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[[PBS]] television ran a miniseries called ''The Great American Read'' during 2018, in which [[Catch Phrase|viewers like you]] were invited to vote for their favorite works of [[literature]]. On October 23, 2018, they announced that these were the works that were voted the 100 best-loved books or book series in the USA.<ref>As reported by [https://www.cbc.ca/books/harper-lee-s-to-kill-a-mockingbird-tops-list-of-100-of-america-s-best-loved-novels-1.4876114 CBC Books].</ref>
[[Public Broadcasting Service]] television ran a miniseries called '''''The Great American Read''''' during 2018, in which [[Viewers Like You]] were invited to vote for their favorite works of [[literature]]. On October 23, 2018, they announced that these were the works that were voted the 100 best-loved books or book series in the USA.<ref>As reported by [https://www.cbc.ca/books/harper-lee-s-to-kill-a-mockingbird-tops-list-of-100-of-america-s-best-loved-novels-1.4876114 CBC Books].</ref>


Note that these are best-loved works, not seminal or most influential. They're also works beloved by readers in the USA, not necessarily works written in the USA.
Note that these are best-loved works, not seminal or most influential. They're also works beloved by readers in the USA, not necessarily works written in the USA.



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# ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird]]'' by Harper Lee
# ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird]]'' by Harper Lee
# ''[[Outlander (novel)|Outlander]]'' (series) by Diana Gabalon
# ''[[Outlander (novel)|Outlander]]'' (series) by Diana Gabalon
# ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' (series) by J.K. Rowling
# ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' (series) by [[J. K. Rowling]]
# ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'' by Jane Austen
# ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'' by [[Jane Austen]]
# ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' (series) by J.R.R. Tolkien
# ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' (series) by [[J. R. R. Tolkien]]
# ''[[Gone with the Wind]]'' by Margaret Mitchell
# ''[[Gone with the Wind (novel)|Gone with the Wind]]'' by Margaret Mitchell
# ''[[Charlotte's Web]]'' by E.B. White
# ''[[Charlotte's Web]]'' by E.B. White
# ''[[Little Women]]'' by Louisa May Alcott
# ''[[Little Women]]'' by [[Louisa May Alcott]]
# ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'' (series) by C.S. Lewis
# ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'' (series) by [[C. S. Lewis]]
# ''[[Jane Eyre]]'' by Charlotte Brontë
# ''[[Jane Eyre]]'' by [[Charlotte Brontë]]
# ''[[Anne of Green Gables]]'' by Lucy Maud Montgomery
# ''[[Anne of Green Gables]]'' by [[Lucy Maud Montgomery]]
# ''[[The Grapes of Wrath]]'' by John Steinbeck
# ''[[The Grapes of Wrath]]'' by [[John Steinbeck]]
# ''[[A Tree Grows in Brooklyn]]'' by Betty Smith
# ''[[A Tree Grows in Brooklyn]]'' by Betty Smith
# ''[[The Book Thief]]'' by Markus Zusak
# ''[[The Book Thief]]'' by Markus Zusak
# ''[[The Great Gatsby]]'' by F. Scott Fitzgerald
# ''[[The Great Gatsby]]'' by [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]]
# ''[[The Help]]'' by Kathryn Stockett
# ''[[The Help]]'' by Kathryn Stockett
# ''[[The Adventures of Tom Sawyer]]'' by Mark Twain
# ''[[The Adventures of Tom Sawyer]]'' by [[Mark Twain]]
# ''[[1984]]'' by George Orwell
# ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'' by [[George Orwell]]
# ''[[And Then There Were None]]'' by Agatha Christie
# ''[[And Then There Were None]]'' by [[Agatha Christie]]
# ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]'' by Ayn Rand
# ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]'' by [[Ayn Rand]]
# ''[[Wuthering Heights]]'' by Emily Brontë
# ''[[Wuthering Heights (novel)|Wuthering Heights]]'' by [[Emily Brontë]]
# ''[[Lonesome Dove]]'' by Larry McMurtry
# ''[[Lonesome Dove]]'' by Larry McMurtry
# ''[[The Pillars of the Earth]]'' by Ken Follett
# ''[[The Pillars of the Earth]]'' by Ken Follett
# ''[[The Stand]]'' by Stephen King
# ''[[The Stand]]'' by [[Stephen King]]
# ''[[Rebecca]]'' by Daphne du Maurier
# ''[[Rebecca]]'' by [[Daphne du Maurier]]
# ''[[A Prayer for Owen Meany]]'' by John Irving
# ''[[A Prayer for Owen Meany]]'' by [[John Irving]]
# ''[[The Color Purple]]'' by Alice Walker
# ''[[The Color Purple]]'' by Alice Walker
# ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'' by Lewis Carroll
# ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'' by [[Lewis Carroll]]
# ''[[Great Expectations]]'' by Charles Dickens
# ''[[Great Expectations]]'' by [[Charles Dickens]]
# ''[[The Catcher in the Rye]]'' by J.D. Salinger
# ''[[The Catcher in the Rye]]'' by [[J. D. Salinger]]
# ''[[Where the Red Fern Grows]]'' by Wilson Rawls
# ''[[Where the Red Fern Grows]]'' by Wilson Rawls
# ''[[The Outsiders]]'' by S.E. Hinton
# ''[[The Outsiders]]'' by S.E. Hinton
# ''[[The Da Vinci Code]]'' by Dan Brown
# ''[[The Da Vinci Code]]'' by [[Dan Brown]]
# ''[[The Handmaid's Tale]]'' by Margaret Atwood
# ''[[The Handmaid's Tale]]'' by [[Margaret Atwood]]
# ''[[Dune]]'' by Frank Herbert
# ''[[Dune]]'' by [[Frank Herbert]]
# ''[[The Little Prince]]'' by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
# ''[[The Little Prince]]'' by [[Antoine de Saint-Exupéry]]
# ''[[The Call of the Wild]]'' by Jack London
# ''[[The Call of the Wild]]'' by [[Jack London]]
# ''[[Earth's Children|The Clan of the Cave Bear]]'' by Jean M. Auel
# ''[[Earth's Children|The Clan of the Cave Bear]]'' by Jean M. Auel
# ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' by Douglas Adams
# ''[[The Hitchhikers Guide to The Galaxy (novel)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' by [[Douglas Adams]]
# ''[[The Hunger Games (novel)|The Hunger Games]]'' (series) by Suzanne Collins
# ''[[The Hunger Games (novel)|The Hunger Games]]'' (series) by Suzanne Collins
# ''[[The Count of Monte Cristo]]'' by Alexandre Dumas
# ''[[The Count of Monte Cristo (novel)|The Count of Monte Cristo]]'' by [[Alexandre Dumas]]
# ''[[The Joy Luck Club]]'' by Amy Tan
# ''[[The Joy Luck Club]]'' by Amy Tan
# ''[[Frankenstein]]'' by Mary Shelly
# ''[[Frankenstein (novel)|Frankenstein]]'' by Mary Shelly
# ''[[The Giver]]'' by Lois Lowry
# ''[[The Giver]]'' by Lois Lowry
# ''[[Memoirs of a Geisha]]'' by Arthur Golden
# ''[[Memoirs of a Geisha]]'' by Arthur Golden
# ''[[Moby-Dick]]'' by Herman Melville
# ''[[Moby-Dick]]'' by [[Herman Melville]]
# ''[[Catch-22]]'' by Joseph Heller
# ''[[Catch-22]]'' by Joseph Heller
# ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' (series) by George R.R. Martin
# ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' (series) by [[George R. R. Martin]]
# ''[[Foundation]]'' (series) by Isaac Asimov
# ''[[Foundation]]'' (series) by [[Isaac Asimov]]
# ''[[War and Peace]]'' by Leo Tolstoy
# ''[[War and Peace]]'' by [[Leo Tolstoy]]
# ''[[Their Eyes Were Watching God]]'' by Zora Neale Hurston
# ''[[Their Eyes Were Watching God]]'' by Zora Neale Hurston
# ''[[Jurassic Park]]'' by Michael Crichton
# ''[[Jurassic Park]]'' by [[Michael Crichton]]
# ''[[The Godfather]]'' by Mario Puzo
# ''[[The Godfather (novel)|The Godfather]]'' by Mario Puzo
# ''[[One Hundred Years of Solitude]]'' by Gabriel García Márquez
# ''[[One Hundred Years of Solitude]]'' by [[Gabriel García Márquez]]
# ''[[The Picture of Dorian Gray]]'' by Oscar Wilde
# ''[[The Picture of Dorian Gray]]'' by [[Oscar Wilde]]
# ''[[The Notebook]]'' by Nicholas Sparks
# ''[[The Notebook (novel)|The Notebook]]'' by Nicholas Sparks
# ''[[The Shack]]'' by [[William P. Young]]
# ''[[The Shack]]'' by [[William P. Young]]
# ''[[A Confederacy of Dunces]]'' by John Kennedy Toole
# ''[[A Confederacy of Dunces]]'' by John Kennedy Toole
# ''[[The Hunt for Red October]]'' by Tom Clancy
# ''[[The Hunt for Red October (novel)|The Hunt for Red October]]'' by [[Tom Clancy]]
# ''[[Beloved]]'' by Toni Morrison
# ''[[Beloved (novel)|Beloved]]'' by [[Toni Morrison]]
# ''[[The Martian]]'' by [[Andy Weir]]
# ''[[The Martian]]'' by [[Andy Weir]]
# ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'' (series) by James Oliver Rigney
# ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'' (series) by James Oliver Rigney
# ''[[Siddhartha]]'' by [[Hermann Hesse]]
# ''[[Siddhartha]]'' by [[Hermann Hesse]]
# ''[[Crime and Punishment]]'' by Fyodor Dostoevsky
# ''[[Crime and Punishment]]'' by [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]]
# ''[[The Sun Also Rises]]'' by Ernest Hemingway
# ''[[The Sun Also Rises]]'' by [[Ernest Hemingway]]
# ''[[The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time]]'' by Mark Haddon
# ''[[The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time]]'' by Mark Haddon
# ''[[A Separate Peace]]'' by John Knowles
# ''[[A Separate Peace]]'' by John Knowles
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# ''[[The Alchemist]]'' by Paulo Coelho
# ''[[The Alchemist]]'' by Paulo Coelho
# ''[[Brian's Saga|Hatchet]]'' (series) by Gary Paulsen
# ''[[Brian's Saga|Hatchet]]'' (series) by Gary Paulsen
# ''[[Invisible Man]]'' by Ralph Ellison
# ''[[Invisible Man (novel)|Invisible Man]]'' by Ralph Ellison
# ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'' (series) by Stephenie Meyer
# ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'' (series) by [[Stephenie Meyer]]
# ''[[Tales of the City]]'' (series) by Armistead Maupin
# ''[[Tales of the City]]'' (series) by Armistead Maupin
# ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]'' by Jonathan Swift
# ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]'' by [[Jonathan Swift]]
# ''[[Ready Player One]]'' by Ernest Cline
# ''[[Ready Player One]]'' by Ernest Cline
# ''[[Left Behind]]'' (series) by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
# ''[[Left Behind]]'' (series) by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
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# ''[[Alex Cross]]'' (series) by [[James Patterson]]
# ''[[Alex Cross]]'' (series) by [[James Patterson]]
# ''[[Things Fall Apart]]'' by Chinua Achebe
# ''[[Things Fall Apart]]'' by Chinua Achebe
# ''[[Heart of Darkness]]'' by Joseph Conrad
# ''[[Heart of Darkness (novel)|Heart of Darkness]]'' by [[Joseph Conrad]]
# ''[[Gilead]]'' by [[Marilynne Robinson]]
# ''[[Gilead]]'' by [[Marilynne Robinson]]
# ''[[Flowers in the Attic]]'' by V. C. Andrews
# ''[[Flowers in the Attic]]'' by [[V. C. Andrews]]
# ''[[Fifty Shades of Grey]]'' by E.L. James
# ''[[Fifty Shades of Grey]]'' by E.L. James
# ''[[The Sirens of Titan]]'' by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
# ''[[The Sirens of Titan]]'' by [[Kurt Vonnegut|Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.]]
# ''[[This Present Darkness]]'' by [[Frank E. Peretti]]
# ''[[This Present Darkness]]'' by [[Frank E. Peretti]]
# ''[[Americanah]]'' by [[Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie]]
# ''[[Americanah]]'' by [[Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie]]
# ''[[Another Country]]'' by James Baldwin
# ''[[Another Country (novel)|Another Country]]'' by James Baldwin
# ''[[Bless Me, Ultima]]'' by Rudolfo Anaya
# ''[[Bless Me, Ultima]]'' by Rudolfo Anaya
# ''[[Looking for Alaska]]'' by John Green
# ''[[Looking for Alaska]]'' by [[John Green]]
# ''[[The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao]]'' by Junot Díaz
# ''[[The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao]]'' by Junot Díaz
# ''[[Swan Song]]'' by Robert R. McCammon
# ''[[Swan Song (novel)|Swan Song]]'' by Robert R. McCammon
# ''[[Mind Invaders]]'' by [[Dave Hunt]]
# ''[[Mind Invaders]]'' by [[Dave Hunt]]
# ''[[White Teeth]]'' by Zadie Smith
# ''[[White Teeth]]'' by Zadie Smith
# ''[[Ghost]]'' by Jason Reynolds
# ''[[Ghost (novel)|Ghost]]'' by Jason Reynolds
# ''[[The Coldest Winter Ever]]'' by [[Sister Souljah]]
# ''[[The Coldest Winter Ever]]'' by [[Sister Souljah]]
# ''[[The Intuitionist]]'' by [[Colson Whitehead]]
# ''[[The Intuitionist]]'' by [[Colson Whitehead]]
# ''[[Doña Bárbára]]'' by [[Rómulo Gallegos]]
# ''[[Doña Bárbara]]'' by [[Rómulo Gallegos]]


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    Public Broadcasting Service television ran a miniseries called The Great American Read during 2018, in which Viewers Like You were invited to vote for their favorite works of literature. On October 23, 2018, they announced that these were the works that were voted the 100 best-loved books or book series in the USA.[1]

    Note that these are best-loved works, not seminal or most influential. They're also works beloved by readers in the USA, not necessarily works written in the USA.


    The list:
    1. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
    2. Outlander (series) by Diana Gabalon
    3. Harry Potter (series) by J. K. Rowling
    4. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
    5. The Lord of the Rings (series) by J. R. R. Tolkien
    6. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
    7. Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
    8. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
    9. The Chronicles of Narnia (series) by C. S. Lewis
    10. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
    11. Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
    12. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
    13. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
    14. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
    15. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
    16. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
    17. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
    18. Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
    19. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
    20. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
    21. Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
    22. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
    23. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
    24. The Stand by Stephen King
    25. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
    26. A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
    27. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
    28. Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
    29. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
    30. The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
    31. Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
    32. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
    33. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
    34. The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
    35. Dune by Frank Herbert
    36. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
    37. The Call of the Wild by Jack London
    38. The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
    39. The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
    40. The Hunger Games (series) by Suzanne Collins
    41. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
    42. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
    43. Frankenstein by Mary Shelly
    44. The Giver by Lois Lowry
    45. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
    46. Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
    47. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
    48. A Song of Ice and Fire (series) by George R. R. Martin
    49. Foundation (series) by Isaac Asimov
    50. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
    51. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
    52. Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
    53. The Godfather by Mario Puzo
    54. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
    55. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
    56. The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
    57. The Shack by William P. Young
    58. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
    59. The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
    60. Beloved by Toni Morrison
    61. The Martian by Andy Weir
    62. The Wheel of Time (series) by James Oliver Rigney
    63. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
    64. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
    65. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
    66. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
    67. A Separate Peace by John Knowles
    68. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
    69. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
    70. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
    71. Hatchet (series) by Gary Paulsen
    72. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
    73. Twilight (series) by Stephenie Meyer
    74. Tales of the City (series) by Armistead Maupin
    75. Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
    76. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
    77. Left Behind (series) by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
    78. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
    79. Watchers by Dean R. Koontz
    80. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
    81. Alex Cross (series) by James Patterson
    82. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
    83. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
    84. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
    85. Flowers in the Attic by V. C. Andrews
    86. Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
    87. The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
    88. This Present Darkness by Frank E. Peretti
    89. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
    90. Another Country by James Baldwin
    91. Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
    92. Looking for Alaska by John Green
    93. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
    94. Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon
    95. Mind Invaders by Dave Hunt
    96. White Teeth by Zadie Smith
    97. Ghost by Jason Reynolds
    98. The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah
    99. The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead
    100. Doña Bárbara by Rómulo Gallegos
    1. ↑ As reported by CBC Books.
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