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501 Must Read Books Shelf
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The Secret Garden (Hardcover)
by (shelved 24 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 4.17 — 1,274,344 ratings — published 1911
The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 24 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 3.93 — 5,790,631 ratings — published 1925
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (Harry Potter, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 4.47 — 11,174,436 ratings — published 1997
Sense and Sensibility (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,276,895 ratings — published 1811
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,414,757 ratings — published 1868
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Paperback)
by (shelved 19 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,579,027 ratings — published 2003
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz (Oz, #1)
by (shelved 19 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 4.00 — 502,933 ratings — published 1900
Where the Wild Things Are (Paperback)
by (shelved 18 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 4.25 — 1,048,613 ratings — published 1963
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Charlie Bucket, #1)
by (shelved 18 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 4.17 — 918,600 ratings — published 1964
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,831,839 ratings — published 1951
Jane Eyre (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 4.16 — 2,280,473 ratings — published 1846
The Little Prince (Hardcover)
by (shelved 17 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 4.33 — 2,408,215 ratings — published 1943
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,304,959 ratings — published 1949
Anne of Green Gables (Anne of Green Gables, #1)
by (shelved 17 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 4.32 — 1,090,861 ratings — published 1908
The Wind in the Willows (Paperback)
by (shelved 17 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 4.02 — 237,146 ratings — published 1908
Wuthering Heights (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 3.90 — 1,982,773 ratings — published 1847
Lord of the Flies (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 3.70 — 3,144,308 ratings — published 1954
The Diary of a Young Girl (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 4.20 — 4,112,732 ratings — published 1947
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 4.13 — 1,813,895 ratings — published 1890
Charlotte’s Web (Paperback)
by (shelved 16 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 4.21 — 2,011,381 ratings — published 1952
Treasure Island (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 3.85 — 532,781 ratings — published 1882
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,325,288 ratings — published 1884
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (Hardcover)
by (shelved 15 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 3.99 — 427,722 ratings — published 1865
And to Think That I Saw It on Mulberry Street (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 3.99 — 25,546 ratings — published 1937
Winnie-the-Pooh (Winnie-the-Pooh, #1)
by (shelved 15 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 4.38 — 391,404 ratings — published 1926
Pinocchio (Paperback)
by (shelved 15 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 3.84 — 87,685 ratings — published 1883
Life of Pi (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 3.94 — 1,736,840 ratings — published 2001
Rebecca (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 14 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 4.25 — 707,338 ratings — published 1938
A Wrinkle in Time (Time Quintet, #1)
by (shelved 14 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 3.97 — 1,269,274 ratings — published 1962
Frankenstein: The 1818 Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 14 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 3.89 — 1,794,962 ratings — published 1818
Peter Pan (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 4.03 — 370,611 ratings — published 1911
The Epic of Gilgamesh (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 3.75 — 115,536 ratings — published -1200
Sophie’s World (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 3.97 — 277,707 ratings — published 1991
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (Chronicles of Narnia, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 4.24 — 3,089,893 ratings — published 1950
Dracula (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 4.02 — 1,431,631 ratings — published 1897
The Handmaid's Tale (Hardcover)
by (shelved 13 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 4.15 — 2,357,141 ratings — published 1985
The Scarlet Letter (Paperback)
by (shelved 13 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 3.44 — 906,894 ratings — published 1850
Mary Poppins (Mary Poppins, #1)
by (shelved 13 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 4.01 — 139,686 ratings — published 1934
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,462,170 ratings — published 1969
Madame Bovary (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 3.71 — 367,858 ratings — published 1877
The Last Unicorn (The Last Unicorn, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 4.16 — 120,615 ratings — published 1968
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 4.22 — 1,985,219 ratings — published 1979
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 12 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,281,457 ratings — published 1952
Candide (Paperback)
by (shelved 12 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 3.76 — 296,991 ratings — published 1759
The Tale of Peter Rabbit (World of Beatrix Potter, #1)
by (shelved 12 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 4.22 — 256,398 ratings — published 1902
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 3.83 — 649,269 ratings — published 1886
Interview with the Vampire (The Vampire Chronicles, #1)
by (shelved 11 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 4.02 — 638,698 ratings — published 1976
Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain Charles Ryder (Paperback)
by (shelved 11 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 4.00 — 124,837 ratings — published 1945
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 11 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 3.87 — 928,291 ratings — published 1955
Heidi (Heidi, #1-2)
by (shelved 11 times as 501-must-read-books)
avg rating 4.04 — 209,713 ratings — published 1880
