Top 50 Books

A curated shelf of highly rated reads, based on community votes and average ratings.

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (Book 3)

J. K. Rowling

Votes: 428

Rating: 5.85

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (Book 4)

J. K. Rowling

Votes: 387

Rating: 5.82

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1)

J. K. Rowling

Votes: 278

Rating: 5.74

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (Book 5)

J. K. Rowling

Votes: 347

Rating: 5.50

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2)

J. K. Rowling

Votes: 556

Rating: 5.18

The Hobbit : The Enchanting Prelude to The Lord of the Rings

J.R.R. TOLKIEN

Votes: 281

Rating: 5.01

The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, Part 1)

J.R.R. TOLKIEN

Votes: 368

Rating: 4.95

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Harry Potter (Paperback))

J. K. Rowling

Votes: 575

Rating: 4.90

The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, Part 2)

J.R.R. TOLKIEN

Votes: 260

Rating: 4.88

To Kill a Mockingbird

Harper Lee

Votes: 510

Rating: 4.70

The Da Vinci Code

Dan Brown

Votes: 898

Rating: 4.64

The Five People You Meet in Heaven

Mitch Albom

Votes: 430

Rating: 4.55

The Catcher in the Rye

J.D. Salinger

Votes: 449

Rating: 4.55

The Lovely Bones: A Novel

Alice Sebold

Votes: 1295

Rating: 4.47

1984

George Orwell

Votes: 284

Rating: 4.45

Prodigal Summer: A Novel

Barbara Kingsolver

Votes: 253

Rating: 4.45

Neverwhere

Neil Gaiman

Votes: 265

Rating: 4.45

The Secret Life of Bees

Sue Monk Kidd

Votes: 774

Rating: 4.45

Stupid White Men ...and Other Sorry Excuses for the State of the Nation!

Michael Moore

Votes: 283

Rating: 4.36

Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson

MITCH ALBOM

Votes: 493

Rating: 4.35

The Red Tent (Bestselling Backlist)

Anita Diamant

Votes: 723

Rating: 4.33

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Douglas Adams

Votes: 268

Rating: 4.33

Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America

Barbara Ehrenreich

Votes: 335

Rating: 4.29

Into the Wild

Jon Krakauer

Votes: 252

Rating: 4.27

Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury

Votes: 409

Rating: 4.26

Girl with a Pearl Earring

Tracy Chevalier

Votes: 526

Rating: 4.22

Outlander

DIANA GABALDON

Votes: 283

Rating: 4.17

Where the Heart Is (Oprah's Book Club (Paperback))

Billie Letts

Votes: 585

Rating: 4.11

Seabiscuit: An American Legend

LAURA HILLENBRAND

Votes: 275

Rating: 4.10

Life of Pi

Yann Martel

Votes: 664

Rating: 4.09

The Bean Trees

Barbara Kingsolver

Votes: 389

Rating: 4.09

A Child Called \It\": One Child's Courage to Survive"

Dave Pelzer

Votes: 265

Rating: 4.09

ANGELA'S ASHES

Frank McCourt

Votes: 279

Rating: 4.08

Good in Bed

Jennifer Weiner

Votes: 490

Rating: 4.06

Fast Food Nation: The Dark Side of the All-American Meal

Eric Schlosser

Votes: 321

Rating: 4.04

American Gods

Neil Gaiman

Votes: 302

Rating: 4.01

Skipping Christmas

JOHN GRISHAM

Votes: 322

Rating: 4.01

Left Behind: A Novel of the Earth's Last Days (Left Behind No. 1)

Tim Lahaye

Votes: 318

Rating: 4.00

The Golden Compass (His Dark Materials, Book 1)

PHILIP PULLMAN

Votes: 336

Rating: 4.00

The Color Purple

Alice Walker

Votes: 314

Rating: 3.96

Silence of the Lambs

Thomas Harris

Votes: 256

Rating: 3.96

About a Boy

Nick Hornby

Votes: 262

Rating: 3.90

Seven Up (A Stephanie Plum Novel)

Janet Evanovich

Votes: 278

Rating: 3.89

The Alchemist: A Fable About Following Your Dream

Paulo Coelho

Votes: 266

Rating: 3.88

Hard Eight : A Stephanie Plum Novel (A Stephanie Plum Novel)

Janet Evanovich

Votes: 269

Rating: 3.83

Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas

James Patterson

Votes: 457

Rating: 3.82

Lord of the Flies

William Gerald Golding

Votes: 259

Rating: 3.82

A Prayer for Owen Meany

John Irving

Votes: 413

Rating: 3.80

The Vampire Lestat (Vampire Chronicles, Book II)

ANNE RICE

Votes: 301

Rating: 3.78

White Oleander : A Novel (Oprah's Book Club)

Janet Fitch

Votes: 356

Rating: 3.77