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Banned Books Week 2014

Description: What's your favorite banned or challenged book? Vote for your favorites here, if you don't see it add it! These are books that have been banned or challenged by Library Associations in the U.S. or around the world.

Based on tag: banned or challenged books

Members: 57 participating members (show all)

All members' list: [1] 2 3Sort: Score | Title | Author | Date
1
To Kill a Mockingbird
by Harper Lee
60,067 members, 1,189 reviews
4.39 stars (4.39 stars)

Lists: IzzyCarboni (1), nisgolsand (1), tess_schoolmarm (1), bytheseabchcmbr (1), Jane1551 (1), cecile.sune (1), susan0316 (1), kykim (1), lorannen (1), annette8082 (1), SqueakyChu (1) — 15 more, Awfki (2), gmapcs (2), ryaSilvia (3), laughingcarol (3), tstamatoski (3), ahef1963 (4), hookedonbookz (5), johnsonc (5), MareF (7), cbl_tn (7), Dilara86 (13), John_Vaughan (26), S.CuAnam_Policar (40), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (63), cej1027

Score: 81.75

2
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
32,264 members, 447 reviews
3.91 stars (3.91 stars)

Lists: IrishMaher98 (1), tstamatoski (1), amanda4242 (1), cbl_tn (1), IzzyCarboni (2), cecile.sune (2), kykim (2), sparemethecensor (2), ahef1963 (2), LadyoftheLodge (2), aulsmith (2) — 11 more, MareF (3), hailelib (3), nisgolsand (4), laughingcarol (4), manywydhan (4), gmapcs (4), hookedonbookz (6), John_Vaughan (14), S.CuAnam_Policar (41), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (61), cej1027

Score: 66.49

3
The Diary of a Young Girl
by Anne Frank
21,169 members, 396 reviews
4.08 stars (4.08 stars)

Lists: AlkaF (1), dara85 (1), Laia (1), ryaSilvia (2), riakdb (2), S.CuAnam_Policar (2), Sunflower6_Cris (2), Jane1551 (3), annette8082 (3), johnsonc (4), tstamatoski (4) — 11 more, kristilabrie (4), nisgolsand (5), laughingcarol (5), MareF (6), LadyoftheLodge (6), hookedonbookz (7), ahef1963 (12), Dilara86 (15), John_Vaughan (25), gmapcs (26), cej1027

Score: 62.6

4
Animal Farm
by George Orwell
44,243 members, 663 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: laughingcarol (1), sparemethecensor (1), MareF (1), hailelib (1), S.CuAnam_Policar (1), nisgolsand (2), tess_schoolmarm (2), Jane1551 (2), annette8082 (2), manywydhan (3), ahef1963 (3) — 9 more, amanda4242 (3), Awfki (3), aulsmith (3), hookedonbookz (4), cbl_tn (6), gmapcs (6), John_Vaughan (7), kara.shamy (29), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (62)

Score: 62.2

5
The Fellowship of the Ring
by J. R. R. Tolkien
39,631 members, 328 reviews
4.37 stars (4.37 stars)

Lists: martingayle (1), riakdb (1), manywydhan (1), ahef1963 (1), LadyoftheLodge (1), Awfki (1), gmapcs (1), jillcw (1), laughingcarol (2), MareF (2), hailelib (2) — 8 more, nisgolsand (3), cbl_tn (3), lorannen (4), TalecArashi (5), Jane1551 (16), S.CuAnam_Policar (39), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (60), cej1027

Score: 60.63

6
1984
by George Orwell
62,214 members, 997 reviews
4.24 stars (4.24 stars)

Lists: johnsonc (1), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (1), AlkaF (2), martingayle (2), manywydhan (2), John_Vaughan (3), cecile.sune (3), sparemethecensor (3), S.CuAnam_Policar (3), Jane1551 (4), MareF (4) — 9 more, hailelib (4), annette8082 (4), aulsmith (4), nisgolsand (6), laughingcarol (6), ahef1963 (7), amanda4242 (7), Awfki (7), Dilara86 (14)

Score: 58.95

7
Fahrenheit 451
by Ray Bradbury
39,450 members, 770 reviews
4.03 stars (4.03 stars)

Lists: ryaSilvia (1), pgove (1), IzzyCarboni (3), sparemethecensor (4), S.CuAnam_Policar (4), annette8082 (5), LadyoftheLodge (5), hailelib (6), Jane1551 (7), laughingcarol (7), MareF (8) — 8 more, cbl_tn (8), ahef1963 (9), John_Vaughan (11), amanda4242 (11), Awfki (11), nisgolsand (14), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (68), cej1027

Score: 48.55

9
The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
54,899 members, 918 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: susan0316 (2), cbl_tn (2), kara.shamy (3), AlkaF (3), martingayle (3), kykim (4), sparemethecensor (6), annette8082 (6), kristilabrie (6), Dinajc (7), IzzyCarboni (10) — 7 more, nisgolsand (10), ahef1963 (10), hookedonbookz (11), laughingcarol (12), MareF (16), S.CuAnam_Policar (47), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (66)

Score: 44.83

10
Gone with the Wind
by Margaret Mitchell
18,476 members, 379 reviews
4.31 stars (4.31 stars)

Lists: Dinajc (1), Alleighkat (1), hookedonbookz (1), tess_schoolmarm (3), susan0316 (3), AlkaF (5), Jane1551 (6), cecile.sune (6), kykim (6), LadyoftheLodge (10), nisgolsand (13) — 6 more, johnsonc (14), laughingcarol (19), amanda4242 (19), gmapcs (35), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (52), S.CuAnam_Policar (54)

Score: 43.29

11
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (Book 1)
by J. K. Rowling
100,364 members, 1,649 reviews
4.29 stars (4.29 stars)

Lists: AyaF (1), cecile.sune (4), Jane1551 (5), S.CuAnam_Policar (5), tstamatoski (6), hailelib (7), annette8082 (8), LadyoftheLodge (8), laughingcarol (10), IzzyCarboni (11), nisgolsand (11) — 7 more, ahef1963 (14), Dilara86 (17), gmapcs (18), amanda4242 (22), kara.shamy (34), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (59), cej1027

Score: 41.44

12
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
by Mark Twain
22,852 members, 261 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: IrishMaher98 (2), cecile.sune (5), kykim (5), sparemethecensor (5), aulsmith (5), amanda4242 (8), gmapcs (8), hookedonbookz (10), laughingcarol (11), annette8082 (11), nisgolsand (12) — 7 more, hailelib (12), manywydhan (12), John_Vaughan (15), MareF (15), ahef1963 (18), S.CuAnam_Policar (43), cej1027

Score: 41.4

13
Of Mice and Men
by John Steinbeck
29,709 members, 539 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: johnsonc (2), riakdb (3), kristilabrie (3), IzzyCarboni (5), Awfki (6), cecile.sune (8), laughingcarol (9), hookedonbookz (9), annette8082 (10), manywydhan (11), nisgolsand (17) — 5 more, John_Vaughan (17), MareF (17), ahef1963 (17), S.CuAnam_Policar (44), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (56)

Score: 37.01

14
The Hobbit
by J. R. R. Tolkien
69,990 members, 955 reviews
4.27 stars (4.27 stars)

Lists: IzzyCarboni (4), TalecArashi (4), tstamatoski (5), kristilabrie (5), LadyoftheLodge (7), Awfki (8), MareF (9), hailelib (9), manywydhan (9), ahef1963 (13), nisgolsand (16) — 5 more, Dilara86 (16), Jane1551 (17), gmapcs (19), S.CuAnam_Policar (45), cej1027

Score: 36.23

15
The Catcher in the Rye
by J. D. Salinger
56,785 members, 909 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: gmapcs (3), AlkaF (4), amanda4242 (4), Dinajc (6), johnsonc (6), ahef1963 (6), cecile.sune (7), hailelib (10), hookedonbookz (12), laughingcarol (13), MareF (14) — 4 more, nisgolsand (15), John_Vaughan (16), S.CuAnam_Policar (49), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (67)

Score: 34.34

16
The Color Purple
by Alice Walker
14,993 members, 266 reviews
4.13 stars (4.13 stars)

Lists: Sunflower6_Cris (1), ryaSilvia (4), susan0316 (4), AlkaF (6), kykim (7), S.CuAnam_Policar (7), Dinajc (8), johnsonc (8), cecile.sune (9), hookedonbookz (13), gmapcs (13) — 3 more, Dilara86 (19), ahef1963 (20), nisgolsand (21)

Score: 34.09

17
The Handmaid's Tale
by Margaret Atwood
29,993 members, 839 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (4), martingayle (5), susan0316 (6), Jane1551 (8), AlkaF (9), sparemethecensor (9), johnsonc (10), kara.shamy (13), hookedonbookz (16), laughingcarol (17), nisgolsand (19) — 5 more, amanda4242 (20), ahef1963 (37), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (39), S.CuAnam_Policar (55), cej1027

Score: 33.8

18
The Grapes of Wrath
by John Steinbeck
26,660 members, 370 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: susan0316 (7), tstamatoski (7), kristilabrie (8), John_Vaughan (9), johnsonc (9), AlkaF (10), gmapcs (10), cecile.sune (12), hookedonbookz (15), laughingcarol (16), nisgolsand (18) — 5 more, Dilara86 (21), kara.shamy (38), S.CuAnam_Policar (53), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (54), cej1027

Score: 32.89

19
Watership Down
by Richard Adams
19,247 members, 375 reviews
4.22 stars (4.22 stars)

Lists: Morganadrache (1), TalecArashi (2), inge87 (3), martingayle (4), S.CuAnam_Policar (6), manywydhan (7), hailelib (8), MareF (11), LadyoftheLodge (11), ahef1963 (15), Dilara86 (18) — 2 more, nisgolsand (20), gmapcs (23)

Score: 32.71

Explanations:

TalecArashi (2): I first read this book when I was 6 and it remains one of my top favorite novels.

20
The Two Towers
by J. R. R. Tolkien
35,404 members, 206 reviews
4.39 stars (4.39 stars)

Lists: LadyoftheLodge (3), cbl_tn (4), Awfki (4), ryaSilvia (5), ahef1963 (5), manywydhan (6), gmapcs (7), MareF (10), Jane1551 (19), nisgolsand (23), S.CuAnam_Policar (48) — 2 more, Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (64), cej1027

Score: 29.9

21
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
by Roald Dahl
17,483 members, 361 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: lorannen (3), IzzyCarboni (6), annette8082 (9), Awfki (9), manywydhan (10), cecile.sune (11), hailelib (11), MareF (13), amanda4242 (14), ahef1963 (16), nisgolsand (22) — 3 more, gmapcs (24), S.CuAnam_Policar (46), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (58)

Score: 29.67

22
The Lovely Bones
by Alice Sebold
30,741 members, 873 reviews
3.71 stars (3.71 stars)

Lists: dara85 (2), Dinajc (2), susan0316 (5), AlkaF (7), martingayle (8), cecile.sune (10), S.CuAnam_Policar (13), hailelib (16), manywydhan (18), gmapcs (21), laughingcarol (24) — 2 more, Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (36), ahef1963 (40)

Score: 29.44

23
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
by J. K. Rowling
82,828 members, 813 reviews
4.4 stars (4.4 stars)

Lists: Alleighkat (2), AyaF (6), IzzyCarboni (7), S.CuAnam_Policar (11), cecile.sune (14), LadyoftheLodge (16), Jane1551 (20), hailelib (20), laughingcarol (21), gmapcs (30), kara.shamy (31) — 3 more, ahef1963 (38), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (38), cej1027

Score: 28.84

24
The Canterbury Tales
by Geoffrey Chaucer
16,556 members, 127 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: BadCursive (2), Sinetrig (2), riakdb (4), aulsmith (6), kara.shamy (14), laughingcarol (14), hookedonbookz (14), manywydhan (16), John_Vaughan (18), nisgolsand (24), ahef1963 (32) — 2 more, Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (44), S.CuAnam_Policar (51)

Score: 28.8

25
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
by J. K. Rowling
79,328 members, 730 reviews
4.36 stars (4.36 stars)

Lists: Alleighkat (3), AyaF (7), IzzyCarboni (8), S.CuAnam_Policar (12), cecile.sune (15), LadyoftheLodge (17), hailelib (21), Jane1551 (22), laughingcarol (22), gmapcs (32), kara.shamy (33) — 3 more, Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (37), ahef1963 (39), cej1027

Score: 28.08

26
The Hunger Games
by Suzanne Collins
47,224 members, 3,167 reviews
4.35 stars (4.35 stars)

Lists: jendchen (1), BadCursive (1), Morganadrache (5), johnsonc (7), susan0316 (8), S.CuAnam_Policar (8), cecile.sune (13), hailelib (14), Jane1551 (18), ahef1963 (22), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (53)

Score: 27.34

27
The Return of The King
by J. R. R. Tolkien
34,294 members, 197 reviews
4.46 stars (4.46 stars)

Lists: LadyoftheLodge (4), cbl_tn (5), Awfki (5), ryaSilvia (6), manywydhan (8), ahef1963 (8), gmapcs (9), MareF (12), Jane1551 (21), S.CuAnam_Policar (50), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (65) — 1 more, cej1027

Score: 26.65

28
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
by J. K. Rowling
76,028 members, 1,413 reviews
4.43 stars (4.43 stars)

Lists: AyaF (4), Alleighkat (5), IzzyCarboni (9), cecile.sune (16), S.CuAnam_Policar (16), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (18), Jane1551 (23), hailelib (24), laughingcarol (28), kara.shamy (32), gmapcs (33) — 2 more, ahef1963 (51), cej1027

Score: 25.89

29
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
by J. K. Rowling
81,614 members, 800 reviews
4.36 stars (4.36 stars)

Lists: AyaF (2), Alleighkat (7), IzzyCarboni (12), cecile.sune (18), S.CuAnam_Policar (18), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (23), Jane1551 (25), hailelib (26), gmapcs (28), laughingcarol (30), kara.shamy (36) — 2 more, ahef1963 (55), cej1027

Score: 25.71

30
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
by J. K. Rowling
84,430 members, 826 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: AyaF (3), S.CuAnam_Policar (10), IzzyCarboni (13), LadyoftheLodge (15), cecile.sune (17), hailelib (19), laughingcarol (20), Jane1551 (24), gmapcs (29), kara.shamy (35), ahef1963 (36) — 2 more, Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (40), cej1027

Score: 25.52

31
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
by J. K. Rowling
79,911 members, 722 reviews
4.28 stars (4.28 stars)

Lists: AyaF (5), Alleighkat (6), IzzyCarboni (14), S.CuAnam_Policar (17), cecile.sune (19), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (20), hailelib (25), Jane1551 (26), laughingcarol (29), gmapcs (31), kara.shamy (37) — 2 more, ahef1963 (54), cej1027

Score: 25.07

32
The Call of the Wild
by Jack London
13,270 members, 233 reviews
3.78 stars (3.78 stars)

Lists: vickybagnall (1), BadCursive (3), martingayle (7), aulsmith (9), gmapcs (15), John_Vaughan (19), manywydhan (21), ahef1963 (28), S.CuAnam_Policar (36), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (47), cej1027

Score: 24.44

33
My Sister's Keeper
by Jodi Picoult
17,963 members, 645 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: terran (1), jendchen (2), Dinajc (3), dara85 (5), susan0316 (11), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (16), cecile.sune (20), hookedonbookz (23), gmapcs (34), ahef1963 (48)

Score: 24.17

34
Lord of the Flies
by William Golding
37,688 members, 584 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: SqueakyChu (2), johnsonc (3), AlkaF (8), LadyoftheLodge (9), annette8082 (12), manywydhan (13), laughingcarol (15), ahef1963 (19), kara.shamy (20), S.CuAnam_Policar (52), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (57)

Score: 24.13

35
The Kite Runner
by Khaled Hosseini
43,985 members, 1,150 reviews
4.2 stars (4.2 stars)

Lists: dara85 (3), SqueakyChu (4), susan0316 (10), martingayle (10), gmapcs (12), johnsonc (13), Jane1551 (14), kara.shamy (22), ahef1963 (24), nisgolsand (26), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (50)

Score: 23.62

36
Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
29,839 members, 537 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: tess_schoolmarm (4), Alleighkat (4), kara.shamy (5), sparemethecensor (7), Dilara86 (7), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (17), hailelib (18), manywydhan (22), S.CuAnam_Policar (38), ahef1963 (50)

Score: 22.12

37
Black Beauty
by Anna Sewell
11,452 members, 155 reviews
3.9 stars (3.9 stars)

Lists: TalecArashi (3), martingayle (6), ryaSilvia (7), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (7), susan0316 (9), hookedonbookz (19), S.CuAnam_Policar (19), MareF (20), laughingcarol (27), ahef1963 (61)

Score: 21.73

38
Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley
41,555 members, 566 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: sparemethecensor (8), Awfki (10), AlkaF (13), Jane1551 (15), hailelib (17), laughingcarol (18), manywydhan (19), John_Vaughan (20), ahef1963 (23), nisgolsand (25), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (51)

Score: 21.6

39
Lady Chatterley's Lover
by D. H. Lawrence
10,772 members, 168 reviews
3.5 stars (3.5 stars)

Lists: inge87 (2), amanda4242 (2), IzzyCarboni (15), hookedonbookz (17), manywydhan (20), laughingcarol (25), ahef1963 (25), nisgolsand (27), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (49), S.CuAnam_Policar (56)

Score: 20.93

40
Death of a Salesman
by Arthur Miller
9,095 members, 100 reviews
3.67 stars (3.67 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (2), aulsmith (10), AlkaF (12), manywydhan (15), gmapcs (16), laughingcarol (23), nisgolsand (28), ahef1963 (30), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (46), S.CuAnam_Policar (57)

Score: 20.06

41
A Wrinkle in Time
by Madeleine L'Engle
28,442 members, 742 reviews
4.07 stars (4.07 stars)

Lists: terran (2), lorannen (7), Alleighkat (8), kara.shamy (10), S.CuAnam_Policar (15), johnsonc (16), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (26), ahef1963 (47), cej1027

Score: 19.7

42
Cry, the Beloved Country
by Alan Paton
7,376 members, 152 reviews
4 stars (4 stars)

Lists: inge87 (1), Dilara86 (5), aulsmith (11), susan0316 (12), gmapcs (17), hailelib (23), kara.shamy (30), ahef1963 (43)

Score: 18.09

43
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
by Maya Angelou
10,487 members, 165 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: vickybagnall (2), hookedonbookz (3), kara.shamy (9), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (15), S.CuAnam_Policar (20), laughingcarol (26), gmapcs (36), cej1027

Score: 17.96

44
Doctor Zhivago
by Boris Pasternak
8,487 members, 112 reviews
3.88 stars (3.88 stars)

Lists: tess_schoolmarm (5), martingayle (12), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (14), susan0316 (16), johnsonc (18), John_Vaughan (21), hookedonbookz (26), laughingcarol (33), gmapcs (37)

Score: 17.77

45
Catch-22
by Joseph Heller
32,415 members, 427 reviews
4.12 stars (4.12 stars)

Lists: lorannen (11), John_Vaughan (12), AlkaF (14), aulsmith (17), johnsonc (19), hookedonbookz (24), nisgolsand (29), laughingcarol (31), S.CuAnam_Policar (60)

Score: 16.96

46
Slaughterhouse-Five
by Kurt Vonnegut
35,156 members, 541 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: tstamatoski (2), Dilara86 (3), amanda4242 (5), martingayle (9), AlkaF (11), ahef1963 (33), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (43)

Score: 16.82

47
James and the Giant Peach
by Roald Dahl
13,614 members, 301 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: lorannen (2), ryaSilvia (8), MareF (19), manywydhan (26), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (27), ahef1963 (46), S.CuAnam_Policar (58), cej1027

Score: 16.09

48
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
by Ken Kesey
19,344 members, 228 reviews
4.17 stars (4.17 stars)

Lists: terran (3), Jane1551 (12), martingayle (16), AlkaF (18), susan0316 (19), nisgolsand (30), hookedonbookz (31), S.CuAnam_Policar (73)

Score: 15.82

49
On the Origin of Species
by Charles Darwin
10,499 members, 85 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: John_Vaughan (1), dmg111 (1), kristilabrie (2), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (8), aulsmith (20)

Score: 15.63

50
The Lottery
by Shirley Jackson
688 members, 24 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (7), sparemethecensor (10), Jane1551 (13), susan0316 (15), MareF (21), S.CuAnam_Policar (34), ahef1963 (35), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (41)

Score: 15.6

51
Lolita
by Vladimir Nabokov
25,677 members, 437 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (2), amanda4242 (6), nisgolsand (7), John_Vaughan (22), hookedonbookz (25), laughingcarol (32), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (32)

Score: 15.38

52
In the Night Kitchen
by Maurice Sendak
2,165 members, 104 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (1), LadyoftheLodge (12), hailelib (15), MareF (18), ahef1963 (29), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (48), cej1027

Score: 15.28

53
The Golden Compass
by Philip Pullman
28,405 members, 611 reviews
4.09 stars (4.09 stars)

Lists: Morganadrache (2), hailelib (13), manywydhan (14), gmapcs (14), Dilara86 (20), ahef1963 (21), S.CuAnam_Policar (37)

Score: 14.99

54
Flowers for Algernon
by Daniel Keyes
11,333 members, 286 reviews
4.1 stars (4.1 stars)

Lists: johnsonc (12), susan0316 (14), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (24), hailelib (27), manywydhan (30), S.CuAnam_Policar (35), ahef1963 (56), cej1027

Score: 14.51

55
Carrie
by Stephen King
10,638 members, 227 reviews
3.72 stars (3.72 stars)

Lists: Dinajc (5), kykim (9), susan0316 (17), Alleighkat (17), cecile.sune (21), kara.shamy (23), S.CuAnam_Policar (25)

Score: 14.41

56
Bridge to Terabithia
by Katherine Paterson
14,943 members, 523 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: kristilabrie (7), S.CuAnam_Policar (9), johnsonc (11), manywydhan (17), ahef1963 (26), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (29), cej1027

Score: 14.35

57
A Time to Kill
by John Grisham
9,874 members, 123 reviews
3.83 stars (3.83 stars)

Lists: kykim (8), Alleighkat (9), susan0316 (13), AlkaF (15), johnsonc (24), S.CuAnam_Policar (33), laughingcarol (37)

Score: 13.93

58
Madame Bovary
by Gustave Flaubert
20,271 members, 312 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: nisgolsand (8), Dilara86 (8), kara.shamy (18), cecile.sune (24), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (25), hookedonbookz (27), ahef1963 (57)

Score: 13.51

59
Go Ask Alice
by Beatrice Sparks
7,006 members, 194 reviews
3.47 stars (3.47 stars)

Lists: Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (3), dara85 (4), sparemethecensor (11), hookedonbookz (18), MareF (22), ahef1963 (58)

Score: 13.3

60
Cujo
by Stephen King
7,393 members, 118 reviews
3.44 stars (3.44 stars)

Lists: Dinajc (4), martingayle (15), susan0316 (18), Alleighkat (18), S.CuAnam_Policar (23), kara.shamy (26)

Score: 12.34

61
Sophie's Choice
by William Styron
4,868 members, 78 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: hookedonbookz (2), johnsonc (15), gmapcs (25), manywydhan (29), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (34), S.CuAnam_Policar (59)

Score: 12.01

62
Candide
by Voltaire
15,910 members, 243 reviews
3.82 stars (3.82 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (7), amanda4242 (12), sparemethecensor (13), manywydhan (25), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (30), ahef1963 (45)

Score: 11.76

63
Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel
by David Guterson
10,941 members, 161 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: riakdb (5), martingayle (13), gmapcs (20), cecile.sune (22), manywydhan (28), ahef1963 (53)

Score: 11.74

64
Ulysses
by James Joyce
18,698 members, 263 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (1), aulsmith (8), manywydhan (24), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (31), ahef1963 (44)

Score: 11.43

65
The Bean Trees
by Barbara Kingsolver
8,423 members, 157 reviews
3.96 stars (3.96 stars)

Lists: terran (4), vickybagnall (7), kara.shamy (12), martingayle (17), sparemethecensor (22)

Score: 11.25

66
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret
by Judy Blume
5,841 members, 194 reviews
3.85 stars (3.85 stars)

Lists: S.CuAnam_Policar (14), hookedonbookz (20), cecile.sune (23), gmapcs (27), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (33), ahef1963 (42)

Score: 10.78

67
American Psycho
by Bret Easton Ellis
10,915 members, 224 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: SqueakyChu (3), martingayle (11), amanda4242 (16), hookedonbookz (21), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (55)

Score: 10.57

68
The Awakening
by Kate Chopin
7,497 members, 143 reviews
3.61 stars (3.61 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (6), sparemethecensor (12), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (13), kara.shamy (15), ahef1963 (49)

Score: 10.36

69
The Amber Spyglass
by Philip Pullman
18,907 members, 324 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: Morganadrache (4), Dilara86 (9), hailelib (22), manywydhan (23), ahef1963 (59)

Score: 10.26

70
The Clan of the Cave Bear
by Jean M. Auel
10,365 members, 246 reviews
3.94 stars (3.94 stars)

Lists: jendchen (3), Alleighkat (10), AlkaF (19), hookedonbookz (38), S.CuAnam_Policar (61)

Score: 10.25

71
Their Eyes Were Watching God
by Zora Neale Hurston
13,969 members, 244 reviews
3.98 stars (3.98 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (8), lorannen (10), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (10), susan0316 (22), ahef1963 (62)

Score: 10.15

72
Lysistrata [in translation]
by Aristophanes
2,287 members, 30 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: lorannen (6), LadyoftheLodge (13), amanda4242 (15), ahef1963 (31), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (45)

Score: 9.93

73
In Cold Blood
by Truman Capote
18,196 members, 374 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: Jane1551 (11), martingayle (14), AlkaF (16), johnsonc (20), laughingcarol (34)

Score: 9.81

74
The Bell Jar
by Sylvia Plath
21,920 members, 388 reviews
3.97 stars (3.97 stars)

Lists: BadCursive (4), hookedonbookz (22), gmapcs (22), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (35), ahef1963 (41)

Score: 9.75

75
Rabbit, Run
by John Updike
4,964 members, 86 reviews
3.6 stars (3.6 stars)

Lists: Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (2), ryaSilvia (9), susan0316 (25), hookedonbookz (28)

Score: 9.2

76
The Bluest Eye
by Toni Morrison
9,578 members, 160 reviews
3.89 stars (3.89 stars)

Lists: Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (5), lorannen (8), Dilara86 (12), kara.shamy (27)

Score: 8.96

77
The Pillars of the Earth
by Ken Follett
21,643 members, 658 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (19), John_Vaughan (23), amanda4242 (25), AlkaF (26), hookedonbookz (37)

Score: 8.93

79
And Tango Makes Three
by Justin Richardson
1,801 members, 285 reviews
4.44 stars (4.44 stars)

Lists: dara85 (6), aulsmith (12), sparemethecensor (14), MareF (23)

Score: 8.6

80
Looking for Alaska
by John Green
13,209 members, 643 reviews
4.14 stars (4.14 stars)

Lists: vickybagnall (5), johnsonc (17), sparemethecensor (19), kara.shamy (21)

Score: 8.43

81
The Giver
by Lois Lowry
29,129 members, 1,373 reviews
4.18 stars (4.18 stars)

Lists: dara85 (7), Jane1551 (10), S.CuAnam_Policar (27), cej1027

Score: 8.38

82
A Farewell to Arms
by Ernest Hemingway
17,467 members, 189 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: amanda4242 (10), Alleighkat (14), susan0316 (21), AlkaF (22)

Score: 8.03

83
Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America
by Barbara Ehrenreich
9,255 members, 188 reviews
3.73 stars (3.73 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (6), aulsmith (19), hookedonbookz (35), cej1027

Score: 8.03

84
A Clockwork Orange
by Anthony Burgess
20,371 members, 309 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: Jane1551 (9), John_Vaughan (13), S.CuAnam_Policar (26), AlkaF (27)

Score: 7.94

85
The Jungle
by Upton Sinclair
8,926 members, 104 reviews
3.81 stars (3.81 stars)

Lists: John_Vaughan (10), johnsonc (21), sparemethecensor (23), laughingcarol (35)

Score: 7.59

86
Christine
by Stephen King
6,712 members, 74 reviews
3.54 stars (3.54 stars)

Lists: Alleighkat (16), susan0316 (23), S.CuAnam_Policar (24), kara.shamy (25)

Score: 7.42

87
Brideshead Revisited
by Evelyn Waugh
9,870 members, 212 reviews
4.05 stars (4.05 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (16), AlkaF (17), amanda4242 (23), hookedonbookz (39)

Score: 7.4

88
The Chocolate War
by Robert Cormier
4,153 members, 183 reviews
3.54 stars (3.54 stars)

Lists: LadyoftheLodge (14), amanda4242 (18), ahef1963 (34), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (42)

Score: 7.24

89
Invisible Man
by Ralph Ellison
12,291 members, 150 reviews
3.99 stars (3.99 stars)

Lists: kara.shamy (4), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (9), sparemethecensor (16)

Score: 7.14

90
Cat's Cradle
by Kurt Vonnegut
17,877 members, 221 reviews
4.11 stars (4.11 stars)

Lists: Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (19), AlkaF (20), manywydhan (27), ahef1963 (52)

Score: 7.05

91
The Invisible Man
by H. G. Wells
7,864 members, 183 reviews
3.53 stars (3.53 stars)

Lists: Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (21), susan0316 (24), manywydhan (31), laughingcarol (36)

Score: 7

92
The Subtle Knife
by Philip Pullman
20,063 members, 294 reviews
4.06 stars (4.06 stars)

Lists: Morganadrache (3), Dilara86 (11), hailelib (28)

Score: 6.98

93
The Glass Castle
by Jeannette Walls
16,244 members, 711 reviews
4.15 stars (4.15 stars)

Lists: terran (5), dara85 (8), johnsonc (26)

Score: 6.83

94
Song of Solomon
by Toni Morrison
8,120 members, 85 reviews
4.01 stars (4.01 stars)

Lists: Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (4), kara.shamy (11), hookedonbookz (29)

Score: 6.75

95
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
by Stephen Chbosky
15,214 members, 626 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: vickybagnall (4), sparemethecensor (17), cecile.sune (25)

Score: 6.59

96
The Satanic Verses
by Salman Rushdie
9,500 members, 114 reviews
3.75 stars (3.75 stars)

Lists: Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (6), lorannen (9), ahef1963 (60)

Score: 6.3

97
We
by Yevgeny Zamyatin
6,018 members, 161 reviews
3.87 stars (3.87 stars)

Lists: Dilara86 (10), sparemethecensor (15), Anne_Borsick_Sweeney (22)

Score: 6.13

98
The Sun Also Rises
by Ernest Hemingway
18,383 members, 269 reviews
3.79 stars (3.79 stars)

Lists: amanda4242 (9), susan0316 (20), AlkaF (21)

Score: 6.07

99
Howl
by Allen Ginsberg
327 members, 5 reviews
4.04 stars (4.04 stars)

Lists: aulsmith (1), amanda4242 (21)

Score: 5.87

100
The Outsiders
by S. E. Hinton
14,369 members, 505 reviews
4.02 stars (4.02 stars)

Lists: Alleighkat (19), S.CuAnam_Policar (22), cej1027

Score: 5.68

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