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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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# ''[[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 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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# ''[[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]] |