Around the US in 50 Books

1.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,829 ratings
2.
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1)
Twilight (The Twilight Saga, #1) 3.67 avg rating — 7,126,121 ratings
3.
The Outsiders
The Outsiders 4.14 avg rating — 1,538,286 ratings
4.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,419 ratings
5.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3.83 avg rating — 1,318,911 ratings
6.
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 4.30 avg rating — 499,207 ratings
7.
Looking for Alaska
Looking for Alaska 3.96 avg rating — 1,715,997 ratings
8.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,731,297 ratings
9.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,577 ratings
10.
Holes (Holes, #1)
Holes (Holes, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 1,332,991 ratings
11.
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
The Witch of Blackbird Pond 4.02 avg rating — 157,962 ratings
12.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,010 ratings
13.
The Time Traveler's Wife
The Time Traveler's Wife really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1,843,026 ratings
14.
Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1)
Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 556,225 ratings
15.
The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)
The Godfather (The Godfather, #1) 4.40 avg rating — 452,887 ratings
16.
Gone Girl
Gone Girl 4.14 avg rating — 3,358,462 ratings
17.
Centennial
Centennial 4.26 avg rating — 44,545 ratings
18.
Where the Crawdads Sing
Where the Crawdads Sing 4.37 avg rating — 3,479,156 ratings
19.
The Scarlet Letter
The Scarlet Letter 3.44 avg rating — 901,336 ratings
20.
Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain 3.89 avg rating — 248,108 ratings
21.
Into the Wild
Into the Wild 4.02 avg rating — 1,165,613 ratings
22.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 3.92 avg rating — 996,672 ratings
23.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet 4.05 avg rating — 311,640 ratings
24.
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1)
The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) 4.35 avg rating — 9,594,445 ratings
25.
My Ántonia
My Ántonia 3.84 avg rating — 144,864 ratings
26.
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World
Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World 3.87 avg rating — 62,008 ratings
27.
Jaws (Jaws, #1)
Jaws (Jaws, #1) 3.95 avg rating — 174,109 ratings
28.
Death Comes for the Archbishop
Death Comes for the Archbishop 3.97 avg rating — 41,766 ratings
29.
In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood 4.09 avg rating — 710,352 ratings
30.
It
It 4.24 avg rating — 1,227,422 ratings
31.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest
by: Ken Kesey
4.20 avg rating — 767,632 ratings
32.
Bridge to Terabithia
Bridge to Terabithia 4.06 avg rating — 579,970 ratings
33.
The Jungle
The Jungle 3.78 avg rating — 152,235 ratings
34.
The Shining (The Shining, #1)
The Shining (The Shining, #1) 4.28 avg rating — 1,650,366 ratings
35.
RV There Yet?
RV There Yet? 4.23 avg rating — 321 ratings
35.
Forty-Ninth
Forty-Ninth 4.13 avg rating — 127 ratings
37.
These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901, Arizona Territories (Sarah Agnes Prine, #1)
These Is My Words: The Diary of Sarah Agnes Prine, 1881-1901, Arizona Territories (Sarah Agnes Prine, #1) 4.36 avg rating — 80,364 ratings
38.
The Snow Child
The Snow Child 4.01 avg rating — 166,410 ratings
39.
The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2)
The Killer Angels (The Civil War Trilogy, #2) 4.33 avg rating — 90,453 ratings
40.
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1)
Lonesome Dove (Lonesome Dove, #1) 4.56 avg rating — 222,341 ratings
41.
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe 4.28 avg rating — 321,372 ratings
42.
Blue Highways
Blue Highways 4.03 avg rating — 24,992 ratings
43.
Where the Red Fern Grows
Where the Red Fern Grows 4.12 avg rating — 433,103 ratings
44.
Eventide (Plainsong, #2)
Eventide (Plainsong, #2) 4.23 avg rating — 25,901 ratings
45.
Shutter Island
Shutter Island 4.13 avg rating — 215,609 ratings
46.
Little Fires Everywhere
Little Fires Everywhere 4.07 avg rating — 1,279,616 ratings
46.
The Virgin Suicides
The Virgin Suicides 3.78 avg rating — 395,312 ratings
48.
A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, #1)
A Time to Kill (Jake Brigance, #1) 4.12 avg rating — 820,156 ratings
49.
The Bitter Past (Porter Beck, #1)
The Bitter Past (Porter Beck, #1) 4.05 avg rating — 2,379 ratings
50.
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men 3.89 avg rating — 2,751,885 ratings
51.
Old Yeller
Old Yeller 4.10 avg rating — 102,363 ratings
52.
Our Souls at Night
Our Souls at Night 3.92 avg rating — 82,027 ratings
53.
My Sister’s Keeper
My Sister’s Keeper 4.11 avg rating — 1,263,823 ratings
54.
The Long Winter (Little House, #6)
The Long Winter (Little House, #6) 4.18 avg rating — 91,400 ratings
55.
A Painted House
A Painted House 3.77 avg rating — 100,381 ratings
56.
One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd (One Thousand White Women, #1)
One Thousand White Women: The Journals of May Dodd (One Thousand White Women, #1) 3.91 avg rating — 134,718 ratings
57.
Animal Dreams
Animal Dreams 4.08 avg rating — 76,497 ratings
57.
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 499,086 ratings
59.
The Valley of Amazement
The Valley of Amazement
by: Amy Tan
3.70 avg rating — 44,577 ratings
60.
Cheaper by the Dozen
Cheaper by the Dozen really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 44,228 ratings
61.
On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4)
On the Banks of Plum Creek (Little House, #4) 4.22 avg rating — 105,771 ratings
62.
Deep and Dirty: A Novel
Deep and Dirty: A Novel 4.58 avg rating — 12 ratings
63.
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil
Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil 3.92 avg rating — 289,208 ratings
64.
Because of Winn-Dixie
Because of Winn-Dixie 4.10 avg rating — 274,164 ratings
65.
Firestarter
Firestarter 3.92 avg rating — 242,164 ratings
65.
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
Little Women (Little Women, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 2,393,026 ratings
67.
The Last Runaway
The Last Runaway 3.85 avg rating — 38,622 ratings
68.
The Invention of Wings
The Invention of Wings 4.26 avg rating — 328,058 ratings
69.
Moloka'i (Moloka'i, #1)
Moloka'i (Moloka'i, #1) 4.20 avg rating — 138,224 ratings
70.
Educated
Educated 4.47 avg rating — 1,772,871 ratings
71.
A Thousand Acres
A Thousand Acres 3.82 avg rating — 71,373 ratings
72.
Dandelion Wine
Dandelion Wine 4.09 avg rating — 76,304 ratings
73.
Good in Bed (Cannie Shapiro, #1)
Good in Bed (Cannie Shapiro, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 312,655 ratings
74.
No Country for Old Men
No Country for Old Men 4.17 avg rating — 233,384 ratings
75.
Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression
Little Heathens: Hard Times and High Spirits on an Iowa Farm During the Great Depression 3.73 avg rating — 6,485 ratings
76.
Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1)
Little House in the Big Woods (Little House, #1) 4.21 avg rating — 281,974 ratings
77.
The Stand
The Stand 4.35 avg rating — 814,321 ratings
78.
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer
I'll Be Gone in the Dark: One Woman's Obsessive Search for the Golden State Killer 4.12 avg rating — 257,771 ratings
79.
At the Edge of the Orchard
At the Edge of the Orchard 3.68 avg rating — 22,762 ratings
80.
Brokeback Mountain
Brokeback Mountain 4.02 avg rating — 49,925 ratings
81.
The Great Alone
The Great Alone 4.45 avg rating — 1,075,629 ratings
82.
3 Things to Forget (Bird Face, #4)
3 Things to Forget (Bird Face, #4) 4.77 avg rating — 13 ratings
82.
Mary, Everything (The Flapper Covenant, #1)
Mary, Everything (The Flapper Covenant, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 212 ratings
82.
Don't Close Your Eyes
Don't Close Your Eyes 3.76 avg rating — 608 ratings
82.
My Dirty California
My Dirty California 3.94 avg rating — 315 ratings
82.
Talmadge Farm
Talmadge Farm 4.45 avg rating — 794 ratings
87.
Cold January (The Dog Tags & Badges Series Book 2)
Cold January (The Dog Tags & Badges Series Book 2) 4.83 avg rating — 6 ratings
88.
Middlesex
Middlesex 4.04 avg rating — 657,097 ratings
89.
Chesapeake
Chesapeake 4.22 avg rating — 26,869 ratings
90.
A Haunted Diary
A Haunted Diary really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 6 ratings
91.
She’s Come Undone
She’s Come Undone 3.91 avg rating — 357,244 ratings
92.
A Ghost Hunter's Notebook
A Ghost Hunter's Notebook 4.50 avg rating — 6 ratings
93.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 4.06 avg rating — 281,431 ratings
94.
When the Heart Cries (Sisters of the Quilt, #1)
When the Heart Cries (Sisters of the Quilt, #1) 4.25 avg rating — 5,168 ratings
94.
Roughing It
Roughing It 3.88 avg rating — 10,054 ratings
96.
Peyton Place (Peyton Place, #1)
Peyton Place (Peyton Place, #1) 3.81 avg rating — 13,123 ratings
97.
The Descendants
The Descendants 3.84 avg rating — 23,047 ratings
98.
Mudbound
Mudbound 4.05 avg rating — 69,751 ratings
99.
The Night the Lights Went Out
The Night the Lights Went Out 4.04 avg rating — 15,074 ratings
100.
Dead Poets Society
Dead Poets Society 4.17 avg rating — 143,693 ratings
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