The Great American Read: America's best-loved novels (top 30)
The top 3 according to 66 votes from people: The Book Thief · Atlas Shrugged · Outlander (series). (Updated Dec 20, 2021.)
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.
Top 30
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1
The Book Thief
By Markus Zusak. No. 14 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
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2
Atlas Shrugged
By Ayn Rand. No. 20 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
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3
Outlander (series)
By Diana Gabaldon. No. 2 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
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4
Harry Potter (series)
By J. K. Rowling. No. 3 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
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5
Anne of Green Gables
By L. M. Montgomery. No. 11 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
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6
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
By Mark Twain. No. 17 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
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7
1984
By George Orwell. No. 18 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
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8
The Catcher in the Rye
By J. D. Salinger. No. 30 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
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9
Pride and Prejudice
By Jane Austen. No. 4 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
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10
Gone with the Wind
By Margaret Mitchell. No. 6 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
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11
Little Women
By Louisa May Alcott. No. 8 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
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12
The Chronicles of Narnia
By C. S. Lewis. No. 9 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
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13
The Great Gatsby
By F. Scott Fitzgerald. No. 15 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
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14
Wuthering Heights
By Emily Brontë. No. 21 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
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15
To Kill a Mockingbird
By Harper Lee. No. 1 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
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16
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
By Betty Smith. No. 13 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
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17
The Help
By Kathryn Stockett. No. 16 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
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18
And Then There Were None
By Agatha Christie. No. 19 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
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19
Rebecca
By Daphne du Maurier. No. 25 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
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20
A Prayer for Owen Meany
By John Irving. No. 26 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
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21
The Color Purple
By Alice Walker. No. 27 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
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22
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
By Lewis Carroll. No. 28 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
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23
Jane Eyre
By Charlotte Brontë. No. 10 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
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24
The Grapes of Wrath
By John Steinbeck. No. 12 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
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25
The Pillars of the Earth
By Ken Follett. No. 23 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
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26
The Stand
By Stephen King. No. 24 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
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27
Lonesome Dove
By Larry McMurtry. No. 22 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
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28
Charlotte's Web
By E. B. White. No. 7 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
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29
The Lord of the Rings
By J. R. R. Tolkien. No. 5 in PBS's The Great American Read (2018).
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30
Great Expectations
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.
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