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Litsy: The Great American Read (2018): #100-#1

THE GREAT AMERICAN READ was an eight-part series on PBS that explored and celebrated the power of reading, told through the prism of America's 100 best-loved novels (as chosen in a national survey)*. It investigated how and why writers create their fictional worlds, how we as readers are affected by these stories, and what these 100 different books have to say about our diverse nation and our shared human experience.
To see how CHARLOTTE'S WEB and FIFTY SHADES OF GREY could actually be on the same list, visit this link for how the books were chosen: https://www.pbs.org/the-great-american-read/about/show/
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Dona Barbara (Romulo Gallegos)
Dona Barbara
1
Romulo Gallegos
The Intuitionist (Colson Whitehead)
The Intuitionist
2
Colson Whitehead
The Coldest Winter Ever
The Coldest Winter Ever
3
Ghost (Jason Reynolds)
Ghost
4
Jason Reynolds
White Teeth (Zadie Smith)
White Teeth
5
Zadie Smith
Mind Invaders (Dave Hunt)
Mind Invaders
6
Dave Hunt
Swan Song (Robert McCammon)
Swan Song
7
Robert McCammon
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao (Junot Díaz)
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
8
Junot Díaz
Looking for Alaska (John Green)
Looking for Alaska
9
John Green
Bless Me, Ultima (Rudolpho Anaya)
Bless Me, Ultima
10
Rudolpho Anaya
Another Country (James Baldwin)
Another Country
11
James Baldwin
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
12
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
This Present Darkness (Frank E. Peretti)
This Present Darkness
13
Frank E. Peretti
The Sirens of Titan (Kurt Vonnegut)
The Sirens of Titan
14
Kurt Vonnegut
Fifty Shades of Grey (E.L. James)
Fifty Shades of Grey
15
E.L. James
Flowers in the Attic (V.C. Andrews)
Flowers in the Attic
16
V.C. Andrews
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
17
Marilynne Robinson
Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
18
Joseph Conrad
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
19
Chinua Achebe
I, Alex Cross (Alex Cross, #16) by James Patterson
I, Alex Cross (Alex Cross, #16) by James Patterson
20
The Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)
The Pilgrim's Progress
21
John Bunyan
Watchers (Dean Koontz)
Watchers
22
Dean Koontz
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
23
Gillian Flynn
Left Behind (Tim Lahaye, Jerry B. Jenkins)
Left Behind
24
Tim Lahaye, Jerry B. Jenkins
Ready Player One (Ernest Cline)
Ready Player One
25
Ernest Cline
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
26
Jonathan Swift
Tales of the City Series (Armistead Maupin)
Tales of the City Series
27
Armistead Maupin
The Twilight Series
The Twilight Series
28
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
29
Ralph Ellison
Hatchet Series (Gary Paulsen)
Hatchet Series
30
Gary Paulsen
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
31
Paulo Coelho
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
32
Alice Sebold
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
33
Miguel De Cervantes
A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
A Separate Peace
34
John Knowles
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
35
Mark Haddon
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
36
Ernest Hemingway
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
37
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Siddhartha (Hermann Hesse)
Siddhartha
38
Hermann Hesse
The Wheel of Time Series (Robert Jordan)
The Wheel of Time Series
39
Robert Jordan
The Martian (Andy Weir)
The Martian
40
Andy Weir
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