Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
This classic novel is a tale of love, revenge and social class set in the Yorkshire moors. It revolves around the intense, complex relationship between Catherine Earnshaw and Heathcliff, an orphan adopted by Catherine's father. Despite their deep affection for each other, Catherine marries Edgar Linton, a wealthy neighbor, leading Heathcliff to seek revenge on the two families. The story unfolds over two generations, reflecting the consequences of their choices and the destructive power of obsessive love.
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- 4th on 100 Best Books to Read by Women Authors (Good Housekeeping)
- 7th on For The Love of Books (For The Love of Books)
- 7th on The 100 Greatest British Novels (BBC)
- 8th on The Celebrity Reading List (Gardiner Public Library)
- 11th on The 100 Best Books of World Literature (ABC.es)
- 12th on The Big Read (BBC)
- 13th on My Favourite Book - Australian Big Read (Australian Big Read)
- 14th on The Telegraph’s 100 Novels Everyone Should Read (Telegraph)
- 16th on 30 Books Every Adult Should Read Before They Die (The British Museums, Libraries, and Archives Society)
- 17th on The 100 Greatest Novels of All Time: The List (The Observer)
- 18th on The 500 best books of all time from Culture Café users (Culture Café)
- 22nd on Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 Novels (Entertainment Weekly)
- 31st on The Top 10: The Greatest Books of All Time (The Top 10 (Book))
- 37th on 50 Classics You Must Read Before You Die (Gyldendal (Denmark Publisher))
- 39th on Big Read (Hungarian) (Hungaria)
- 39th on The Novel 100: A Ranking of the Greatest Novels of All Time (The Novel 100)
- 40th on Big Read (Bulgarian) (Bulgaria)
- 43rd on The 100 Favorite Novels of Librarians (Bookman.com)
- 46th on The 100 Greatest Novels (greatbooksguide.com)
- 48th on Our Users' Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- 56th on Pour une Bibliothèque Idéale (Raymond Queneau)
- 76th on 100 Best Books (Montana State University)
- 83rd on Big Read (German) (Germany)
- 94th on The Greatest Books of All Time (Reader's Digest)
- 100 Best Novels Written in English (The Guardian)
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- 100 Life-Changing Books (National Book Award)
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- From Zero to Well-Read in 100 Books (Jeff O'Neal at Bookriot.com)
- Finest Works of Fiction (Martin Seymour-Smith and Editors)
- The Books You've Always Meant to Read (Waterstones)
- Masterpieces of World Literature (Frank N. Magill)
- Harold Bloom's The Western Canon (The Western Canon (Book) by Harold Bloom)
- The New Lifetime Reading Plan (The New Lifetime Reading Plan)
- 500 Great Books by Women (Book)
- A Hundred Novels to Change Your Life (The Daily Mail)
- Världsbiblioteket (The World Library) (Tidningen Boken)
- W. Somerset Maugham’s Ten Greatest Novels of All Time (Great Novelists and Their Novels)
- The College Board: 101 Great Books Recommended for College-Bound Readers (The College Board, an American not-for-profit organization)
- Top 100 Works in World Literature (Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute)
- 75 Books by Women Whose Words Have Changed the World (Women's National Book Association)
- Latitude Festival's Top 20 Books by Women (Latitude Festival goers)
- 87 Books Written by Women That Are So Good, You Won't Be Able to Put Them Down (Pop Sugar)
- The Best Books of All Time, as Chosen by the Good Housekeeping Team (Good Housekeeping)
- The Ultimate Book Bucket List: The 75 Best Books Of All Time (Refinery29)
- The 100 Greatest Books Ever Written (Easton Press)
- The 100 Best Books in the World (AbeBooks.de (in German))