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The Top Must-Read Books of All Time

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Must-Read Books everyone should read

Need a good read? Take a look at this list of the best must-read books of all time, suitable for every one of all ages, creeds and color. Featuring the newest YA novels reviewed by popular literary channels on YouTube, these are the novels, autobiographies, and short books that you should consider when you ask yourself, "What book should I read next?" If you somehow made it through school without reading the classic - or you're still in school - be sure to check them out to expand your literary horizons.

An eclectic mix that does not cater solely to the sensibilities of the literati, culturati, illuminati or even paparazzi. With some hidden gems in here, it's a great list to consider when looking for something to read next.  

"Tell me what you read and I'll tell you who you are" is true enough, but I'd know you better if you told me what you reread' - François Mauriac. Give fellow voters the best tips you can on the top books of all time that they must read by voting on your personal favorites and downvoting those you didn't enjoy.

 

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  • Charlotte's Web
    1

    Charlotte's Web

    E. B. White
    3,381 votes
    • First Published: 1952
    • Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Children's literature
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Green Eggs and Ham
    2

    Green Eggs and Ham

    Dr. Seuss
    4,824 votes
    • First Published: 1960
    • Genres (Book): Children's literature
    • Original Language: English Language
  • The Cat in the Hat
    3

    The Cat in the Hat

    Dr. Seuss
    5,607 votes
    • First Published: 1957-12-22
    • Subjects: Cat, Anthropomorphism
    • Genres (Book): Picture book, Children's literature
    • Original Language: English Language
  • How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
    4

    How the Grinch Stole Christmas!

    Dr. Seuss
    4,571 votes
    • First Published: 1957-11-24
    • Genres (Book): Children's literature
    • Original Language: English Language
  • The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
    5

    The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

    C. S. Lewis
    4,948 votes
    • First Published: 1950
    • Subjects: Evacuations of civilians in Britain during World War II
    • Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Children's literature, Fantasy
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Winnie-the-Pooh
    6

    Winnie-the-Pooh

    A. A. Milne
    3,929 votes
    • First Published: 1926-10-14
    • Subjects: Literature, Classics, Friendship, Animal, Performing arts
    • Genres (Book): Children's literature, Fiction
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Where the Wild Things Are
    7

    Where the Wild Things Are

    Maurice Sendak
    4,507 votes
    • First Published: 1963
    • Subjects: Education, Games, Classics, Adventure, Children's film
    • Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Picture book, Children's literature, Fiction, Fantasy
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone
    8

    Harry Potter and the Sorceror's Stone

    J. K. Rowling
    4,288 votes
    • First Published: 1997-06-26
    • Subjects: Wizards, Education, Adventure, Friendship, Schools
    • Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Children's literature, Fiction, Fantasy
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Nineteen Eighty-Four
    9

    Nineteen Eighty-Four

    George Orwell
    9,369 votes
    • First Published: 1949-06-08
    • Subjects: Brainwashing, Literature, Classics, English Language, English Literature
    • Genres (Book): Utopian and dystopian fiction, Social science fiction, Political fiction
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Grimm's Fairy Tales
    10

    Grimm's Fairy Tales

    Wilhelm Grimm, Jacob Grimm
    4,417 votes
    • First Published: 1812
    • Subjects: Fairy tales
    • Genres (Book): Fairy tale
    • Original Language: German Language
  • Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
    11

    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    Mark Twain
    6,279 votes
    • First Published: 1884-12
    • Subjects: Popular literature, Education, 19th century, Slavery, Mississippi River
    • Genres (Book): Humour, Satire, Children's literature, Fiction, Adventure fiction
    • Original Language: English Language
  • The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
    12

    The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

    Mark Twain
    5,057 votes
    • First Published: 1876
    • Subjects: Education, Linguistics, 19th century, Mississippi River, Men
    • Genres (Book): Bildungsroman, Children's literature, Fiction, Reference
    • Original Language: English Language
  • The tell-tale heart and other writings
    13

    The tell-tale heart and other writings

    Edgar Allan Poe
    2,707 votes
  • Of Mice and Men
    14

    Of Mice and Men

    John Steinbeck
    6,355 votes
    • First Published: 1937
    • Subjects: California, Drama
    • Genres (Book): Novella
    • Original Language: English Language
  • To Kill A Mockingbird
    15

    To Kill A Mockingbird

    Harper Lee
    10,553 votes
    • First Published: 1960-07-11
    • Subjects: Monarch, Literary, Literature, Classics, Drama
    • Genres (Book): Fiction
    • Original Language: English Language
  • One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish
    16

    One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish

    Dr. Seuss
    3,168 votes
    • First Published: 1960
    • Genres (Book): Children's literature
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Little Women
    17

    Little Women

    Louisa May Alcott
    2,727 votes
    • First Published: 1868
    • Subjects: Literary, Adolescence, New England, Women, 19th century
    • Genres (Book): Coming of age, Fiction, Novel
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Horton Hears a Who!
    18

    Horton Hears a Who!

    Dr. Seuss
    3,408 votes
    • First Published: 1954-08
    • Subjects: Internationalism
    • Genres (Book): Children's literature
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Aesop's Fables
    19

    Aesop's Fables

    Aesop
    3,016 votes
    • Genres (Book): Anthology, Fiction
    • Original Language: Ancient Greek
  • Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
    20

    Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

    Roald Dahl
    3,250 votes
    • First Published: 1964
    • Subjects: Chocolate, Classics, Adventure, Family, Folklore
    • Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Children's literature, Fiction, Fantasy
    • Original Language: Welsh Language, English Language
  • Animal Farm
    21

    Animal Farm

    George Orwell
    8,522 votes
    • First Published: 1945-08-17
    • Subjects: Monarch, Literary, Literature, Classics, Drama
    • Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Roman à clef, Satire, Children's literature, Fiction
    • Original Language: English Language
  • The Very Hungry Caterpillar
    22

    The Very Hungry Caterpillar

    Eric Carle
    3,366 votes
    • First Published: 1969-06-03
    • Subjects: Education, Animal, English Literature, Language
    • Genres (Book): Picture book, Children's literature, Fiction
  • Macbeth
    23

    Macbeth

    William Shakespeare
    3,902 votes
    • Subjects: 11th Century Scotland
    • Genres (Book): Tragedy
    • Original Language: English Language
  • The Hobbit
    24

    The Hobbit

    J. R. R. Tolkien
    7,127 votes
    • First Published: 1937-09-21
    • Subjects: Wizards, Literary, Epic film, Literature, Classics
    • Genres (Book): Children's literature, Fiction, Epic, Fantasy
    • Original Language: English Language
  • The Diary of a Young Girl
    25

    The Diary of a Young Girl

    Anne Frank
    3,290 votes
    • First Published: 1947
    • Subjects: Netherlands in World War II, Otto Frank, World War II, Hannah Pik-Goslar, Sol Kimel
    • Genres (Book): Children's literature, Biography, Autobiography, High fantasy
    • Original Language: Dutch Language
  • The Giving Tree
    26

    The Giving Tree

    Shel Silverstein
    3,554 votes
    • First Published: 1964-10-07
    • Subjects: Trees, Classics
    • Genres (Book): Picture book, Children's literature, Fiction
    • Original Language: English Language
  • The Lorax
    27

    The Lorax

    Dr. Seuss
    2,726 votes
    • First Published: 1971-08-12
    • Subjects: Consumerism, Ecology, Knitting, Environmentalism
    • Genres (Book): Children's literature, Fiction
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Alice in Wonderland
    28

    Alice in Wonderland

    Lewis Carroll, William Glennon
    5,623 votes
    • First Published: 1865
  • Romeo and Juliet
    29

    Romeo and Juliet

    William Shakespeare
    5,274 votes
    • First Published: 1597
    • Subjects: Popular literature, Star-crossed
    • Genres (Book): Play, Tragedy
    • Original Language: English Language
  • The Outsiders
    30

    The Outsiders

    S. E. Hinton
    3,231 votes
    • Subjects: Literature, Young adult, Adolescence, Classics, Family
    • Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Children's literature, Fiction, Young adult literature
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Oh, the Places You'll Go!
    31

    Oh, the Places You'll Go!

    Dr. Seuss
    2,178 votes
    • First Published: 1990-01-22
    • Genres (Book): Children's literature
    • Original Language: English Language
  • A Christmas Carol
    32

    A Christmas Carol

    Charles Dickens
    6,401 votes
    • First Published: 1843-12-19
    • Subjects: Literary, Holiday, Ghost, Redemption, Classics
    • Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Morality play, Ghost story, Fiction, Fairy tale
    • Original Language: English Language
  • The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
    33

    The Wonderful Wizard of Oz

    L. Frank Baum
    2,512 votes
    • First Published: 1900-05-17
    • Subjects: Music, Wizards, United States of America, 20th century, History
    • Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Children's literature, Fantasy
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Hamlet
    34

    Hamlet

    William Shakespeare
    5,533 votes
    • Genres (Book): Tragedy
    • Original Language: English Language
  • The Call of the Wild
    35

    The Call of the Wild

    Jack London
    3,125 votes
    • First Published: 1903
    • Subjects: Nature, Animal welfare, Animal, Dog
    • Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Children's literature, Historical fiction, Fiction, Adventure film
    • Original Language: English Language
  • The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
    36

    The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

    Washington Irving
    1,942 votes
    • First Published: 1820
    • Subjects: Old Dutch Burying Ground
    • Genres (Book): Speculative fiction
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Odyssey
    37

    Odyssey

    Homer
    4,656 votes
    • Genres (Book): Epic poetry
    • Original Language: Ancient Greek
  • Fahrenheit 451
    38

    Fahrenheit 451

    Ray Bradbury
    6,208 votes
    • First Published: 1953
    • Subjects: Bibliophilia, American science fiction, Literature, Book burning, Classics
    • Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Utopian and dystopian fiction, Children's literature, Dystopia, Fiction
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Frankenstein
    39

    Frankenstein

    Mary Shelley
    4,511 votes
    • First Published: 1818-01-01
    • Subjects: Science, Love
    • Genres (Book): Romance novel, Speculative fiction, Suspense, Horror Film, Romanticism
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Lord of the Flies
    40

    Lord of the Flies

    William Golding
    7,256 votes
    • First Published: 1954
    • Subjects: Monarch, Ethics, Literature, Young adult, Classics
    • Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Allegory, Fiction, Young adult literature, Novel
    • Original Language: English Language
  • The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales
    41

    The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales

    Hans Christian Andersen
    1,947 votes
    • Genres (Book): Speculative fiction
  • Treasure Island
    42

    Treasure Island

    Robert Louis Stevenson
    3,279 votes
    • First Published: 1883
    • Subjects: Monarch, Literary, Piracy, 18th century, Places
    • Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Children's literature, Fiction, Adventure fiction
    • Original Language: English Language
  • James and the Giant Peach
    43

    James and the Giant Peach

    Roald Dahl
    1,992 votes
    • First Published: 1961
    • Subjects: Classics, Drama, Adventure
    • Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Children's literature, Fiction, Fantasy
    • Original Language: French Language, English Language
  • The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
    44

    The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes

    Arthur Conan Doyle
    5,515 votes
    • First Published: 1892
    • Subjects: England
    • Genres (Book): Short story, Detective fiction
    • Original Language: English Language
  • The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
    45

    The Lord of the Rings Trilogy

    J. R. R. Tolkien
    8,538 votes
    • First Published: 1954-07-29
    • Subjects: Literary, Epic film, Literature, Classics, Drama
    • Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Chivalric romance, Fiction, Adventure fiction, Fantasy
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Pride and Prejudice
    46

    Pride and Prejudice

    Jane Austen
    5,587 votes
    • First Published: 1813-01-28
    • Subjects: Popular literature, Literary, Education, 19th century, English Language
    • Genres (Book): Romance novel, Satire, Novel of manners, Fiction, Novel
    • Original Language: English Language
  • A Midsummer Night's Dream
    47

    A Midsummer Night's Dream

    William Shakespeare
    2,870 votes
    • First Published: 1596
    • Subjects: Popular literature
    • Genres (Book): Comedy, Fantasy
    • Original Language: English Language
  • The Jungle Book
    48

    The Jungle Book

    Rudyard Kipling
    2,015 votes
    • First Published: 1894
    • Subjects: Music, India, Folklore, Animal
    • Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Children's literature
    • Original Language: English Language
  • One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
    49

    One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

    Ken Kesey
    3,282 votes
    • Subjects: Medical, Literary, Literature, Classics, English Language
    • Genres (Book): Drama, Children's literature, Fiction, Novel
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Dracula
    50

    Dracula

    Bram Stoker
    4,342 votes
    • First Published: 1897-05-27
    • Subjects: Literary, Ghost, 19th century, Vampire, British Cuisine
    • Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Horror Film, Mystery, Fiction, Epistolary novel
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Flowers for Algernon
    51

    Flowers for Algernon

    Daniel Keyes
    2,407 votes
    • First Published: 1959
    • Subjects: Literary, American science fiction, Mental retardation, Young adult, Surgery
    • Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Children's literature, Fiction, Novel, Science Fiction
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Black Beauty
    52

    Black Beauty

    Anna Sewell
    2,143 votes
    • First Published: 1877-11-24
    • Subjects: Literary, Horse, 19th century, Places, Literary criticism
    • Genres (Book): Children's literature, Fiction, Novel
    • Original Language: English Language
  • The Scarlet Letter
    53

    The Scarlet Letter

    Nathaniel Hawthorne
    4,660 votes
    • First Published: 1850
    • Subjects: Monarch, Popular literature, Literary, Revenge, New England
    • Genres (Book): Romance novel, Children's literature, Romanticism, Fiction, Novel
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Through the Looking-Glass
    54

    Through the Looking-Glass

    Lewis Carroll
    1,984 votes
    • First Published: 1871
    • Genres (Book): Children's literature
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Fox in Socks
    55

    Fox in Socks

    Dr. Seuss
    2,206 votes
    • First Published: 1965
    • Genres (Book): Children's literature
    • Original Language: English Language
  • A Tale of Two Cities
    56

    A Tale of Two Cities

    Charles Dickens
    3,425 votes
    • First Published: 1859
    • Subjects: Literary, French Revolution, Revenge, English Language, German Language
    • Genres (Book): Fiction, Novel, Historical novel, Social criticism
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
    57

    Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

    Robert Louis Stevenson
    2,861 votes
    • First Published: 1886-01-05
    • Subjects: Medical, Literary, Supernatural, Education, Literature
    • Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Drama, Children's literature, Horror Film, Thriller
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Oliver Twist
    58

    Oliver Twist

    Charles Dickens
    3,084 votes
    • First Published: 1838
    • Subjects: Newgate Prison, 19th century, London, History, England
    • Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Social novel, Fiction, Novel
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Dr. Seuss's ABC
    59

    Dr. Seuss's ABC

    Dr. Seuss
    2,258 votes
    • First Published: 1963
    • Genres (Book): Children's literature
  • Gone with the Wind
    60

    Gone with the Wind

    Margaret Mitchell
    2,809 votes
    • First Published: 1936-06-30
    • Subjects: Women, Plantations in the American South, United States of America, American Civil War, History
    • Genres (Book): Historical fiction, Fiction, Novel
    • Original Language: English Language
  • The Hound of the Baskervilles
    61

    The Hound of the Baskervilles

    Arthur Conan Doyle
    3,206 votes
    • First Published: 1901
    • Subjects: Music, Popular literature, Dartmoor, England
    • Genres (Book): Crime Fiction, Mystery, Novel, Detective fiction
    • Original Language: English Language
  • The Little Prince
    62

    The Little Prince

    Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
    4,328 votes
    • First Published: 1943
    • Genres (Book): Novel
    • Original Language: French Language
  • The Great Gatsby
    63

    The Great Gatsby

    F. Scott Fitzgerald
    7,247 votes
    • First Published: 1925-04-10
    • Subjects: Music, Literary, Education, Revenge, Jazz Age
    • Genres (Book): Fiction, Novel
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Iliad
    64

    Iliad

    Homer
    2,558 votes
    • Subjects: Music, Poetry, Trojan War
    • Genres (Book): Poetry
    • Original Language: Ancient Greek
  • The Grapes of Wrath
    65

    The Grapes of Wrath

    John Steinbeck
    5,225 votes
    • First Published: 1939
    • Subjects: California, Great Depression in the United States, Dust Bowl, Oklahoma
    • Genres (Book): Novel
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Jane Eyre
    66

    Jane Eyre

    Charlotte Brontë
    4,280 votes
    • First Published: 1847-10-16
    • Subjects: Popular literature, Social class, Morality, England
    • Genres (Book): Romance novel, Bildungsroman, Fiction, Novel, Gothic fiction
    • Original Language: English Language
  • The Canterbury Tales
    67

    The Canterbury Tales

    Geoffrey Chaucer
    2,376 votes
    • First Published: 1475
    • Subjects: Storytelling, Astrology, Pilgrimage, Middle Ages, England
    • Genres (Book): Anthology
    • Original Language: Middle English
  • Gulliver's Travels
    68

    Gulliver's Travels

    Jonathan Swift
    3,001 votes
    • First Published: 1726
    • Subjects: Popular literature
    • Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Satire, Science Fiction, Fantasy
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Matilda
    69

    Matilda

    Roald Dahl
    1,982 votes
    • First Published: 1988
    • Subjects: Education, Humour, Classics, Adventure, Schools
    • Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Humour, Children's literature, Fiction, Fantasy
    • Original Language: English Language
  • The Hunger Games
    70

    The Hunger Games

    Suzanne Collins
    2,474 votes
    • First Published: 2008-09-14
    • Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Utopian and dystopian fiction, Alternate history, Young adult literature, Adventure fiction
    • Original Language: English Language
  • The Count of Monte Cristo
    71

    The Count of Monte Cristo

    Alexandre Dumas, Auguste Maquet
    4,662 votes
    • First Published: 1844
    • Subjects: Revenge, France, Redemption, Classics, Wrongly Accused
    • Genres (Book): Romance novel, Fiction, Historical novel, Adventure fiction
    • Original Language: French Language
  • The Cat in the Hat Comes Back
    72

    The Cat in the Hat Comes Back

    Dr. Seuss
    1,981 votes
  • The Help
    73

    The Help

    Kathryn Stockett
    2,090 votes
    • First Published: 2009-02-10
    • Subjects: Mississippi, African-American history, Nanny, Domestic worker
    • Genres (Book): Novel, Historical novel
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Great Expectations
    74

    Great Expectations

    Charles Dickens
    3,668 votes
    • First Published: 1860
    • Subjects: Canada, Revenge, Coming of age, Working class, Italy
    • Genres (Book): Fiction, Novel, Social criticism
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Watership Down
    75

    Watership Down

    Richard Adams
    1,439 votes
    • First Published: 1972-11
    • Subjects: Literary, Epic film, Literature, Rabbits, Classics
    • Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Fiction, Fantasy
    • Original Language: English Language
  • The Shining
    76

    The Shining

    Stephen King
    1,685 votes
    • First Published: 1977-01
    • Subjects: Adventure, Family
    • Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Children's literature, Horror Film, Fiction, Gothic fiction
    • Original Language: English Language
  • The Wind in the Willows
    77

    The Wind in the Willows

    Kenneth Grahame
    2,633 votes
    • First Published: 1908
    • Subjects: Christmas, Theatre, Performing arts, Literary criticism, Mythology
    • Genres (Book): Children's literature, Fiction, Novel
    • Original Language: English Language
  • The Crucible
    78

    The Crucible

    Arthur Miller
    1,622 votes
    • Subjects: Drama, Massachusetts, History
  • Brave New World
    79

    Brave New World

    Aldous Huxley
    4,217 votes
    • Subjects: Literary, Technology, Brainwashing, Literature, Classics
    • Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Utopian and dystopian fiction, Children's literature, Dystopia, Fiction
    • Original Language: English Language
  • The Color Purple
    80

    The Color Purple

    Alice Walker
    2,011 votes
    • First Published: 1982
    • Subjects: Feminism
    • Genres (Book): Fiction, Epistolary novel
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Robinson Crusoe
    81

    Robinson Crusoe

    Daniel Defoe
    2,909 votes
    • First Published: 1719-04-25
    • Subjects: Education, Pacific Ocean, Literature, Classics, Adventure
    • Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Children's literature, Historical fiction, Fiction, Novel
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Sense and Sensibility
    82

    Sense and Sensibility

    Jane Austen
    2,076 votes
    • First Published: 1811
    • Subjects: Popular literature, Literary, Education, 19th century, English Language
    • Genres (Book): Romance novel, Children's literature, Fiction, Novel
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Old Yeller
    83

    Old Yeller

    Fred Gipson
    1,422 votes
    • First Published: 1956
    • Subjects: Texas, Literature, Classics, Animal, Literary criticism
    • Genres (Book): Children's literature, Fiction
  • The Da Vinci Code
    84

    The Da Vinci Code

    Dan Brown
    2,403 votes
    • First Published: 2003-04
    • Subjects: Fibonacci number, Espionage, Suspense, Adventure, English Language
    • Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Crime Fiction, Conspiracy fiction, Suspense, Mystery
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Wuthering Heights
    85

    Wuthering Heights

    Emily Brontë
    3,478 votes
    • First Published: 1847-12
    • Subjects: Popular literature, Classics, England, Unrequited love
    • Genres (Book): Fiction, Novel, Gothic fiction
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Catcher In The Rye
    86

    Catcher In The Rye

    J. D. Salinger
    6,656 votes
    • First Published: 1951-07-16
    • Subjects: Popular literature, Teenage rebellion, Literature, Human sexuality, Psychological identity
    • Genres (Book): First-person narrative, Sports, Bildungsroman, Fiction, Novel
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Murder on the Orient Express
    87

    Murder on the Orient Express

    Agatha Christie
    2,241 votes
    • Genres (Book): Crime Fiction
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Beowulf
    88

    Beowulf

    Welwyn Wilton Katz
    2,590 votes
    • Subjects: Literature, Classics
    • Genres (Book): Children's literature
  • The Stand
    89

    The Stand

    Stephen King
    1,722 votes
    • First Published: 1978
    • Subjects: Research
    • Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Apocalyptic and post-apocalyptic fiction, Children's literature, Horror Film, Fiction
    • Original Language: English Language
  • The Three Musketeers
    90

    The Three Musketeers

    Alexandre Dumas
    2,926 votes
    • First Published: 1844
    • Subjects: Music, France, Musketeer, Heroism, History
    • Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Fiction, Historical novel
    • Original Language: French Language
  • The Picture of Dorian Gray
    91

    The Picture of Dorian Gray

    Oscar Wilde
    4,000 votes
    • First Published: 1890
    • Subjects: Music, Popular literature, Supernatural, Literature, Classics
    • Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Fiction, Gothic fiction, Philosophical fiction
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Julius Caesar
    92

    Julius Caesar

    William Shakespeare
    1,803 votes
    • Subjects: Popular literature
  • 1984
    93

    1984

    Kit Reed
    673 votes
    • Subjects: Monarch
  • The Red Badge of Courage
    94

    The Red Badge of Courage

    Stephen Crane
    1,543 votes
    • First Published: 1895
    • Subjects: Coming of age, United States of America, American Civil War, History, Virginia
    • Genres (Book): Fiction
  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
    95

    The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

    Douglas Adams
    5,658 votes
    • First Published: 1979-10-12
    • Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Comic novel, Comic science fiction, Humour, Science Fiction
    • Original Language: English Language
  • War of the Worlds
    96

    War of the Worlds

    H. G. Wells, Leon E. Stover, Lennart Peterson
    1,752 votes
  • The Old Man and The Sea
    97

    The Old Man and The Sea

    Ernest Hemingway
    4,256 votes
    • First Published: 1952
    • Subjects: Ocean, Fishing, Friendship, Cuba
    • Genres (Book): Children's literature, Fiction, Novella, Sea story
    • Original Language: English Language
  • The Time Machine
    98

    The Time Machine

    H. G. Wells
    3,147 votes
    • First Published: 1895
    • Subjects: Literary, Education, Literature, Classics, Adventure
    • Genres (Book): Romance novel, Speculative fiction, Children's literature, Dystopia, Fiction
    • Original Language: English Language
  • 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea
    99

    20,000 Leagues Under the Sea

    Jules Verne
    2,711 votes
    • First Published: 1870
    • Subjects: Literary, Literature, Classics, Adventure
    • Genres (Book): Children's literature, Fiction, Novel, Scientific romance, Adventure fiction
    • Original Language: French Language
  • Mockingjay
    100

    Mockingjay

    Suzanne Collins
    1,714 votes
    • First Published: 2010-08-24
    • Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Utopian and dystopian fiction, Thriller, Young adult literature, Adventure fiction
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Catching Fire
    101

    Catching Fire

    Suzanne Collins
    1,702 votes
    • First Published: 2009-09-01
    • Genres (Book): Utopian and dystopian fiction, Dystopia, Young adult literature, Adventure fiction, Science Fiction
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Slaughterhouse-Five
    102

    Slaughterhouse-Five

    Kurt Vonnegut
    2,907 votes
    • First Published: 1969
    • Subjects: Literary, American science fiction, Classics, Prisoner of war, World War II
    • Genres (Book): Philosophy, Speculative fiction, War novel, Black comedy, Fiction
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Les Misérables
    103

    Les Misérables

    Victor Hugo
    3,276 votes
    • First Published: 1862
    • Subjects: Society, June Rebellion, Convict
    • Genres (Book): Historical fiction, Epic, Novel
    • Original Language: French Language
  • The Giver
    104

    The Giver

    Lois Lowry
    1,346 votes
    • First Published: 1993
    • Subjects: Ethics, Literature, Young adult, Classics, Children's literature
    • Genres (Book): Social science, Speculative fiction, Soft science fiction, Utopian and dystopian fiction, Children's literature
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Around the World in Eighty Days
    105

    Around the World in Eighty Days

    Jules Verne
    1,500 votes
    • Subjects: Literature, Classics, Adventure, 20th century
    • Genres (Book): Children's literature, Fiction, Adventure fiction
    • Original Language: French Language
  • The Holy Bible
    106

    The Holy Bible

    5,162 votes
    • Genres (Book): Biblical genre, History, Religion
  • Uncle Tom's Cabin
    107

    Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Harriet Beecher Stowe
    2,364 votes
    • First Published: 1852-03-20
    • Subjects: Slavery, United States of America
    • Genres (Book): Novel
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Mary Poppins
    108

    Mary Poppins

    P. L. Travers
    1,886 votes
    • First Published: 1934
    • Subjects: Musical theatre, Women, Theatre, London, Performing arts
    • Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Children's literature
  • The Foot Book
    109

    The Foot Book

    Dr. Seuss
    1,531 votes
    • First Published: 1968
    • Genres (Book): Poetry, Children's literature, Fiction
    • Original Language: English Language
  • The Book Thief
    110

    The Book Thief

    Markus Zusak
    3,381 votes
    • First Published: 2006-03
    • Subjects: Storytelling, Death, History, Germany
    • Genres (Book): Historical fiction, Fiction, Young adult literature, Novel
    • Original Language: English Language, German Language
  • Catch-22
    111

    Catch-22

    Joseph Heller
    3,926 votes
    • First Published: 1961-11-11
    • Subjects: Drama, World War II
    • Genres (Book): War novel, Black comedy, Satire, Historical fiction, Absurdist fiction
    • Original Language: American English, English Language
  • Jurassic Park
    112

    Jurassic Park

    Michael Crichton
    2,395 votes
    • First Published: 1990-11
    • Subjects: Espionage, Dinosaur, Cloning, Adventure, Dinosaurs
    • Genres (Book): Romance novel, Speculative fiction, Techno-thriller, Children's literature, Fiction
    • Original Language: English Language
  • It
    113

    It

    Stephen King
    1,596 votes
    • First Published: 1986-09-15
    • Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Horror Film
    • Original Language: English Language
  • And Then There Were None
    114

    And Then There Were None

    Agatha Christie
    2,847 votes
    • First Published: 1939
    • Genres (Book): Crime Fiction, Suspense, Children's literature, Mystery, Fiction
    • Original Language: English Language
  • The Hunchback of Notre Dame
    115

    The Hunchback of Notre Dame

    Victor Hugo
    1,764 votes
    • First Published: 1831-01-14
    • Subjects: Literary, Europe, Education, Literature, France
    • Genres (Book): Children's literature, Romanticism, Fiction
    • Original Language: French Language
  • Emma
    116

    Emma

    Jane Austen
    1,571 votes
    • First Published: 1815-12
    • Subjects: Popular literature, Literary, Education, Linguistics, Women
    • Genres (Book): Romance novel, Children's literature, Comedy of manners, Fiction, Comedy
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Carrie
    117

    Carrie

    Stephen King
    1,407 votes
    • First Published: 1974-04-05
    • Subjects: Classics
    • Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Suspense, Horror Film, Mystery, Fiction
    • Original Language: English Language
  • The Kite Runner
    118

    The Kite Runner

    Khaled Hosseini
    2,435 votes
    • First Published: 2003-05-29
    • Subjects: Literary, Afghanistan
    • Genres (Book): Drama, Historical fiction, Fiction
    • Original Language: English Language, Dutch Language
  • Moby-Dick; or, The Whale
    119

    Moby-Dick; or, The Whale

    Herman Melville
    2,954 votes
    • First Published: 1851-10-18
    • Subjects: Whaling, Popular literature, Literary, Education, Literature
    • Genres (Book): Fiction, Sea story, Adventure fiction
    • Original Language: English Language
  • Bridge to Terabithia
    120

    Bridge to Terabithia

    Donna Diamond, Katherine Paterson
    1,156 votes
    • First Published: 1977-10-21
    • Subjects: Literature, Classics, Friendship, Family, United States of America
    • Genres (Book): Speculative fiction, Children's literature, Fiction, Young adult literature
    • Original Language: English Language