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America's Best Loved Books - PBS's the Great American Read 2018

THE GREAT AMERICAN READ is an eight-part series that explores and celebrates the power of reading, told through the prism of America's 100 best-loved novels (as chosen in a national survey)*. It investigates 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.
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To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
1
Harper Lee
Outlander (Diana Gabaldon)
Outlander
2
Diana Gabaldon
Harry Potter (Jk Rowling)
Harry Potter
3
Jk Rowling
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
4
Jane Austen
Lord of the Ring Trilogy (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Lord of the Ring Trilogy
5
J.R.R. Tolkien
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
6
Margaret Mitchell
Charlotte's Web (E.B. White)
Charlotte's Web
7
E.B. White
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
8
Louisa May Alcott
Narnia (The Chornicles of Narnia) (C. S. Lewis)
Narnia (The Chornicles of Narnia)
9
C. S. Lewis
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
10
Charlotte Bronte
Anne of Green Gables (L.M. Montgomery)
Anne of Green Gables
11
L.M. Montgomery
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
12
John Steinbeck
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
13
Betty Smith
The Book Theif (Markus Zusak)
The Book Theif
14
Markus Zusak
The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
15
F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Help (Kathryn Stockett)
The Help
16
Kathryn Stockett
Tom Sawyer (Mark Twain)
Tom Sawyer
17
Mark Twain
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
18
George Orwell
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
19
Agatha Christie
Atlas Shrugged (Ayn Rand)
Atlas Shrugged
20
Ayn Rand
Wuthering Heights (Emily Brontë)
Wuthering Heights
21
Emily Brontë
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove
22
Larry McMurtry
The Pillars of the Earth (Ken Follett)
The Pillars of the Earth
23
Ken Follett
The Stand (Stephen King)
The Stand
24
Stephen King
Rebecca (Daphne Du Maurier)
Rebecca
25
Daphne Du Maurier
A Prayer for Owen Meany (John Irving)
A Prayer for Owen Meany
26
John Irving
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
27
Alice Walker
Alice in Wonderland (Lewis Carroll)
Alice in Wonderland
28
Lewis Carroll
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
29
Charles Dickens
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
30
J.D. Salinger
Where the Red Fern Grows (Wilson Rawls)
Where the Red Fern Grows
31
Wilson Rawls
The Outsiders (S.E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
32
S.E. Hinton
The Da Vinci Code (Dan Brown)
The Da Vinci Code
33
Dan Brown
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
34
Margaret Atwood
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
35
Frank Herbert
The Little Prince (Antoine De Saint-Exupéry)
The Little Prince
36
Antoine De Saint-Exupéry
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
37
Jack London
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean Auel)
The Clan of the Cave Bear
38
Jean Auel
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
39
Douglas Adams
The Hunger Games (Suzanne Collins)
The Hunger Games
40
Suzanne Collins
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