Middlemarch
1872★ 9.6
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Invisible Man
1952★ 9.0
Bleak House
1853★ 8.8
The Death and Life of Great American Cities
1961★ 8.3
Native Son
1940★ 7.2
Oliver Twist
1838★ 7.1
A Christmas Carol
1843★ 7.1
A Tale of Two Cities
1859★ 7.0
Down and Out in Paris and London
1933★ 7.0
Uncle Tom's Cabin
1852★ 6.7
The Jungle
1906★ 6.7
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
1848★ 6.6
Black Skin, White Masks
1952★ 6.6
The Uses of Literacy
1957★ 6.6
Working
1974★ 6.5
Christ Stopped at Eboli
1945★ 6.5
Delirious New York
1978★ 6.5
Persian Letters
1721★ 5.9
The Organization Man
1956★ 5.8
The Ragged-Trousered Philanthropists
1914★ 5.7