Top 25 Titles

Novels (2002- 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) Demon Copperhead

4.81

Barbara Kingsolver

11) My Antonia

4.79

Willa Cather

11) Crime and Punishment

4.79

Fyodor Dostoevsky

11) A Gentleman in Moscow

4.79

Amor Towles

14) The Heart of the Matter

4.78

Graham Greene

15) Ironweed

4.77

William Kennedy

16) The Narrow Road to the Deep North

4.76

Richard Flanagan

17) Great Expectations

4.73

Charles Dickens

17) East of Eden

4.73

John Steinbeck

17) Go Tell It on the Mountain

4.73

James Baldwin

20) The Comedian

4.72

Graham Greene

21) The Optimist's Daughter

4.71

Eudora Welty

22) The Bluest Eye

4.70

Toni Morrison

23) Cannery Row

4.68

John Steinbeck

24) Lord Jim

4.67

Joseph Conrad

25) Sophie's Choice

4.64

William Styron

Non Fiction (2002- Present)

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

1) Alexander Hamilton

4.81

Ron Chernow

2) Team of Rivals

4.68

Doris Kearns Goodwin

3) The Second World War: Volume I - 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) The Second World War: Volume II - Their Finest Hour

4.49

Winston Churchill

8) The Warmth of Other Suns

4.48

Isabel Wilkerson

8) The Boys in the Boat

4.48

Daniel James Brown

10) Just Mercy

4.40

Bryan Stephenson

10) Cosmic Queries

4.40

James Trefil and Neil deGrasse Tyson

12) The Big Short

4.30

Michael Lewis

12) The Splendid and the Vile

4.30

Erik Larson

14) Collapse

4.29

Jared Diamond

15) Appeasement

4.26

Tim Bouverie

15) The Winter Fortress

4.26

Neal Bascomb

17) Unbroken

4.25

Laura Hillenbrand

18) Empire of the Summer Moon

4.24

S.C. Gwynne

19) In the Garden of Beasts

4.21

Erik Larson

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Top 25 Titles

Novels (2002- 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) Demon Copperhead

11) My Antonia

11) Crime and Punishment

11) A Gentleman in Moscow

14) The Heart of the Matter

15) Ironweed

16) The Narrow Road to the Deep North

17) Great Expectations

17) East of Eden

17) Go Tell It on the Mountain

20) The Comedian

21) The Optimist's Daughter

22) The Bluest Eye

23) Cannery Row

24) Lord Jim

25) Sophie's Choice

Non Fiction (2002- Present)

1) Alexander Hamilton

2) Team of Rivals

3) The Second World War: Volume I - The Gathering Storm

4) Caste

5) One Minute to Midnight

6) The Origins of Totalitarianism

7) The Second World War: Volume II - Their Finest Hour

8) The Warmth of Other Suns

8) The Boys in the Boat

10) Just Mercy

10) Cosmic Queries

12) The Big Short

12) The Splendid and the Vile

14) Collapse

15) Appeasement

15) The Winter Fortress

17) Unbroken

18) Empire of the Summer Moon

19) In the Garden of Beasts