Top 50 Books

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The Folio Society, 49 Books

These top 50 books were voted on by The Folio Society members in 1997. The Folio Society is a London-based publisher, founded by Charles Ede in 1947 and incorporated in 1971.

This list was originally published in 1997 and was added to this site about 2 years ago.

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Cover of 'The Lord Of The Rings' by J. R. R. Tolkien

The Lord Of The Rings

J. R. R. Tolkien

Cover of 'Pride and Prejudice' by Jane Austen

Pride and Prejudice

Cover of 'David Copperfield' by Charles Dickens

David Copperfield

Charles Dickens

Cover of 'First Folio' by William Shakespeare

First Folio

William Shakespeare

Cover of 'War and Peace' by Leo Tolstoy

War and Peace

Cover of 'The Wind in the Willows' by Kenneth Grahame

The Wind in the Willows

Kenneth Grahame

Cover of 'Middlemarch' by George Eliot

Middlemarch

Cover of 'Animal Farm' by George Orwell

Animal Farm

Cover of 'Tess of the d'Urbervilles' by Thomas Hardy

Tess of the d'Urbervilles

Cover of 'The Jungle Book' by Rudyard Kipling

The Jungle Book

Rudyard Kipling

Cover of 'I, Claudius' by Robert Graves

I, Claudius

Cover of 'The Canterbury Tales' by Geoffrey Chaucer

The Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer

Cover of 'Treasure Island' by Robert Louis Stevenson

Treasure Island

Robert Louis Stevenson

Cover of 'Ulysses' by James Joyce

Ulysses

Cover of 'Jane Eyre' by Charlotte Brontë

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë

Cover of 'Wuthering Heights' by Emily Brontë

Wuthering Heights

Cover of 'Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' by Mark Twain

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Cover of 'Alice's Adventures in Wonderland' by Lewis Carroll

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland

Cover of 'The Complete Sherlock Holmes' by Arthur Conan Doyle

The Complete Sherlock Holmes

Arthur Conan Doyle

Cover of 'The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' by Edward Gibbon

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Cover of 'The Divine Comedy' by Dante Alighieri

The Divine Comedy

Dante Alighieri

Cover of 'Brideshead Revisited' by Evelyn Waugh

Brideshead Revisited

Cover of 'Cold Comfort Farm' by Stella Gibbons

Cold Comfort Farm

Cover of 'The Life of Samuel Johnson' by James Boswell

The Life of Samuel Johnson

Cover of 'Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats' by William Butler Yeats

Collected Poems of W. B. Yeats

William Butler Yeats

Cover of 'The Iliad' by Homer

The Iliad

Cover of 'Moby-Dick' by Herman Melville

Moby-Dick

Herman Melville

Cover of 'Crime and Punishment' by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky

Cover of 'Robinson Crusoe' by Daniel Defoe

Robinson Crusoe

Cover of 'Barchester Towers' by Anthony Trollope

Barchester Towers

Anthony Trollope

Cover of 'The Hunchback of Notre-Dame' by Victor Hugo

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame

Cover of 'The Diary of Samuel Pepys' by Samuel Pepys

The Diary of Samuel Pepys

Cover of 'The Grapes of Wrath' by John Steinbeck

The Grapes of Wrath

Cover of 'Don Quixote' by Miguel de Cervantes

Don Quixote

Miguel de Cervantes

Cover of 'The Bible' by Unknown

The Bible

Cover of 'Madame Bovary' by Gustave Flaubert

Madame Bovary

Gustave Flaubert

Cover of 'The Wit Of Oscar Wilde' by Oscar Wilde

The Wit Of Oscar Wilde

Cover of 'Heart of Darkness' by Joseph Conrad

Heart of Darkness

Cover of 'Vanity Fair' by William Makepeace Thackeray

Vanity Fair

William Makepeace Thackeray

Cover of 'Plums Of P.G. Wodehouse' by P. G. Wodehouse

Plums Of P.G. Wodehouse

P. G. Wodehouse

Cover of 'Gulliver's Travels' by Jonathan Swift

Gulliver's Travels

Cover of 'To Kill a Mockingbird' by Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird

Cover of 'Brave New World' by Aldous Huxley

Brave New World

Cover of 'Stories of Ernest Hemingway' by Ernest Hemingway

Stories of Ernest Hemingway

Ernest Hemingway

Cover of 'Rebecca' by Daphne du Maurier

Rebecca

Daphne du Maurier

Cover of 'Under Milk Wood' by Dylan Thomas

Under Milk Wood

Cover of 'Fairy Tales and Stories' by Hans Christian Andersen

Fairy Tales and Stories

Hans Christian Andersen

Cover of 'Tom Jones' by Henry Fielding

Tom Jones

Cover of 'Three Men in a Boat' by Jerome K. Jerome

Three Men in a Boat

Jerome K. Jerome