# The Great American Read: America's best-loved novels (top 30)

To Kill a Mockingbird led from the first week to the end, ahead of Outlander, Harry Potter, Pride and Prejudice and The Lord of the Rings: the first 30 places of The Great American Read, the PBS vote whose final results were announced in October 2018.

- 66 votes · 30 items
- Dec 20, 2021 · B. Johnston
- https://even.best/en/l/5134/the-great-american-read-america-s-best-loved-novels-top-30

## Top 30

1. **The Book Thief** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — By Markus Zusak. No. 14 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
2. **Atlas Shrugged** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — By Ayn Rand. No. 20 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
3. **Outlander (series)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — By Diana Gabaldon. No. 2 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
4. **Harry Potter (series)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — By J. K. Rowling. No. 3 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
5. **Anne of Green Gables** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — By L. M. Montgomery. No. 11 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
6. **The Adventures of Tom Sawyer** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — By Mark Twain. No. 17 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
7. **1984** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — By George Orwell. No. 18 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
8. **The Catcher in the Rye** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — By J. D. Salinger. No. 30 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
9. **Pride and Prejudice** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — By Jane Austen. No. 4 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
10. **Gone with the Wind** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — By Margaret Mitchell. No. 6 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
11. **Little Women** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — By Louisa May Alcott. No. 8 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
12. **The Chronicles of Narnia** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — By C. S. Lewis. No. 9 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
13. **The Great Gatsby** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — By F. Scott Fitzgerald. No. 15 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
14. **Wuthering Heights** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — By Emily Brontë. No. 21 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
15. **To Kill a Mockingbird** (1 · ▲3 ▼2) — By Harper Lee. No. 1 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
16. **A Tree Grows in Brooklyn** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — By Betty Smith. No. 13 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
17. **The Help** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — By Kathryn Stockett. No. 16 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
18. **And Then There Were None** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — By Agatha Christie. No. 19 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
19. **Rebecca** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — By Daphne du Maurier. No. 25 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
20. **A Prayer for Owen Meany** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — By John Irving. No. 26 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
21. **The Color Purple** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — By Alice Walker. No. 27 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
22. **Alice's Adventures in Wonderland** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — By Lewis Carroll. No. 28 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
23. **Jane Eyre** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — By Charlotte Brontë. No. 10 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
24. **The Grapes of Wrath** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — By John Steinbeck. No. 12 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
25. **The Pillars of the Earth** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — By Ken Follett. No. 23 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
26. **The Stand** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — By Stephen King. No. 24 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
27. **Lonesome Dove** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — By Larry McMurtry. No. 22 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
28. **Charlotte's Web** (-1 · ▲1 ▼2) — By E. B. White. No. 7 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
29. **The Lord of the Rings** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — By J. R. R. Tolkien. No. 5 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
30. **Great Expectations** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — By Charles Dickens. No. 29 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).

How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.