The Five Books I Would Require If I Taught an English Literature Class

1.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,128 ratings
2.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,225,361 ratings
3.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,730,628 ratings
4.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,632,498 ratings
5.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,355,583 ratings
6.
Hamlet
Hamlet 4.03 avg rating — 1,020,049 ratings
7.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,088 ratings
8.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,360 ratings
9.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,590 ratings
10.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,801,871 ratings
11.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,130 ratings
12.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.13 avg rating — 1,782,424 ratings
13.
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
The Giver (The Giver, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 2,732,776 ratings
14.
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men 3.89 avg rating — 2,751,599 ratings
15.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,771,934 ratings
16.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,426 ratings
17.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,322,696 ratings
18.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,156 ratings
19.
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again 4.29 avg rating — 4,345,414 ratings
20.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating — 1,318,827 ratings
21.
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet 3.74 avg rating — 2,767,417 ratings
22.
Macbeth
Macbeth 3.89 avg rating — 991,988 ratings
23.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating — 3,401,683 ratings
24.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,958,945 ratings
25.
The Outsiders
The Outsiders 4.14 avg rating — 1,538,019 ratings
26.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities 3.88 avg rating — 996,354 ratings
27.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) 4.47 avg rating — 11,062,903 ratings
28.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,493 ratings
29.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,118 ratings
30.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower 4.24 avg rating — 1,947,978 ratings
31.
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea 3.81 avg rating — 1,265,512 ratings
32.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,153,489 ratings
33.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations 3.80 avg rating — 857,473 ratings
34.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating — 901,282 ratings
35.
Dracula
Dracula 4.02 avg rating — 1,414,890 ratings
36.
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 9,593,199 ratings
37.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass 4.06 avg rating — 597,580 ratings
38.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A Midsummer Night’s Dream 3.94 avg rating — 568,004 ratings
39.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,879 ratings
40.
Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon 4.23 avg rating — 763,463 ratings
41.
East of Eden
East of Eden 4.43 avg rating — 602,062 ratings
42.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,961,819 ratings
43.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,596 ratings
44.
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales 3.52 avg rating — 234,611 ratings
45.
Life of Pi
Life of Pi 3.94 avg rating — 1,726,443 ratings
46.
The Crucible
The Crucible 3.61 avg rating — 452,124 ratings
47.
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings 4.54 avg rating — 716,447 ratings
48.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,270 ratings
49.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,112 ratings
50.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4.30 avg rating — 499,131 ratings
51.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 753,861 ratings
52.
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness 3.43 avg rating — 545,682 ratings
53.
The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7)
The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7) 4.28 avg rating — 694,054 ratings
54.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,717 ratings
55.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,257,966 ratings
56.
Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost 3.85 avg rating — 177,935 ratings
57.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,676 ratings
58.
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest 4.17 avg rating — 397,672 ratings
59.
King Lear
King Lear 3.91 avg rating — 232,671 ratings
60.
The Raven with The Philosophy of Composition
The Raven with The Philosophy of Composition 4.20 avg rating — 1,081 ratings
61.
The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars 4.12 avg rating — 5,579,965 ratings
62.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,392,793 ratings
63.
Maus I: Un Survivant Raconte: Mon Père Saigne L'histoire
Maus I: Un Survivant Raconte: Mon Père Saigne L'histoire 4.39 avg rating — 365,546 ratings
64.
Othello
Othello 3.89 avg rating — 427,993 ratings
65.
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Moby-Dick or, The Whale 3.56 avg rating — 602,729 ratings
66.
Atonement
Atonement 3.95 avg rating — 551,916 ratings
66.
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises 3.79 avg rating — 481,977 ratings
68.
Emma
Emma 4.05 avg rating — 949,969 ratings
69.
The Princess Bride
The Princess Bride 4.27 avg rating — 936,485 ratings
70.
Beowulf
Beowulf
by: Unknown
3.50 avg rating — 338,003 ratings
71.
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury 3.86 avg rating — 192,262 ratings
72.
On the Road
On the Road 3.61 avg rating — 438,462 ratings
73.
The Secret Life of Bees
The Secret Life of Bees 4.10 avg rating — 1,337,423 ratings
74.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 3.92 avg rating — 996,590 ratings
75.
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying 3.72 avg rating — 182,448 ratings
76.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,747 ratings
77.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating — 813,038 ratings
78.
A Separate Peace
A Separate Peace 3.60 avg rating — 229,377 ratings
79.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating — 2,082,434 ratings
80.
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 341,883 ratings
81.
David Copperfield
David Copperfield 4.04 avg rating — 253,072 ratings
82.
Julius Caesar
Julius Caesar 3.71 avg rating — 215,344 ratings
83.
Ulysses
Ulysses 3.77 avg rating — 138,334 ratings
84.
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 — 1,969,818 ratings
85.
The Phantom Tollbooth
The Phantom Tollbooth 4.20 avg rating — 301,775 ratings
86.
The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones 3.86 avg rating — 2,439,407 ratings
87.
The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead
by: Ayn Rand
3.89 avg rating — 333,836 ratings
88.
The Complete Sherlock Holmes: Volume I
The Complete Sherlock Holmes: Volume I 4.49 avg rating — 30,190 ratings
89.
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire 3.98 avg rating — 328,858 ratings
90.
Cat’s Cradle
Cat’s Cradle 4.15 avg rating — 428,340 ratings
91.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 3.99 avg rating — 116,828 ratings
92.
Dubliners
Dubliners 3.84 avg rating — 170,128 ratings
93.
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms 3.82 avg rating — 344,449 ratings
94.
My Ántonia
My Ántonia 3.84 avg rating — 144,845 ratings
95.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society 4.19 avg rating — 793,907 ratings
96.
The Complete Stories
The Complete Stories 4.39 avg rating — 40,384 ratings
97.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating — 174,958 ratings
98.
Bleak House
Bleak House 4.02 avg rating — 112,453 ratings
99.
The Illustrated Man
The Illustrated Man 4.13 avg rating — 105,354 ratings
100.
Gulliver’s Travels
Gulliver’s Travels 3.59 avg rating — 293,904 ratings
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