War and Peace
1869★ 9.8
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Mrs. Dalloway
1925★ 9.0
Wuthering Heights
1847★ 8.8
Jane Eyre
1847★ 8.8
A Passage to India
1924★ 8.5
David Copperfield
1850★ 8.1
The Remains of the Day
1989★ 7.7
Capital
1867★ 7.5
The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling
1749★ 7.3
The Age of Innocence
1920★ 7.2
Old Man Goriot
1835★ 7.2
A Christmas Carol
1843★ 7.1
A Tale of Two Cities
1859★ 7.0
The Real Story of Ah-Q and Other Tales of China
1922★ 7.0
The House of Mirth
1905★ 7.0
Sister Carrie
1900★ 7.0
Down and Out in Paris and London
1933★ 7.0
This Earth of Mankind
1980★ 6.8
Love in a Fallen City
1943★ 6.8
The Jungle
1906★ 6.7