§Collection
100 Must Read Classics
Staying On
Paul Scott, 1977
My Ántonia
Willa Cather, 1918
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald, 1920
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen, 1811
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley, 1930
The Catcher in the Rye
J. D. Salinger, 1951
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley, 1818
Dracula
Bram Stoker, 1896
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë, 1846
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky, 1866
The Secret History
Donna Tartt, 1992
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas, 1844
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë, 1847
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel García Márquez, 1967
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov, 1777
East of Eden
John Steinbeck, 1952
The Time Machine
H. G. Wells, 1895
The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton, 1967
The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett, 1865
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck, 1939
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Ken Kesey, 1962
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoevsky, 1876
Persuasion
Jane Austen, 1789
In Cold Blood
Truman Capote, 1959
§ About this list
- Books
- 99
- Published
- 1777–2004
- Average rating
- 4.0 / 5 across 68,481 ratings
- Genres
- Classics, General, History, Fantasy
Most-rated on 100 Must Read Classics
- 11984 · George Orwell
- 2To Kill A Mockingbird · Harper Lee
- 3The Great Gatsby · F. Scott Fitzgerald
Common questions about 100 Must Read Classics
- How many books are on 100 Must Read Classics?
- 100 Must Read Classics has 99 books, published between 1777 and 2004.
- Which book on 100 Must Read Classics is the most popular?
- 1984 by George Orwell is the most-rated book on the list, with 5,983 ratings and a 4.2 average.
- What is the highest-rated book on 100 Must Read Classics?
- The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien has the highest average rating among the list's books with at least 100 ratings: 4.6 out of 5.
- Where should I start with 100 Must Read Classics?
- Start with 1984, To Kill A Mockingbird and The Great Gatsby: the three most-rated books on the list.
- What genres are on 100 Must Read Classics?
- The books on this list are tagged Classics, General, History and Fantasy.