Best Page-Turners with Redeeming Social Value

1.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,809 ratings
2.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,962,068 ratings
3.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating — 3,402,007 ratings
4.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,226,078 ratings
5.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,633,098 ratings
6.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,802,149 ratings
7.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating — 1,681,650 ratings
8.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,356,218 ratings
9.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,772 ratings
10.
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
The Giver (The Giver, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 2,733,090 ratings
11.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,393,015 ratings
12.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,073,031 ratings
13.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating — 2,082,553 ratings
14.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,405 ratings
15.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.13 avg rating — 1,782,732 ratings
16.
Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited
Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited 4.16 avg rating — 170,779 ratings
17.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,574 ratings
18.
Harry Potter Series Box Set (Harry Potter, #1-7)
Harry Potter Series Box Set (Harry Potter, #1-7) 4.73 avg rating — 299,540 ratings
19.
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men 3.89 avg rating — 2,751,878 ratings
20.
Night
Night 4.38 avg rating — 1,334,194 ratings
21.
The Beasts of Success
The Beasts of Success 4.28 avg rating — 508 ratings
22.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,404 ratings
23.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,009 ratings
24.
The Odyssey
The Odyssey
by: Homer
3.82 avg rating — 1,156,627 ratings
25.
The Giving Tree
The Giving Tree 4.38 avg rating — 1,209,747 ratings
26.
The Secret Life of Bees
The Secret Life of Bees 4.10 avg rating — 1,337,499 ratings
27.
Local Woman Missing
Local Woman Missing 4.13 avg rating — 687,554 ratings
28.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating — 779,768 ratings
29.
Hidden Pictures
Hidden Pictures 4.16 avg rating — 505,165 ratings
30.
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson
Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson 4.20 avg rating — 1,154,020 ratings
31.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,834 ratings
32.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,150 ratings
33.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,072 ratings
34.
Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives
Way of the Peaceful Warrior: A Book That Changes Lives 4.13 avg rating — 55,457 ratings
35.
Life of Pi
Life of Pi 3.94 avg rating — 1,726,599 ratings
36.
Into the Wild
Into the Wild 4.02 avg rating — 1,165,608 ratings
37.
Les Misérables
Les Misérables 4.21 avg rating — 830,219 ratings
38.
The Zombie Room
The Zombie Room 3.88 avg rating — 35,859 ratings
39.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating — 1,318,908 ratings
40.
Revolutionary Road
Revolutionary Road 3.93 avg rating — 92,051 ratings
41.
The Elephant Tree
The Elephant Tree 3.85 avg rating — 35,333 ratings
42.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,183 ratings
43.
The Bonfire of the Vanities
The Bonfire of the Vanities
by: Tom Wolfe
3.92 avg rating — 85,397 ratings
44.
The Outsiders
The Outsiders 4.14 avg rating — 1,538,281 ratings
45.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 3.89 avg rating — 1,568,779 ratings
46.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4.30 avg rating — 499,204 ratings
47.
The Little Book
The Little Book 3.74 avg rating — 4,978 ratings
48.
East of Eden
East of Eden 4.43 avg rating — 602,182 ratings
49.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,679 ratings
50.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating — 505,032 ratings
51.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,153,757 ratings
52.
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,181 ratings
53.
The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle 4.32 avg rating — 1,325,616 ratings
54.
The Little Prince
The Little Prince 4.33 avg rating — 2,375,318 ratings
55.
The Club
The Club 3.29 avg rating — 122,245 ratings
56.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,761 ratings
57.
Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
by: Ayn Rand
3.69 avg rating — 402,783 ratings
58.
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 650,950 ratings
59.
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1)
The Pillars of the Earth (Kingsbridge, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 809,448 ratings
60.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 753,908 ratings
61.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 4.19 avg rating — 793,959 ratings
62.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,632 ratings
63.
Gray After Dark
Gray After Dark 4.20 avg rating — 81,798 ratings
64.
No One Can Know
No One Can Know 3.66 avg rating — 73,679 ratings
65.
Those Empty Eyes
Those Empty Eyes 4.16 avg rating — 76,475 ratings
65.
The Drowning Woman
The Drowning Woman 4.04 avg rating — 144,982 ratings
67.
Middlesex
Middlesex 4.04 avg rating — 657,096 ratings
68.
The Girl in the Eagle's Talons (Millennium, #7)
The Girl in the Eagle's Talons (Millennium, #7) 3.42 avg rating — 18,096 ratings
69.
Think Twice (Myron Bolitar, #12)
Think Twice (Myron Bolitar, #12) 4.24 avg rating — 43,705 ratings
70.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle Tom’s Cabin 3.92 avg rating — 239,362 ratings
71.
Emma
Emma 4.05 avg rating — 950,084 ratings
72.
My Sister’s Keeper
My Sister’s Keeper 4.11 avg rating — 1,263,820 ratings
73.
Sharp Objects
Sharp Objects 4.01 avg rating — 1,179,299 ratings
74.
The Shards
The Shards really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 38,467 ratings
75.
Ask for Andrea
Ask for Andrea 4.09 avg rating — 170,595 ratings
76.
The Girl Who Was Taken
The Girl Who Was Taken 4.18 avg rating — 150,970 ratings
77.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating — 1,024,555 ratings
78.
The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by: Dan Brown
3.93 avg rating — 2,475,291 ratings
79.
Look Closer
Look Closer 4.17 avg rating — 124,854 ratings
80.
What Lies in the Woods
What Lies in the Woods 3.95 avg rating — 184,395 ratings
81.
A Prayer for Owen Meany
A Prayer for Owen Meany 4.24 avg rating — 332,388 ratings
82.
Keep It in the Family
Keep It in the Family 4.08 avg rating — 202,274 ratings
83.
The Roommate
The Roommate 3.78 avg rating — 12,195 ratings
84.
Captive in the Dark (The Dark Duet, #1)
Captive in the Dark (The Dark Duet, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 74,674 ratings
85.
Corrupt (Devil's Night, #1)
Corrupt (Devil's Night, #1) 3.79 avg rating — 395,300 ratings
86.
Head Like a Hole
Head Like a Hole 3.85 avg rating — 5,757 ratings
87.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations 3.80 avg rating — 857,527 ratings
88.
The V Girl: A Coming of Age Story
The V Girl: A Coming of Age Story 3.96 avg rating — 16,713 ratings
89.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating — 1,069,959 ratings
90.
Water for Elephants
Water for Elephants 4.11 avg rating — 1,680,820 ratings
91.
Killing Sarai (In the Company of Killers, #1)
Killing Sarai (In the Company of Killers, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 32,685 ratings
92.
The Holy Bible: King James Version
The Holy Bible: King James Version
by: Anonymous
4.44 avg rating — 308,844 ratings
93.
The Alchemist
The Alchemist 3.92 avg rating — 3,430,250 ratings
94.
It Ain't Me, Babe (Hades Hangmen, #1)
It Ain't Me, Babe (Hades Hangmen, #1) 4.04 avg rating — 55,615 ratings
95.
Consequences (Consequences, #1)
Consequences (Consequences, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 43,141 ratings
96.
Not Forever, But For Now
Not Forever, But For Now 3.05 avg rating — 4,769 ratings
97.
Truth (Consequences, #2)
Truth (Consequences, #2) 4.34 avg rating — 32,551 ratings
98.
A Winter Grave
A Winter Grave
by: Peter May
4.06 avg rating — 9,134 ratings
99.
Tears of Tess (Monsters in the Dark, #1)
Tears of Tess (Monsters in the Dark, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 42,053 ratings
100.
The Red Tent
The Red Tent 4.20 avg rating — 623,977 ratings
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