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LibraryThing's Top 1000 Books: 001-500

LibraryThing describes itself as "A home for your books" and "A community of 2,375,000 book lovers" (sound familiar?)
Anyway here are the first 500 books on their list of "Top 1000 Books". The remainder may follow soon, depending on how much fresh air we get down here in Sydney.
BTW, Item 305 was missing an entry, so I made a substitution which many above a certain age might be able to relate to (I didn't create the icon though).
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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
1
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
2
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (J. K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
3
J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
4
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
5
J.K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (J. K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
6
J. K. Rowling
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (J.K. Rowling)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
7
J.K. Rowling
The Hobbit (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Hobbit
8
J.R.R. Tolkien
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
9
George Orwell
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
10
Jane Austen
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
11
Harper Lee
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
12
Dan Brown
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
13
J.D. Salinger
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
14
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Twilight (Stephenie Meyer)
Twilight
15
Stephenie Meyer
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
16
Suzanne Collins
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Brontë)
Jane Eyre
17
Charlotte Brontë
Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
18
George Orwell
The Kite Runner (Khalid Hosseini)
The Kite Runner
19
Khalid Hosseini
Brave New World (Aldous Huxley)
Brave New World
20
Aldous Huxley
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
21
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Fellowship of the Ring (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Fellowship of the Ring
22
J.R.R. Tolkien
Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
Fahrenheit 451
23
Ray Bradbury
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
24
Emily Brontë
Angels & Demons (Dan Brown)
Angels & Demons
25
Dan Brown
New Moon (Stephanie Meyer)
New Moon
26
Stephanie Meyer
The Odyssey (Homer)
The Odyssey
27
Homer
Lord of the Flies (William Golding)
Lord of the Flies
28
William Golding
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
29
Mark Haddon
Life of Pi (Yann Martel)
Life of Pi
30
Yann Martel
The Two Towers (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Two Towers
31
J.R.R. Tolkien
Catching Fire (Suzanne Collins)
Catching Fire
32
Suzanne Collins
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel García Márquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
33
Gabriel García Márquez
Slaughterhouse-Five (Kurt Vonnegut)
Slaughterhouse-Five
34
Kurt Vonnegut
Eclipse (Stephenie Meyer)
Eclipse
35
Stephenie Meyer
The Return of the King (J.R.R. Tolkien)
The Return of the King
36
J.R.R. Tolkien
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Stieg Larsson)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo
37
Stieg Larsson
The Time Traveller's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger)
The Time Traveller's Wife
38
Audrey Niffenegger
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
39
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
40
Markus Zusak
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