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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.<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> |
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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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{{examples|The list:}} |
{{examples|The list:}} |
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# ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird]]'' by Harper Lee |
# ''[[To Kill a Mockingbird]]'' by Harper Lee |
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# ''[[Outlander (novel)|Outlander]]'' (series) by Diana Gabalon |
# ''[[Outlander (novel)|Outlander]]'' (series) by Diana Gabalon |
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# ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' (series) by J.K. Rowling |
# ''[[Harry Potter (novel)|Harry Potter]]'' (series) by [[J. K. Rowling]] |
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# ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'' by Jane Austen |
# ''[[Pride and Prejudice]]'' by [[Jane Austen]] |
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# ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' (series) by J.R.R. Tolkien |
# ''[[The Lord of the Rings]]'' (series) by [[J. R. R. Tolkien]] |
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# ''[[Gone with the Wind]]'' by Margaret Mitchell |
# ''[[Gone with the Wind (novel)|Gone with the Wind]]'' by Margaret Mitchell |
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# ''[[Charlotte's Web]]'' by E.B. White |
# ''[[Charlotte's Web]]'' by E.B. White |
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# ''[[Little Women]]'' by Louisa May Alcott |
# ''[[Little Women]]'' by [[Louisa May Alcott]] |
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# ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'' (series) by C.S. Lewis |
# ''[[The Chronicles of Narnia]]'' (series) by [[C. S. Lewis]] |
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# ''[[Jane Eyre]]'' by Charlotte Brontë |
# ''[[Jane Eyre]]'' by [[Charlotte Brontë]] |
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# ''[[Anne of Green Gables]]'' by Lucy Maud Montgomery |
# ''[[Anne of Green Gables]]'' by [[Lucy Maud Montgomery]] |
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# ''[[The Grapes of Wrath]]'' by John Steinbeck |
# ''[[The Grapes of Wrath]]'' by [[John Steinbeck]] |
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# ''[[A Tree Grows in Brooklyn]]'' by Betty Smith |
# ''[[A Tree Grows in Brooklyn]]'' by Betty Smith |
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# ''[[The Book Thief]]'' by Markus Zusak |
# ''[[The Book Thief]]'' by Markus Zusak |
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# ''[[The Great Gatsby]]'' by F. Scott Fitzgerald |
# ''[[The Great Gatsby]]'' by [[F. Scott Fitzgerald]] |
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# ''[[The Help]]'' by Kathryn Stockett |
# ''[[The Help]]'' by Kathryn Stockett |
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# ''[[The Adventures of Tom Sawyer]]'' by Mark Twain |
# ''[[The Adventures of Tom Sawyer]]'' by [[Mark Twain]] |
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# ''[[Nineteen Eighty-Four]]'' by [[George Orwell]] |
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# ''[[And Then There Were None]]'' by Agatha Christie |
# ''[[And Then There Were None]]'' by [[Agatha Christie]] |
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# ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]'' by Ayn Rand |
# ''[[Atlas Shrugged]]'' by [[Ayn Rand]] |
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# ''[[Wuthering Heights]]'' by Emily Brontë |
# ''[[Wuthering Heights (novel)|Wuthering Heights]]'' by [[Emily Brontë]] |
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# ''[[Lonesome Dove]]'' by Larry McMurtry |
# ''[[Lonesome Dove]]'' by Larry McMurtry |
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# ''[[The Pillars of the Earth]]'' by Ken Follett |
# ''[[The Pillars of the Earth]]'' by Ken Follett |
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# ''[[The Stand]]'' by Stephen King |
# ''[[The Stand]]'' by [[Stephen King]] |
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# ''[[Rebecca]]'' by Daphne du Maurier |
# ''[[Rebecca]]'' by [[Daphne du Maurier]] |
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# ''[[A Prayer for Owen Meany]]'' by John Irving |
# ''[[A Prayer for Owen Meany]]'' by [[John Irving]] |
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# ''[[The Color Purple]]'' by Alice Walker |
# ''[[The Color Purple]]'' by Alice Walker |
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# ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'' by Lewis Carroll |
# ''[[Alice in Wonderland]]'' by [[Lewis Carroll]] |
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# ''[[Great Expectations]]'' by Charles Dickens |
# ''[[Great Expectations]]'' by [[Charles Dickens]] |
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# ''[[The Catcher in the Rye]]'' by J.D. Salinger |
# ''[[The Catcher in the Rye]]'' by [[J. D. Salinger]] |
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# ''[[Where the Red Fern Grows]]'' by Wilson Rawls |
# ''[[Where the Red Fern Grows]]'' by Wilson Rawls |
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# ''[[The Outsiders]]'' by S.E. Hinton |
# ''[[The Outsiders]]'' by S.E. Hinton |
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# ''[[The Da Vinci Code]]'' by Dan Brown |
# ''[[The Da Vinci Code]]'' by [[Dan Brown]] |
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# ''[[The Handmaid's Tale]]'' by Margaret Atwood |
# ''[[The Handmaid's Tale]]'' by [[Margaret Atwood]] |
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# ''[[Dune]]'' by Frank Herbert |
# ''[[Dune]]'' by [[Frank Herbert]] |
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# ''[[The Little Prince]]'' by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry |
# ''[[The Little Prince]]'' by [[Antoine de Saint-Exupéry]] |
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# ''[[The Call of the Wild]]'' by Jack London |
# ''[[The Call of the Wild]]'' by [[Jack London]] |
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# ''[[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 |
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# ''[[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]] |
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# ''[[The Hunger Games (novel)|The Hunger Games]]'' (series) by Suzanne Collins |
# ''[[The Hunger Games (novel)|The Hunger Games]]'' (series) by Suzanne Collins |
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# ''[[The Count of Monte Cristo]]'' by Alexandre Dumas |
# ''[[The Count of Monte Cristo (novel)|The Count of Monte Cristo]]'' by [[Alexandre Dumas]] |
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# ''[[The Joy Luck Club]]'' by Amy Tan |
# ''[[The Joy Luck Club]]'' by Amy Tan |
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# ''[[Frankenstein]]'' by Mary Shelly |
# ''[[Frankenstein (novel)|Frankenstein]]'' by Mary Shelly |
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# ''[[The Giver]]'' by Lois Lowry |
# ''[[The Giver]]'' by Lois Lowry |
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# ''[[Memoirs of a Geisha]]'' by Arthur Golden |
# ''[[Memoirs of a Geisha]]'' by Arthur Golden |
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# ''[[Moby-Dick]]'' by Herman Melville |
# ''[[Moby-Dick]]'' by [[Herman Melville]] |
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# ''[[Catch-22]]'' by Joseph Heller |
# ''[[Catch-22]]'' by Joseph Heller |
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# ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' (series) by George R.R. Martin |
# ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' (series) by [[George R. R. Martin]] |
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# ''[[Foundation]]'' (series) by Isaac Asimov |
# ''[[Foundation]]'' (series) by [[Isaac Asimov]] |
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# ''[[War and Peace]]'' by Leo Tolstoy |
# ''[[War and Peace]]'' by [[Leo Tolstoy]] |
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# ''[[Their Eyes Were Watching God]]'' by Zora Neale Hurston |
# ''[[Their Eyes Were Watching God]]'' by Zora Neale Hurston |
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# ''[[Jurassic Park]]'' by Michael Crichton |
# ''[[Jurassic Park]]'' by [[Michael Crichton]] |
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# ''[[The Godfather]]'' by Mario Puzo |
# ''[[The Godfather (novel)|The Godfather]]'' by Mario Puzo |
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# ''[[One Hundred Years of Solitude]]'' by Gabriel García Márquez |
# ''[[One Hundred Years of Solitude]]'' by [[Gabriel García Márquez]] |
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# ''[[The Picture of Dorian Gray]]'' by Oscar Wilde |
# ''[[The Picture of Dorian Gray]]'' by [[Oscar Wilde]] |
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# ''[[The Notebook]]'' by Nicholas Sparks |
# ''[[The Notebook (novel)|The Notebook]]'' by Nicholas Sparks |
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# ''[[The Shack]]'' by [[William P. Young]] |
# ''[[The Shack]]'' by [[William P. Young]] |
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# ''[[A Confederacy of Dunces]]'' by John Kennedy Toole |
# ''[[A Confederacy of Dunces]]'' by John Kennedy Toole |
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# ''[[The Hunt for Red October]]'' by Tom Clancy |
# ''[[The Hunt for Red October (novel)|The Hunt for Red October]]'' by [[Tom Clancy]] |
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# ''[[Beloved]]'' by Toni Morrison |
# ''[[Beloved (novel)|Beloved]]'' by [[Toni Morrison]] |
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# ''[[The Martian]]'' by [[Andy Weir]] |
# ''[[The Martian]]'' by [[Andy Weir]] |
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# ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'' (series) by James Oliver Rigney |
# ''[[The Wheel of Time]]'' (series) by James Oliver Rigney |
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# ''[[Siddhartha]]'' by [[Hermann Hesse]] |
# ''[[Siddhartha]]'' by [[Hermann Hesse]] |
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# ''[[Crime and Punishment]]'' by Fyodor Dostoevsky |
# ''[[Crime and Punishment]]'' by [[Fyodor Dostoevsky]] |
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# ''[[The Sun Also Rises]]'' by Ernest Hemingway |
# ''[[The Sun Also Rises]]'' by [[Ernest Hemingway]] |
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# ''[[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 |
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# ''[[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 |
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# ''[[Brian's Saga|Hatchet]]'' (series) by Gary Paulsen |
# ''[[Brian's Saga|Hatchet]]'' (series) by Gary Paulsen |
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# ''[[Invisible Man]]'' by Ralph Ellison |
# ''[[Invisible Man (novel)|Invisible Man]]'' by Ralph Ellison |
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# ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'' (series) by Stephenie Meyer |
# ''[[Twilight (novel)|Twilight]]'' (series) by [[Stephenie Meyer]] |
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# ''[[Tales of the City]]'' (series) by Armistead Maupin |
# ''[[Tales of the City]]'' (series) by Armistead Maupin |
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# ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]'' by Jonathan Swift |
# ''[[Gulliver's Travels]]'' by [[Jonathan Swift]] |
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# ''[[Ready Player One]]'' by Ernest Cline |
# ''[[Ready Player One]]'' by Ernest Cline |
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# ''[[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]] |
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# ''[[Things Fall Apart]]'' by Chinua Achebe |
# ''[[Things Fall Apart]]'' by Chinua Achebe |
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# ''[[Heart of Darkness]]'' by Joseph Conrad |
# ''[[Heart of Darkness (novel)|Heart of Darkness]]'' by [[Joseph Conrad]] |
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# ''[[Gilead]]'' by [[Marilynne Robinson]] |
# ''[[Gilead]]'' by [[Marilynne Robinson]] |
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# ''[[Flowers in the Attic]]'' by V. C. Andrews |
# ''[[Flowers in the Attic]]'' by [[V. C. Andrews]] |
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# ''[[Fifty Shades of Grey]]'' by E.L. James |
# ''[[Fifty Shades of Grey]]'' by E.L. James |
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# ''[[The Sirens of Titan]]'' by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. |
# ''[[The Sirens of Titan]]'' by [[Kurt Vonnegut|Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.]] |
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# ''[[This Present Darkness]]'' by [[Frank E. Peretti]] |
# ''[[This Present Darkness]]'' by [[Frank E. Peretti]] |
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# ''[[Americanah]]'' by [[Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie]] |
# ''[[Americanah]]'' by [[Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie]] |
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# ''[[Another Country (novel)|Another Country]]'' by James Baldwin |
# ''[[Another Country (novel)|Another Country]]'' by James Baldwin |
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# ''[[Bless Me, Ultima]]'' by Rudolfo Anaya |
# ''[[Bless Me, Ultima]]'' by Rudolfo Anaya |
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# ''[[Looking for Alaska]]'' by John Green |
# ''[[Looking for Alaska]]'' by [[John Green]] |
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# ''[[The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao]]'' by Junot Díaz |
# ''[[The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao]]'' by Junot Díaz |
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# ''[[Swan Song (novel)|Swan Song]]'' by Robert R. McCammon |
# ''[[Swan Song (novel)|Swan Song]]'' by Robert R. McCammon |
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# ''[[The Coldest Winter Ever]]'' by [[Sister Souljah]] |
# ''[[The Coldest Winter Ever]]'' by [[Sister Souljah]] |
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# ''[[The Intuitionist]]'' by [[Colson Whitehead]] |
# ''[[The Intuitionist]]'' by [[Colson Whitehead]] |
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# ''[[Doña Bárbara]]'' by [[Rómulo Gallegos]] |
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Latest revision as of 12:44, 19 June 2023
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:
- To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
- Outlander (series) by Diana Gabalon
- Harry Potter (series) by J. K. Rowling
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- The Lord of the Rings (series) by J. R. R. Tolkien
- Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
- Charlotte's Web by E.B. White
- Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
- The Chronicles of Narnia (series) by C. S. Lewis
- Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
- Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery
- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
- A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
- The Help by Kathryn Stockett
- The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
- Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
- Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
- Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
- Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
- The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
- The Stand by Stephen King
- Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
- A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker
- Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
- Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
- The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger
- Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
- The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
- The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
- The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
- Dune by Frank Herbert
- The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
- The Call of the Wild by Jack London
- The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
- The Hunger Games (series) by Suzanne Collins
- The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
- The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelly
- The Giver by Lois Lowry
- Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
- Moby-Dick by Herman Melville
- Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
- A Song of Ice and Fire (series) by George R. R. Martin
- Foundation (series) by Isaac Asimov
- War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
- Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
- Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
- The Godfather by Mario Puzo
- One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
- The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
- The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
- The Shack by William P. Young
- A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
- The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
- Beloved by Toni Morrison
- The Martian by Andy Weir
- The Wheel of Time (series) by James Oliver Rigney
- Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
- The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
- The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
- A Separate Peace by John Knowles
- Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
- The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
- The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
- Hatchet (series) by Gary Paulsen
- Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
- Twilight (series) by Stephenie Meyer
- Tales of the City (series) by Armistead Maupin
- Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift
- Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
- Left Behind (series) by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
- Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn
- Watchers by Dean R. Koontz
- The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
- Alex Cross (series) by James Patterson
- Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
- Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
- Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
- Flowers in the Attic by V. C. Andrews
- Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
- The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
- This Present Darkness by Frank E. Peretti
- Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Another Country by James Baldwin
- Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
- Looking for Alaska by John Green
- The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
- Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon
- Mind Invaders by Dave Hunt
- White Teeth by Zadie Smith
- Ghost by Jason Reynolds
- The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah
- The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead
- Doña Bárbara by Rómulo Gallegos