4.07 avg rating — 44,358 ratings

"Bluebeard taps into a fissure of the soul that is usually left unpicked: our embarrassment."

3.77 avg rating — 24,729 ratings

"This short novella, often overlooked, contains a courageous love story that fades into the cold, damp night."

3.91 avg rating — 15,015 ratings

"Perhaps the shortest work in this list, "Family Happiness" explores the concept of love and the relationship a husband a wife have with each other."

3.80 avg rating — 3,873,838 ratings

"Finding beauty in the introverted soul of an angsty teenager, The Catcher in the Rye speaks gently of deep yearning."

4.17 avg rating — 2,444,941 ratings

"Perhaps the longest book in the series, Little Women is a powerful book look insides a household of little women, briefly observing the confusion, the love, and the compromise."

4.20 avg rating — 4,165,256 ratings

"As if the author was walking through a dark, narrow passage, the reader is taken into the life and times of Anne Frank who knows nothing of her future yet the reality still awaits her. And we can only marvel at the courage and the soul of one human being that hopes for so much and gets nothing."