Top 100 Books to Read Before College

1.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,489 ratings
2.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,225,775 ratings
3.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,355,941 ratings
4.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,730,987 ratings
5.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,616 ratings
6.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,263 ratings
7.
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again 4.29 avg rating — 4,345,650 ratings
8.
The Giver (The Giver, #1)
The Giver (The Giver, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 2,732,905 ratings
9.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,802,038 ratings
10.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,283 ratings
11.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,528 ratings
12.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,689 ratings
13.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating — 1,318,876 ratings
14.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,632,837 ratings
15.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,538 ratings
16.
The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars 4.12 avg rating — 5,580,298 ratings
17.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,059 ratings
18.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,322,905 ratings
19.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,226 ratings
20.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating — 1,024,511 ratings
21.
And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None 4.28 avg rating — 1,544,025 ratings
22.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower 4.24 avg rating — 1,948,105 ratings
23.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating — 1,315,356 ratings
24.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 3.92 avg rating — 996,636 ratings
25.
The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild 3.91 avg rating — 461,031 ratings
26.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,153,651 ratings
27.
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men 3.89 avg rating — 2,751,762 ratings
28.
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest 4.17 avg rating — 397,684 ratings
29.
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea 3.81 avg rating — 1,265,585 ratings
30.
Les Misérables
Les Misérables 4.21 avg rating — 830,189 ratings
31.
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 9,593,877 ratings
32.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,392,916 ratings
33.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating — 901,305 ratings
34.
Life of Pi
Life of Pi 3.94 avg rating — 1,726,531 ratings
35.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating — 505,015 ratings
35.
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 — 3,058,895 ratings
37.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,304 ratings
38.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina 4.10 avg rating — 906,223 ratings
39.
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol 4.09 avg rating — 896,479 ratings
40.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) 4.47 avg rating — 11,063,504 ratings
41.
Our Town
Our Town 3.74 avg rating — 58,044 ratings
42.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,614 ratings
43.
Candide
Candide
by: Voltaire
3.76 avg rating — 294,509 ratings
44.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,148 ratings
45.
The Republic
The Republic
by: Plato
3.96 avg rating — 220,180 ratings
46.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,074 ratings
47.
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate 4.16 avg rating — 27,259 ratings
48.
Divergent (Divergent, #1)
Divergent (Divergent, #1) 4.14 avg rating — 4,286,685 ratings
49.
The Prince
The Prince 3.84 avg rating — 371,380 ratings
50.
The Raven
The Raven 4.29 avg rating — 163,384 ratings
51.
A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns 4.45 avg rating — 1,681,580 ratings
52.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating — 2,082,492 ratings
53.
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2)
Catching Fire (The Hunger Games, #2) 4.35 avg rating — 4,011,358 ratings
54.
Emma
Emma 4.05 avg rating — 950,032 ratings
55.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,914 ratings
56.
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1)
The Lightning Thief (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #1) 4.31 avg rating — 3,336,400 ratings
57.
The Lord of the Rings (The Lord of the Rings, #1-3)
The Lord of the Rings (The Lord of the Rings, #1-3) 4.54 avg rating — 716,475 ratings
58.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7) 4.62 avg rating — 4,009,221 ratings
59.
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom
The Hiding Place: The Triumphant True Story of Corrie Ten Boom 4.47 avg rating — 348,489 ratings
60.
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3)
Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 3,593,268 ratings
61.
The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings
The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings 4.19 avg rating — 243,675 ratings
62.
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Moby-Dick or, The Whale 3.56 avg rating — 602,756 ratings
63.
The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows 4.02 avg rating — 235,226 ratings
64.
The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by: Dan Brown
3.93 avg rating — 2,475,225 ratings
65.
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 387,250 ratings
66.
Siddhartha
Siddhartha 4.08 avg rating — 846,812 ratings
67.
Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing 4.06 avg rating — 254,883 ratings
68.
Insurgent (Divergent, #2)
Insurgent (Divergent, #2) 3.96 avg rating — 1,596,092 ratings
69.
Atonement
Atonement 3.95 avg rating — 551,948 ratings
70.
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility 4.09 avg rating — 1,266,100 ratings
71.
A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun 3.85 avg rating — 107,555 ratings
72.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,763 ratings
73.
Thirteen Reasons Why
Thirteen Reasons Why
by: Jay Asher
3.84 avg rating — 1,013,852 ratings
74.
White Fang
White Fang 4.03 avg rating — 201,597 ratings
75.
Allegiant (Divergent, #3)
Allegiant (Divergent, #3) 3.60 avg rating — 1,122,248 ratings
76.
The Last Lecture
The Last Lecture 4.26 avg rating — 359,309 ratings
77.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating — 991,982 ratings
78.
The Son of Neptune (The Heroes of Olympus, #2)
The Son of Neptune (The Heroes of Olympus, #2) 4.41 avg rating — 651,146 ratings
79.
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1)
I, Claudius (Claudius, #1) 4.24 avg rating — 71,599 ratings
80.
The Pearl
The Pearl 3.56 avg rating — 261,784 ratings
81.
The Man in the High Castle
The Man in the High Castle 3.59 avg rating — 229,230 ratings
82.
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1)
City of Bones (The Mortal Instruments, #1) 4.07 avg rating — 2,128,508 ratings
83.
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises 3.79 avg rating — 482,007 ratings
84.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,614 ratings
85.
The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers 4.10 avg rating — 340,204 ratings
86.
The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)
The Godfather (The Godfather, #1) 4.40 avg rating — 452,867 ratings
87.
The Alchemist
The Alchemist 3.92 avg rating — 3,430,068 ratings
88.
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
Angels & Demons (Robert Langdon, #1)
by: Dan Brown
3.95 avg rating — 3,343,736 ratings
89.
Neverwhere (London Below, #1)
Neverwhere (London Below, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 555,433 ratings
90.
The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
by: Amy Tan
3.97 avg rating — 703,399 ratings
91.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating — 174,966 ratings
92.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3)
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3) 4.30 avg rating — 320,256 ratings
93.
The Art of Racing in the Rain
The Art of Racing in the Rain 4.23 avg rating — 545,662 ratings
94.
The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, #1)
The Lost Hero (The Heroes of Olympus, #1) 4.29 avg rating — 919,831 ratings
95.
City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments, #2)
City of Ashes (The Mortal Instruments, #2) 4.11 avg rating — 981,159 ratings
96.
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2)
The Sea of Monsters (Percy Jackson and the Olympians, #2) 4.24 avg rating — 1,318,273 ratings
97.
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall 4.03 avg rating — 126,447 ratings
98.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Harry Potter, #5) 4.50 avg rating — 3,690,805 ratings
99.
Othello
Othello 3.89 avg rating — 428,015 ratings
100.
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe 3.68 avg rating — 324,957 ratings
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