King Lear
1607★ 9.8
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Middlemarch
1872★ 9.6
Pride and Prejudice
1813★ 9.5
The Canterbury Tales
1390★ 8.9
Wuthering Heights
1847★ 8.8
Emma
1815★ 8.1
Tess of the d'Urbervilles
1891★ 8.1
The Making of the English Working Class
1963★ 7.9
The Remains of the Day
1989★ 7.7
Capital
1867★ 7.5
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Author unknown
1375★ 7.4
Le Morte d'Arthur
1485★ 7.4
Ecclesiastical History of the English People
731★ 7.3
The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling
1749★ 7.3
The Life of Samuel Johnson
1791★ 7.3
Sense and Sensibility
1811★ 7.2
Vanity Fair
1848★ 7.2
A Room with a View
1908★ 7.0
Eminent Victorians
1918★ 7.0
Parade's End
1928★ 7.0