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| THE GREAT AMERICAN READ was an eight-part PBS series 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. And now… |
| The Results are in! Have you read all 100? Take this QUIZ to get your score. And then try out some you haven’t read before… you might find some new favorites. |
| We’ve linked the first 5 for you… NOW SEARCH OUR CATALOG for the rest… AND HAPPY READING. |
 To Kill a Mockingbird was voted by viewers as America’s #1 best-loved novel in The Great American Read.
One of the best-loved stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than forty million copies worldwide, served as the basis for an enormously popular motion picture, and voted one of the best novels of the twentieth century by librarians across the country. A gripping, heart-wrenching, and wholly remarkable tale of coming-of-age in a South poisoned by virulent prejudice, it views a world of great beauty and savage inequities through the eyes of a young girl, as her father—a crusading local lawyer—risks everything to defend a black man unjustly accused of a terrible crime. To Kill a Mockingbird led The Great American Read voting from the first week, and kept the lead for the entire five months of voting, despite strong competition from the rest of our five finalists. It also topped the list of votes in every state except North Carolina (who went for Outlander) and Wyoming (who preferred Lord of The Rings). Such widespread support from readers across the country make To Kill a Mockingbird a worthy winner of The Great American Read. |
The Finalists |
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| Outlander (Series) | Harry Potter (Series) | Pride and Prejudice | Lord of the Rings (Series) |
Full Results
2.) Outlander (Series)
3.) Harry Potter (Series)
5.) Lord of the Rings (Series)
6.) Gone with the Wind
7.) Charlotte’s Web
8.) Little Women
9.) Chronicles of Narnia
10.) Jane Eyre
11.) Anne of Green Gables
12.) Grapes of Wrath
13.) A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
14.) Book Thief
15.) Great Gatsby
16.) The Help
17.) The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
18.) 1984
19.) And Then There Were None
20.) Atlas Shrugged
21.) Wuthering Heights
22.) Lonesome Dove
23.) Pillars of the Earth
24.) Stand
25.) Rebecca
26.) A Prayer for Owen Meany
27.) Color Purple
28.) Alice in Wonderland
29.) Great Expectations
30.) Catcher in the Rye
31.) Where the Red Fern Grows
32.) Outsiders
33.) The Da Vinci Code
34.) The Handmaid’s Tale
35.) Dune
36.) The Little Prince
37.) Call of the Wild
38.) The Clan of the Cave Bear
39.) The Hitchhiker’s Guide to The Galaxy
40.) The Hunger Games
41.) The Count of Monte Cristo
42.) The Joy Luck Club
43.) Frankenstein
44.) The Giver
45.) Memoirs of a Geisha
46.) Moby Dick
47.) Catch 22
48.) Game of Thrones (Series)
49.) Foundation (Series)
50.) War and Peace
51.) Their Eyes Were Watching God
52.) Jurassic Park
53.) The Godfather
54.) One Hundred Years of Solitude
55.) The Picture of Dorian Gray
56.) The Notebook
57.) The Shack
58.) A Confederacy of Dunces
59.) The Hunt for Red October
60.) Beloved
61.) The Martian
62.) The Wheel of Time (Series)
63.) Siddhartha
64.) Crime and Punishment
65.) The Sun Also Rises
66.) The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime
67.) A Separate Peace
68.) Don Quixote
69.) The Lovely Bones
70.) The Alchemist
71.) Hatchet (series)
72.) Invisible Man
73.) The Twilight Saga (Series)
74.) Tales of the City (Series)
75.) Gulliver’s Travels
76.) Ready Player One
77.) Left Behind (Series)
78.) Gone Girl
79.) Watchers
80.) The Pilgrim’s Progress
81.) Alex Cross Mysteries (Series)
82.) Things Fall Apart
83.) Heart of Darkness
84.) Gilead
85.) Flowers in the Attic
86.) Fifty Shades of Grey
87.) The Sirens of Titan
88.) This Present Darkness
89.) Americanah
90.) Another Country
91.) Bless Me, Ultima
92.) Looking for Alaska
93.) The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
94.) Swan Song
95.) Mind Invaders
96.) White Teeth
97.) Ghost
98.) The Coldest Winter Ever
99.) The Intuitionist
100.) Doña Bárbára