4.62 avg rating — 144,637 ratings

"J.R.R. Tolkien created such an amazing world in these books. I watched the first lord of the rings when it first came out and I want to say I was twelve years old. My aunt, who is the closest thing I have to a parent these days, made a huge deal about it. I liked the movie but didn't understand why she was freaking out, then she informed me they were books that she had read. Before I went into high school I read The Hobbit, and during my high school years I read The Lord of the Ring Trilogy. The Hobbit will always be my all time favorite of the four, but all four books deserve recognition. "

4.11 avg rating — 132,082 ratings

"Oh Fifty Shades. So unlike the other two added favorites I didn't read these books because of the movie, for the movie has not yet been made. Instead i read these books because My BFFL harassed me on the constant on whether or not I was reading them, to where every time I said "NO! Stop asking." I must have picked the first book up at Costco fifteen times. I would read the back cover and think... This sounds horribly boring. Why do I "have" to read this book? Finally I gave in. Read the book in a couple days, once I was done I told my husband not to come home unless he had the other two books. Read the second one in a couple of days, and tried to make the third one last. These Are not amazing books in my opinion, however, they are the reason I finally decided to write a book. So because they inspired me they get to be on my top five!"