4.38 avg rating — 338,267 ratings

"Follow the ridiculous adventures of Arthur Dent and his trusty companion Ford Prefect through space, time, and logical ideas that our brains can('t) comprehend. The first three books are hilarious, but after that, it begins to lose the humor, and the plot is about as easy to follow as a grain of dust in a sandstorm."

4.23 avg rating — 554,136 ratings

"Denny Swift is an aspiring race-car driver, with a dream of racing in the highest level of motorsport that exists - F1. However, his life soon becomes as crazy as the Nordschleife in a monsoon. Already blessed with the ability to drive at great speeds in the rain and under pressure, Denny must navigate the sopping wet track of his own life if he wants to keep control of the wheel."

4.21 avg rating — 1,200,621 ratings

"Years after they last spent time together as a professor and a student, Mitch and Morrie come together for a few last lessons before Morrie's chronic disease - ALS - does him in. Before he goes, though, Morrie is determined to pass on what he's learned over the course of his lifetime to Mitch, his favorite student from all those years ago. "

4.02 avg rating — 4,550,194 ratings

"Not a whole lot of people know what happened before and during the Russian Revolution, but most would probably know that Russia became a communistic country. George Orwell must've thought "Hey, let's do that over, but with farm animals!" And so he did. Animal Farm is the story of the Russian Revolution, the rise of communism, and the struggles along the way, dumbed down down into the format of a kids' book. Short, sweet, and to the point, Animal Farm is a masterpiece of allegory. All 180-ish pages of it."

4.51 avg rating — 216,899 ratings

"Sherlock and Watson team up to solve some of the most puzzling cases in the history of fiction. Be it murders, thefts, or just people acting oddly, Holmes is on the case! (about 20 of them, to be exact.)"

4.13 avg rating — 167 ratings

"This book contains a collection of Arthur Conan Doyle's famous duo's exploits. Told in classic British, this book shows off just how awesome Sherlock was before Robert Downey Jr. played him."

4.55 avg rating — 1,147,413 ratings

"A fitting end to an awesome series, Percy Jackson, son of Poseidon (yes, the Greek god of old), embarks to save Western civilization from the clutches of Kronos, lord of time, once and for all. These books, being told from the point of view of a 16-year-old, are hysterical. The mythological aspects of it make for a very interesting tale."

4.29 avg rating — 940,368 ratings

"Percy has saved the world (like you didn't already know), and peace has returned to the world. Sort of. Percy has disappeared, and in his place is Jason, a kid with power over lightning, and two other half-bloods, Piper and Leo. Annabeth is losing her mind, monsters have began to appear, and Jason is still trying to figure out what the heck is going on. "

4.12 avg rating — 2,807,601 ratings

"Utopia is an interesting concept, and Lois Lowry seems to love playing with this idea. Jonas is just a normal kid living in the Community, a place with no fear, no pain, and just about no emotions. On his twelfth birthday, everyone is assigned a job. Except him. His duty is to see the Giver, the keeper of all knowledge in the Community, and learn from him, to bear his burden. To learn the truth about the world in which he lives. "

4.07 avg rating — 141,631 ratings

"Set in Revolutionary France, we follow the exploits of a certain English spy, who spends his free time and vast wealth thwarting the evil French revolutionaries, whose goal is to execute anyone and everyone who was part of the old monarchy. Brilliant plot twists and great characters highlight this book."