NEA Big Read

1.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,688,933 ratings
2.
In the Time of the Butterflies
In the Time of the Butterflies 4.15 avg rating — 77,520 ratings
3.
The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir
The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir 4.17 avg rating — 8,418 ratings
4.
My Ántonia
My Ántonia 3.84 avg rating — 144,866 ratings
5.
Everything I Never Told You
Everything I Never Told You 3.83 avg rating — 598,258 ratings
6.
The Round House
The Round House 3.98 avg rating — 122,364 ratings
7.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,585 ratings
8.
The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
by: Amy Tan
3.97 avg rating — 703,409 ratings
9.
Silver Sparrow
Silver Sparrow 3.90 avg rating — 45,092 ratings
10.
Brother, I'm Dying
Brother, I'm Dying 4.16 avg rating — 7,577 ratings
11.
When the Emperor Was Divine
When the Emperor Was Divine 3.81 avg rating — 29,658 ratings
12.
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451 3.97 avg rating — 2,718,893 ratings
13.
A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1)
A Wizard of Earthsea (Earthsea Cycle, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 348,969 ratings
14.
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter 3.99 avg rating — 116,838 ratings
15.
Gilead (Gilead, #1)
Gilead (Gilead, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 121,015 ratings
16.
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears
The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears 3.71 avg rating — 8,732 ratings
17.
A Lesson Before Dying
A Lesson Before Dying 3.98 avg rating — 63,055 ratings
18.
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms 3.82 avg rating — 344,476 ratings
19.
Old School
Old School 3.84 avg rating — 13,741 ratings
20.
Five Skies
Five Skies 3.77 avg rating — 1,350 ratings
21.
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1)
Beloved (Beloved Trilogy, #1) 3.97 avg rating — 476,949 ratings
21.
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex
In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex 4.16 avg rating — 115,975 ratings
23.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,787 ratings
24.
The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried 4.14 avg rating — 337,467 ratings
25.
The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon 3.87 avg rating — 113,191 ratings
25.
Our Town
Our Town 3.74 avg rating — 58,045 ratings
25.
Circe
Circe 4.22 avg rating — 1,276,360 ratings
28.
There There
There There 3.98 avg rating — 214,303 ratings
29.
The Best We Could Do
The Best We Could Do
by: Thi Bui
4.36 avg rating — 38,830 ratings
30.
The Cold Millions
The Cold Millions 3.95 avg rating — 19,921 ratings
30.
Nothing to See Here
Nothing to See Here 3.96 avg rating — 213,787 ratings
32.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,731,390 ratings
33.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer 3.92 avg rating — 996,681 ratings
34.
Ways of Going Home
Ways of Going Home 3.94 avg rating — 12,788 ratings
35.
This Boy's Life
This Boy's Life 3.97 avg rating — 30,188 ratings
36.
Love Medicine (Love Medicine, #1)
Love Medicine (Love Medicine, #1) 4.01 avg rating — 28,024 ratings
36.
Interior Chinatown
Interior Chinatown 3.95 avg rating — 68,985 ratings
38.
In the Shadow of the Banyan
In the Shadow of the Banyan 4.07 avg rating — 21,737 ratings
39.
The Namesake
The Namesake 4.02 avg rating — 280,152 ratings
40.
Book of Hours: Poems
Book of Hours: Poems 4.13 avg rating — 517 ratings
41.
Housekeeping
Housekeeping 3.81 avg rating — 57,347 ratings
42.
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Bridge of San Luis Rey 3.79 avg rating — 37,707 ratings
43.
Into the Beautiful North
Into the Beautiful North 3.83 avg rating — 8,616 ratings
44.
Sun, Stone, and Shadows: 20 Great Mexican Short Stories
Sun, Stone, and Shadows: 20 Great Mexican Short Stories 3.61 avg rating — 182 ratings
45.
Citizen: An American Lyric
Citizen: An American Lyric 4.26 avg rating — 50,753 ratings
46.
True Grit
True Grit 4.17 avg rating — 68,482 ratings
47.
Station Eleven
Station Eleven 4.07 avg rating — 590,270 ratings
48.
Pretty Monsters: Stories
Pretty Monsters: Stories 3.91 avg rating — 6,163 ratings
49.
To Live
To Live
by: Yu Hua
4.33 avg rating — 23,081 ratings
50.
How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems 1975-2001
How We Became Human: New and Selected Poems 1975-2001
by: Joy Harjo
4.31 avg rating — 1,282 ratings
51.
The Shawl
The Shawl 3.90 avg rating — 4,787 ratings
51.
Bless Me, Ultima
Bless Me, Ultima 3.82 avg rating — 36,616 ratings
53.
Bewilderment
Bewilderment 3.91 avg rating — 68,465 ratings
54.
The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild 3.91 avg rating — 461,050 ratings
55.
Advice from the Lights: Poems
Advice from the Lights: Poems 3.56 avg rating — 149 ratings
56.
The Poems of Emily Dickinson Reading Edition
The Poems of Emily Dickinson Reading Edition 4.28 avg rating — 105,232 ratings
56.
The House on Mango Street
The House on Mango Street 3.69 avg rating — 222,950 ratings
58.
The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
The Complete Poems of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 4.24 avg rating — 347 ratings
58.
The Essential Emily Dickinson
The Essential Emily Dickinson 4.15 avg rating — 1,294 ratings
60.
The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers
The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers 4.28 avg rating — 661 ratings
60.
An American Sunrise
An American Sunrise
by: Joy Harjo
4.28 avg rating — 7,692 ratings
62.
The Complete Stories and Poems
The Complete Stories and Poems 4.40 avg rating — 291,483 ratings
62.
Lab Girl
Lab Girl 3.98 avg rating — 70,894 ratings
64.
The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and Other Stories
The Call of the Wild, White Fang, and Other Stories 3.98 avg rating — 140 ratings
65.
Hustle
Hustle 3.87 avg rating — 113 ratings
66.
The Thief and the Dogs
The Thief and the Dogs 3.65 avg rating — 11,997 ratings
66.
The Big Smoke
The Big Smoke 4.04 avg rating — 519 ratings
68.
Burning Bright
Burning Bright
by: Ron Rash
4.11 avg rating — 3,478 ratings
69.
Washington Square
Washington Square 3.70 avg rating — 25,042 ratings
69.
A Small Story about the Sky
A Small Story about the Sky 3.98 avg rating — 130 ratings
71.
Borne (Borne, #1)
Borne (Borne, #1) 3.93 avg rating — 40,070 ratings
72.
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?
Can't We Talk about Something More Pleasant?
by: Roz Chast
4.16 avg rating — 31,597 ratings
73.
Postcolonial Love Poem
Postcolonial Love Poem 4.32 avg rating — 7,901 ratings
74.
Infinite Country
Infinite Country 3.93 avg rating — 49,154 ratings
75.
Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude
Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude
by: Ross Gay
4.24 avg rating — 6,130 ratings
76.
Homegoing
Homegoing
by: Yaa Gyasi
4.47 avg rating — 386,267 ratings
77.
Deaf Republic
Deaf Republic 4.39 avg rating — 9,320 ratings
78.
The Bear
The Bear 3.90 avg rating — 12,180 ratings
79.
Heartland
Heartland 3.76 avg rating — 16,288 ratings
80.
Sitting Pretty
Sitting Pretty 4.41 avg rating — 9,499 ratings
81.
Great Tales and Poems
Great Tales and Poems 4.16 avg rating — 1,483 ratings
82.
The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers
The Selected Poetry of Robinson Jeffers 4.28 avg rating — 661 ratings
83.
Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees
Bite by Bite: Nourishments and Jamborees 3.98 avg rating — 2,376 ratings
84.
Blackfish City
Blackfish City 3.57 avg rating — 9,412 ratings
85.
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law
Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law 3.84 avg rating — 28,256 ratings
86.
I Cheerfully Refuse
I Cheerfully Refuse really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 20,230 ratings
87.
In the Distance
In the Distance 4.11 avg rating — 23,208 ratings
88.
In the Field Between Us: Poems
In the Field Between Us: Poems 4.35 avg rating — 124 ratings
89.
Lone Women
Lone Women 3.70 avg rating — 34,419 ratings
90.
The New Wilderness
The New Wilderness 3.67 avg rating — 16,010 ratings
91.
Nobody Gets Out Alive: Stories
Nobody Gets Out Alive: Stories 3.79 avg rating — 1,123 ratings
92.
North Woods
North Woods 4.11 avg rating — 92,999 ratings
93.
The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth
The Quickening: Creation and Community at the Ends of the Earth 4.06 avg rating — 1,465 ratings
94.
The Seed Keeper
The Seed Keeper 4.27 avg rating — 21,560 ratings
95.
You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World
You Are Here: Poetry in the Natural World
by: Ada Limon
4.01 avg rating — 2,195 ratings