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?
110 books — 177 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Literary Fiction
1,598 books — 1,657 voters

Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger
Collections of Short Stories
2,922 books — 2,069 voters
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,138 books — 10,101 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
1,582 books — 18,688 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,878 books — 49,837 voters