Best Books That Have Shaped America

1.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,689,307 ratings
2.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating — 1,318,953 ratings
3.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,719,100 ratings
4.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,675 ratings
5.
Charlotte’s Web
Charlotte’s Web 4.21 avg rating — 1,994,179 ratings
6.
The Cat in the Hat (Cat in the Hat, #1)
The Cat in the Hat (Cat in the Hat, #1)
by: Dr. Seuss
4.19 avg rating — 575,288 ratings
7.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,731,698 ratings
8.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 499,120 ratings
9.
The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild 3.91 avg rating — 461,073 ratings
10.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,623 ratings
11.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating — 901,359 ratings
12.
Where the Wild Things Are
Where the Wild Things Are 4.25 avg rating — 1,043,013 ratings
13.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,044 ratings
14.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4.30 avg rating — 499,233 ratings
15.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,393,200 ratings
16.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle Tom’s Cabin 3.92 avg rating — 239,367 ratings
17.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,358 ratings
18.
In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood 4.09 avg rating — 710,386 ratings
19.
The Joy of Cooking
The Joy of Cooking 4.13 avg rating — 195,103 ratings
20.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 3.78 avg rating — 148,582 ratings
21.
Silent Spring
Silent Spring 4.05 avg rating — 53,318 ratings
22.
Goodnight Moon
Goodnight Moon 4.32 avg rating — 389,653 ratings
23.
On the Road
On the Road 3.61 avg rating — 438,519 ratings
24.
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Moby-Dick or, The Whale 3.56 avg rating — 602,821 ratings
25.
Walden or, Life in the Woods
Walden or, Life in the Woods 3.78 avg rating — 200,849 ratings
26.
The Jungle
The Jungle 3.78 avg rating — 152,238 ratings
27.
Native Son
Native Son 4.04 avg rating — 103,289 ratings
28.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,736 ratings
29.
Stranger in a Strange Land
Stranger in a Strange Land 3.92 avg rating — 323,284 ratings
30.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,977 ratings
31.
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury 3.86 avg rating — 192,277 ratings
32.
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West
by: Dee Brown
4.26 avg rating — 99,682 ratings
32.
Baby and Child Care
Baby and Child Care 3.80 avg rating — 2,212 ratings
34.
A Streetcar Named Desire
A Streetcar Named Desire 3.98 avg rating — 328,889 ratings
35.
The Feminine Mystique
The Feminine Mystique 3.87 avg rating — 30,220 ratings
36.
Common Sense
Common Sense really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 38,567 ratings
37.
For Whom the Bell Tolls
For Whom the Bell Tolls 3.99 avg rating — 311,418 ratings
38.
Our Bodies, Ourselves
Our Bodies, Ourselves 4.37 avg rating — 7,461 ratings
39.
Howl and Other Poems
Howl and Other Poems 4.13 avg rating — 117,399 ratings
39.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 4.12 avg rating — 132,000 ratings
41.
The Snowy Day (Peter, #1)
The Snowy Day (Peter, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 118,455 ratings
42.
Our Town
Our Town 3.74 avg rating — 58,048 ratings
43.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by: Malcolm X
4.37 avg rating — 285,193 ratings
44.
Cosmos
Cosmos 4.40 avg rating — 155,628 ratings
45.
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic 4.39 avg rating — 28,865 ratings
46.
The Double Helix
The Double Helix 3.84 avg rating — 19,754 ratings
47.
How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York
How the Other Half Lives: Studies Among the Tenements of New York 3.73 avg rating — 3,046 ratings
48.
How to Win Friends & Influence People
How to Win Friends & Influence People 4.22 avg rating — 1,110,877 ratings
49.
McGuffey's Eclectic Primer
McGuffey's Eclectic Primer 4.02 avg rating — 195 ratings
50.
Riders of the Purple Sage (Riders of the Purple Sage, #1)
Riders of the Purple Sage (Riders of the Purple Sage, #1)
by: Zane Grey
3.75 avg rating — 14,360 ratings
51.
Leaves of Grass
Leaves of Grass 4.11 avg rating — 114,640 ratings
52.
The Souls of Black Folk
The Souls of Black Folk 4.31 avg rating — 44,286 ratings
53.
Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)
Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 47,214 ratings
54.
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson
The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson 4.28 avg rating — 105,233 ratings
55.
12 Years a Slave
12 Years a Slave 4.22 avg rating — 123,134 ratings
56.
Sexual Behavior in the Human Male
Sexual Behavior in the Human Male 3.62 avg rating — 285 ratings
57.
My Antonia
My Antonia 3.84 avg rating — 144,869 ratings
58.
Foxe's Book of Martyrs
Foxe's Book of Martyrs
by: John Foxe
4.26 avg rating — 19,729 ratings
59.
Experiments and observations on electricity made at Philadelphia in America.
Experiments and observations on electricity made at Philadelphia in America. 4.23 avg rating — 22 ratings
60.
The Collected Poems
The Collected Poems 4.36 avg rating — 18,158 ratings
61.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,802 ratings
62.
Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
by: Ayn Rand
3.69 avg rating — 402,797 ratings
63.
The Federalist Papers
The Federalist Papers 4.10 avg rating — 41,559 ratings
64.
New England Primer
New England Primer 4.10 avg rating — 161 ratings
65.
The Iceman Cometh
The Iceman Cometh 3.90 avg rating — 10,051 ratings
66.
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1)
Red Harvest (The Continental Op #1) 3.95 avg rating — 29,080 ratings
67.
The Red Badge of Courage
The Red Badge of Courage 3.30 avg rating — 108,688 ratings
68.
Poor Richard's Almanack
Poor Richard's Almanack 4.13 avg rating — 2,738 ratings
68.
The Way to Wealth (Books of American Wisdom)
The Way to Wealth (Books of American Wisdom) 4.09 avg rating — 3,248 ratings
70.
The Private Life of the Late Benjamin Franklin, LL.D.Originally Written by Himself, and Now Translated from the French. to Which Are Added, Some Account of His Public Life, a Variety of Anecdotes
The Private Life of the Late Benjamin Franklin, LL.D.Originally Written by Himself, and Now Translated from the French. to Which Are Added, Some Account of His Public Life, a Variety of Anecdotes 4.17 avg rating — 6 ratings
71.
A HodgePodge of Children's Stories
A HodgePodge of Children's Stories 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
71.
Noah Webster's Advice to the Young and Moral Catechism
Noah Webster's Advice to the Young and Moral Catechism 4.64 avg rating — 44 ratings
71.
The Complete Stories and Poems
The Complete Stories and Poems 4.40 avg rating — 291,496 ratings
74.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Alcoholics Anonymous 4.49 avg rating — 11,594 ratings
75.
American Cookery (Applewood Books)
American Cookery (Applewood Books) 4.06 avg rating — 321 ratings
76.
The American Woman's Home
The American Woman's Home 3.63 avg rating — 92 ratings
76.
Spring and All
Spring and All 4.12 avg rating — 2,299 ratings
76.
The Annals of the World
The Annals of the World 4.30 avg rating — 201 ratings
79.
The Life and Diary of David Brainerd
The Life and Diary of David Brainerd 4.20 avg rating — 2,068 ratings
80.
A Curious Hieroglyphick Bible: Or, Select Passages ... Represented with Emblematical Figures
A Curious Hieroglyphick Bible: Or, Select Passages ... Represented with Emblematical Figures liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
81.
The Education of Henry Adams
The Education of Henry Adams 3.63 avg rating — 4,868 ratings
82.
Family Limitation
Family Limitation 2.85 avg rating — 66 ratings
83.
The Fire Next Time
The Fire Next Time 4.55 avg rating — 115,155 ratings
84.
A Grammatical Institute Of The English Language: Comprising An Easy, Concise, And Systematic Method Of Education (1804)
A Grammatical Institute Of The English Language: Comprising An Easy, Concise, And Systematic Method Of Education (1804) 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
85.
Harriet Tubman - The Moses of Her People [Illustrated]
Harriet Tubman - The Moses of Her People [Illustrated] 4.14 avg rating — 1,396 ratings
86.
The History of the Standard Oil Company: Briefer Version
The History of the Standard Oil Company: Briefer Version 3.83 avg rating — 103 ratings
87.
History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis & Clarke, Vol 2
History of the Expedition Under the Command of Captains Lewis & Clarke, Vol 2 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings
88.
Idaho: A Guide in Word and Pictures
Idaho: A Guide in Word and Pictures 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings
89.
Mark the Match Boy (Ragged Dick, #3)
Mark the Match Boy (Ragged Dick, #3) 3.92 avg rating — 111 ratings
90.
New Hampshire
New Hampshire 3.99 avg rating — 1,176 ratings
91.
Peter Parley's Universal History: On the Basis of Geography
Peter Parley's Universal History: On the Basis of Geography 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings
92.
Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking
Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking 3.90 avg rating — 3,880 ratings
93.
A Street in Bronzeville
A Street in Bronzeville 4.35 avg rating — 330 ratings
94.
A Survey of the Roads of the United States of America, 1789
A Survey of the Roads of the United States of America, 1789 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings
95.
The Pocket Treasury of American Folklore
The Pocket Treasury of American Folklore 4.04 avg rating — 28 ratings
96.
The Words of César Chávez
The Words of César Chávez 3.79 avg rating — 29 ratings