Great American Read

Tyler Public Library

December, 22 2024 15:42:34

  1. The Great American Read list is done by PBS to showcase the most beloved books in America. 

    You can find the complete list at this site.

  2. Orwell, George -  1984 (9780451524935)
  3. Toole, John Kennedy -  A Confederacy of Dunces (9780802130204)
  4. Irving, John -  A Prayer for Owen Meany (9780688077082)
  5. Knowles, John -  A Separate Peace (9780743253970)
  6. Betty, Smith -  A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (9780060736262)
  7. Twain, Mark -  The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (9781503215672)
  8. Coelho, Paulo -  The Alchemist (9780061122415)
  9. Patterson, James -  Alex Cross, Run (9780316097512)
  10. Carroll, Lewis -  Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (9780763608040)
  11. Adichie, Chimamanda Ngozi -  Americanah (9780307271082)
  12. Christie, Agatha -  And Then There Were None - The Agatha Christie Mystery Collection (9780553350005)
  13. Rand, Ayn -  Atlas Shrugged (9780452011878)
  14. Zusak, Markus -  The Book Thief (9780385754729)
  15. Diaz, Junot -  The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (9781594489587)
  16. London, Jack -  The Call of the Wild (9781403709837)
  17. Heller, Joseph -  Catch-22 (9780684833392)
  18. Salinger, J.d. -  The Catcher in the Rye (9780316769488)
  19. Lewis, C. S. -  The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (9780060234812)
  20. Walker, Alice -  The Color Purple (9780151191543)
  21. Dostoyevsky, Fyodor -  Crime and Punishment (9780679601005)
  22. Haddon, Mark -  The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (9780385512107)
  23. Brown, Dan -  The Da Vinci Code (9780385513753)
  24. Herbert, Frank -  Dune, 40th Anniversary Edition (9780441013593)
  25. James, E L -  Fifty Shades of Grey (9780345803481)
  26. Martin, George R.r. -  A Game of Thrones (9780553381689)
  27. Reynolds, Jason -  Ghost (9781481450157)
  28. Robinson, Marilynne -  Gilead (9780312424404)
  29. Flynn, Gillian -  Gone Girl (9780307588364)
  30. Mitchell, Margaret -  Gone with the Wind (9781416548942)
  31. Fitzgerald, F Scott -  The Great Gatsby (9780684801520)
  32. Atwood, Margaret -  The Handmaid's Tale (9780385490818)
  33. Rowling, J K -  Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (9780590353427)
  34. Paulsen, Gary -  Hatchet (9781481486293)
  35. Conrad, Joseph -  Heart of Darkness (9781935639664)
  36. Stockett, Kathryn -  The Help (9780399155345)
  37. Adams, Douglas -  The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (9781400052929)
  38. Collins, Suzanne -  The Hunger Games (9780439023481)
  39. Clancy, Tom -  The Hunt for Red October (9780870212857)
  40. Whitehead, Colson -  The Intuitionist (9780385492997)
  41. Ellison, Ralph -  Invisible Man (9780679732761)
  42. Tan, Amy -  The Joy Luck Club (9780399134203)
  43. Lahaye, Tim F -  Left Behind (9780842329118)
  44. Green, John -  Looking For Alaska (9780525475064)
  45. Tolkien, J R R -  The Fellowship of the Ring (9780618002221)
  46. Sebold, Alice -  The Lovely Bones (9780316666343)
  47. Weir, Andy -  The Martian (9780804139021)
  48. Golden, Arthur -  Memoirs of a Geisha (9780679781585)
  49. Melville, Herman -  Moby Dick (9780895773227)
  50. Sparks, Nicholas -  The Notebook (9780446520805)
  51. Gabaldon, Diana -  Outlander (9780385319959)
  52. Hinton, S E -  The Outsiders (9780670532575)
  53. Bunyan, John -  Pilgrims Progress (9780199538133)
  54. Follett, Ken -  The Pillars of the Earth (9780688046590)
  55. Cline, Ernest -  Ready Player One (9780307887443)
  56. Maurier, Daphne Du -  Rebecca (9780385043809)
  57. Young, William P. -  The Shack (9780964729247)
  58. Hesse, Hermann -  Siddhartha (9780142437186)
  59. King, Stephen -  The Stand (9780385199575)
  60. Hemingway, Ernest -  The Sun Also Rises (9780743297332)
  61. Maupin, Armistead -  Tales of the city (9780060964047)
  62. Hurston, Zora Neale -  Their Eyes Were Watching God (9780060931414)
  63. Achebe, Chinua -  Things Fall Apart (9780679446231)
  64. Peretti, Frank -  This Present Darkness (9780891073901)
  65. Lee, Harper -  To Kill a Mockingbird (9780060935467)
  66. Meyer, Stephenie -  Twilight (9780316015844)
  67. Hemingway, Ernest -  The Sun Also Rises (9780743297332)
  68. Tolstoy, Leo -  War and Peace (9780307266934)
  69. Jordan, Robert -  The World of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time (9780312862190)
  70. Rawls, Wilson -  Where the Red Fern Grows (9780385323307)
  71. Montgomery, L M -  Anne of Green Gables (9781403709806)
  72. Morrison, Toni -  Beloved (9780375402739)
  73. Anaya, Rudolfo -  Bless Me Ultima (9780785742272)
  74. White, E. B. -  Charlotte's Web (9780060282981)
  75. Auel, Jean M. -  The Clan of the Cave Bear (9780553148008)
  76. -  Don Quixote (9781417648412)
  77. Gallegos, Romulo -  Doa Brbara (9788423919765)
  78. Asimov, Isaac -  Foundation and Earth (9780385237093)
  79. Shelley, Mary -  The Annotated Frankenstein (9780517530719)
  80. Lowry, Lois -  The Giver (9780553571332)
  81. Puzo, Mario -  The Godfather (9780816138753)
  82. Steinbeck, John -  The Grapes Of Wrath (9781417670352)
  83. Dickens, Charles -  Great Expectations (9781592640102)
  84. Swift, Jonathan -  Gulliver's Travels (9780192100375)
  85. Menten, Theodore -  The Teddy Bear Lover's Companion (9781561380220)
  86. Crichton, Michael -  Jurassic Park (9781439570524)
  87. Saint-exupery, Antoine De -  The Little Prince (9780812416084)
  88. Alcott, Louisa May -  Little Women (9780679436423)
  89. Mcmurtry, Larry -  Lonesome Dove (9780833518491)
  90. Hunt, Dave -  The Archon Conspiracy (9780890817667)
  91. Márquez, Gabriel García -  One Hundred Years of Solitude (9780060740450)
  92. Wilde, Oscar -  The Picture of Dorian Gray (9781593081751)
  93. Austen, Jane -  Pride and Prejudice (9781847490018)
  94. Bronte, Emily -  Wuthering Heights (9780140366945)