How DID They Become Classics?

1.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating β€” 3,800,476 ratings
2.
The Alchemist
The Alchemist 3.92 avg rating β€” 3,430,342 ratings
3.
Jonathan Livingston Seagull
Jonathan Livingston Seagull 3.86 avg rating β€” 267,233 ratings
4.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating β€” 5,731,404 ratings
5.
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea 3.81 avg rating β€” 1,265,666 ratings
6.
Eat, Pray, Love
Eat, Pray, Love 3.64 avg rating β€” 1,819,805 ratings
7.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating β€” 901,338 ratings
8.
The Pearl
The Pearl 3.56 avg rating β€” 261,796 ratings
9.
Life of Pi
Life of Pi 3.94 avg rating β€” 1,726,639 ratings
10.
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms 3.82 avg rating β€” 344,477 ratings
11.
On the Road
On the Road 3.61 avg rating β€” 438,503 ratings
12.
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men 3.89 avg rating β€” 2,751,935 ratings
13.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating β€” 1,959,191 ratings
14.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating β€” 6,688,942 ratings
15.
Siddhartha
Siddhartha 4.08 avg rating β€” 846,869 ratings
16.
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness 3.43 avg rating β€” 545,742 ratings
17.
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Moby-Dick or, The Whale 3.56 avg rating β€” 602,791 ratings
18.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating β€” 873,330 ratings
19.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating β€” 971,589 ratings
20.
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises 3.79 avg rating β€” 482,030 ratings
21.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities 3.88 avg rating β€” 996,425 ratings
22.
Silas Marner
Silas Marner 3.69 avg rating β€” 91,977 ratings
23.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating β€” 2,015,682 ratings
24.
Stranger in a Strange Land
Stranger in a Strange Land 3.92 avg rating β€” 323,281 ratings
25.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating β€” 2,259,809 ratings
26.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating β€” 1,153,806 ratings
27.
The Little Prince: A Carousel Book
The Little Prince: A Carousel Book 4.33 avg rating β€” 2,375,419 ratings
28.
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1)
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry Into Values (Phaedrus, #1) 3.78 avg rating β€” 241,453 ratings
29.
The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried 4.14 avg rating β€” 337,467 ratings
30.
Starship Troopers
Starship Troopers 4.01 avg rating β€” 241,829 ratings
31.
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet 3.74 avg rating β€” 2,767,683 ratings
32.
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating β€” 9,594,656 ratings
33.
Bridge to Terabithia
Bridge to Terabithia 4.06 avg rating β€” 579,978 ratings
34.
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
The Unbearable Lightness of Being 4.11 avg rating β€” 524,845 ratings
34.
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary 3.71 avg rating β€” 363,652 ratings
36.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating β€” 3,117,465 ratings
37.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating β€” 5,226,302 ratings
38.
Mrs. Dalloway
Mrs. Dalloway 3.78 avg rating β€” 341,943 ratings
39.
Of Mice and Men/Cannery Row
Of Mice and Men/Cannery Row 4.15 avg rating β€” 3,312 ratings
40.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating β€” 1,318,922 ratings
41.
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text
Naked Lunch: The Restored Text 3.46 avg rating β€” 96,897 ratings
42.
The Secret Life of Bees
The Secret Life of Bees 4.10 avg rating β€” 1,337,511 ratings
43.
The Castle of Otranto
The Castle of Otranto 3.19 avg rating β€” 39,779 ratings
44.
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse 3.81 avg rating β€” 207,180 ratings
45.
Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1)
Sarah, Plain and Tall (Sarah, Plain and Tall, #1) 3.84 avg rating β€” 89,430 ratings
46.
A Confederacy of Dunces
A Confederacy of Dunces 3.89 avg rating β€” 291,781 ratings
47.
Waiting for Godot
Waiting for Godot 3.84 avg rating β€” 217,108 ratings
48.
A River Runs Through It
A River Runs Through It 4.15 avg rating β€” 11,460 ratings
49.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating β€” 1,024,597 ratings
49.
The Awakening
The Awakening 3.69 avg rating β€” 222,557 ratings
51.
Ethan Frome
Ethan Frome 3.45 avg rating β€” 134,934 ratings
52.
Pamela
Pamela 2.76 avg rating β€” 13,354 ratings
52.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating β€” 2,718,896 ratings
54.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating β€” 403,090 ratings
55.
North and South
North and South 4.15 avg rating β€” 179,585 ratings
55.
A Clockwork Orange
A Clockwork Orange really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 753,917 ratings
57.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) 4.22 avg rating β€” 1,970,011 ratings
57.
The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie 3.74 avg rating β€” 141,051 ratings
59.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating β€” 1,001,711 ratings
60.
The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1)
The Warden (Chronicles of Barsetshire, #1) 3.75 avg rating β€” 18,170 ratings
61.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating β€” 4,633,235 ratings
62.
Grendel
Grendel 3.69 avg rating β€” 41,620 ratings
62.
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis 3.90 avg rating β€” 1,338,336 ratings
64.
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion
The Temple of the Golden Pavilion 3.97 avg rating β€” 23,509 ratings
65.
White Fang
White Fang 4.03 avg rating β€” 201,609 ratings
65.
The Call of the Wild and White Fang
The Call of the Wild and White Fang 4.12 avg rating β€” 78,579 ratings
67.
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist 3.88 avg rating β€” 419,630 ratings
68.
Idylls of the King
Idylls of the King 3.97 avg rating β€” 10,331 ratings
69.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating β€” 1,258,018 ratings
70.
The Swiss Family Robinson
The Swiss Family Robinson 3.91 avg rating β€” 108,846 ratings
71.
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice 3.76 avg rating β€” 47,114 ratings
72.
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Something Wicked This Way Comes 3.90 avg rating β€” 146,001 ratings
73.
Pudd'nhead Wilson
Pudd'nhead Wilson 3.75 avg rating β€” 19,181 ratings
74.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating β€” 992,047 ratings
74.
The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King, #1-5)
The Once and Future King (The Once and Future King, #1-5) 4.07 avg rating β€” 116,433 ratings
74.
The Satanic Verses
The Satanic Verses 3.71 avg rating β€” 70,302 ratings
77.
Northanger Abbey
Northanger Abbey 3.85 avg rating β€” 439,090 ratings
78.
Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman 3.58 avg rating β€” 252,762 ratings
79.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.13 avg rating β€” 1,782,807 ratings
80.
Blindness
Blindness 4.18 avg rating β€” 324,668 ratings
80.
Little Lovely Things
Little Lovely Things 3.85 avg rating β€” 3,437 ratings
80.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating β€” 1,069,994 ratings
80.
The Outsiders
The Outsiders 4.14 avg rating β€” 1,538,310 ratings
84.
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (Five Little Peppers, #1)
Five Little Peppers and How They Grew (Five Little Peppers, #1) 4.03 avg rating β€” 25,101 ratings
84.
The Stone Angel
The Stone Angel 3.77 avg rating β€” 13,219 ratings
84.
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe 3.68 avg rating β€” 324,970 ratings
84.
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1)
Ready Player One (Ready Player One, #1) 4.23 avg rating β€” 1,266,855 ratings
88.
S.
S. 4.34 avg rating β€” 2,782 ratings
88.
Om Chanting and Meditation
Om Chanting and Meditation
by: Amit Ray
3.92 avg rating β€” 1,194 ratings
88.
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1)
Mistborn: The Final Empire (Mistborn, #1) 4.49 avg rating β€” 897,342 ratings
91.
Sense and Sensibility
Sense and Sensibility 4.09 avg rating β€” 1,266,159 ratings
91.
The Plague Dogs
The Plague Dogs 3.89 avg rating β€” 8,720 ratings
91.
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1)
The Way of Kings (The Stormlight Archive, #1) 4.67 avg rating β€” 625,826 ratings
94.
The Book of the Courtier
The Book of the Courtier 3.61 avg rating β€” 2,745 ratings
94.
Shane
Shane 3.95 avg rating β€” 14,376 ratings
94.
Shirley
Shirley 3.76 avg rating β€” 36,189 ratings
94.
The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows 4.02 avg rating β€” 235,240 ratings
94.
The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3)
The Hero of Ages (Mistborn, #3) 4.56 avg rating β€” 546,246 ratings
99.
The Death of the Heart
The Death of the Heart 3.64 avg rating β€” 8,891 ratings
99.
Midnight’s Children
Midnight’s Children 3.98 avg rating β€” 130,712 ratings
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