Influential Books

1.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,690,004 ratings
2.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,227,526 ratings
3.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,357,376 ratings
4.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,073,765 ratings
5.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,801,003 ratings
6.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,719,537 ratings
7.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,951 ratings
8.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,981 ratings
9.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating — 1,024,871 ratings
10.
Hamlet
Hamlet 4.03 avg rating — 1,020,270 ratings
11.
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol 4.09 avg rating — 896,643 ratings
12.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,260,142 ratings
13.
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 499,217 ratings
14.
Charlotte’s Web
Charlotte’s Web 4.21 avg rating — 1,994,364 ratings
15.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,711 ratings
16.
The Holy Bible: King James Version
The Holy Bible: King James Version
by: Anonymous
4.44 avg rating — 308,895 ratings
17.
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate
This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. The Climate 4.16 avg rating — 27,264 ratings
18.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 3.92 avg rating — 996,815 ratings
19.
Matilda
Matilda 4.33 avg rating — 1,073,049 ratings
20.
The Pilgrim's Progress
The Pilgrim's Progress 4.07 avg rating — 154,161 ratings
21.
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest : A Play in Two Acts
One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest : A Play in Two Acts 4.31 avg rating — 14,079 ratings
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 — 26,985 ratings
23.
The Little Engine That Could
The Little Engine That Could 4.20 avg rating — 115,665 ratings
24.
The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by: Dan Brown
3.93 avg rating — 2,475,558 ratings
25.
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,843,126 ratings
26.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina 4.10 avg rating — 906,423 ratings
26.
The Alchemist
The Alchemist 3.92 avg rating — 3,431,045 ratings
28.
Where the Sidewalk Ends
Where the Sidewalk Ends 4.35 avg rating — 1,483,138 ratings
29.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,892 ratings
30.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating — 901,397 ratings
31.
Green Eggs and Ham
Green Eggs and Ham
by: Dr. Seuss
4.31 avg rating — 830,248 ratings
32.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,741 ratings
33.
The Notebook
The Notebook 4.16 avg rating — 1,809,451 ratings
34.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer/Adventures of Huckleberry Finn/The Prince & the Pauper/Pudd'nhead Wilson/Short Stories/A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer/Adventures of Huckleberry Finn/The Prince & the Pauper/Pudd'nhead Wilson/Short Stories/A Connecticut Yankee at King Arthur's Court 4.08 avg rating — 51 ratings
34.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating — 1,319,034 ratings
36.
Forty-Ninth
Forty-Ninth 4.13 avg rating — 127 ratings
37.
Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
Oh, the Places You’ll Go!
by: Dr. Seuss
4.37 avg rating — 435,097 ratings
38.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,564 ratings
39.
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Four Parts
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: A Trilogy in Four Parts 4.50 avg rating — 36,498 ratings
40.
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
The Complete Sherlock Holmes 4.51 avg rating — 214,400 ratings
41.
The Velveteen Rabbit
The Velveteen Rabbit 4.31 avg rating — 269,139 ratings
42.
East of Eden
East of Eden 4.43 avg rating — 602,401 ratings
43.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A Midsummer Night’s Dream 3.94 avg rating — 568,114 ratings
44.
Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman 3.58 avg rating — 252,789 ratings
45.
And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None 4.28 avg rating — 1,544,488 ratings
46.
The Fault in Our Stars
The Fault in Our Stars 4.12 avg rating — 5,581,510 ratings
47.
The Lorax
The Lorax
by: Dr. Seuss
4.35 avg rating — 363,718 ratings
48.
The Crucible
The Crucible 3.61 avg rating — 452,230 ratings
49.
The Giving Tree
The Giving Tree 4.38 avg rating — 1,209,881 ratings
50.
Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
by: Ayn Rand
3.69 avg rating — 402,812 ratings
51.
Mere Christianity
Mere Christianity 4.36 avg rating — 447,136 ratings
52.
Goodnight Moon
Goodnight Moon 4.32 avg rating — 389,678 ratings
53.
The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3)
The Amber Spyglass (His Dark Materials, #3) 4.11 avg rating — 376,667 ratings
54.
Where the Wild Things Are
Where the Wild Things Are 4.25 avg rating — 1,043,065 ratings
55.
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden 4.16 avg rating — 1,263,251 ratings
56.
The Complete Novels
The Complete Novels 4.57 avg rating — 33,824 ratings
57.
The Help
The Help 4.47 avg rating — 2,962,446 ratings
58.
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet 3.74 avg rating — 2,767,993 ratings
59.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,104 ratings
60.
Macbeth
Macbeth 3.89 avg rating — 992,229 ratings
61.
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea 3.81 avg rating — 1,265,921 ratings
62.
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
by: Sophocles
3.72 avg rating — 232,036 ratings
63.
Holes (Holes, #1)
Holes (Holes, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 1,333,218 ratings
64.
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Very Hungry Caterpillar 4.34 avg rating — 538,222 ratings
65.
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
by: Dr. Seuss
4.38 avg rating — 439,142 ratings
65.
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men 3.89 avg rating — 2,752,343 ratings
67.
The Fountainhead
The Fountainhead
by: Ayn Rand
3.89 avg rating — 333,875 ratings
68.
Anthem
Anthem
by: Ayn Rand
3.61 avg rating — 164,235 ratings
69.
The World According to Garp
The World According to Garp 4.11 avg rating — 235,981 ratings
70.
The Prophet
The Prophet 4.23 avg rating — 321,148 ratings
71.
The Iliad / The Odyssey
The Iliad / The Odyssey
by: Homer
4.07 avg rating — 82,155 ratings
72.
J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set: The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings 4.61 avg rating — 141,544 ratings
73.
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by: Anne Rice
4.02 avg rating — 633,910 ratings
74.
Walden or, Life in the Woods
Walden or, Life in the Woods 3.78 avg rating — 200,864 ratings
74.
King Lear
King Lear 3.91 avg rating — 232,715 ratings
76.
Dracula
Dracula 4.02 avg rating — 1,415,341 ratings
77.
In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood 4.09 avg rating — 710,456 ratings
78.
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret 3.94 avg rating — 252,141 ratings
79.
Dead Poets Society
Dead Poets Society 4.17 avg rating — 143,765 ratings
80.
The Tempest
The Tempest 3.78 avg rating — 222,574 ratings
81.
Old Yeller
Old Yeller 4.10 avg rating — 102,376 ratings
82.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating — 992,198 ratings
83.
Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1)
Rabbit, Run (Rabbit Angstrom, #1) 3.59 avg rating — 62,571 ratings
84.
The Age of Innocence
The Age of Innocence 3.97 avg rating — 189,955 ratings
85.
The Name of the Rose
The Name of the Rose 4.14 avg rating — 387,306 ratings
86.
The Polar Express
The Polar Express 4.32 avg rating — 246,430 ratings
87.
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie 4.29 avg rating — 309,572 ratings
88.
The Death of Ivan Ilych
The Death of Ivan Ilych 4.14 avg rating — 205,156 ratings
89.
Horton Hears a Who!
Horton Hears a Who!
by: Dr. Seuss
4.22 avg rating — 112,885 ratings
90.
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1)
Angela’s Ashes (Frank McCourt, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 651,002 ratings
91.
Ivanhoe
Ivanhoe 3.76 avg rating — 97,942 ratings
92.
Tao Te Ching / Daodejing: A Fresh Look at the Way and its Virtues
Tao Te Ching / Daodejing: A Fresh Look at the Way and its Virtues
by: Lao Tzu
4.29 avg rating — 176,961 ratings
93.
The Prince
The Prince 3.84 avg rating — 371,447 ratings
94.
The Trial and Death of Socrates
The Trial and Death of Socrates
by: Plato
4.12 avg rating — 44,778 ratings
95.
Curious George
Curious George
by: H.A. Rey
4.17 avg rating — 139,092 ratings
96.
The Oxford Shakespeare: Complete Works
The Oxford Shakespeare: Complete Works 4.48 avg rating — 57,543 ratings
97.
The Reader
The Reader 3.78 avg rating — 226,259 ratings
98.
Johnny Tremain
Johnny Tremain 3.70 avg rating — 50,454 ratings
99.
Dubliners
Dubliners 3.84 avg rating — 170,166 ratings
100.
The Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew 3.74 avg rating — 178,332 ratings
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