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America's Best Loved Books - PBS's the Great American Read 2018 - Page 2

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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The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
41
Alexandre Dumas
The Joy Luck Club (Amy Tan)
The Joy Luck Club
42
Amy Tan
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
43
Mary Shelley
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
44
Lois Lowry
Memoirs of a Geisha (Arthur Golden)
Memoirs of a Geisha
45
Arthur Golden
Moby Dick (Herman Melville)
Moby Dick
46
Herman Melville
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
47
Joseph Heller
Game of Thrones (George R. R. Martin)
Game of Thrones
48
George R. R. Martin
Foundation (Isaac Asimov)
Foundation
49
Isaac Asimov
War and Peace (Leo Tolstoy)
War and Peace
50
Leo Tolstoy
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Zora Neale Hurston)
Their Eyes Were Watching God
51
Zora Neale Hurston
Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton)
Jurassic Park
52
Michael Crichton
The Godfather (Mario Puzo)
The Godfather
53
Mario Puzo
One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
54
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
55
Oscar Wilde
The Notebook (Nicholas Sparks)
The Notebook
56
Nicholas Sparks
The Shack (Young, William P.)
The Shack
57
Young, William P.
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
58
John Kennedy Toole
The Hunt for Red October (Tom Clancy)
The Hunt for Red October
59
Tom Clancy
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
60
Toni Morrison
The Martian (Andy Weir)
The Martian
61
Andy Weir
The Wheel of Time Series (Robert Jordan)
The Wheel of Time Series
62
Robert Jordan
Siddhartha (Hesse)
Siddhartha
63
Hesse
Crime and Punishment (Fyodor Dostoevsky)
Crime and Punishment
64
Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Sun Also Rises (Ernest Hemingway)
The Sun Also Rises
65
Ernest Hemingway
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time (Mark Haddon)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
66
Mark Haddon
A Separate Peace (John Knowles)
A Separate Peace
67
John Knowles
Don Quixote (Miguel De Cervantes)
Don Quixote
68
Miguel De Cervantes
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
69
Alice Sebold
The Alchemist (Paulo Coelho)
The Alchemist
70
Paulo Coelho
Hatchet (Gary Paulsen)
Hatchet
71
Gary Paulsen
Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
72
Ralph Ellison
The Twilight Saga (Stephenie Meyer)
The Twilight Saga
73
Stephenie Meyer
Tales of the City Series (Armstead Maupin)
Tales of the City Series
74
Armstead Maupin
Gulliver's Travels (Jonathan Swift)
Gulliver's Travels
75
Jonathan Swift
Ready Player One (Ernest Cline)
Ready Player One
76
Ernest Cline
Left Behind Series
Left Behind Series
77
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
78
Gillian Flynn
Watchers (Dean Koontz)
Watchers
79
Dean Koontz
The Pilgrim's Progress (John Bunyan)
The Pilgrim's Progress
80
John Bunyan
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