To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (123 votes)The Harry Potter Series by J.K. Rowling (59)The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (54)- 1984 by George Orwell (38)
- The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood (36)
- The Bible (33)
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (30)- The Road by Cormac McCarthy (30)
- The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck (28)
- Beloved by Toni Morrison (27)
- The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien (25)
- A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving (20)
- Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky (19)
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte (19)Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger (18)- East of Eden by John Steinbeck (18)
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury (18)- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald (18)
- The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (18)
- The Giver by Lois Lowry (17)
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (17)- Les Miserables by Victor Hugo (16)
- One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez (16)
- The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver (16)
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath (15)- Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (15)
- Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand (14)
- Catch-22 by Joseph Heller (14)
- The Color Purple by Alice Walker (14)
- The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank (14)
- Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace (14)
- Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (14)
- Night by Elie Wiesel (14)
- The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand (13)
- Gilead by Marilynne Robinson (13)
Monday, July 14, 2014
Book List: Most Powerful Books
I came across this list when reading Book Riot and thought I'd give it a go with how many I've read. 9 out of 35 - eesh. I need to read more it seems! How many have you read?
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