Books All English Lit Majors Should (& Need to) Read

1.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,881 ratings
2.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,894 ratings
3.
Hamlet
Hamlet 4.03 avg rating — 1,020,142 ratings
4.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,356,293 ratings
5.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,731,361 ratings
6.
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again 4.29 avg rating — 4,345,870 ratings
7.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,226,201 ratings
8.
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 — 3,059,127 ratings
9.
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet 3.74 avg rating — 2,767,667 ratings
10.
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice 4.29 avg rating — 4,633,195 ratings
11.
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol 4.09 avg rating — 896,524 ratings
12.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.13 avg rating — 1,782,770 ratings
13.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating — 1,318,916 ratings
14.
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre 4.16 avg rating — 2,259,794 ratings
15.
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo 4.32 avg rating — 992,042 ratings
16.
The Iliad
The Iliad
by: Homer
3.92 avg rating — 494,648 ratings
17.
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies 3.70 avg rating — 3,117,447 ratings
18.
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights 3.90 avg rating — 1,959,182 ratings
19.
Great Expectations
Great Expectations 3.80 avg rating — 857,537 ratings
20.
The Bell Jar
The Bell Jar 4.05 avg rating — 1,153,789 ratings
21.
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings 4.54 avg rating — 716,511 ratings
22.
The Odyssey
The Odyssey
by: Homer
3.82 avg rating — 1,156,631 ratings
23.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,393,052 ratings
24.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,582 ratings
25.
Dracula
Dracula 4.02 avg rating — 1,415,071 ratings
26.
East of Eden
East of Eden 4.43 avg rating — 602,193 ratings
27.
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden 4.16 avg rating — 1,263,040 ratings
28.
Frankenstein
Frankenstein 3.89 avg rating — 1,772,202 ratings
29.
The Merchant of Venice
The Merchant of Venice 3.78 avg rating — 199,205 ratings
30.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating — 901,338 ratings
31.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 3.92 avg rating — 996,677 ratings
32.
The Road
The Road really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,001,699 ratings
33.
Memoirs of a Geisha
Memoirs of a Geisha 4.16 avg rating — 2,082,565 ratings
34.
Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness 3.43 avg rating — 545,739 ratings
35.
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment 4.28 avg rating — 1,024,576 ratings
36.
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 1,079,867 ratings
37.
Treasure Island
Treasure Island 3.85 avg rating — 528,245 ratings
38.
The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild 3.91 avg rating — 461,048 ratings
39.
The Outsiders
The Outsiders 4.14 avg rating — 1,538,302 ratings
40.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,638 ratings
41.
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea 3.81 avg rating — 1,265,652 ratings
42.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A Midsummer Night’s Dream 3.94 avg rating — 568,060 ratings
43.
Paradise Lost
Paradise Lost 3.85 avg rating — 177,950 ratings
44.
Othello
Othello 3.89 avg rating — 428,033 ratings
45.
The Canterbury Tales
The Canterbury Tales 3.52 avg rating — 234,627 ratings
46.
The Raven
The Raven 4.29 avg rating — 163,398 ratings
47.
The Little Prince
The Little Prince 4.33 avg rating — 2,375,378 ratings
48.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,328 ratings
49.
Much Ado About Nothing
Much Ado About Nothing 4.06 avg rating — 254,892 ratings
50.
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Series, #1)
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Series, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 1,263,377 ratings
51.
Brave New World
Brave New World 3.99 avg rating — 2,015,653 ratings
52.
Night
Night 4.38 avg rating — 1,334,204 ratings
53.
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis 3.90 avg rating — 1,338,318 ratings
54.
Where the Red Fern Grows
Where the Red Fern Grows 4.12 avg rating — 433,105 ratings
55.
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 911,956 ratings
56.
The Crucible
The Crucible 3.61 avg rating — 452,158 ratings
57.
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina 4.10 avg rating — 906,261 ratings
58.
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1)
Watership Down (Watership Down, #1) 4.09 avg rating — 499,175 ratings
59.
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men 3.89 avg rating — 2,751,912 ratings
60.
The Book Thief
The Book Thief 4.39 avg rating — 2,802,169 ratings
61.
Death of a Salesman
Death of a Salesman 3.58 avg rating — 252,758 ratings
62.
Rebecca
Rebecca 4.25 avg rating — 697,772 ratings
63.
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Fall of the House of Usher 3.85 avg rating — 83,632 ratings
63.
Alice in Wonderland
Alice in Wonderland 4.03 avg rating — 395,721 ratings
65.
The Jungle Books
The Jungle Books 4.01 avg rating — 88,663 ratings
66.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating — 505,043 ratings
67.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,195 ratings
68.
Oliver Twist
Oliver Twist 3.88 avg rating — 419,628 ratings
69.
Macbeth
Macbeth 3.89 avg rating — 992,091 ratings
70.
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five 4.10 avg rating — 1,451,283 ratings
71.
The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by: Dan Brown
3.93 avg rating — 2,475,318 ratings
72.
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1)
Things Fall Apart (The African Trilogy, #1) 3.74 avg rating — 403,090 ratings
73.
The Screwtape Letters
The Screwtape Letters 4.27 avg rating — 499,670 ratings
74.
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
by: Unknown
3.76 avg rating — 75,121 ratings
75.
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 — 568,941 ratings
76.
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe 3.68 avg rating — 324,970 ratings
77.
Inferno
Inferno 4.03 avg rating — 200,502 ratings
78.
The Glass Menagerie
The Glass Menagerie 3.74 avg rating — 141,052 ratings
79.
Dune (Dune, #1)
Dune (Dune, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,570,271 ratings
80.
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities 3.88 avg rating — 996,424 ratings
81.
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises 3.79 avg rating — 482,029 ratings
82.
Middlemarch
Middlemarch 4.03 avg rating — 174,974 ratings
83.
Flowers for Algernon
Flowers for Algernon 4.23 avg rating — 763,591 ratings
84.
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Uncle Tom’s Cabin 3.92 avg rating — 239,363 ratings
85.
King Lear
King Lear 3.91 avg rating — 232,688 ratings
85.
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner 4.35 avg rating — 3,402,051 ratings
87.
The Invisible Man
The Invisible Man 3.63 avg rating — 211,129 ratings
88.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4.30 avg rating — 499,209 ratings
89.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass 4.12 avg rating — 131,993 ratings
90.
On the Road
On the Road 3.61 avg rating — 438,505 ratings
91.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 499,093 ratings
91.
The Importance of Being Earnest
The Importance of Being Earnest 4.17 avg rating — 397,699 ratings
93.
The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth 3.97 avg rating — 103,537 ratings
94.
Tess of the D’Urbervilles
Tess of the D’Urbervilles 3.84 avg rating — 297,808 ratings
95.
The Waves
The Waves 4.14 avg rating — 51,037 ratings
96.
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 — 1,969,993 ratings
97.
The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso
The Divine Comedy: Inferno - Purgatorio - Paradiso 4.08 avg rating — 167,102 ratings
97.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,732 ratings
99.
Don Quixote
Don Quixote 3.91 avg rating — 297,025 ratings
99.
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1)
The Good Earth (House of Earth, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 257,768 ratings
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