4.35 avg rating — 825,326 ratings

"My favorite book of all time! Love the drama, the history, the characters - everything!"

4.26 avg rating — 6,827,356 ratings

"This book has been influential to me throughout my life. Such important lessons to be learned in it."

4.17 avg rating — 2,440,946 ratings

"My favorite childhood companion - I've read it dozens of times. I had no sisters, so I sort of adopted Meg, Jo, Beth & Amy as sisters."

4.29 avg rating — 4,757,554 ratings

"Not my favorite Austen book, but she deserves to be on this list (Persuasion is my favorite)."

4.21 avg rating — 2,032,348 ratings

"Because it made me cry buckets!"

4.22 avg rating — 2,004,877 ratings

4.32 avg rating — 1,016,006 ratings

4.30 avg rating — 509,661 ratings

3.80 avg rating — 869,902 ratings

"I have to vote for Dickens, even though this is not my favorite book of his. My favorites are A Tale of Two Cities and The Pickwick Papers. I love Dickens!"

4.07 avg rating — 157,828 ratings

"This book is so important in Western literature because there are so many references to it. I would say it's right up there with Shakespeare and the Bible as far as number of literary references."

4.03 avg rating — 989,003 ratings

"Reread this book last year, first time since high school. I love Ma Joad - what a fantastic character."

4.17 avg rating — 592,868 ratings

"Would Star Trek or Star Wars exist without Foundation?"

3.92 avg rating — 1,013,281 ratings