4.26 avg rating — 6,915,929 ratings

"An all-time classic. Am never tired of re-reading it."

4.20 avg rating — 5,501,342 ratings

"The biggest dystopian novel of all times. All the more amazing as Orwel conceptualised it way back in 1948."

4.20 avg rating — 4,209,262 ratings

"I cried the first time I read it, and I was only 12. Whenever I read it again, I get involved and something catches in my throat as I go through the journey of life with Anne."

4.30 avg rating — 4,473,254 ratings

"If I thought that Lord of the Rings was the ultimate fantasy classic, I had to add this book to that list. A prequel as compelling as the trilogy."

3.80 avg rating — 3,908,030 ratings

"Modern classic. I read it only recently. But Holden made me remember what it was to be that young. Echoed inside like no other. "

3.93 avg rating — 5,945,281 ratings

"A masterpiece of a book. The movie did justice, according to me, and yet the book is so much more. I became a fan of Fitzgerald with just this book."

4.54 avg rating — 733,038 ratings

"A whole new world. Frodo, Gandalf, Sam -- I loved you and your friends as much as I was chilled by Sauron and felt pity and terror for the life and fate of Smeagol."

3.70 avg rating — 3,213,813 ratings

"Chilling tale of realities. Are we really like this? God save us."

4.17 avg rating — 2,471,918 ratings

"Heard someone describe it as sensationalist. If true, then bring on more. I love this book. That's all."

3.90 avg rating — 2,100,888 ratings

"Gothic tale of love. I hated the mellowed ending. Heathcliff and Catherine, your raw intensity of emotions shaped my earliest perceptions."

4.31 avg rating — 1,258,634 ratings

"One of the graetest romances with a historical setting. Scarlett, I laughed and wept with you when I was younger. Rhett is one of my idols for being the scroundel and lover he is. "

4.03 avg rating — 1,056,433 ratings

"To be or not to be...my favourite Shakespearean tragedy."

3.94 avg rating — 1,757,839 ratings

"There is only one word to describe it -- magical. The denouement was the epitome of a tremendous modernist classic."

4.17 avg rating — 367,285 ratings

"Historical fiction meets philosophy. My favorite Tolstoy book."

4.11 avg rating — 521,191 ratings

"I read it when I was only 13. The other side of war. I never felt the same way about German point of view of the WWI again. This book makes you think."

3.89 avg rating — 1,025,008 ratings

"My favourite anti-hero from Shakespeare. Did the end really fit the man of his stature? It was justice alright, but my heart was hurt."

4.25 avg rating — 725,853 ratings

"What a tremendous suspense thriller. Never knew before even this genre could have a classic, and one such as this."