4.38 avg rating — 1,372,578 ratings

"Beautiful, tight, but almost poetic prose is what makes this one of the best memoirs I've read."

4.15 avg rating — 347,388 ratings

"Classic. Love it."

4.15 avg rating — 18,865 ratings

"A great peek into the real-life drama of inner-city youth."

3.90 avg rating — 59,013 ratings

"I love Willa Cather because I love the land."

3.85 avg rating — 148,457 ratings

"This land is a part of me."

4.54 avg rating — 14,652 ratings

"One of my favorite poets. Simple, but really beautiful."

3.84 avg rating — 696,115 ratings

"Puts who God is into an awesome, mind-blowing perspective."

4.51 avg rating — 376,188 ratings

"This is great because it isn't a typical Christian romance novel. It's way too gritty for that."

4.11 avg rating — 1,279,463 ratings

"Love Piccoult's use of several voices to tell this story."

3.84 avg rating — 2,866 ratings

"I read and reread this book a million times as a kid. It transported me to another culture."

4.16 avg rating — 115 ratings

"One of my teen-year favorites. To this day I find the story haunting. Hatd to believe this story is out of print."

4.20 avg rating — 94,100 ratings

"I love all things L.I.W., but this particular book holds a great place in my heart."

4.18 avg rating — 93,214 ratings

"Love all L.I.W., but I love this one in particular because of its historical significane."

4.29 avg rating — 1,096,092 ratings

"Physcologically mind blowing."

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 44,884 ratings

"Great, fun and easy to read."

3.97 avg rating — 1,291,798 ratings

"Classic. "

4.25 avg rating — 729,453 ratings

"I love this one right up there with Wuthering Heights and Jane Eyre. It's very Bronte-ish."

4.23 avg rating — 804 ratings

"One of my favorite books as a kiddo! I was terrified of spiders..."

4.19 avg rating — 23,637 ratings

"Love Holocaust memoirs, this is one of my favorites."

3.73 avg rating — 293,032 ratings

"Gotta love the chance to dig into a diary :)"

3.23 avg rating — 7,869 ratings

"I love this diary."

4.04 avg rating — 138 ratings

"One of the books I read and reread with my daughter as she was growing up."

4.66 avg rating — 972 ratings

"Nothing beats this story for a kid. "

4.46 avg rating — 127,188 ratings

"Another story I read to my daughter."

really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 15,620 ratings

"Ah, Ralph S. Mouse and I have spent some time together."

4.08 avg rating — 1,237 ratings

"I read this as a teen and was pulled into the adult situations. I think it was the first time I realized a book could detail the a real-life tragedy in this way."

4.40 avg rating — 12,767 ratings

"My favorite devotional."

4.65 avg rating — 24,092 ratings

"I've read it cover to cover several times. It's always there to comfort and guide."

3.89 avg rating — 1,028,127 ratings

"My favorite Shakespeare play."

4.46 avg rating — 35 ratings

"About a missionary in Africa. Love the details of another culture."

4.41 avg rating — 3,599 ratings

"A great read for anyone who's ever read "The Hiding Place""

4.38 avg rating — 47,717 ratings

"I love anything about risky missionary behind the iron curtain."

4.48 avg rating — 359,206 ratings

"Love this story of hiding Jews in WWII"

3.87 avg rating — 1,596 ratings

"Nicely done. Love to hear a feminist voice rise above a masculine-driven culture."

4.15 avg rating — 134,376 ratings

"Great book. Great mom."

3.97 avg rating — 30,082 ratings

"This book speaks so loudly to about a person's value that it can't be ignored."

4.10 avg rating — 280,667 ratings

"A great, sweet tale for children."

4.09 avg rating — 945,289 ratings

"Love me some Dickens!"

3.92 avg rating — 1,024,502 ratings

"In many ways just as good as Huck Finn. Love it."

3.90 avg rating — 2,153,052 ratings

"Haunting, edgey and written by a young woman in a stiffling era. This is my all-time favorite book."

4.21 avg rating — 2,058,149 ratings

"Even as an adult I can't read this without crying."

4.06 avg rating — 4,092 ratings

"A great read about an aborted child. Very forgiving, but also thought provoking."

4.33 avg rating — 66,645 ratings

"One of my favs!"

4.24 avg rating — 115,601 ratings

"One of my favs!"

4.07 avg rating — 30,365 ratings

"Gotta love Frank Perreti."

4.25 avg rating — 57,267 ratings

"Another book I've read twice. That should say something."

4.25 avg rating — 122 ratings

"This book has never failed to capture my attention. I've read it many, many times."

4.08 avg rating — 214,814 ratings

"Beautiful. "

4.06 avg rating — 464,048 ratings

"My favorite Grisham novel."

4.16 avg rating — 975,454 ratings

"Love the child's perspective of the concentraation camps."

4.40 avg rating — 26,401 ratings

"chocolate! need I say more?"

4.36 avg rating — 157,441 ratings

"I always get pulled in. Even after reading them over and over for years, I can still get lost in the Little house books."

4.15 avg rating — 209,969 ratings

"Fond childhood memories of me and this book."

4.18 avg rating — 3,464,744 ratings

"Sucked me in!"

3.92 avg rating — 475,889 ratings

"Love this!"

4.30 avg rating — 4,848,973 ratings

"Not my favorite by J.A. but still pretty good."

3.80 avg rating — 878,578 ratings

"Gotta love Miss Havinsham!"

3.84 avg rating — 303,956 ratings

"I loved this movie long before I read the book. Love the book, love the movie."

4.47 avg rating — 3,036,738 ratings

"A-1 writing and an A-1 story!"

3.97 avg rating — 147,733 ratings

"Quite a great book for a kidnapping victim with only a fifth grade education."

3.86 avg rating — 2,467,913 ratings

"Right up there in my top favorites"

4.20 avg rating — 5,526,521 ratings

"Love this portrayal of Big Brother and New Speak. Reminds me so much of today with all the monitoring and politically correct speech."

4.31 avg rating — 1,259,871 ratings

"The first really big novel I ever tackled. "

4.09 avg rating — 1,304,711 ratings

"My favorite J.A. book (so far)"

4.16 avg rating — 2,341,907 ratings

"Love the Bronte's. This is my second favorite; my first favorite is Wuthering Heights."

4.41 avg rating — 3,174,893 ratings

"Love the story."

4.30 avg rating — 4,486,093 ratings

"A lighter read than the LOTR trilogy, but great nonetheless."

4.28 avg rating — 1,720,822 ratings

"It took me 3 months to read this when I was in high school. I slept with a light on forever."

3.83 avg rating — 1,341,235 ratings

"Love me some Twain!"

3.74 avg rating — 2,836,662 ratings

"Love it. Who doesn't?"

4.20 avg rating — 4,220,161 ratings

"I love how vast this book is into the mind of a little girl."