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The [[PBS]] television miniseries ''The Great American Read'' announced on October 23, 2018 that these were voted the 100 best-loved books or book series in the USA. |
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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> |
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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. |
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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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# ''[[The Intuitionist]]'' by [[Colson Whitehead]] |
# ''[[The Intuitionist]]'' by [[Colson Whitehead]] |
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# ''[[Doña Bárbára]]'' by [[Rómulo Gallegos]] |
# ''[[Doña Bárbára]]'' by [[Rómulo Gallegos]] |
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(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].) |
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As of the posting of this list to All The Tropes on October 25, 2018, 14 of the 100 selections do not have Works pages here. |
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