1,001 Novels: A Library of America

1.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating — 901,340 ratings
2.
The Beans of Egypt, Maine
The Beans of Egypt, Maine 3.58 avg rating — 3,821 ratings
3.
Hitty, Her First Hundred Years
Hitty, Her First Hundred Years 3.85 avg rating — 8,001 ratings
4.
The Country of the Pointed Firs
The Country of the Pointed Firs 3.79 avg rating — 4,314 ratings
5.
Midwives
Midwives really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 162,272 ratings
6.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,393,063 ratings
7.
A Separate Peace
A Separate Peace 3.60 avg rating — 229,388 ratings
8.
April Morning
April Morning 3.54 avg rating — 2,822 ratings
9.
Winesburg, Ohio
Winesburg, Ohio 3.84 avg rating — 36,326 ratings
10.
Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object
Shine On, Bright and Dangerous Object 3.95 avg rating — 1,112 ratings
10.
Early Autumn: A Story of a Lady
Early Autumn: A Story of a Lady 3.68 avg rating — 1,582 ratings
12.
Oslo, Maine
Oslo, Maine 3.53 avg rating — 335 ratings
12.
Provinces of Night
Provinces of Night 4.20 avg rating — 2,878 ratings
14.
Chenoo: A Novel (Volume 68) (American Indian Literature and Critical Studies Series)
Chenoo: A Novel (Volume 68) (American Indian Literature and Critical Studies Series) 3.56 avg rating — 80 ratings
14.
Rules of Civility
Rules of Civility 4.09 avg rating — 262,572 ratings
16.
We Took to the Woods
We Took to the Woods 4.22 avg rating — 2,152 ratings
16.
This Tender Land
This Tender Land 4.39 avg rating — 210,446 ratings
18.
The Poacher's Son (Mike Bowditch, #1)
The Poacher's Son (Mike Bowditch, #1) 3.84 avg rating — 13,775 ratings
18.
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence 3.97 avg rating — 189,919 ratings
20.
Tinkers
Tinkers 3.41 avg rating — 37,932 ratings
20.
Stoner
Stoner 4.35 avg rating — 221,203 ratings
22.
Empire Falls
Empire Falls 3.94 avg rating — 124,806 ratings
22.
A Short History of a Small Place
A Short History of a Small Place 3.93 avg rating — 1,264 ratings
24.
Edinburgh
Edinburgh 4.12 avg rating — 5,479 ratings
24.
Angle of Repose
Angle of Repose 4.24 avg rating — 61,307 ratings
26.
The Northern Reach
The Northern Reach 3.48 avg rating — 757 ratings
26.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,787 ratings
28.
A Piece of the World
A Piece of the World 3.86 avg rating — 68,031 ratings
28.
Everything I Never Told You
Everything I Never Told You 3.83 avg rating — 598,258 ratings
30.
Lungfish
Lungfish 3.56 avg rating — 1,261 ratings
30.
Five Skies
Five Skies 3.77 avg rating — 1,350 ratings
32.
Red Hook Road
Red Hook Road 3.52 avg rating — 5,000 ratings
32.
Home (Gilead, #2)
Home (Gilead, #2) 4.04 avg rating — 29,639 ratings
34.
Carrie
Carrie 3.99 avg rating — 813,694 ratings
34.
Gilead (Gilead, #1)
Gilead (Gilead, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 121,015 ratings
36.
Stern Men
Stern Men 3.45 avg rating — 7,695 ratings
36.
You Can't Go Home Again
You Can't Go Home Again 4.04 avg rating — 5,317 ratings
38.
Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1)
Olive Kitteridge (Olive Kitteridge, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 259,610 ratings
38.
A Lesson Before Dying
A Lesson Before Dying 3.98 avg rating — 63,055 ratings
40.
Cost
Cost 3.68 avg rating — 2,076 ratings
40.
A Summons to Memphis
A Summons to Memphis 3.63 avg rating — 6,770 ratings
42.
Winter in the Blood
Winter in the Blood 3.81 avg rating — 4,564 ratings
43.
Boar Island (Anna Pigeon, #19)
Boar Island (Anna Pigeon, #19) 3.60 avg rating — 5,939 ratings
43.
The Edge of Sadness
The Edge of Sadness 3.92 avg rating — 2,525 ratings
45.
The Keepers of the House
The Keepers of the House 4.01 avg rating — 13,375 ratings
46.
The Lowering Days
The Lowering Days 3.77 avg rating — 838 ratings
46.
An American Tragedy
An American Tragedy 3.97 avg rating — 38,266 ratings
48.
Night of the Living Rez
Night of the Living Rez 3.89 avg rating — 12,357 ratings
48.
The Red Badge of Courage
The Red Badge of Courage 3.30 avg rating — 108,686 ratings
50.
The Prayer of the Bone
The Prayer of the Bone 3.06 avg rating — 89 ratings
50.
A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, #1)
A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 820,159 ratings
52.
Fortune's Rocks (Fortune's Rocks Quartet, #1)
Fortune's Rocks (Fortune's Rocks Quartet, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 31,775 ratings
52.
True Grit
True Grit 4.17 avg rating — 68,482 ratings
54.
A Prayer for Owen Meany
A Prayer for Owen Meany 4.24 avg rating — 332,391 ratings
54.
Now in November
Now in November 3.72 avg rating — 2,211 ratings
56.
Peyton Place (Peyton Place, #1)
Peyton Place (Peyton Place, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 13,123 ratings
56.
Chesapeake
Chesapeake 4.22 avg rating — 26,869 ratings
58.
Affliction
Affliction really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3,871 ratings
58.
Centennial
Centennial 4.26 avg rating — 44,546 ratings
60.
Lake People
Lake People 2.95 avg rating — 406 ratings
61.
Salem Falls
Salem Falls 3.84 avg rating — 89,044 ratings
61.
The Awakening
The Awakening 3.69 avg rating — 222,557 ratings
63.
Look Homeward, Angel
Look Homeward, Angel 3.92 avg rating — 15,524 ratings
64.
Baby Love
Baby Love 3.39 avg rating — 547 ratings
65.
Unlikely Animals
Unlikely Animals 4.06 avg rating — 24,741 ratings
66.
Leah, New Hampshire: The Collected Stories of Thomas Williams
Leah, New Hampshire: The Collected Stories of Thomas Williams 3.64 avg rating — 33 ratings
67.
The Dearly Departed
The Dearly Departed 3.62 avg rating — 1,400 ratings
68.
Live Free or Die
Live Free or Die 3.48 avg rating — 23 ratings
69.
Before and After
Before and After 3.35 avg rating — 994 ratings
70.
Project X
Project X 3.54 avg rating — 1,099 ratings
71.
The Winter People
The Winter People 3.82 avg rating — 90,089 ratings
72.
Songs in Ordinary Time
Songs in Ordinary Time 3.71 avg rating — 32,382 ratings
73.
A Day No Pigs Would Die
A Day No Pigs Would Die 3.59 avg rating — 10,378 ratings
74.
The Lottery and Other Stories
The Lottery and Other Stories 4.02 avg rating — 82,492 ratings
75.
October Light
October Light 3.86 avg rating — 1,163 ratings
76.
Born Slippy
Born Slippy
by: Tom Lutz
3.88 avg rating — 100 ratings
77.
An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England
An Arsonist's Guide to Writers' Homes in New England 2.97 avg rating — 6,533 ratings
78.
Don't Ask Me Where I'm From
Don't Ask Me Where I'm From 4.02 avg rating — 4,477 ratings
79.
We Love You, Charlie Freeman
We Love You, Charlie Freeman 3.45 avg rating — 4,032 ratings
80.
Father of the Rain
Father of the Rain
by: Lily King
4.03 avg rating — 8,556 ratings
81.
The Last Confessions of Sylvia P.
The Last Confessions of Sylvia P. 3.73 avg rating — 2,396 ratings
82.
White Ivy
White Ivy 3.55 avg rating — 33,786 ratings
83.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,136 ratings
84.
The Good Mother
The Good Mother 3.82 avg rating — 11,863 ratings
85.
Caucasia
Caucasia 4.08 avg rating — 10,080 ratings
86.
Meeting Rozzy Halfway
Meeting Rozzy Halfway 3.90 avg rating — 70 ratings
87.
The Parking Lot Attendant
The Parking Lot Attendant 3.16 avg rating — 1,909 ratings
88.
Faith
Faith 3.85 avg rating — 13,973 ratings
89.
Union Dues
Union Dues 3.96 avg rating — 170 ratings
90.
Beyond That, the Sea
Beyond That, the Sea 4.22 avg rating — 48,886 ratings
91.
Mermaid in Chelsea Creek (Chelsea, #1)
Mermaid in Chelsea Creek (Chelsea, #1) 3.58 avg rating — 968 ratings
92.
Mystic River
Mystic River 4.17 avg rating — 158,990 ratings
93.
The Good Thief
The Good Thief 3.60 avg rating — 12,867 ratings
94.
The Woman Upstairs
The Woman Upstairs 3.31 avg rating — 33,470 ratings
95.
The Wishing Hill
The Wishing Hill 3.53 avg rating — 618 ratings
96.
Unravelling
Unravelling 3.59 avg rating — 352 ratings
97.
The Thing About Jellyfish
The Thing About Jellyfish 4.10 avg rating — 43,463 ratings
98.
Illumination Night
Illumination Night 3.75 avg rating — 9,176 ratings
99.
The Wedding
The Wedding 3.96 avg rating — 6,443 ratings
100.
Promised Land (Spenser, #4)
Promised Land (Spenser, #4) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 10,884 ratings
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