100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks

The Amazon books editors got together and chose 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime. You can see that list here: http://www.amazon.com/100Books/ref=10...

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1	To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee 4.26 avg rating — 6,731,549 ratings score: 299,251, and 3,057 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	1984 by George Orwell 4.20 avg rating — 5,280,756 ratings score: 224,843, and 2,356 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen 4.29 avg rating — 4,673,023 ratings score: 191,474, and 1,972 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank 4.20 avg rating — 4,099,998 ratings score: 182,006, and 1,891 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter, #1) by J.K. Rowling 4.47 avg rating — 11,139,375 ratings score: 177,263, and 1,841 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien 4.54 avg rating — 719,844 ratings score: 141,515, and 1,474 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald 3.93 avg rating — 5,772,435 ratings score: 130,799, and 1,381 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Animal Farm by George Orwell 4.01 avg rating — 4,400,666 ratings score: 122,099, and 1,322 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien 4.30 avg rating — 4,371,000 ratings score: 121,281, and 1,294 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë 4.16 avg rating — 2,274,253 ratings score: 118,852, and 1,276 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury 3.97 avg rating — 2,745,471 ratings score: 117,553, and 1,277 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Brave New World by Aldous Huxley 3.88 avg rating — 1,260,303 ratings score: 116,654, and 1,307 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White 4.21 avg rating — 2,005,671 ratings score: 115,533, and 1,232 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	Little Women (Little Women, #1) by Louisa May Alcott 4.17 avg rating — 2,407,941 ratings score: 115,078, and 1,232 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	The Book Thief by Markus Zusak (Goodreads Author) 4.39 avg rating — 2,818,932 ratings score: 109,197, and 1,173 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger 3.80 avg rating — 3,822,317 ratings score: 105,808, and 1,148 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell 4.31 avg rating — 1,247,672 ratings score: 103,914, and 1,113 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Hunger Games (The Hunger Games, #1) by Suzanne Collins 4.35 avg rating — 9,666,328 ratings score: 101,815, and 1,106 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Millennium, #1) by Stieg Larsson 4.17 avg rating — 3,394,536 ratings score: 101,253, and 1,138 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	The Elephant Tree by R.D. Ronald 3.88 avg rating — 37,442 ratings score: 97,183, and 1,038 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
21	The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1) by C.S. Lewis 4.24 avg rating — 3,080,490 ratings score: 96,764, and 1,064 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
22	The Help by Kathryn Stockett (Goodreads Author) 4.47 avg rating — 2,975,215 ratings score: 94,436, and 1,013 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
23	The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain 3.83 avg rating — 1,323,276 ratings score: 93,655, and 1,043 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
24	Lord of the Flies by William Golding 3.70 avg rating — 3,136,102 ratings score: 90,158, and 1,022 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
25	The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 3,423,285 ratings score: 89,382, and 977 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
26	The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck 4.02 avg rating — 976,654 ratings score: 85,847, and 970 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
27	The Zombie Room by R.D. Ronald 3.90 avg rating — 37,710 ratings score: 84,145, and 898 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
28	The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 4.33 avg rating — 2,397,560 ratings score: 81,373, and 929 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Night by Elie Wiesel 4.38 avg rating — 1,340,672 ratings score: 78,351, and 866 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
30	Hamlet by William Shakespeare 4.03 avg rating — 1,026,227 ratings score: 77,009, and 873 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
31	Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck 3.89 avg rating — 2,769,932 ratings score: 75,292, and 878 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1) by Douglas Adams 4.22 avg rating — 1,980,448 ratings score: 73,754, and 821 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare 3.74 avg rating — 2,780,527 ratings score: 71,746, and 841 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
34	The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett 4.17 avg rating — 1,270,773 ratings score: 71,412, and 820 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens 4.09 avg rating — 900,474 ratings score: 71,106, and 821 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
36	A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens 3.88 avg rating — 1,000,022 ratings score: 70,544, and 799 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1) by Madeleine L'Engle 3.97 avg rating — 1,267,355 ratings score: 70,500, and 792 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	The Handmaid’s Tale (The Handmaid's Tale, #1) by Margaret Atwood (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 2,346,672 ratings score: 70,076, and 798 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Giver (The Giver, #1) by Lois Lowry (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 2,749,652 ratings score: 69,651, and 797 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	A Story of Yesterday by Sergio Cobo 4.52 avg rating — 17,313 ratings score: 69,083, and 691 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (Harry Potter, #7) by J.K. Rowling 4.62 avg rating — 4,032,581 ratings score: 68,618, and 791 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 3,378,652 ratings score: 64,606, and 737 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë 3.90 avg rating — 1,973,123 ratings score: 64,096, and 769 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 5,612,987 ratings score: 62,768, and 698 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein 4.35 avg rating — 1,488,695 ratings score: 62,723, and 737 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1) by L.M. Montgomery 4.32 avg rating — 1,087,294 ratings score: 62,091, and 722 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	Frankenstein: The 1818 Text by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley 3.89 avg rating — 1,786,821 ratings score: 59,642, and 709 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	The Girl Who Played with Fire (Millennium #2) by Stieg Larsson 4.26 avg rating — 974,266 ratings score: 59,077, and 655 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas 4.32 avg rating — 999,381 ratings score: 57,899, and 686 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Mystic River by Dennis Lehane (Goodreads Author) 4.17 avg rating — 161,437 ratings score: 56,991, and 613 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	None of This Is True by Lisa Jewell (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 1,015,336 ratings score: 55,980, and 595 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Lock Every Door by Riley Sager (Goodreads Author) 3.89 avg rating — 284,230 ratings score: 55,840, and 594 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	Macbeth by William Shakespeare 3.89 avg rating — 998,267 ratings score: 55,760, and 671 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	The Woman in Cabin 10 (Lo Blacklock, #1) by Ruth Ware (Goodreads Author) 3.73 avg rating — 726,484 ratings score: 55,647, and 597 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
55	The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain 3.92 avg rating — 1,002,063 ratings score: 55,610, and 688 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
56	Red Dragon (Hannibal Lecter, #1) by Thomas Harris 4.07 avg rating — 366,282 ratings score: 55,178, and 593 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
57	You (You, #1) by Caroline Kepnes (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 285,172 ratings score: 55,037, and 586 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
58	The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 3,223,254 ratings score: 54,351, and 583 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
59	Never Lie by Freida McFadden (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 1,291,216 ratings score: 54,065, and 574 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
60	The Color Purple by Alice Walker 4.28 avg rating — 740,899 ratings score: 53,849, and 658 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
61	The Family Upstairs (The Family Upstairs, #1) by Lisa Jewell (Goodreads Author) 3.96 avg rating — 538,873 ratings score: 53,754, and 573 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
62	Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Harry Potter, #3) by J.K. Rowling 4.58 avg rating — 4,713,717 ratings score: 53,646, and 646 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
63	Big Little Lies by Liane Moriarty (Goodreads Author) 4.31 avg rating — 1,096,678 ratings score: 53,516, and 577 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
64	The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley (Goodreads Author) 3.65 avg rating — 687,766 ratings score: 53,498, and 570 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
65	The Woman in the Window by A.J. Finn 3.94 avg rating — 868,815 ratings score: 52,805, and 564 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
66	Dark Places by Gillian Flynn (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 822,292 ratings score: 52,777, and 567 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
67	The Holy Bible: King James Version by Anonymous 4.44 avg rating — 310,736 ratings score: 52,768, and 620 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
68	Before I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson (Goodreads Author) 3.90 avg rating — 363,140 ratings score: 52,761, and 565 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
69	The Housemaid's Secret (The Housemaid, #2) by Freida McFadden (Goodreads Author) 4.19 avg rating — 1,371,039 ratings score: 52,473, and 559 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
70	East of Eden by John Steinbeck 4.43 avg rating — 610,615 ratings score: 51,689, and 611 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
71	Alice in Wonderland by Jane Carruth (Adapted By) 4.03 avg rating — 396,045 ratings score: 50,419, and 639 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
72	Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden 4.16 avg rating — 2,089,212 ratings score: 50,305, and 608 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
73	A Game of Thrones (A Song of Ice and Fire, #1) by George R.R. Martin 4.45 avg rating — 2,687,617 ratings score: 50,233, and 585 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
74	Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier 4.25 avg rating — 703,856 ratings score: 50,004, and 609 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
75	Catch-22 by Joseph Heller 3.99 avg rating — 876,536 ratings score: 49,452, and 590 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
76	Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy 4.10 avg rating — 912,340 ratings score: 49,340, and 609 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
77	Ender’s Game (Ender's Saga, #1) by Orson Scott Card 4.31 avg rating — 1,455,573 ratings score: 49,305, and 576 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
78	A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith 4.30 avg rating — 502,501 ratings score: 49,298, and 586 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
79	In Cold Blood by Truman Capote 4.09 avg rating — 714,591 ratings score: 49,085, and 583 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
80	The Stand by Stephen King (Goodreads Author) 4.35 avg rating — 818,997 ratings score: 48,462, and 557 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
81	Les Misérables by Victor Hugo 4.21 avg rating — 833,674 ratings score: 47,809, and 595 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
82	Outlander (Outlander, #1) by Diana Gabaldon (Goodreads Author) 4.26 avg rating — 1,136,632 ratings score: 47,791, and 530 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
83	Great Expectations by Charles Dickens 3.80 avg rating — 861,254 ratings score: 47,097, and 609 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
84	The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway 3.81 avg rating — 1,276,753 ratings score: 47,085, and 596 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
85	Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (Harry Potter, #6) by J.K. Rowling 4.58 avg rating — 3,585,183 ratings score: 46,653, and 581 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
86	Shutter Island by Dennis Lehane (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 218,426 ratings score: 45,586, and 491 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
87	Watership Down (Watership Down, #1) by Richard Adams 4.09 avg rating — 500,746 ratings score: 45,567, and 554 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
88	Pretty Girls by Karin Slaughter (Goodreads Author) 4.01 avg rating — 650,125 ratings score: 45,498, and 484 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
89	Dracula by Bram Stoker 4.02 avg rating — 1,426,039 ratings score: 44,902, and 567 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
90	No Exit by Taylor Adams (Goodreads Author) 3.99 avg rating — 207,187 ratings score: 44,412, and 474 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
91	Life of Pi by Yann Martel 3.94 avg rating — 1,734,128 ratings score: 44,129, and 538 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
92	Behind Closed Doors by B.A. Paris (Goodreads Author) 3.97 avg rating — 729,222 ratings score: 44,128, and 470 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
93	The Only One Left by Riley Sager (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 540,648 ratings score: 43,446, and 462 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
94	A Flicker in the Dark by Stacy Willingham (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 567,840 ratings score: 43,244, and 459 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
95	Then She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell (Goodreads Author) 4.04 avg rating — 931,395 ratings score: 42,940, and 457 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
96	The Chronicles of Narnia (The Chronicles of Narnia, #1-7) by C.S. Lewis 4.28 avg rating — 697,291 ratings score: 42,900, and 546 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
97	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Sherlock Holmes, #3) by Arthur Conan Doyle 4.30 avg rating — 321,734 ratings score: 42,717, and 536 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
98	The Last Thing He Told Me (Hannah Hall, #1) by Laura Dave (Goodreads Author) 3.83 avg rating — 1,112,698 ratings score: 42,676, and 456 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
99	The Couple Next Door by Shari Lapena (Goodreads Author) 3.80 avg rating — 690,321 ratings score: 42,516, and 453 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
100	Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1) by Roald Dahl 4.17 avg rating — 916,517 ratings score: 42,412, and 544 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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message 1: by Jane (new)

Feb 04, 2014 06:18AM

Tiny Sunbirds Far Away

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message 2: by Susan (new)

Feb 04, 2014 06:21AM

Balzac?

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message 3: by Donald (new)

Feb 04, 2014 06:26AM

Some good ones - but also some truly weird or idiotic choices. Will be VERY interesting to see how this goes ... nice poll!

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message 4: by Leanne (last edited Feb 04, 2014 06:53AM) (new)

Feb 04, 2014 06:49AM

Mark Twain???

The Alchemist

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message 5: by Mary (new)

Feb 04, 2014 07:49AM

Leanne wrote: "Mark Twain???

The Alchemist"

I agree -- Mark Twain needs to be on this list.

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message 6: by Jim (new)

Feb 04, 2014 08:02AM

very limited and the time frame is quite constricted, basically amateur hour.

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message 7: by Jesse (new)

Feb 04, 2014 09:41AM

James Baldwin

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message 8: by Lynette (new)

Feb 04, 2014 11:22AM

Where is 100 YEARS OF SOLITUDE??????????????!!!!!!!!!!
Madame Bovary or ANY TWAIN? Not pleased.

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message 9: by Lynette (new)

Feb 04, 2014 11:23AM

Lynette wrote: "Where is 100 YEARS OF SOLITUDE??????????????!!!!!!!!!!
Madame Bovary or ANY TWAIN? Not pleased."

Wait, I take that back, I see Tom Sawyer. Mi malo.

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message 10: by Wanda (new)

Feb 04, 2014 11:26AM

Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy
Madame Bovary by Flaubert

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message 11: by Lynette (new)

Feb 04, 2014 11:28AM

No Hemingway, but a nod to Stieg Larsson? Hmmm... And as a side note: Where the Red Fern Grows, fave as a child. Ok, thanks for the list. Sorry if I come off as a complainer; this stuff just really hits home for me.

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message 12: by Chris (last edited Feb 04, 2014 11:57AM) (new)

Feb 04, 2014 11:32AM

The list on Goodreads is a list composed by readers. You can add your favorites and vote.

The Amazon editors' list is here - http://www.amazon.com/100Books

There's some interesting crossover, and many of the books on the readers' list are ones that we struggled over. Alas, we could only pick 100.

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message 13: by shelley (new)

Feb 04, 2014 12:13PM

Why are there duplicates?

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message 14: by Barbara (new)

Feb 04, 2014 01:49PM

Love In The Time of Cholera

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message 15: by Barbara (new)

Feb 04, 2014 01:50PM

Cold Sassy Tree - my favorite all time book

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message 16: by Linda (new)

Feb 04, 2014 02:56PM

I've read 66 of the 100. I think it's lame that 4 Harry Potter books are on the list; I've only read the first one and that should suffice. The same goes for the Hunger Games - I've read all of them, but I think just the first one should be listed.

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message 17: by Joshua (new)

Feb 04, 2014 03:38PM

I agree with Linda, it also seems most of the books were written or made into a movie in the last 10 years, this only has some of the classics, but the ones it does have are really good.

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message 18: by Cherri (new)

Feb 04, 2014 03:41PM

Where the Red Fern Grows.

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message 19: by Geeta (new)

Feb 04, 2014 05:14PM

Roy - God of Small Things
Seth - A Suitable Boy
Naipaul - A House for Mr. Biswas
Hemmingway - most any of his work
Mantel - Bring Up the Bodies
Rushdie - Midnight's Children
Marquez - 100 Years of Solitude

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message 20: by Bookman8 (new)

Feb 04, 2014 07:48PM

Moby Dick? One of the, if not the, seminal works of American letters, and it is not here? HMMM?

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message 21: by Cyndi (new)

Feb 04, 2014 07:57PM

The Caine Mutiny, Herman Wouk

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message 22: by Kirk (new)

Feb 04, 2014 08:11PM

Theodore Roosevelt's list
http://www.artofmanliness.com/2014/02...

Im going for instead of amazon's list its too modern for my tastes and contains too many clunkers

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message 23: by Lloyd (new)

Feb 04, 2014 09:27PM

Yes, it is.

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message 24: by Lisbeth (new)

Feb 05, 2014 06:07AM

Just added 16 unread from this list to my to-read. I've read the rest, excluding the Bible of which I've only read parts.

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message 25: by Linda (new)

Feb 05, 2014 08:36AM

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn IS on the list. Mark Twain fans can relax.

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message 26: by Marilyn (new)

Feb 05, 2014 11:21AM

JAWS by, I think, Peter Benchley. Way scarier than the movie, with an extra romantic duo smartly left out of the movie.

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message 27: by Luccia (new)

Feb 05, 2014 02:52PM

Leanne wrote: "Mark Twain???

The Alchemist"
I'm sure I voted for both Huckelberry Finn and Tom Sawyer!

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message 28: by Kris (new)

Feb 05, 2014 03:04PM

Harriet the Spy. Seminal children's work on what it means to be a writer, and an outsider.

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message 29: by Kris (new)

Feb 05, 2014 03:07PM

If Lord of the Rings (v. 1-3) is one entry, so should the Hunger Games and Harry Potter series be counted as one entry each.

Was there a goal % to divide between children's books and adult books (what percentage of each on the list)? I think I'd like to see these as two separate top 100 lists, to allow room for both types of reading.

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message 30: by Chris (last edited Feb 05, 2014 04:08PM) (new)

Feb 05, 2014 03:14PM

We tried to cover all stages of reading, so children's books and adult books are on the same list. Someday in the future we'll break it down-- 100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime, 100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime, 100 Biographies, etc. That will hopefully be an easier task.

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message 31: by Catherine (new)

Feb 05, 2014 03:52PM

Lynette wrote: "Lynette wrote: "Where is 100 YEARS OF SOLITUDE??????????????!!!!!!!!!!
Madame Bovary or ANY TWAIN? Not pleased."

Wait, I take that back, I see Tom Sawyer. Mi malo."

AND Huck Finn..

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message 32: by Catherine (new)

Feb 05, 2014 03:59PM

I am sure there are many more wonderful books to be added to this list..but it sure was fun..

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message 33: by Benjamin (new)

Feb 05, 2014 04:23PM

This list is completely ridiculous... No Homer, no Plato, no Aristotle, no Dante, no Milton, no Shakespeare, no Augustine, no Virgil, no Descartes, NO DOSTOEVSKY???? Yet harry potter and the hunger games... All faith in society is gone.

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message 34: by Bob (new)

Feb 05, 2014 06:41PM

How about Bertrand Russell's History of Western Philosophy? Or Zurcher's Buddhist Conquest of China? After reviewing the list of 100 titles, my sense is I've got it wrong... "Must Read" to me means those books which one should read to gain knowledge, perspective and intellectual stimulation about the world around us. Some of the suggested titles on this list are "entertainment" and lack substantive observation / challenging points of view. I've read Water for Elephants and Memoirs of a Geisha and enjoyed the read immensely. But I hardly consider those two titles as "MUST READ" books.

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message 35: by Eugene (new)

Feb 06, 2014 07:23AM

It was clearly compiled by 20-year old.

Harry Potter, and The Lion, the Witch, and the shitty Wardrobe,
and nothing of Wells or Azimov or Lem?

BOO, goodreads, and goodbye

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message 36: by Brahe (new)

Feb 06, 2014 07:40AM

I agree there are many more wonderful books to be added to this list such as: Toad In the Mud ... In 1932 a young black Mobile Alabama woman became part of a secret scientific research project that was funded by the US government. She was put to sleep in a hibernation test as part of the experiment (for 5 weeks). They (the scientists) failed to detect that the young woman was pregnant, prior to the experiment.
The experience was a success from the government’s point of view, the experiment proved that there was a process that would allow a person to be put to sleep for an indefinite period of time without undue hardship on the body. The process was to duplicate the same process that frogs incur when they are buried in the mud during long drought periods. The scientists did not know nor had a way to determine the true effects the experiment would have on the human body for any period of time. Over the months and years the experiment was forgotten until the spring of 1997 when some young medical student happened upon the body of a body they thought was a mummy in an old abandoned research facility somewhere in Los Angeles County.

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message 37: by Christopher (new)

Feb 06, 2014 07:48AM

Agreed, list looks like it was written for adolescents. In no world are the Hunger Games a "must read". Not a single non-fiction title to be found and completely skewed to western lit. And Poe's The Raven is a book? Really? How about Tales of Mystery and Imagination instead of listing a poem as a book.

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message 38: by Clay (new)

Feb 06, 2014 08:35AM

Chief ones missing that I can think of are Twain's "Roughing It" and "The Innocents Abroad." Also more of Steinbeck and at least one Saroyan.

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message 39: by Kerri (new)

Feb 06, 2014 12:23PM

There are repeats and no mark twain... Insanity.

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message 40: by Jbhedgehog (new)

Feb 06, 2014 02:13PM

Mark Twain...duh.

David Foster Wallace

How about some poetry? Poetry's nice!

I had an entire grad school course on Milton...no Milton?

Burroughs?

Kerouac, Frost, Updike...so many great ones missing.

But whaddya' gonna' do when you only have 100 slots to fill, right? AMIRITE???

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message 41: by Clay (last edited Feb 06, 2014 04:58PM) (new)

Feb 06, 2014 03:04PM

Twain is on it with Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer, but there are others that should arguably be there, too.

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message 42: by Alex (new)

Feb 06, 2014 04:13PM

Seriously lacking in Lovecraft.

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message 43: by John (new)

Feb 06, 2014 04:17PM

Diary of a Young Girl by Ann Franks is my favorite.
I find great satisfaction by seeing people share their pain and struggle to be set free.

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message 44: by Gullahgal (new)

Feb 06, 2014 04:30PM

You all fancy yourselves as readers but many have not even read the top of this page where it indicates that this is the list of "Readers' Picks."

The list above is NOT the Editors' List. The link for that site is also provided at the top of this page.

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message 45: by Alanna (new)

Feb 06, 2014 04:43PM

The Hunger Games books are in no way important to read in a lifetime. The writing is not of high enough quality. Gone Girl? That book will not be remembered as a great book in 10 years even.

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message 46: by Alison (new)

Feb 06, 2014 05:31PM

I know there is only room for 100, but two key ones missing for me are "Cry the Beloved Country" and "The Red Tent". Yes, I think Hunger Games and Gone Girl are there for the sake of "Current" selections...not that I have read them :)

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message 47: by Kathleen (new)

Feb 06, 2014 05:51PM

Where are Walt Whitman, Washington Irving, Longfellow, and other classic authors?

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message 48: by Kathleen (new)

Feb 06, 2014 06:04PM

Linda wrote: "I've read 66 of the 100. I think it's lame that 4 Harry Potter books are on the list; I've only read the first one and that should suffice. The same goes for the Hunger Games - I've read all of the..."

I agree. Listing several books in a series like Harry Potter rather "weights" the results unjustly.

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message 49: by Stephanie (new)

Feb 06, 2014 06:09PM

We're missing some classic sci-fi on the list:
"I Robot" by Isaac Asimov
"20,000 Leagues Under the Sea" by Jules Verne
"War of the Worlds" by H. G. Wells

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message 50: by Frank (new)

Feb 06, 2014 06:11PM