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America's best loved novels

posted 6 years ago by [deleted]
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The top 20 - I have read six of these.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/oct/24/to-kill-a-mockingbird-voted-top-great-american-read-in-us-poll

1. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2. Outlander (series) by Diana Gabaldon
3. Harry Potter (series) by JK Rowling
4. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
5. The Lord of the Rings (series) by JRR Tolkein
6. Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
7. Charlotte’s Web by EB White
8. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
9. The Chronicles of Narnia (series) by CS Lewis
10. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
11. Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery
12. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
13. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
14. The Book Thief by Marcus Zusak
15. The Great Gatsby by F Scott Fitzgerald
16. The Help by Kathryn Stockett
17. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
18. 1984 by George Orwell
19. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
20. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand

[–] lennonforever (2453) 6 years ago

8 for me

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

I’ve read 9 of these. I still haven’t read The Grapes of Wrath, but it’s on the top of my list.

[–] FredBurroughs (19770) 6 years ago

14 for me. I'm surprised that the Song of Ice and Fire series isn't up there.

[–] kcla (26) 6 years ago

I think it was a PBS poll so it's a bit skewed towards the preferences of older white women.

[–] actionkamen (23176) 6 years ago

No John Grisham's nor Dan Brown's. So yes, basically older white women.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

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[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

I haven't read any of them 😋

[–] slimone (7996) 6 years ago

I've read The Great Gatsby and Atlas Shrugged. Most of the rest were made into films, and I've seen most of them.

[–] [deleted] 6 years ago

I've only read The Lord of the Rings, Narnia and Tom Sawyer, I always used to think the Great Gatsby was a steam train for some reason.

[–] Catbookss (13664) 6 years ago

13 for me. If #20 was The Fountainhead instead of Atlas, it'd have been 14. But I didn't read the entire series of either Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings, so that might be -2.