Books You Need to Read to be Considered Well-Read

1.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,690,026 ratings
2.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,227,544 ratings
3.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,634,242 ratings
4.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,357,386 ratings
5.
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet 3.74 avg rating — 2,767,993 ratings
6.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,732,383 ratings
7.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,801,015 ratings
8.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,719,557 ratings
9.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,951 ratings
10.
Hamlet
Hamlet 4.03 avg rating — 1,020,276 ratings
11.
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men 3.89 avg rating — 2,752,356 ratings
12.
Macbeth
Macbeth 3.89 avg rating — 992,231 ratings
13.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.13 avg rating — 1,783,316 ratings
14.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities 3.88 avg rating — 996,512 ratings
15.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,570 ratings
16.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating — 1,319,037 ratings
17.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) 4.47 avg rating — 11,066,211 ratings
18.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,260,150 ratings
19.
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again 4.29 avg rating — 4,346,517 ratings
20.
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol 4.09 avg rating — 896,645 ratings
21.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina 4.10 avg rating — 906,424 ratings
22.
The Iliad
The Iliad
by: Homer
3.92 avg rating — 494,740 ratings
23.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating — 1,024,876 ratings
24.
Moby-Dick or, The Whale
Moby-Dick or, The Whale 3.56 avg rating — 602,857 ratings
25.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating — 901,400 ratings
26.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,535 ratings
27.
Dracula
Dracula 4.02 avg rating — 1,415,343 ratings
28.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,711 ratings
29.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations 3.80 avg rating — 857,613 ratings
30.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating — 992,202 ratings
31.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,476 ratings
32.
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass 4.06 avg rating — 597,715 ratings
33.
Don Quixote
Don Quixote 3.91 avg rating — 297,063 ratings
34.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,393,440 ratings
35.
War and Peace
War and Peace 4.17 avg rating — 357,028 ratings
36.
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales 3.52 avg rating — 234,642 ratings
37.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,991 ratings
38.
The Holy Bible: King James Version
The Holy Bible: King James Version
by: Anonymous
4.44 avg rating — 308,896 ratings
39.
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea 3.81 avg rating — 1,265,921 ratings
40.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,401 ratings
41.
Night
Night 4.38 avg rating — 1,334,378 ratings
42.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,347 ratings
43.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,106 ratings
44.
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe 3.68 avg rating — 325,015 ratings
45.
The Gift of the Magi
The Gift of the Magi
by: O. Henry
4.11 avg rating — 99,709 ratings
46.
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings 4.54 avg rating — 716,584 ratings
47.
The Time Machine
The Time Machine 3.89 avg rating — 552,991 ratings
48.
Madame Bovary
Madame Bovary 3.71 avg rating — 363,720 ratings
49.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,290 ratings
50.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating — 505,129 ratings
51.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating — 1,315,988 ratings
52.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 477,043 ratings
53.
The Little Prince
The Little Prince 4.33 avg rating — 2,375,968 ratings
54.
Les Misérables
Les Misérables 4.21 avg rating — 830,294 ratings
55.
Othello
Othello 3.89 avg rating — 428,084 ratings
56.
The Chronicles of Narnia
The Chronicles of Narnia 4.28 avg rating — 694,191 ratings
57.
Charlotte’s Web
Charlotte’s Web 4.21 avg rating — 1,994,376 ratings
58.
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 — 1,970,261 ratings
59.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,705 ratings
60.
Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited
Brave New World and Brave New World Revisited 4.16 avg rating — 170,788 ratings
61.
The Odyssey
The Odyssey
by: Homer
3.82 avg rating — 1,156,811 ratings
62.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle Tom’s Cabin 3.92 avg rating — 239,385 ratings
63.
Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf 4.13 avg rating — 206,785 ratings
64.
The Alchemist
The Alchemist 3.92 avg rating — 3,431,060 ratings
65.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,130 ratings
66.
The Arabian Nights
The Arabian Nights 3.94 avg rating — 884 ratings
67.
Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)
Antigone (The Theban Plays, #3)
by: Sophocles
3.68 avg rating — 170,489 ratings
68.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating — 1,070,199 ratings
69.
Inferno
Inferno 4.03 avg rating — 200,540 ratings
70.
Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon 4.23 avg rating — 763,761 ratings
71.
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
Oedipus Rex (The Theban Plays, #1)
by: Sophocles
3.72 avg rating — 232,037 ratings
72.
The Diary of Anne Frank and Related Readings
The Diary of Anne Frank and Related Readings 4.09 avg rating — 11,240 ratings
73.
The Man Without Qualities
The Man Without Qualities 4.19 avg rating — 7,191 ratings
74.
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge 3.93 avg rating — 9,669 ratings
75.
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden 4.16 avg rating — 1,263,254 ratings
76.
Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh, #1)
Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh, #1) 4.38 avg rating — 389,879 ratings
77.
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist 3.88 avg rating — 419,672 ratings
78.
The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2)
The Last of the Mohicans (The Leatherstocking Tales, #2) 3.70 avg rating — 101,127 ratings
79.
Beowulf
Beowulf
by: Unknown
3.50 avg rating — 338,061 ratings
80.
The Complete Sherlock Holmes
The Complete Sherlock Holmes 4.51 avg rating — 214,400 ratings
81.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,154,234 ratings
82.
The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows 4.02 avg rating — 235,259 ratings
83.
The Velveteen Rabbit
The Velveteen Rabbit 4.31 avg rating — 269,139 ratings
84.
Leaves of Grass
Leaves of Grass 4.11 avg rating — 114,647 ratings
85.
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1) 4.30 avg rating — 569,018 ratings
86.
A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1)
A Wrinkle in Time (A Wrinkle in Time Quintet, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 1,263,473 ratings
87.
The Jungle Book (Jungle Book, #1)
The Jungle Book (Jungle Book, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 130,565 ratings
88.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 3.83 avg rating — 641,494 ratings
89.
Peter Pan
Peter Pan 4.03 avg rating — 366,999 ratings
90.
A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun 3.85 avg rating — 107,586 ratings
91.
The Complete Stories and Poems
The Complete Stories and Poems 4.40 avg rating — 291,509 ratings
92.
Ulysses
Ulysses 3.77 avg rating — 138,362 ratings
93.
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1) 4.40 avg rating — 3,051,524 ratings
94.
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories 3.83 avg rating — 286,602 ratings
95.
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales 4.23 avg rating — 219,199 ratings
96.
Atlas Shrugged
Atlas Shrugged
by: Ayn Rand
3.69 avg rating — 402,813 ratings
97.
Dr. Faustus
Dr. Faustus 3.80 avg rating — 71,012 ratings
98.
Treasure Island
Treasure Island 3.85 avg rating — 528,311 ratings
99.
The Awakening
The Awakening 3.69 avg rating — 222,591 ratings
100.
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 257,793 ratings
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