The Pearl by John SteinbeckThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
How DID They Become Classics?
110 books — 176 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Literary Fiction
1,590 books — 1,544 voters

Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger
Collections of Short Stories
2,911 books — 2,060 voters
Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,102 voters

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,579 books — 18,687 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,893 books — 49,820 voters