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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Recommended Reads
3,703 books — 1,538 voters
The Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Lost Hero by Rick RiordanHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingThe Son of Neptune by Rick RiordanThe Last Olympian by Rick Riordan
best middle grade books of the 21st century
690 books — 711 voters

Room by Emma DonoghueThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootOne Day by David NichollsFreedom by Jonathan Franzen
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2010 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 664 voters
Sworn to Silence by Linda CastilloGorky Park by Martin Cruz SmithIn the Woods by Tana FrenchThe Blue Monsoon by Damyanti BiswasThe Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler-Olsen
CRIME WRITERS WHO DESERVE MORE ATTENTION
648 books — 390 voters

Love by Jefferson R. Blackburn-SmithHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingBeautiful Creatures by Kami GarciaThe Road by Cormac McCarthy1984 by George Orwell
Recommendations
750 books — 296 voters
The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XInvisible Man by Ralph EllisonThe Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
#BlackLivesMatter Reading List
625 books — 292 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellCoraline by Neil GaimanThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaStrange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonThe Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Best Knock-out Novelettes - Novellas
370 books — 290 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingVampire Academy by Richelle MeadUnearthly by Cynthia Hand
GREAT RECOMMENDATIONS!!!!
395 books — 202 voters

Transcendent Kingdom by Yaa GyasiFifty Words for Rain by Asha LemmieMemorial by Bryan WashingtonAce by Angela ChenThe Searcher by Tana French
The Millions' Most Anticipated: The Great Second-Half 2020 Book Preview (September - December)
67 books — 167 voters
Tiger's Voyage by Colleen HouckTiger's Quest by Colleen HouckThe Magnificence of Quran by DarussalamBook of Purification by Yusuf Al-Hajj Ahmad200 Golden Hadith by Abdul Malik Mujahid
Books I Would Recommend to Anyone
315 books — 54 voters

Normal People by Sally RooneyOn Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean VuongWomen Talking by Miriam ToewsMiracle Creek by Angie KimDisappearing Earth by Julia Phillips
The Millions' Most Anticipated: The Great First-Half 2019 Book Preview (April - June)
44 books — 50 voters
Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon JamesGingerbread by Helen OyeyemiLost Children Archive by Valeria LuiselliThe Collected Schizophrenias by Esmé Weijun WangGolden State by Ben H. Winters
The Millions' Most Anticipated: The Great First-Half 2019 Book Preview (January - March)
84 books — 43 voters

Animal by Lisa TaddeoThe Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie WaltonSorrowland by Rivers SolomonCheat Day by Liv StratmanHummingbird Salamander by Jeff Vandermeer
The Milions' Most Anticipated: The Great First-Half 2021 Book Preview (April - June)
69 books — 43 voters
Handle with Care by Jodi PicoultSharp Objects by Gillian FlynnTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
52 Book Club 2022: #36 Recommended By A Favorite Author
138 books — 40 voters

Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John MandelTrust by Hernan DiazEasy Beauty by Chloé Cooper JonesUnlikely Animals by Annie HartnettThe Candy House by Jennifer Egan
The Millions' Most Anticipated: The Great First-Half 2022 Book Preview (April-June)
96 books — 40 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë1984 by George OrwellThe Odyssey by HomerMacbeth by William ShakespeareBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Lit Picks (According to a Humble English Teacher and Bibliophile)
25 books — 36 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsMatched by Ally CondieMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsAverage Joe and the Extraordinaires by Belart Wright
books you will Love
158 books — 32 voters
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettI Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Help by Kathryn StockettJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
What took me so long?
118 books — 30 voters

Animal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George OrwellI, Claudius by Robert GravesThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldLord of the Flies by William Golding
Random House's top 100 fiction books
85 books — 28 voters
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettThe Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonBorn Slippy by Tom LutzThe Murders in the Rue Morgue by EdgarAllanPoe
50 Crime Writers to Read Before You Die
55 books — 22 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Harold Bloom's 278 Books You Should Have Read By Now
263 books — 22 voters
Duino Elegies by Rainer Maria RilkeThe Prophet by Kahlil GibranLes Fleurs du Mal by Charles BaudelaireRevel by Michael IndemaioI Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb
Read and Highly Recommend
64 books — 20 voters

Little Women by Louisa May AlcottHoles by Louis SacharThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica Roth
Recommended Young Adult/Teen Reads
118 books — 20 voters
Crossroads by Jonathan FranzenThe Lincoln Highway by Amor TowlesOne Friday in April by Donald AntrimI Love You But I've Chosen Darkness by Claire Vaye WatkinsThe Sentence by Louise Erdrich
The Milions' Most Anticipated: The Great Second-Half 2021 Book Preview (October - December)
53 books — 19 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenHamlet by William ShakespeareDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
The Well-Educated Mind
146 books — 17 voters
Never Go With Your Gut by Gleb TsipurskyMaps of Meaning by Jordan B. PetersonThe Passion of the Western Mind by Richard TarnasStory of Civilization by Will DurantThe Origins and History of Consciousness by Erich Neumann
Leafmarks Reading List
102 books — 14 voters

Cress by Marissa MeyerCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareCity of Ashes by Cassandra ClareCity of Glass by Cassandra ClareCity of Fallen Angels by Cassandra Clare
YA book recommendations
110 books — 7 voters
Atonement by Ian McEwanThe Awakening by Kate ChopinThe Crucible by Arthur MillerCat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee WilliamsDr. Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
AP Literature Recommended Reading A-F
94 books — 5 voters

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