Herman Melville
Herman Melville — 2 titles in the rankings, first published between 1851 and 1853. They average 7.7, below the 7.8 the whole catalogue averages.
Editor’s note Moby-Dick, Ishmael’s account of Captain Ahab’s obsessive hunt for the white whale, is by far his most read book, and its long digressions on whaling divide readers, which shows in its rating. Bartleby, the Scrivener, a short, strange story about a clerk who answers every request with “I would prefer not to”, rates clearly higher and is the easier way in.
- Ranked titles
- 2 books
- Average score
- 7.7
- Total ratings
- 1.7K
- First published
- 1851–1853
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Books by Herman Melville
Other books by Herman Melville
Titles we know of but do not rank — they have not gathered enough reader ratings, or our sources do not agree on where they belong.
- 1846Typee
- 1847Omoo
- 1847Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas
- 1849Mardi and a Voyage Thither
- 1849Mardi
- 1849Redburn
- 1850White Jacket: or, The World in a Man-of-War
- 1850White-Jacket
- 1852Pierre; or, The Ambiguities
- 1855Israel Potter
- 1855Israel Potter: His Fifty Years of Exile
- 1856Piazza Tales
- 1857The Confidence-Man
- 1866Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War
- 1924Billy Budd, Sailor
- 1982Billy Budd, Sailor and Other Stories
- 2009Billy Budd and Other Tales
- Billy Budd, Sailor (an Inside Narrative)
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