The Pearl by John SteinbeckThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
How DID They Become Classics?
113 books — 174 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Literary Fiction
1,550 books — 1,329 voters

Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger
Collections of Short Stories
2,895 books — 2,039 voters
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,099 voters

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,686 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,801 books — 49,782 voters