Must Reads in 2009

1.
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 7,127,144 ratings
2.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,802,595 ratings
3.
Water for Elephants
Water for Elephants 4.11 avg rating — 1,680,949 ratings
4.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,689,890 ratings
5.
The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle 4.32 avg rating — 1,325,802 ratings
6.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,879 ratings
7.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,505 ratings
8.
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,843,112 ratings
9.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,962,418 ratings
10.
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3) 4.58 avg rating — 4,678,426 ratings
11.
My Sister’s Keeper
My Sister’s Keeper 4.11 avg rating — 1,263,911 ratings
12.
The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by: Dan Brown
3.93 avg rating — 2,475,533 ratings
13.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,095 ratings
14.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil 3.92 avg rating — 289,247 ratings
15.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating — 3,402,546 ratings
16.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating — 1,681,974 ratings
17.
The Memory Keeper's Daughter
The Memory Keeper's Daughter 3.70 avg rating — 609,255 ratings
18.
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close 3.97 avg rating — 431,622 ratings
19.
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1)
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 3,378,714 ratings
20.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,073,720 ratings
21.
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle
The Story of Edgar Sawtelle 3.66 avg rating — 104,107 ratings
22.
The Host (The Host, #1)
The Host (The Host, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 1,039,981 ratings
23.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4.30 avg rating — 499,289 ratings
24.
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 9,596,416 ratings
25.
The Alchemist
The Alchemist 3.92 avg rating — 3,430,967 ratings
26.
Blood Promise (Vampire Academy, #4)
Blood Promise (Vampire Academy, #4) 4.30 avg rating — 324,267 ratings
27.
Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3)
Shadow Kiss (Vampire Academy, #3) 4.33 avg rating — 378,100 ratings
28.
Tempted (House of Night, #6)
Tempted (House of Night, #6)
by: P.C. Cast
3.95 avg rating — 172,741 ratings
29.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,456 ratings
30.
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2)
The Silence of the Lambs (Hannibal Lecter, #2) 4.25 avg rating — 578,210 ratings
31.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,634,140 ratings
32.
Home Repair
Home Repair 3.19 avg rating — 721 ratings
33.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,357,296 ratings
34.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,829 ratings
35.
Marked (House of Night, #1)
Marked (House of Night, #1)
by: P.C. Cast
3.82 avg rating — 517,882 ratings
36.
The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ
The Book of Mormon: Another Testament of Jesus Christ 4.24 avg rating — 89,755 ratings
37.
The Emperor's Children
The Emperor's Children 2.98 avg rating — 21,375 ratings
38.
Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain 3.89 avg rating — 248,125 ratings
39.
The Pursuit of Love & Love in a Cold Climate (Radlett and Montdore, #1-2)
The Pursuit of Love & Love in a Cold Climate (Radlett and Montdore, #1-2) 4.10 avg rating — 6,027 ratings
40.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1) 4.24 avg rating — 3,059,678 ratings
41.
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2) 4.50 avg rating — 1,084,430 ratings
42.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,154,182 ratings
43.
Eat, Pray, Love
Eat, Pray, Love 3.64 avg rating — 1,819,922 ratings
44.
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 499,215 ratings
45.
The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones 3.86 avg rating — 2,439,630 ratings
46.
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith 4.01 avg rating — 220,459 ratings
46.
The Story of Forgetting
The Story of Forgetting 3.66 avg rating — 2,497 ratings
48.
The Kult
The Kult 3.94 avg rating — 328 ratings
49.
Hush, Hush (Hush, Hush, #1)
Hush, Hush (Hush, Hush, #1) 3.92 avg rating — 735,817 ratings
50.
The Voyage of the Narwhal
The Voyage of the Narwhal 3.91 avg rating — 3,460 ratings
51.
Say You're One of Them
Say You're One of Them 3.55 avg rating — 16,254 ratings
52.
Lost Horizon
Lost Horizon 3.95 avg rating — 24,257 ratings
53.
To His Mistress (Book 3)
To His Mistress (Book 3) 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings
54.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating — 1,319,026 ratings
55.
We
We 3.88 avg rating — 107,879 ratings
56.
Fablehaven (Fablehaven, #1)
Fablehaven (Fablehaven, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 174,989 ratings
57.
Matilda
Matilda 4.33 avg rating — 1,073,027 ratings
58.
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1)
The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, #1) 4.03 avg rating — 1,594,352 ratings
59.
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 387,303 ratings
60.
Love in the Time of Cholera
Love in the Time of Cholera 3.94 avg rating — 535,633 ratings
61.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1)
The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Hercule Poirot, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 484,824 ratings
62.
Dracula
Dracula 4.02 avg rating — 1,415,306 ratings
63.
The Graveyard Book
The Graveyard Book 4.16 avg rating — 560,878 ratings
64.
Testimony
Testimony 3.59 avg rating — 30,950 ratings
65.
Tales
Tales 4.23 avg rating — 9,483 ratings
66.
Collected Poems
Collected Poems 4.20 avg rating — 17,391 ratings
67.
The Prince
The Prince 3.84 avg rating — 371,441 ratings
68.
Hissy Fit
Hissy Fit 3.95 avg rating — 27,560 ratings
68.
Mansfield Park
Mansfield Park 3.86 avg rating — 371,724 ratings
68.
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility 4.09 avg rating — 1,266,314 ratings
71.
And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None 4.28 avg rating — 1,544,468 ratings
72.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating — 174,993 ratings
73.
Mister Pip
Mister Pip 3.68 avg rating — 23,800 ratings
74.
Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage
Committed: A Skeptic Makes Peace with Marriage 3.45 avg rating — 55,709 ratings
75.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Unbearable Lightness of Being 4.11 avg rating — 524,941 ratings
76.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 499,152 ratings
77.
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5)
The Hound of the Baskervilles (Sherlock Holmes, #5) 4.13 avg rating — 376,341 ratings
78.
The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)
The Godfather (The Godfather, #1) 4.40 avg rating — 452,958 ratings
79.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating — 1,070,181 ratings
80.
Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins, #1)
Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 139,028 ratings
81.
Lost in the City
Lost in the City 4.07 avg rating — 3,483 ratings
82.
The Quiet American
The Quiet American 3.98 avg rating — 68,875 ratings
83.
The Witch of Portobello
The Witch of Portobello 3.56 avg rating — 83,606 ratings
84.
Geoffrey Thorne's Dreamnasium, Vol. 1
Geoffrey Thorne's Dreamnasium, Vol. 1 4.40 avg rating — 10 ratings
85.
The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time, #12)
The Gathering Storm (The Wheel of Time, #12) 4.43 avg rating — 173,039 ratings
86.
Wraeththu (Wraeththu #1-3)
Wraeththu (Wraeththu #1-3) 3.94 avg rating — 2,683 ratings
86.
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta 4.26 avg rating — 320,855 ratings
88.
The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book 3.90 avg rating — 130,562 ratings
89.
Tapping the Source
Tapping the Source
by: Kem Nunn
3.97 avg rating — 2,816 ratings
90.
Vision in White (Bride Quartet, #1)
Vision in White (Bride Quartet, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 142,538 ratings
91.
More than a Game: The Glorious Present and Uncertain Future of the NFL
More than a Game: The Glorious Present and Uncertain Future of the NFL 3.67 avg rating — 321 ratings
92.
Flush
Flush 3.88 avg rating — 13,260 ratings
93.
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit
Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit 3.73 avg rating — 89,541 ratings
94.
Orlando
Orlando 3.87 avg rating — 109,471 ratings
95.
The Republic
The Republic
by: Plato
3.96 avg rating — 220,227 ratings
96.
Beyaz Kale
Beyaz Kale 3.48 avg rating — 16,402 ratings
97.
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 342,004 ratings
98.
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse 3.81 avg rating — 207,222 ratings
99.
Franz Kafka's The Castle
Franz Kafka's The Castle 4.10 avg rating — 28,562 ratings
100.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities 3.88 avg rating — 996,500 ratings
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