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Best rated on Hardcover

The books the reading community rates highest — Hardcover's numbers, cited as theirs.

Ranked by the average rating on Hardcover, shown exactly as Hardcover reports it. We do not adjust, weight or rebrand these numbers — they are a citation, not a Qualisma judgement, which is why only books with at least 50 ratings appear here. The reading time beside each one is ours.

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The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

The Metamorphosis

Franz Kafka

45 pages · 3.86★ on Hardcover

≈ 54m3.86 (3k)
30
Animal Farm by George Orwell

Animal Farm

George Orwell

112 pages · 4.09★ on Hardcover

≈ 2h4.09 (7k)
19
On Tyranny by Timothy Snyder

On Tyranny

Timothy Snyder

130 pages · 4.25★ on Hardcover

≈ 2.5h4.25 (356)
58
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Great Gatsby

F. Scott Fitzgerald

180 pages · 3.71★ on Hardcover

≈ 3.5h3.71 (5k)
33
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Slaughterhouse-Five

Kurt Vonnegut

215 pages · 4.08★ on Hardcover

≈ 4.5h4.08 (3k)
43
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

227 pages · 3.91★ on Hardcover

≈ 4.5h3.91 (5k)
52
The Trial by Franz Kafka

The Trial

Franz Kafka

231 pages · 3.84★ on Hardcover

≈ 4.5h3.84 (935)
21
Piranesi by Susanna Clarke

Piranesi

Susanna Clarke

245 pages · 4.23★ on Hardcover

≈ 5h4.23 (3k)
57
All About Love by Bell Hooks

All About Love

Bell Hooks

248 pages · 3.71★ on Hardcover

≈ 5h3.71 (254)
55
Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

Mrs Dalloway

Virginia Woolf

282 pages · 3.74★ on Hardcover

≈ 5.5h3.74 (520)
35
The Road by Cormac McCarthy

The Road

Cormac McCarthy

287 pages · 4.02★ on Hardcover

≈ 5.5h4.02 (2k)
45
Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami

Norwegian Wood

Haruki Murakami

298 pages · 3.91★ on Hardcover

≈ 6h3.91 (2k)
56
The Mistake by Elle Kennedy

The Mistake

Elle Kennedy

298 pages · 3.73★ on Hardcover

≈ 6h3.73 (386)
13
The Correspondent by Virginia Evans

The Correspondent

Virginia Evans

305 pages · 4.35★ on Hardcover

≈ 6h4.35 (220)
42
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Brave New World

Aldous Huxley

332 pages · 3.92★ on Hardcover

≈ 6.5h3.92 (4k)
49
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Lolita

Vladimir Nabokov

335 pages · 3.89★ on Hardcover

≈ 6.5h3.89 (1k)
20
1984 by George Orwell

1984

George Orwell

336 pages · 4.24★ on Hardcover

≈ 6.5h4.24 (9k)
40
The Deal by Elle Kennedy

The Deal

Elle Kennedy

342 pages · 3.95★ on Hardcover

≈ 7h3.95 (669)
60
The Goal by Elle Kennedy

The Goal

Elle Kennedy

350 pages · 3.64★ on Hardcover

≈ 7h3.64 (238)
7
Educated by Tara Westover

Educated

Tara Westover

352 pages · 4.42★ on Hardcover

≈ 7h4.42 (2k)
47
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Frankenstein

Mary Shelley

353 pages · 3.90★ on Hardcover

≈ 7h3.90 (3k)
41
Beloved by Toni Morrison

Beloved

Toni Morrison

362 pages · 3.92★ on Hardcover

≈ 7h3.92 (588)
26
Careless People by Sarah Wynn-Williams

Careless People

Sarah Wynn-Williams

377 pages · 4.14★ on Hardcover

≈ 7.5h4.14 (379)
46
The Score by Elle Kennedy

The Score

Elle Kennedy

384 pages · 3.91★ on Hardcover

≈ 7.5h3.91 (337)
44
Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke

Yesteryear

Caro Claire Burke

391 pages · 3.91★ on Hardcover

≈ 8h3.91 (325)
37
Theo of Golden by Allen Levi

Theo of Golden

Allen Levi

394 pages · 4.01★ on Hardcover

≈ 8h4.01 (98)
22
Circe by Madeline Miller

Circe

Madeline Miller

400 pages · 4.21★ on Hardcover

≈ 8h4.21 (3k)
59
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Wuthering Heights

Emily Brontë

432 pages · 3.67★ on Hardcover

≈ 8.5h3.67 (2k)
2
Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

Project Hail Mary

Andy Weir

496 pages · 4.50★ on Hardcover

≈ 10h4.50 (8k)
32
The Overstory by Richard Powers

The Overstory

Richard Powers

502 pages · 4.09★ on Hardcover

≈ 10h4.09 (430)
18
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Crime and Punishment

Fyodor Dostoevsky

536 pages · 4.26★ on Hardcover

≈ 10.5h4.26 (2k)
6
Caste by Isabel Wilkerson

Caste

Isabel Wilkerson

544 pages · 4.46★ on Hardcover

≈ 11h4.46 (305)
36
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Jane Eyre

Charlotte Brontë

555 pages · 4.01★ on Hardcover

≈ 11h4.01 (2k)
31
The Secret History by Donna Tartt

The Secret History

Donna Tartt

578 pages · 4.09★ on Hardcover

≈ 11.5h4.09 (2k)
48
Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison

Invisible Man

Ralph Ellison

610 pages · 3.90★ on Hardcover

≈ 12h3.90 (316)
5
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss

The Name of the Wind

Patrick Rothfuss

669 pages · 4.47★ on Hardcover

≈ 13.5h4.47 (4k)
15
Dune by Frank Herbert

Dune

Frank Herbert

704 pages · 4.32★ on Hardcover

≈ 14h4.32 (6k)
29
A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara

A Little Life

Hanya Yanagihara

720 pages · 4.10★ on Hardcover

≈ 14.5h4.10 (1k)
38
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt

The Goldfinch

Donna Tartt

775 pages · 3.97★ on Hardcover

≈ 15.5h3.97 (1k)