Top 25 Titles

Novels (2005- Present)

Ranking/Title/Author/Rating (1-5, NR- Not Rated)

1) Grapes of Wrath

5.00

John Steinbeck

2) The Big Rock Candy Mountain

4.93

Wallace Stegner

3) War and Peace

4.91

Leo Tolstoy

4) The Human Stain

4.90

Philip Roth

5) To Kill a Mockingbird

4.875

Harper Lee

6) Beloved

4.87

Toni Morrison

7) All the King's Men

4.86

Robert Penn Warren

7) The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

4.86

Carson McCullers

9) The Great Gatsby

4.83

F. Scott Fitzgerald

10) My Antonia

4.79

Willa Cather

10) Crime and Punishment

4.79

Fyodor Dostoevsky

10) A Gentleman in Moscow

4.79

Amor Towles

13) The Heart of the Matter

4.78

Graham Greene

14) Ironweed

4.77

William Kennedy

15) The Narrow Road to the Deep North

4.76

Richard Flanagan

16) Great Expectations

4.73

Charles Dickens

16) East of Eden

4.73

John Steinbeck

16) Go Tell It on the Mountain

4.73

James Baldwin

19) The Comedian

4.72

Graham Greene

20) The Optimist's Daughter

4.71

Eudora Welty

21) The Bluest Eye

4.70

Toni Morrison

22) Lord Jim

4.67

Joseph Conrad

23) Sophie's Choice

4.64

William Styron

24) Angle of Repose

4.63

Wallace Stegner

25) Invisible Man

4.62

Ralph Ellison

25) Alias Grace

4.62

Margaret Atwood

25) The Age of Innocence

4.62

Edith Wharton

Non Fiction (2005- Present)

Ranking/Title/Author/Rating (1-5, NR- Not Rated)

NR) Guns, Germs & Steel

Jared Diamond

1) Alexander Hamilton

4.81

Ron Cherno

2) Team of Rivals

4.68

Doris Kearns Goodwin

3) The Gathering Storm

4.63

Winston Churchill

4) Caste

4.62

Isabel Wilkerson

5) One Minute to Midnight

4.54

Michael Dobbs

6) The Origins of Totalitarianism

4.50

Hannah Arendt

7) Their Finest Hour

4.49

Winston Churchill

8) The Warmth of Other Suns

4.48

Isabel Wilkerson

9) Just Mercy

4.40

Bryan Stephenson

9) Cosmic Queries

4.40

Neil DeGrasse Tyson

11) The Big Short

4.30

Michael Lewis

11) The Splendid and the Vile

4.30

Erik Larson

13) Collapse

4.29

Jared Diamond

14) Appeasement

4.26

Tim Bouverie

15) Unbroken

4.25

Laura Hillenbrand

16) Empire of the Summer Moon

4.24

S.C. Gwynne

17) In the Garden of Beasts

4.21

Erik Larson

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Top 25 Titles

Novels (2005- Present)

1) Grapes of Wrath

2) The Big Rock Candy Mountain

3) War and Peace

4) The Human Stain

5) To Kill a Mockingbird

6) Beloved

7) All the King's Men

7) The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

9) The Great Gatsby

10) My Antonia

10) Crime and Punishment

10) A Gentleman in Moscow

13) The Heart of the Matter

14) Ironweed

15) The Narrow Road to the Deep North

16) Great Expectations

16) East of Eden

16) Go Tell It on the Mountain

19) The Comedian

20) The Optimist's Daughter

21) The Bluest Eye

22) Lord Jim

23) Sophie's Choice

24) Angle of Repose

25) Invisible Man

25) Alias Grace

25) The Age of Innocence

Non Fiction (2005- Present)

NR) Guns, Germs & Steel

1) Alexander Hamilton

2) Team of Rivals

3) The Gathering Storm

4) Caste

5) One Minute to Midnight

6) The Origins of Totalitarianism

7) Their Finest Hour

8) The Warmth of Other Suns

9) Just Mercy

9) Cosmic Queries

11) The Big Short

11) The Splendid and the Vile

13) Collapse

14) Appeasement

15) Unbroken

16) Empire of the Summer Moon

17) In the Garden of Beasts