Favorites from 1001 Books You Should Read Before You Die

1.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,920 ratings
2.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,633,217 ratings
3.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,226,255 ratings
4.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,796 ratings
5.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,356,339 ratings
6.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,731,390 ratings
7.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,017 ratings
8.
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again 4.29 avg rating — 4,345,889 ratings
9.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,462 ratings
10.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating — 2,082,572 ratings
11.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,192 ratings
12.
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings 4.54 avg rating — 716,511 ratings
13.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,456 ratings
14.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,585 ratings
15.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 1,969,998 ratings
16.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating — 1,318,916 ratings
17.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,393,058 ratings
18.
The Little Prince
The Little Prince 4.33 avg rating — 2,375,400 ratings
19.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,126 ratings
20.
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men 3.89 avg rating — 2,751,923 ratings
21.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating — 1,024,582 ratings
22.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,205 ratings
23.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 3.89 avg rating — 1,568,817 ratings
24.
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol 4.09 avg rating — 896,528 ratings
25.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.13 avg rating — 1,782,781 ratings
26.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,664 ratings
27.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating — 1,069,990 ratings
28.
Dracula
Dracula 4.02 avg rating — 1,415,080 ratings
29.
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility 4.09 avg rating — 1,266,155 ratings
30.
Life of Pi
Life of Pi 3.94 avg rating — 1,726,632 ratings
31.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations 3.80 avg rating — 857,537 ratings
32.
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea 3.81 avg rating — 1,265,655 ratings
33.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,328 ratings
34.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating — 992,044 ratings
35.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,774 ratings
36.
Les Misérables
Les Misérables 4.21 avg rating — 830,227 ratings
37.
Emma
Emma 4.05 avg rating — 950,110 ratings
38.
Persuasion
Persuasion 4.15 avg rating — 752,799 ratings
39.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,640 ratings
40.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities 3.88 avg rating — 996,424 ratings
41.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,214 ratings
42.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating — 901,340 ratings
43.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,153,798 ratings
44.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina 4.10 avg rating — 906,263 ratings
45.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,196 ratings
46.
The Poisonwood Bible
The Poisonwood Bible 4.11 avg rating — 779,774 ratings
47.
Atonement
Atonement 3.95 avg rating — 551,976 ratings
48.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3) 4.30 avg rating — 320,276 ratings
49.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 753,913 ratings
50.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 3.83 avg rating — 641,348 ratings
51.
Love in the Time of Cholera
Love in the Time of Cholera 3.94 avg rating — 535,588 ratings
52.
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 387,264 ratings
53.
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness 3.43 avg rating — 545,742 ratings
54.
A Prayer for Owen Meany
A Prayer for Owen Meany 4.24 avg rating — 332,390 ratings
55.
Candide
Candide
by: Voltaire
3.76 avg rating — 294,524 ratings
56.
War and Peace
War and Peace 4.17 avg rating — 356,980 ratings
57.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,787 ratings
58.
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by: Anne Rice
4.02 avg rating — 633,845 ratings
59.
Treasure Island
Treasure Island 3.85 avg rating — 528,244 ratings
60.
Middlesex
Middlesex 4.04 avg rating — 657,103 ratings
61.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating — 505,046 ratings
62.
The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild 3.91 avg rating — 461,050 ratings
63.
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist 3.88 avg rating — 419,629 ratings
64.
Perfume. The story of a murderer
Perfume. The story of a murderer 4.04 avg rating — 530,100 ratings
65.
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Tess of the D’Urbervilles 3.84 avg rating — 297,808 ratings
66.
The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day 4.14 avg rating — 344,060 ratings
67.
Siddhartha
Siddhartha 4.08 avg rating — 846,869 ratings
68.
Like Water for Chocolate
Like Water for Chocolate 3.95 avg rating — 387,464 ratings
69.
The World According to Garp
The World According to Garp 4.11 avg rating — 235,962 ratings
70.
The Secret History
The Secret History 4.16 avg rating — 950,506 ratings
71.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,949 ratings
72.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Unbearable Lightness of Being 4.11 avg rating — 524,838 ratings
73.
The Cider House Rules
The Cider House Rules 4.17 avg rating — 192,670 ratings
74.
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises 3.79 avg rating — 482,029 ratings
75.
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary 3.71 avg rating — 363,653 ratings
76.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,283 ratings
77.
Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #2)
Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There (Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, #2) 4.01 avg rating — 141,699 ratings
78.
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov 4.38 avg rating — 369,515 ratings
79.
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland 4.03 avg rating — 395,721 ratings
80.
The Shining (The Shining, #1)
The Shining (The Shining, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,650,385 ratings
81.
Don Quixote
Don Quixote 3.91 avg rating — 297,026 ratings
82.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating — 174,974 ratings
83.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories 3.83 avg rating — 286,568 ratings
84.
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 341,939 ratings
85.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) 4.13 avg rating — 376,296 ratings
86.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating — 1,315,500 ratings
87.
The Idiot
The Idiot 4.21 avg rating — 207,641 ratings
88.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle Tom’s Cabin 3.92 avg rating — 239,364 ratings
89.
The Time Machine
The Time Machine 3.89 avg rating — 552,929 ratings
90.
The Trial
The Trial 3.94 avg rating — 377,306 ratings
91.
The Man Without Qualities
The Man Without Qualities 4.19 avg rating — 7,191 ratings
92.
The Reader
The Reader 3.78 avg rating — 226,229 ratings
93.
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence 3.97 avg rating — 189,918 ratings
94.
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair 3.81 avg rating — 131,958 ratings
95.
The House of the Spirits
The House of the Spirits 4.29 avg rating — 304,618 ratings
96.
In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood 4.09 avg rating — 710,356 ratings
97.
Around the World in Eighty Days
Around the World in Eighty Days 3.95 avg rating — 274,962 ratings
97.
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Fall of the House of Usher 3.85 avg rating — 83,631 ratings
99.
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms 3.82 avg rating — 344,475 ratings
100.
Native Son
Native Son 4.04 avg rating — 103,287 ratings
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