John Lubbock, The Choice of Books (1896)

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The List that started it all. This is one of the very first "Greatest Books of All Time" lists and caused quite a stir back in it's day. Here's a good article about it: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/sir-john-lubbock-the-book-list-literature-reading-godfather-mustread-listicle-a8320811.html

John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury, 4th Baronet, PC, DL, FRS, FRAI (30 April 1834 – 28 May 1913), known as Sir John Lubbock, 4th Baronet from 1865 until 1900, was an English banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath. Lubbock worked in his family company as a banker but made significant contributions in archaeology, ethnography, and several branches of biology. He coined the terms "Paleolithic" and "Neolithic" to denote the Old and New Stone Ages, respectively. He helped establish archaeology as a scientific discipline, and was influential in debates concerning evolutionary theory.

This list was originally published in 1896 and was added to this site about 2 years ago.

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Rank	Book	Authors	Year	Country	Language
9109	Westward Ho!	Charles Kingsley	1855	British	English
8637	The Abbot	Sir Walter Scott	1820	Scottish	English
13327	Anne Of Geierstein	Sir Walter Scott	1829	Scottish	English
7199	The Antiquary	Sir Walter Scott	1816	Scottish	English
9840	The Betrothed	Sir Walter Scott	1825	Scottish	English
9840	The Black Dwarf	Sir Walter Scott	1816	Scottish	English
4614	The Bride Of Lammermoor	Sir Walter Scott	1819	Scottish	English
9840	Castle Dangerous	Sir Walter Scott	1831	Scottish	English
9840	Count Robert Of Paris	Sir Walter Scott	1832	British	English
7557	The Fair Maid Of Perth	Sir Walter Scott	1828	Scottish	English
7104	The Fortunes Of Nigel	Sir Walter Scott	1822	Scottish	English
6287	Guy Mannering	Sir Walter Scott	1815	Scottish	English
1359	The Heart Of Midlothian	Sir Walter Scott	1818	Scottish	English
300	Ivanhoe	Sir Walter Scott	1819	British	English
6172	Kenilworth	Sir Walter Scott	1821	British	English
7104	A Legend Of Montrose	Sir Walter Scott	1819	Scottish	English
9840	The Monastery	Sir Walter Scott	1820	Scottish	English
3261	Old Mortality	Sir Walter Scott	1816	Scottish	English
9840	Peveril Of The Peak	Sir Walter Scott	1823	British	English
9840	The Pirate	Sir Walter Scott	1822	Scottish	English
7019	Quentin Durward	Sir Walter Scott	1823	Scottish	English
3606	Redgauntlet	Sir Walter Scott	1824	Scottish	English
1775	Rob Roy	Sir Walter Scott	1817	British	English
9840	Saint Ronan's Well	Sir Walter Scott	1824	Scottish	English
6928	The Talisman	Sir Walter Scott	1825	Scottish	English
2897	Waverley	Sir Walter Scott	1814	British	English
7019	Woodstock	Sir Walter Scott	1826	British	English