Mildred Pierce
1941★ 5.1
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The Bonfire of the Vanities
1987★ 5.3
The Siege of Krishnapur
1973★ 5.8
The Miser and Other Plays
1668★ 6.0
Main Street
1920★ 6.1
Distinction
1979★ 6.4
An American Tragedy
1925★ 6.5
Effi Briest
1895★ 6.6
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
1831★ 6.6
The Woman in White
1860★ 6.7
The Jungle
1906★ 6.7
The God of Small Things
1997★ 6.7
Love in a Fallen City
1943★ 6.8
This Earth of Mankind
1980★ 6.8
Down and Out in Paris and London
1933★ 7.0
Sister Carrie
1900★ 7.0
The House of Mirth
1905★ 7.0
A Tale of Two Cities
1859★ 7.0
The Real Story of Ah-Q and Other Tales of China
1922★ 7.0
A Christmas Carol
1843★ 7.1