1.
The Great Gatsby, F. Scott Fitzgerald
114 points - added 14 years ago by jplamas -
2.
Of Mice and Men, John Steinbeck
102 points - added 14 years ago by jplamas -
3.
Lolita, Vladimir Nabokov
99 points - added 14 years ago by jplamas -
4.
The Catcher in the Rye, J. D. Salinger
75 points - added 14 years ago by jplamas -
5.
To Kill A Mockingbird, Harper Lee
74 points - added 14 years ago by jplamas - 2 comments
Comments:
how is this not no. 1
Added 13 years ago by rubi, 0 points
This is a wonderful book. I still haven't been able to convince my 13 year old granddaughter that she will love this story
Added 13 years ago by guest, 0 points
6.
Ulysses, James Joyce
72 points - added 14 years ago by jplamas -
7.
Nineteen Eighty Four, George Orwell
70 points - added 14 years ago by jplamas -
8.
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, Ken Kesey
67 points - added 14 years ago by jplamas -
9.
A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess
65 points - added 14 years ago by jplamas -
10.
Amongst Women, John McGahern
50 points - added 14 years ago by jplamas -
11.
At Swin-Two-Birds, Flann O'Brien
46 points - added 14 years ago by jplamas -
12.
Lord of the Flies, William Golding
40 points - added 14 years ago by jplamas -
13.
That They May Face the Rising Sun, John McGahern
39 points - added 14 years ago by jplamas -
14.
Animal Farm, George Orwell
39 points - added 14 years ago by jplamas -
15.
American Psycho, Bret Easton Ellis
37 points - added 14 years ago by jplamas -
16.
The Sound and the Fury, William Faulkner
33 points - added 14 years ago by jplamas -
17.
The Third Policeman, Flann O'Brien
33 points - added 14 years ago by jplamas -
18.
The Ginger Man, J. P. Donleavy
27 points - added 14 years ago by jplamas -
19.
The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Muriel Spark
25 points - added 14 years ago by jplamas -
20.
The Old Man and the Sea, Ernest Hemingway
22 points - added 14 years ago by jplamas -
21.
Watership Down, Richard Adams
21 points - added 14 years ago by jplamas -
22.
Breakfast at Tiffany's, Truman Capote
21 points - added 14 years ago by jplamas -
23.
On the Road, Jack Kerouac
20 points - added 14 years ago by jplamas -
24.
The Book of Evidence, John Banville
18 points - added 14 years ago by jplamas -
25.
Margaret Mitchel, Gone with the Wind
17 points - added 13 years ago by guest - 1 comment
Comments:
I have a feeling men are the pradominant voters on this list if gone with the wind is this far down the list. This book changed my life.
Added 13 years ago by rubi, 0 points
26.
The Butcher Boy, Patrick McCabe
12 points - added 14 years ago by jplamas -
27.
The Captains and the Kings, Jennifer Johnston
10 points - added 14 years ago by jplamas -
28.
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, James Joyce
8 points - added 14 years ago by jplamas -
29.
The Big Sleep, Raymond Chandler
7 points - added 13 years ago by jplamas -
30.
Atonement, Ian McEwan
7 points - added 13 years ago by jplamas -
31.
The Dark, John McGahern
7 points - added 14 years ago by jplamas -
32.
The Go-Between, L. P. Hartley
7 points - added 14 years ago by jplamas -
33.
The Virgin Suicides, Jeffrey Eugenides
5 points - added 14 years ago by jplamas -
34.
Herzog, Saul Bellow
2 points - added 14 years ago by jplamas -
35.
Never Let Me Go, Kazao Ishiguro
1 point - added 14 years ago by jplamas -
36.
Rabbit Run, John Updike
-9 points - added 13 years ago by jplamas -
37.
The Exorcist, William Peter Blatty
-10 points - added 13 years ago by guest -
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