Booklist Century: 100 Books, 100 Years

1.
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird 4.26 avg rating — 6,689,949 ratings
2.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) 4.47 avg rating — 11,066,094 ratings
3.
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 — 3,051,478 ratings
4.
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 — 3,059,715 ratings
5.
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl 4.20 avg rating — 4,073,743 ratings
6.
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby 3.93 avg rating — 5,732,310 ratings
7.
The Little Prince
The Little Prince 4.33 avg rating — 2,375,955 ratings
8.
1984
1984 4.20 avg rating — 5,227,477 ratings
9.
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) 4.32 avg rating — 1,080,058 ratings
10.
The Cat in the Hat (Cat in the Hat, #1)
The Cat in the Hat (Cat in the Hat, #1)
by: Dr. Seuss
4.19 avg rating — 575,334 ratings
11.
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1)
The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) 4.15 avg rating — 2,323,711 ratings
12.
The House of Mirth
The House of Mirth 3.97 avg rating — 103,548 ratings
13.
Howards End
Howards End 3.96 avg rating — 93,457 ratings
14.
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden 4.16 avg rating — 1,263,238 ratings
15.
To the Lighthouse
To the Lighthouse 3.81 avg rating — 207,223 ratings
16.
All Quiet on the Western Front
All Quiet on the Western Front 4.10 avg rating — 505,128 ratings
17.
Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #3)
Little House on the Prairie (Little House, #3) 4.21 avg rating — 299,239 ratings
18.
The Story of Babar (Babar, #1)
The Story of Babar (Babar, #1) 4.08 avg rating — 59,344 ratings
19.
Animal Farm
Animal Farm 4.01 avg rating — 4,357,335 ratings
20.
The Stranger
The Stranger 4.03 avg rating — 1,315,961 ratings
21.
In Cold Blood
In Cold Blood 4.09 avg rating — 710,449 ratings
22.
Lolita
Lolita 3.87 avg rating — 919,340 ratings
23.
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 — 1,970,235 ratings
24.
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret 3.94 avg rating — 252,137 ratings
25.
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude 4.12 avg rating — 1,070,189 ratings
26.
The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
The da Vinci Code (Robert Langdon, #2)
by: Dan Brown
3.93 avg rating — 2,475,546 ratings
27.
The Color Purple
The Color Purple 4.27 avg rating — 737,284 ratings
28.
Swann’s Way (In Search of Lost Time, #1)
Swann’s Way (In Search of Lost Time, #1) 4.16 avg rating — 66,168 ratings
29.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 3.64 avg rating — 161,014 ratings
30.
My Ántonia
My Ántonia 3.84 avg rating — 144,877 ratings
31.
Women in Love
Women in Love 3.66 avg rating — 33,148 ratings
32.
Ulysses
Ulysses 3.77 avg rating — 138,362 ratings
33.
The Magic Mountain
The Magic Mountain 4.13 avg rating — 56,607 ratings
34.
The Sun Also Rises
The Sun Also Rises 3.79 avg rating — 482,104 ratings
35.
Winesburg, Ohio
Winesburg, Ohio 3.84 avg rating — 36,330 ratings
36.
The Sound and the Fury
The Sound and the Fury 3.86 avg rating — 192,291 ratings
37.
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Lady Chatterley's Lover 3.50 avg rating — 134,642 ratings
38.
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind 4.31 avg rating — 1,258,102 ratings
39.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Their Eyes Were Watching God 3.99 avg rating — 377,830 ratings
40.
The Yearling
The Yearling 4.03 avg rating — 30,136 ratings
41.
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath 4.02 avg rating — 971,703 ratings
42.
The Elements of Style
The Elements of Style 4.18 avg rating — 86,240 ratings
43.
Harriet the Spy
Harriet the Spy 3.95 avg rating — 100,381 ratings
44.
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye 3.80 avg rating — 3,800,985 ratings
45.
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test
by: Tom Wolfe
3.92 avg rating — 78,164 ratings
46.
Invisible Man
Invisible Man 3.92 avg rating — 198,748 ratings
46.
The Feminine Mystique
The Feminine Mystique 3.87 avg rating — 30,224 ratings
48.
Catch-22
Catch-22 3.99 avg rating — 873,397 ratings
49.
The Things They Carried
The Things They Carried 4.14 avg rating — 337,515 ratings
50.
All the President’s Men
All the President’s Men 4.18 avg rating — 56,979 ratings
51.
The World According to Garp
The World According to Garp 4.11 avg rating — 235,981 ratings
51.
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic
And the Band Played On: Politics, People, and the AIDS Epidemic 4.39 avg rating — 28,863 ratings
53.
Midnight’s Children
Midnight’s Children 3.98 avg rating — 130,721 ratings
54.
The Joy Luck Club
The Joy Luck Club
by: Amy Tan
3.97 avg rating — 703,443 ratings
54.
Truman
Truman 4.17 avg rating — 90,312 ratings
56.
The Corrections
The Corrections 3.84 avg rating — 194,268 ratings
57.
Fear of Flying
Fear of Flying 3.47 avg rating — 22,979 ratings
58.
The Lovely Bones
The Lovely Bones 3.86 avg rating — 2,439,633 ratings
59.
Cold Mountain
Cold Mountain 3.89 avg rating — 248,124 ratings
60.
The Jungle
The Jungle 3.78 avg rating — 152,251 ratings
61.
The Education of Henry Adams
The Education of Henry Adams 3.63 avg rating — 4,868 ratings
61.
Song of Solomon
Song of Solomon 4.15 avg rating — 123,953 ratings
63.
My First Summer in the Sierra
My First Summer in the Sierra
by: John Muir
4.06 avg rating — 7,232 ratings
64.
Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1)
Tarzan of the Apes (Tarzan, #1) 3.90 avg rating — 47,216 ratings
65.
The Titan (The Collected Works of Theodore Drieser - 30 Volumes)
The Titan (The Collected Works of Theodore Drieser - 30 Volumes) 4.35 avg rating — 3,812 ratings
66.
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis 3.90 avg rating — 1,338,775 ratings
67.
Prufrock and Other Observations
Prufrock and Other Observations 4.32 avg rating — 22,468 ratings
68.
The Satanic Verses
The Satanic Verses 3.71 avg rating — 70,309 ratings
69.
My fight for birth control
My fight for birth control 4.11 avg rating — 19 ratings
70.
The Prophet
The Prophet 4.23 avg rating — 321,147 ratings
71.
The Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon 3.87 avg rating — 113,198 ratings
72.
The Joy of Cooking
The Joy of Cooking 4.13 avg rating — 195,112 ratings
73.
The Postman Always Rings Twice
The Postman Always Rings Twice 3.76 avg rating — 47,127 ratings
74.
Native Son
Native Son 4.04 avg rating — 103,288 ratings
75.
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men
Let Us Now Praise Famous Men 3.97 avg rating — 3,972 ratings
76.
A Bell for Adano
A Bell for Adano 3.98 avg rating — 8,829 ratings
77.
The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care
The Common Sense Book of Baby and Child Care 3.80 avg rating — 2,212 ratings
78.
Sexual Behavior in the Human Male
Sexual Behavior in the Human Male 3.62 avg rating — 285 ratings
79.
The Adventures of Augie March
The Adventures of Augie March 3.84 avg rating — 18,692 ratings
80.
Notes of a Native Son
Notes of a Native Son 4.37 avg rating — 23,284 ratings
81.
Peyton Place and Return to Peyton Place
Peyton Place and Return to Peyton Place 3.88 avg rating — 264 ratings
82.
Silent Spring
Silent Spring 4.05 avg rating — 53,326 ratings
83.
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
by: Malcolm X
4.37 avg rating — 285,204 ratings
84.
The Godfather (The Godfather, #1)
The Godfather (The Godfather, #1) 4.40 avg rating — 452,958 ratings
85.
The Pentagon Papers
The Pentagon Papers 3.97 avg rating — 527 ratings
86.
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas: A Savage Journey to the Heart of the American Dream 4.07 avg rating — 370,618 ratings
87.
’Salem’s Lot
’Salem’s Lot 4.10 avg rating — 636,778 ratings
88.
Roots: The Saga of an American Family
Roots: The Saga of an American Family 4.45 avg rating — 163,557 ratings
89.
Smiley's People (George Smiley, #7; Karla Trilogy, #3)
Smiley's People (George Smiley, #7; Karla Trilogy, #3) 4.29 avg rating — 41,199 ratings
90.
Bright Lights, Big City
Bright Lights, Big City 3.80 avg rating — 36,200 ratings
91.
Blue Highways
Blue Highways 4.03 avg rating — 24,995 ratings
92.
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1)
Maus I: A Survivor's Tale: My Father Bleeds History (Maus, #1) 4.39 avg rating — 365,629 ratings
93.
There are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America
There are No Children Here: The Story of Two Boys Growing Up in the Other America 4.30 avg rating — 15,926 ratings
94.
A Lesson Before Dying
A Lesson Before Dying 3.98 avg rating — 63,062 ratings
95.
Waiting to Exhale (Waiting to Exhale, #1)
Waiting to Exhale (Waiting to Exhale, #1) 3.99 avg rating — 17,749 ratings
96.
High Fidelity
High Fidelity 3.90 avg rating — 211,793 ratings
97.
Left Behind (Left Behind, #1)
Left Behind (Left Behind, #1) 3.86 avg rating — 243,948 ratings
98.
Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love
Galileo's Daughter: A Historical Memoir of Science, Faith and Love 3.75 avg rating — 30,048 ratings
99.
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay 4.18 avg rating — 209,894 ratings
100.
The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States 3.65 avg rating — 4,628 ratings