4.26 avg rating — 6,827,443 ratings

"The most widely read book in U.S. schools; a strong female protagonist; wonderful themes and a great introduction into the U.S. Civil Rights Movement."

4.20 avg rating — 5,400,183 ratings

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"Tracks the grand myth and futility of The American Dream. Extremely influential; resonates with just about everyone who reads it."

3.80 avg rating — 3,868,869 ratings

"The world is a big, scary place for teenagers. Who can't relate a little bit with Holden Caulfield?"

3.70 avg rating — 3,177,582 ratings

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"A bit more ambitious than Great Expectations; while this book starts slow, it packs quite a punch at the end. Worth the read!!"

4.12 avg rating — 2,787,127 ratings

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"A simple story with grand themes. If you don't cry at the end, you have no soul!"

3.99 avg rating — 883,843 ratings

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"Timeless; accessible poetry for all ages. Made poetry fun again!"

4.54 avg rating — 727,559 ratings

"Jump-started the fantasy genre for the masses. What fantasy series today does not borrow from this epic, sprawling novel? Don't waste your time looking; they all do!"

4.21 avg rating — 2,032,369 ratings

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"Best. memoir. Ever."

3.56 avg rating — 613,170 ratings

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"Made non-fiction as tense and suspenseful as fiction. Jump-started a whole new genre."

3.43 avg rating — 555,821 ratings

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"A naive idealist attempts to live out the fantasies of his favorite authors; in his death, teaches a lesson to all of us about the dangers of living for oneself."

3.89 avg rating — 336,626 ratings

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"Transcendentalism at its apex, youth rebellion at its core. "

4.10 avg rating — 345,731 ratings

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"Not all stories end happily. Terse. Hemingway. Man. War. Monosyllabic words. Short. sentences. Brilliant."

3.30 avg rating — 109,811 ratings

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"Death of a Salesman, Death of the American Dream."

3.98 avg rating — 333,454 ratings

4.20 avg rating — 777,453 ratings

"Changed the way that mental illness is perceived by society; directly responsible for much-needed change to the healthcare system."

3.61 avg rating — 446,230 ratings

"Made it cool to be homeless and travel the world, or at least the United States, in search of what is really important."

3.90 avg rating — 132,414 ratings

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"Hello, world, meet Gonzo journalism!"

3.70 avg rating — 102,010 ratings

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"Gave a voice to a race that is often ignored in popular fiction; like "Diary of a Wimpy Kid" but for a much wider audience."

3.75 avg rating — 206,478 ratings

"Where does our food come from? This book tells us the connection between politics, immigrants, and our food. Ushered in a whole genre of non-fiction "foody" culture."

4.22 avg rating — 48,366 ratings

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4.10 avg rating — 1,475,707 ratings

"What happens when fantasy is used as an escape and a coping mechanism from the trauma that too many soldiers must confront after war."

4.39 avg rating — 592,054 ratings

"Most influential graphic novel. Made the low-brow (comics) into high-brow (a generation of readers turned college professors who now teach this and other graphic novels in university)."

3.95 avg rating — 87,862 ratings

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"Teachers now can relate with teachers of the '50s. Does the world really change, or kids, or the politics of school? Not really, as evidenced by this book."

4.08 avg rating — 211,582 ratings

"Not enough writers are willing to tackle a subject as tough as this, and make the mother of a teenage killer seem so, well, normal. "

4.02 avg rating — 4,499,324 ratings

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"You never can. "

4.13 avg rating — 438,986 ratings

"The first book I cried to. An introduction to death for all kids."

4.15 avg rating — 2,397,084 ratings

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"Profiles a "brave new world" that is not all that far off...Prophetic, chilling."

3.81 avg rating — 1,301,351 ratings

"1 man, 1 marlin, 1 mission for each. Survival. An ocean of fears and a legacy to face."

4.16 avg rating — 49,549 ratings

"The master of the short story, and of the Southern way of life."

3.90 avg rating — 1,862,001 ratings

"Has stood the test of time; as haunting now as ever. A father/son tale that has been bastardized so often in pop culture. Visit this book to see the real story."

4.47 avg rating — 11,313,738 ratings

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""My mother is a fish." Best chapter ever. Haunting tale of a family struggling to deal with the death of a matriarch. "

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"Come to the source to find how all the controversy surrounding communism started. "

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"Powerful memoir profiling the feelings of loss, regret, and hope from one of the most devastating time periods in history."

3.77 avg rating — 163,108 ratings

"I love macaroons too!"

3.44 avg rating — 914,869 ratings

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"Lord of the Rings for a harsher, grittier generation of cynical misanthropes. That's right, Gen Y! "

4.11 avg rating — 517,046 ratings

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"The student of the world (or at least of the United States) deserves recognition as The King of open-verse poetry. "