Nationally Recognized Important Literature

1.
Beowulf
Beowulf
by: Unknown
3.50 avg rating — 338,062 ratings
2.
Metamorphoses
Metamorphoses
by: Ovid
4.10 avg rating — 76,416 ratings
3.
The Odyssey
The Odyssey
by: Homer
3.82 avg rating — 1,156,818 ratings
4.
Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)
Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)
by: Sophocles
3.68 avg rating — 170,489 ratings
5.
Medea
Medea
by: Euripides
3.95 avg rating — 84,396 ratings
6.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,978 ratings
7.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,801,032 ratings
8.
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,073,818 ratings
9.
The Complete Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1-8)
The Complete Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1-8) 4.45 avg rating — 106,211 ratings
10.
The House on Mango Street
The House on Mango Street 3.69 avg rating — 223,006 ratings
11.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,393,458 ratings
12.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,293 ratings
13.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 477,045 ratings
14.
Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon 4.15 avg rating — 123,956 ratings
15.
American Pastoral
American Pastoral 3.95 avg rating — 86,091 ratings
16.
Portnoy’s Complaint
Portnoy’s Complaint 3.71 avg rating — 72,181 ratings
17.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,486 ratings
18.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,732,430 ratings
19.
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea 3.81 avg rating — 1,265,931 ratings
20.
I, Too, Am America
I, Too, Am America 4.19 avg rating — 1,729 ratings
21.
The Song of the Smoke
The Song of the Smoke it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating
22.
The Declaration of Independence / The Constitution of the United States
The Declaration of Independence / The Constitution of the United States 4.44 avg rating — 26,987 ratings
23.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 3.78 avg rating — 148,590 ratings
24.
The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2)
The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2) 3.70 avg rating — 101,128 ratings
25.
The Raven
The Raven 4.29 avg rating — 163,426 ratings
26.
Self-Reliance and Other Essays
Self-Reliance and Other Essays 4.12 avg rating — 20,166 ratings
27.
Civil Disobedience
Civil Disobedience 3.94 avg rating — 18,962 ratings
28.
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Moby-Dick or, The Whale 3.56 avg rating — 602,861 ratings
29.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating — 901,403 ratings
30.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle Tom’s Cabin 3.92 avg rating — 239,384 ratings
31.
Hope Is the Thing With Feathers: The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
Hope Is the Thing With Feathers: The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson 4.28 avg rating — 105,241 ratings
32.
Oh Captain! My Captain!
Oh Captain! My Captain! 4.03 avg rating — 1,151 ratings
33.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 3.92 avg rating — 996,824 ratings
34.
The Awakening
The Awakening 3.69 avg rating — 222,591 ratings
35.
The Red Badge of Courage
The Red Badge of Courage 3.30 avg rating — 108,701 ratings
36.
The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild 3.91 avg rating — 461,103 ratings
37.
The Stoic (Trilogy of desire, #3)
The Stoic (Trilogy of desire, #3) 4.35 avg rating — 2,919 ratings
38.
Nothing Gold Can Stay
Nothing Gold Can Stay 4.31 avg rating — 178 ratings
39.
This Is Just to Say
This Is Just to Say 3.75 avg rating — 123 ratings
40.
The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver
The Ballad of the Harp-Weaver 4.23 avg rating — 82 ratings
41.
I Carry Your Heart with Me: A Picture Book
I Carry Your Heart with Me: A Picture Book 4.28 avg rating — 425 ratings
42.
Gulliver’s Travels
Gulliver’s Travels 3.59 avg rating — 293,943 ratings
43.
An Essay On Criticism
An Essay On Criticism 3.77 avg rating — 1,484 ratings
44.
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe 3.68 avg rating — 325,015 ratings
45.
The Prelude
The Prelude 3.88 avg rating — 4,155 ratings
46.
Don Juan
Don Juan 3.78 avg rating — 8,808 ratings
47.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,634,291 ratings
48.
Songs of Innocence and of Experience
Songs of Innocence and of Experience 4.09 avg rating — 51,000 ratings
49.
Songs of Experience
Songs of Experience 4.18 avg rating — 812 ratings
50.
Lyrical Ballads
Lyrical Ballads 3.95 avg rating — 12,916 ratings
51.
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,593 ratings
52.
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility 4.09 avg rating — 1,266,340 ratings
53.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,260,169 ratings
54.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,548 ratings
55.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations 3.80 avg rating — 857,618 ratings
56.
Pygmalion
Pygmalion 3.89 avg rating — 108,312 ratings
57.
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair 3.81 avg rating — 131,967 ratings
58.
The War of the Worlds
The War of the Worlds 3.83 avg rating — 340,335 ratings
59.
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness 3.43 avg rating — 545,814 ratings
60.
The Jungle Book (Jungle Book, #1)
The Jungle Book (Jungle Book, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 130,565 ratings
61.
Common Sense
Common Sense really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 38,570 ratings
62.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,227,605 ratings
63.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,357,435 ratings
64.
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales 3.52 avg rating — 234,643 ratings
65.
Hamlet
Hamlet 4.03 avg rating — 1,020,288 ratings
66.
The Jew of Malta
The Jew of Malta 3.58 avg rating — 6,062 ratings
67.
Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost 3.85 avg rating — 177,973 ratings