100 Books That Will Make You More Interesting, More Attractive and Sounds Smart Even If You Aren't.

1.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,942 ratings
2.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,813 ratings
3.
The Complete Maus
The Complete Maus 4.58 avg rating — 245,660 ratings
4.
Hamlet
Hamlet 4.03 avg rating — 1,020,147 ratings
5.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,191 ratings
6.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,222 ratings
7.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,642 ratings
8.
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again 4.29 avg rating — 4,345,927 ratings
9.
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) 4.22 avg rating — 1,970,011 ratings
10.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating — 1,318,925 ratings
11.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,465 ratings
12.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,481 ratings
13.
The Iliad
The Iliad
by: Homer
3.92 avg rating — 494,653 ratings
14.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,731,404 ratings
15.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,153,817 ratings
16.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,334 ratings
17.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,682 ratings
18.
Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman 3.58 avg rating — 252,762 ratings
19.
Watchmen
Watchmen 4.39 avg rating — 585,799 ratings
20.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,711 ratings
20.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,226,302 ratings
22.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,589 ratings
23.
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis 3.90 avg rating — 1,338,352 ratings
24.
Night
Night 4.38 avg rating — 1,334,211 ratings
25.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,907 ratings
26.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating — 2,082,576 ratings
26.
Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)
Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1) 3.59 avg rating — 62,564 ratings
28.
His Dark Materials (His Dark Materials #1-3)
His Dark Materials (His Dark Materials #1-3) 4.29 avg rating — 166,700 ratings
29.
Candide
Candide
by: Voltaire
3.76 avg rating — 294,525 ratings
30.
On the Road
On the Road 3.61 avg rating — 438,503 ratings
31.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,633,248 ratings
32.
The Stand
The Stand 4.35 avg rating — 814,331 ratings
32.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating — 1,069,998 ratings
34.
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary 3.71 avg rating — 363,655 ratings
35.
Treasure Island
Treasure Island 3.85 avg rating — 528,243 ratings
36.
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 4.13 avg rating — 787,056 ratings
37.
A Short History of Nearly Everything
A Short History of Nearly Everything 4.22 avg rating — 412,834 ratings
38.
The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild 3.91 avg rating — 461,051 ratings
38.
Kafka on the Shore
Kafka on the Shore 4.12 avg rating — 528,232 ratings
40.
The Little Prince
The Little Prince 4.33 avg rating — 2,375,419 ratings
41.
Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,570,294 ratings
42.
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales 3.52 avg rating — 234,625 ratings
42.
Outliers: The Story of Success
Outliers: The Story of Success 4.19 avg rating — 845,773 ratings
44.
A Brief History of Time
A Brief History of Time 4.21 avg rating — 467,010 ratings
45.
Don Quixote
Don Quixote 3.91 avg rating — 297,023 ratings
46.
The Glass Castle
The Glass Castle 4.32 avg rating — 1,325,637 ratings
46.
Inferno
Inferno 4.03 avg rating — 200,504 ratings
48.
Everything is Illuminated
Everything is Illuminated 3.89 avg rating — 182,762 ratings
49.
Macbeth
Macbeth 3.89 avg rating — 992,095 ratings
50.
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith
Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith 4.01 avg rating — 220,442 ratings
51.
The Complete Persepolis
The Complete Persepolis 4.40 avg rating — 199,571 ratings
52.
Vanity Fair
Vanity Fair 3.81 avg rating — 131,958 ratings
53.
The Odyssey
The Odyssey
by: Homer
3.82 avg rating — 1,156,638 ratings
53.
The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2)
The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2) 3.70 avg rating — 101,122 ratings
55.
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster
Into Thin Air: A Personal Account of the Mt. Everest Disaster 4.26 avg rating — 550,973 ratings
55.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,951 ratings
57.
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 650,955 ratings
58.
Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
by: Ayn Rand
3.69 avg rating — 402,790 ratings
59.
Never Let Me Go
Never Let Me Go 3.85 avg rating — 813,230 ratings
60.
The Namesake
The Namesake 4.02 avg rating — 280,152 ratings
61.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating — 901,338 ratings
62.
The Devil in the White City
The Devil in the White City really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 739,792 ratings
63.
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises 3.79 avg rating — 482,030 ratings
64.
Bastard Out of Carolina
Bastard Out of Carolina 4.14 avg rating — 46,995 ratings
65.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 4.06 avg rating — 281,437 ratings
66.
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 4.04 avg rating — 445,037 ratings
67.
American Gods (American Gods, #1)
American Gods (American Gods, #1) 4.10 avg rating — 978,809 ratings
68.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4.30 avg rating — 499,209 ratings
68.
This Boy's Life
This Boy's Life 3.97 avg rating — 30,188 ratings
68.
We Should All Be Feminists
We Should All Be Feminists 4.40 avg rating — 320,734 ratings
68.
Romeo & Juliet
Romeo & Juliet 3.74 avg rating — 2,767,683 ratings
72.
Salvage the Bones
Salvage the Bones 3.96 avg rating — 71,439 ratings
73.
Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle
Lady Almina and the Real Downton Abbey: The Lost Legacy of Highclere Castle 3.64 avg rating — 20,492 ratings
73.
Native Son
Native Son 4.04 avg rating — 103,287 ratings
73.
Das Kapital
Das Kapital
by: Karl Marx
4.09 avg rating — 23,211 ratings
73.
Seize the Day
Seize the Day 3.53 avg rating — 13,349 ratings
77.
All About All About Eve: The Complete Behind-the-Scenes Story of the Bitchiest Film Ever Made!
All About All About Eve: The Complete Behind-the-Scenes Story of the Bitchiest Film Ever Made! 3.87 avg rating — 704 ratings
77.
V for Vendetta
V for Vendetta 4.26 avg rating — 320,840 ratings
79.
A Treasury of Royal Scandals: The Shocking True Stories of History's Wickedest, Weirdest, Most Wanton Kings, Queens, Tsars, Popes, and Emperors
A Treasury of Royal Scandals: The Shocking True Stories of History's Wickedest, Weirdest, Most Wanton Kings, Queens, Tsars, Popes, and Emperors 3.83 avg rating — 4,547 ratings
79.
Bulfinch's Mythology
Bulfinch's Mythology 4.14 avg rating — 12,227 ratings
81.
The Winter Sea (Slains, #1)
The Winter Sea (Slains, #1) 4.11 avg rating — 68,878 ratings
81.
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf 4.13 avg rating — 206,735 ratings
83.
The White Princess (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #5)
The White Princess (The Plantagenet and Tudor Novels, #5) 3.94 avg rating — 48,034 ratings
84.
Russian Winter
Russian Winter 3.75 avg rating — 10,304 ratings
84.
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl―A National Book Award Winner
The Worst Hard Time: The Untold Story of Those Who Survived the Great American Dust Bowl―A National Book Award Winner 4.06 avg rating — 60,121 ratings
86.
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 3.65 avg rating — 194,441 ratings
86.
Medea
Medea
by: Euripides
3.95 avg rating — 84,382 ratings
88.
The Feminine Mystique
The Feminine Mystique 3.87 avg rating — 30,216 ratings
89.
Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life
Eleanor of Aquitaine: A Life 3.93 avg rating — 16,522 ratings
89.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,789 ratings
89.
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe 3.68 avg rating — 324,970 ratings
92.
The Works of Anton Checkov (100+ stories and plays with an active table of contents)
The Works of Anton Checkov (100+ stories and plays with an active table of contents) 4.33 avg rating — 286 ratings
93.
The Laramie Project
The Laramie Project 4.19 avg rating — 14,160 ratings
94.
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10)
Murder on the Orient Express (Hercule Poirot, #10) 4.20 avg rating — 702,480 ratings
95.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations 3.80 avg rating — 857,536 ratings
96.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,153 ratings
97.
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals
The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals 4.19 avg rating — 208,899 ratings
98.
Atonement
Atonement 3.95 avg rating — 551,978 ratings
99.
The Winter's Tale
The Winter's Tale 3.71 avg rating — 35,654 ratings
100.
The Blue Hour: A Life of Jean Rhys
The Blue Hour: A Life of Jean Rhys 3.68 avg rating — 292 ratings
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