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The Great Gatsby (Paperback)
by (shelved 406 times as american-classics)
avg rating 3.93 — 6,064,399 ratings — published 1925
To Kill a Mockingbird (Paperback)
by (shelved 388 times as american-classics)
avg rating 4.26 — 7,040,586 ratings — published 1960
The Catcher in the Rye (Paperback)
by (shelved 320 times as american-classics)
avg rating 3.80 — 3,970,453 ratings — published 1951
Of Mice and Men (Paperback)
by (shelved 307 times as american-classics)
avg rating 3.90 — 2,909,443 ratings — published 1937
The Grapes of Wrath (Hardcover)
by (shelved 239 times as american-classics)
avg rating 4.03 — 1,015,220 ratings — published 1939
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (Adventures of Tom and Huck, #2)
by (shelved 228 times as american-classics)
avg rating 3.83 — 1,347,965 ratings — published 1885
East of Eden (Paperback)
by (shelved 192 times as american-classics)
avg rating 4.45 — 685,177 ratings — published 1952
The Scarlet Letter (Paperback)
by (shelved 190 times as american-classics)
avg rating 3.44 — 934,667 ratings — published 1850
Little Women (Little Women, #1)
by (shelved 178 times as american-classics)
avg rating 4.18 — 2,514,288 ratings — published 1868
The Old Man and the Sea (Hardcover)
by (shelved 167 times as american-classics)
avg rating 3.81 — 1,352,395 ratings — published 1952
Fahrenheit 451 (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 155 times as american-classics)
avg rating 3.97 — 2,936,622 ratings — published 1963
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (Paperback)
by (shelved 146 times as american-classics)
avg rating 3.92 — 1,036,277 ratings — published 1876
Moby-Dick or, The Whale (Paperback)
by (shelved 136 times as american-classics)
avg rating 3.57 — 628,555 ratings — published 1851
Slaughterhouse-Five (Paperback)
by (shelved 125 times as american-classics)
avg rating 4.10 — 1,511,847 ratings — published 1969
The Sun Also Rises (Paperback)
by (shelved 123 times as american-classics)
avg rating 3.79 — 504,974 ratings — published 1926
A Farewell to Arms (Paperback)
by (shelved 116 times as american-classics)
avg rating 3.82 — 362,679 ratings — published 1929
The Bell Jar (Paperback)
by (shelved 116 times as american-classics)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,280,835 ratings — published 1963
On the Road (Paperback)
by (shelved 114 times as american-classics)
avg rating 3.61 — 455,985 ratings — published 1957
Gone With the Wind (Paperback)
by (shelved 111 times as american-classics)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,266,635 ratings — published 1936
The Age of Innocence (Paperback)
by (shelved 107 times as american-classics)
avg rating 3.97 — 201,358 ratings — published 1920
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Paperback)
by (shelved 105 times as american-classics)
avg rating 3.99 — 324,212 ratings — published 1940
Catch-22 (Paperback)
by (shelved 96 times as american-classics)
avg rating 3.99 — 898,596 ratings — published 1961
Their Eyes Were Watching God (Paperback)
by (shelved 95 times as american-classics)
avg rating 3.99 — 396,182 ratings — published 1937
The Crucible (Paperback)
by (shelved 91 times as american-classics)
avg rating 3.61 — 472,858 ratings — published 1953
The Sound and the Fury (Paperback)
by (shelved 91 times as american-classics)
avg rating 3.86 — 199,625 ratings — published 1929
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (Hardcover)
by (shelved 89 times as american-classics)
avg rating 4.20 — 790,728 ratings — published 1962
The Color Purple (Paperback)
by (shelved 87 times as american-classics)
avg rating 4.28 — 766,194 ratings — published 1982
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Paperback)
by (shelved 86 times as american-classics)
avg rating 4.30 — 525,816 ratings — published 1943
Uncle Tom’s Cabin (Paperback)
by (shelved 85 times as american-classics)
avg rating 3.92 — 245,742 ratings — published 1852
The Call of the Wild (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 80 times as american-classics)
avg rating 3.92 — 482,646 ratings — published 1903
The House of Mirth (Paperback)
by (shelved 79 times as american-classics)
avg rating 3.98 — 108,187 ratings — published 1905
As I Lay Dying (Paperback)
by (shelved 77 times as american-classics)
avg rating 3.72 — 191,692 ratings — published 1930
In Cold Blood (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as american-classics)
avg rating 4.09 — 747,073 ratings — published 1966
Beloved (Paperback)
by (shelved 72 times as american-classics)
avg rating 3.99 — 505,854 ratings — published 1987
The Awakening (Paperback)
by (shelved 71 times as american-classics)
avg rating 3.69 — 231,584 ratings — published 1899
Ethan Frome (Paperback)
by (shelved 70 times as american-classics)
avg rating 3.46 — 140,919 ratings — published 1911
Walden or, Life in the Woods (Paperback)
by (shelved 69 times as american-classics)
avg rating 3.77 — 207,120 ratings — published 1854
The Pearl (Paperback)
by (shelved 65 times as american-classics)
avg rating 3.58 — 283,027 ratings — published 1947
Death of a Salesman (Hardcover)
by (shelved 65 times as american-classics)
avg rating 3.59 — 264,383 ratings — published 1949
Cannery Row (Cannery Row, #1)
by (shelved 65 times as american-classics)
avg rating 4.06 — 159,162 ratings — published 1943
Tender Is the Night (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as american-classics)
avg rating 3.77 — 152,351 ratings — published 1934
My Ántonia (Paperback)
by (shelved 63 times as american-classics)
avg rating 3.85 — 150,584 ratings — published 1918
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories (Paperback)
by (shelved 61 times as american-classics)
avg rating 3.85 — 255,209 ratings — published 1958
The Red Badge of Courage (Paperback)
by (shelved 59 times as american-classics)
avg rating 3.30 — 111,332 ratings — published 1894
Invisible Man (Paperback)
by (shelved 57 times as american-classics)
avg rating 3.92 — 205,362 ratings — published 1952
The Bluest Eye (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as american-classics)
avg rating 4.14 — 314,464 ratings — published 1970
A Streetcar Named Desire (Paperback)
by (shelved 55 times as american-classics)
avg rating 3.98 — 339,344 ratings — published 1947
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou's Autobiography, #1)
by (shelved 51 times as american-classics)
avg rating 4.30 — 592,828 ratings — published 1969
1984 (Paperback)
by (shelved 51 times as american-classics)
avg rating 4.20 — 5,658,060 ratings — published 1948
Lolita (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 50 times as american-classics)
avg rating 3.87 — 967,764 ratings — published 1955
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