4.26 avg rating — 6,924,982 ratings

"Illuminating."

4.30 avg rating — 4,839,679 ratings

"Have read many times!"

4.20 avg rating — 4,214,517 ratings

"A great book for tweens to appreciate their lives."

4.33 avg rating — 2,500,074 ratings

"A wonderful fantasy."

4.16 avg rating — 2,337,883 ratings

"Fantastic romance...the brooding Rochester, the shy Jane...Jane! Jane!"

4.21 avg rating — 2,055,718 ratings

"Charlotte is the quintessential mother. "

3.70 avg rating — 3,218,077 ratings

"Brutal. It certainly shocked me as a teen-ager. Don't know if today's teens would be as stunned as I was."

4.12 avg rating — 2,823,491 ratings

"Remarkable look at the future (and today)."

4.45 avg rating — 320,131 ratings

"Although not the best version for teaching, the language is lyrical and beautiful."

4.32 avg rating — 395,976 ratings

"My sons adored this book."

4.26 avg rating — 1,067,737 ratings

"One of my absolute, all-time favorites! My sons enjoyed too. They would have a romp around the house!"

4.17 avg rating — 367,727 ratings

"Tolstoy transport you to 19th century Russia. What you learn is instructive for today."

4.30 avg rating — 584,300 ratings

"My uncle gave me this for Christmas about 50 years ago. It started a tradition of exchanging books, which continues to this day."

3.94 avg rating — 2,534,033 ratings

"True or not--it 'stretches your mind.'"

4.09 avg rating — 507,077 ratings

"An adult book that migrated to children and young adult literature. A saga."

4.27 avg rating — 1,630,935 ratings

"Clever. Gobbled up Christie's books as a young reader."

3.92 avg rating — 202,756 ratings

"Would love it to be required reading for all h.s. students."

4.09 avg rating — 733,689 ratings

"Groundbreaking book...before CSI...demonstrates the harshness of violence for all involved."

4.45 avg rating — 165,079 ratings

"Almost served as a book-end for the Civil Rights Movement."

4.28 avg rating — 1,718,206 ratings

"Truly scary."

4.13 avg rating — 135,778 ratings

"Douglass led a truly remarkable, heroic life. Also read 'My Bondage, and My Freedom."

4.40 avg rating — 466,899 ratings

"Captured life in a 'foreign country.' The transformation of Michael is one of the most frightening things in literature."

4.37 avg rating — 292,680 ratings

"Amazing life--demonstrates what sheer will power and a keen intellect can do."

4.23 avg rating — 221,697 ratings

"Grimm's is truly grim, and speaks to our deepest fears, which we can overcome."

4.11 avg rating — 117,015 ratings

"Do I contradict myself? Very well, then, I contradict myself, I am large -- I contain multitudes."

4.26 avg rating — 53,917 ratings

"Essential reading for the basis of 'why we do the things we do.'"

4.33 avg rating — 92,237 ratings

"You feel you are on the battlefield listening to Meade, Chamberlain, Lee, et. al. One of the best books ever!"

4.06 avg rating — 280,889 ratings

"A game changer."

4.23 avg rating — 148,952 ratings

"'When good men do nothing..." Really, when too few good men..."

4.05 avg rating — 64,286 ratings

"Became a John Fowles fan with this twister."

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 127,279 ratings

"Read it after seeing the original series featuring a young Jeremy Irons."

4.15 avg rating — 14,602 ratings

"If you're brave enough to act it out for middle-schoolers, it's a quick way to teach about prejudice."

4.27 avg rating — 124,141 ratings

"Beautifully written. 'Living into the answers.'"

4.14 avg rating — 82,291 ratings

"Inspirational."

4.46 avg rating — 168,051 ratings

"Another incredible story of survival. A & E did a great documentary also."

4.52 avg rating — 7,722 ratings

"Should be required reading in our schools. This speech signaled the change of so many things."

4.10 avg rating — 21,479 ratings

"True crime."

4.06 avg rating — 106,375 ratings

"Love, love, love LeCarre! How many times have I read this? Sir Alec and Gary Oldman both did great jobs of bringing George sMILEY TO LIFE."

3.90 avg rating — 3,066 ratings

"Great fun."

4.03 avg rating — 62,233 ratings

"Young adult book, possibly a companion to Anne Frank's Diary."