Required Reading in College

1.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,088 ratings
2.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,270 ratings
3.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,128 ratings
4.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,130 ratings
5.
Animal Farm / 1984
Animal Farm / 1984 4.30 avg rating — 211,245 ratings
6.
Hamlet
Hamlet 4.03 avg rating — 1,020,053 ratings
7.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,383 ratings
8.
A Doll's House
A Doll's House 3.77 avg rating — 159,008 ratings
9.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating — 1,318,827 ratings
10.
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
by: Sophocles
3.72 avg rating — 231,988 ratings
11.
The Death of Ivan Ilych
The Death of Ivan Ilych 4.14 avg rating — 204,978 ratings
12.
Medea
Medea
by: Euripides
3.95 avg rating — 84,374 ratings
13.
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) 4.40 avg rating — 3,050,562 ratings
14.
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories 4.17 avg rating — 48,596 ratings
15.
King Lear
King Lear 3.91 avg rating — 232,671 ratings
16.
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire 3.98 avg rating — 328,859 ratings
17.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating — 901,282 ratings
17.
The Awakening
The Awakening 3.69 avg rating — 222,535 ratings
19.
Dubliners
Dubliners 3.84 avg rating — 170,128 ratings
20.
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness 3.43 avg rating — 545,682 ratings
21.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,493 ratings
22.
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises 3.79 avg rating — 481,977 ratings
23.
Candide
Candide
by: Voltaire
3.76 avg rating — 294,493 ratings
24.
History of Art
History of Art 3.79 avg rating — 38,056 ratings
24.
Bleak House
Bleak House 4.02 avg rating — 112,453 ratings
24.
The Yellow Wall-Paper
The Yellow Wall-Paper 4.07 avg rating — 338,175 ratings
27.
The Odyssey
The Odyssey
by: Homer
3.82 avg rating — 1,156,498 ratings
28.
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea 3.81 avg rating — 1,265,512 ratings
29.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
by: Unknown
3.76 avg rating — 75,116 ratings
30.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 4.03 avg rating — 126,440 ratings
30.
Dr. Faustus
Dr. Faustus 3.80 avg rating — 71,003 ratings
32.
Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost 3.85 avg rating — 177,935 ratings
32.
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War
World War Z: An Oral History of the Zombie War 4.02 avg rating — 556,582 ratings
34.
Holy Bible: The New King James Version
Holy Bible: The New King James Version
by: Anonymous
4.41 avg rating — 8,019 ratings
35.
The Thompson Chain-Reference Study Bible: NKJV New King James Version
The Thompson Chain-Reference Study Bible: NKJV New King James Version
by: Anonymous
4.58 avg rating — 100 ratings
35.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,156 ratings
37.
The Crying of Lot 49
The Crying of Lot 49 3.69 avg rating — 93,728 ratings
38.
As I Lay Dying
As I Lay Dying 3.72 avg rating — 182,448 ratings
39.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating — 174,958 ratings
40.
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse 3.81 avg rating — 207,153 ratings
41.
The Unvanquished: The Corrected Text
The Unvanquished: The Corrected Text 3.77 avg rating — 6,497 ratings
41.
Measure for Measure
Measure for Measure 3.67 avg rating — 30,560 ratings
41.
A Man for All Seasons: A Play in Two Acts
A Man for All Seasons: A Play in Two Acts 3.89 avg rating — 14,705 ratings
41.
Endgame
Endgame 3.79 avg rating — 23,762 ratings
41.
Lysistrata
Lysistrata 3.87 avg rating — 52,370 ratings
41.
Metamorphoses
Metamorphoses
by: Ovid
4.10 avg rating — 76,392 ratings
47.
Biology
Biology 4.15 avg rating — 4,095 ratings
47.
Re Joyce
Re Joyce 4.11 avg rating — 576 ratings
47.
History of Modern Art
History of Modern Art 4.01 avg rating — 8,583 ratings
50.
Collected Stories
Collected Stories 4.31 avg rating — 2,548 ratings
50.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating — 1,315,198 ratings
52.
The Old Curiosity Shop
The Old Curiosity Shop 3.79 avg rating — 23,381 ratings
52.
The Aeneid
The Aeneid
by: Virgil
3.87 avg rating — 139,129 ratings
54.
Top Girls: With Commentary and Notes (Open University Set Book)
Top Girls: With Commentary and Notes (Open University Set Book) 3.58 avg rating — 10,419 ratings
55.
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Slouching Towards Bethlehem 4.19 avg rating — 78,722 ratings
55.
Leda and the Swan
Leda and the Swan 3.50 avg rating — 197 ratings
55.
The Iliad
The Iliad
by: Homer
3.92 avg rating — 494,573 ratings
55.
Pygmalion
Pygmalion 3.89 avg rating — 108,295 ratings
59.
Master Harold...and the Boys
Master Harold...and the Boys 3.78 avg rating — 6,696 ratings
59.
The Penelopiad
The Penelopiad 3.72 avg rating — 83,715 ratings
61.
Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,570,013 ratings
61.
Grendel
Grendel 3.69 avg rating — 41,615 ratings
61.
The Rover
The Rover 3.31 avg rating — 4,799 ratings
64.
The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried 4.14 avg rating — 337,426 ratings
64.
The Prince
The Prince 3.84 avg rating — 371,352 ratings
66.
Human biology: Elementary anatomy and physiology for students and nurses
Human biology: Elementary anatomy and physiology for students and nurses 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
66.
Carrie
Carrie 3.99 avg rating — 813,572 ratings
68.
Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon 4.15 avg rating — 123,911 ratings
68.
Human Genetics: Possibilities and Realities
Human Genetics: Possibilities and Realities liked it 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating
68.
The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid's Tale 4.15 avg rating — 2,322,713 ratings
71.
Franny and Zooey
Franny and Zooey 3.96 avg rating — 235,144 ratings
71.
Human Biology
Human Biology 2.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
71.
Othello
Othello 3.89 avg rating — 427,995 ratings
74.
Laboratory Manual for Human Biology (3rd Edition)
Laboratory Manual for Human Biology (3rd Edition) 4.50 avg rating — 4 ratings
74.
Henry V
Henry V 3.85 avg rating — 52,286 ratings
76.
Letters from the Earth: Uncensored Writings
Letters from the Earth: Uncensored Writings 4.18 avg rating — 9,645 ratings
76.
Human Biology
Human Biology 4.11 avg rating — 28 ratings
76.
Far From the Madding Crowd
Far From the Madding Crowd 3.97 avg rating — 162,847 ratings
79.
Midnight's Children
Midnight's Children 3.98 avg rating — 130,698 ratings
79.
The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories
The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories 4.02 avg rating — 1,810 ratings
79.
The Masque of the Red Death
The Masque of the Red Death 4.06 avg rating — 44,762 ratings
82.
Light in August
Light in August 3.94 avg rating — 65,238 ratings
82.
The Portrait of a Lady
The Portrait of a Lady 3.80 avg rating — 84,053 ratings
84.
The Web and the Rock
The Web and the Rock 4.02 avg rating — 678 ratings
84.
The Woman in White
The Woman in White 4.01 avg rating — 162,709 ratings
86.
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1)
A Canticle for Leibowitz (St. Leibowitz, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 116,687 ratings
86.
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway 3.78 avg rating — 341,886 ratings
86.
Antony and Cleopatra
Antony and Cleopatra 3.71 avg rating — 42,723 ratings
89.
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary 3.71 avg rating — 363,615 ratings
89.
Chaos Theory
Chaos Theory 3.69 avg rating — 49 ratings
91.
A Room of One’s Own
A Room of One’s Own 4.22 avg rating — 246,386 ratings
91.
Dracula
Dracula 4.02 avg rating — 1,414,890 ratings
91.
Chaos Theory
Chaos Theory 3.40 avg rating — 68 ratings
94.
Fathers and Sons
Fathers and Sons really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 97,907 ratings
94.
Chaos Theory
Chaos Theory 3.63 avg rating — 60 ratings
96.
Richard II
Richard II 3.78 avg rating — 27,037 ratings
96.
The Naked Ape
The Naked Ape 3.93 avg rating — 11,898 ratings
98.
Beloved
Beloved 3.97 avg rating — 476,879 ratings
98.
Abnormal Psychology
Abnormal Psychology 4.02 avg rating — 100 ratings
100.
Abnormal Psychology
Abnormal Psychology 3.92 avg rating — 638 ratings
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