,

Most teens don't like classics, but they can tell us a lot about ourselves and how our culture has changed. They open our eyes, improve our vocabulary(and our college applications, though nobody cares about that) and challenge our thinking.
By the way, this list is for books that are at least ten years old.
1

by
4.26 avg rating — 6,865,535 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
2

by
4.20 avg rating — 4,180,754 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
3

by
4.29 avg rating — 4,785,662 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
4

by
4.17 avg rating — 2,453,549 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
5

by
4.28 avg rating — 706,440 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
6

by
4.12 avg rating — 2,800,528 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
7

by
4.16 avg rating — 2,317,336 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
8

by
4.30 avg rating — 4,444,738 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
9

by
3.93 avg rating — 5,897,989 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
10

by
3.83 avg rating — 1,335,686 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
11

by
4.02 avg rating — 4,532,055 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
12

by
3.80 avg rating — 3,884,692 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
13

by
3.97 avg rating — 1,282,727 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
14

by
3.74 avg rating — 2,817,347 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
15

by
4.31 avg rating — 1,471,574 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
16

by
4.14 avg rating — 1,596,134 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
17

by
4.33 avg rating — 1,110,443 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
18

by
3.70 avg rating — 3,192,215 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
19

by
3.92 avg rating — 1,016,750 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
20

by
4.32 avg rating — 1,021,018 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
21

by
4.27 avg rating — 946,925 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
22

by
4.30 avg rating — 579,982 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
23

by
3.79 avg rating — 104 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
24

by
4.09 avg rating — 1,293,336 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
25

by
4.31 avg rating — 272,697 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
26

by
3.85 avg rating — 539,379 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
27

by
4.27 avg rating — 519,820 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
28

by
4.10 avg rating — 346,393 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
29

by
3.88 avg rating — 427,094 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
30

by
4.33 avg rating — 1,106,616 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
31

by
4.17 avg rating — 1,293,232 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
32

by
3.91 avg rating — 1,878,439 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
33

by
3.99 avg rating — 2,071,391 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
34

by
4.07 avg rating — 117,653 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
35

by
3.90 avg rating — 2,827,438 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
36

by
4.39 avg rating — 1,233,357 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
37

by
4.12 avg rating — 78,002 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
38

by
4.02 avg rating — 240,253 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
39

by
3.59 avg rating — 298,454 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
40

by
4.20 avg rating — 306,428 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
41

by
4.03 avg rating — 992,234 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
42

by
3.84 avg rating — 90,447 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
43

by
3.81 avg rating — 1,308,422 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
44

by
3.87 avg rating — 125,338 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
45

by
3.89 avg rating — 564,157 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
46

by
4.04 avg rating — 258,123 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
47

by
4.08 avg rating — 874,332 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
48

by
3.93 avg rating — 508,329 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
48

by
4.02 avg rating — 1,471,770 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
50

by
3.91 avg rating — 295,128 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
51

by
4.40 avg rating — 12,795 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
52

by
3.91 avg rating — 109,867 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
53

by
3.83 avg rating — 1,189,040 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
54

by
4.38 avg rating — 394,770 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
55

by
3.83 avg rating — 348,989 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
56

by
4.40 avg rating — 295,743 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
57

by
4.16 avg rating — 27,680 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
58

by
3.96 avg rating — 276,578 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
59

by
4.36 avg rating — 157,141 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
60

by
3.91 avg rating — 471,483 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
61

by
4.31 avg rating — 3,426,250 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
62

by
4.07 avg rating — 150,948 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
63

by
3.89 avg rating — 276,066 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
64

by
4.19 avg rating — 244,621 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
65

by
4.09 avg rating — 505,078 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
66

by
3.78 avg rating — 108,006 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
67

by
3.79 avg rating — 449,718 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
68

by
4.18 avg rating — 427,814 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
69

by
3.91 avg rating — 144,688 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
70

by
4.03 avg rating — 59,887 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
71

by
3.86 avg rating — 1,048,099 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
72

by
4.03 avg rating — 373,516 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
73

by
4.23 avg rating — 526,004 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
74

by
4.10 avg rating — 72,755 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
75

by
3.66 avg rating — 28,018 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
76

by
3.61 avg rating — 447,411 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
77

by
3.85 avg rating — 224,535 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
78

by
3.74 avg rating — 411,766 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
79

by
4.60 avg rating — 52,403 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
80

by
4.30 avg rating — 511,217 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
81

by
4.35 avg rating — 9,877,680 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
82

by
4.37 avg rating — 290,833 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
83

by
4.05 avg rating — 46,565 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
84

by
4.13 avg rating — 493,567 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
85

by
3.97 avg rating — 115,049 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
86

by
3.90 avg rating — 2,038,707 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
87

by
3.98 avg rating — 83,883 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
88

by
3.81 avg rating — 133,067 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
89

by
4.16 avg rating — 963,981 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
90

by
4.05 avg rating — 4,097 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
91

by
4.06 avg rating — 153,971 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
92

by
4.24 avg rating — 43,447 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
93

by
4.16 avg rating — 63,509 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
94

by
4.06 avg rating — 284,662 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
95

by
3.83 avg rating — 6,891 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
96

by
4.47 avg rating — 15,380 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
97

by
3.91 avg rating — 22,236 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
98

by
really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 768,158 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
99

by
4.13 avg rating — 212,753 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
100

by
3.92 avg rating — 1,355,695 ratings
Rate this book
Clear rating
147 books · 303 voters · list created June 12th, 2009 by Jordan (votes) .
78 likes · 
Lists are re-scored approximately every 5 minutes.


Jordan 544 books
32 friends
Sadie 592 books
69 friends
Lynne 577 books
2 friends
Vi 232 books
1 friend
Susanna - Censored by GoodReads 3386 books
851 friends
Stefanie 2115 books
213 friends
Alicia 26 books
1 friend
Terri 1550 books
190 friends

More voters…


Comments Showing 1-5 of 5 (5 new)

dateUp arrow    newest »

message 1: by Xenophon (new)

Xenophon Hendrix I wrote my list on the assumption that these are books a teenager might read voluntarily if told that they are good, not books that they are forced to read. In my experience, being forced to read a book is the surest way of being made hate it.


message 2: by Recommendeo (last edited Nov 19, 2011 11:54AM) (new)

Recommendeo Thanks for the best Classics. This guide contains recommended books for young adult between the ages of 13 and 21.Recommended Books for Young Adults The goals of this guide is to encourage young people to read.


message 3: by Amanda (new)

Amanda Sheley Wonderful guide! Thanks for putting this together!


message 4: by jdtj (new)

jdtj I was surprised, that my not yet 13 years old granddaughter read Great Gatsby - and loved it. A year ago she read only books that were mandatory readings. Still not sure whether she interpreted everything correctly, but at least she enjoyed the story.


message 5: by Guesswhoanna (new)

Guesswhoanna I wish this was only classics but this list is pretty good. I am a teen and I have read every one of those books. I am more into classics like grapes of wrath and Fahrenheit 451 but it was nice to go into some of the more modern books.


back to top