8,172 leden
75 besprekingen
½ 4.4
99
27,409 leden
1,026 besprekingen
4.1
6 Members
starfishian, Cecrow, krazy4katz, kara.shamy, JaneM1948, guitarkhw,hipdeep , ,ManWithAnAgenda
Verklaringen
ManWithAnAgenda: Less than 4.3 average stars
100
5,368 leden
181 besprekingen
½ 4.3