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• 1st on 200 Books That Shaped 200 Years of Literature (The Center for Fiction)
• 1st on What Is the Best Work of American Fiction of the Last 25 Years? (New York Times)
• 3rd on The New Classics - 100 Best Reads from 1983 to 2008 (Entertainment Weekly)
• 4th on Quintessential American Fiction, According to the Rest of the World (Literary Hub)
• 5th on Click If You Dare: 100 Favorite Horror Stories (NPR)
• 5th on The 50 best books of the past 100 years (The Times)
• 5th on What’s the Best Book of the Past 125 Years? We Asked Readers to Decide. (New York Times)
• 7th on Radcliffe's 100 Best Novels (Radcliffe Publishing Course)
• 9th on Koen Book Distributors Top 100 Books of the Past Century (themodernnovel.com)
• 9th on The Celebrity Reading List (Gardiner Public Library)
• 9th on Entertainment Weekly's Top 100 Novels (Entertainment Weekly)
• 10th on Harvard Book Store Staff's Favorite 100 Books (Harvard Book Store)
• 11th on The 100 Stories that Shaped the World (BBC)
• 12th on 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English-Language Books of Fiction (Larry McCaffery)
• 13th on The Greatest Books of All Time (Reader's Digest)
• 14th on The 100 Favorite Novels of Librarians (Bookman.com)
• 16th on TrueLit's Top 100 Favorite Books (2023) (/r/TrueLit)
• 16th on The Best Southern Novels of All Time (Oxford American)
• 16th on The 25 Greatest Horror Books Of All Time (Forbes)
• 18th on 100 Best Books (Montana State University)
• 25th on 100 Must-Read Classics, as Chosen by our Readers (Penguin (UK))
• 31st on In Which These Are the 100 Greatest Novels (ThisRecording.com)
• 36th on Waterstone's Books of the Century (LibraryThing)
• 43rd on The Novel 100: A Ranking of the Greatest Novels of All Time (The Novel 100)
• 44th on 100 Best Books to Read by Women Authors (Good Housekeeping)
• 45th on The Top 10: The Greatest Books of All Time (The Top 10 (Book))
• 50th on The Telegraph’s 100 Novels Everyone Should Read (Telegraph)
• 53rd on Our Users' Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
• 60th on Our Users' Top 100 Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
• 87th on The 101 Favorite Novels of 'Le Monde' Readers (Le Monde)
• 119th on The Complete 500: OCLC (OCLC)
• 454th on The 500 best books of all time from Culture Café users (Culture Café)
• 100 Great 20th Century English-language Works of Fiction by Women (Feminista!)
• Latitude Festival's Top 20 Books by Women (Latitude Festival goers)
• 87 Books Written by Women That Are So Good, You Won't Be Able to Put Them Down (Pop Sugar)
• Books of the Century (The Age (Newspaper))
• 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read (The Guardian)
• Books That Shaped America (Library of Congress)
• What are the Goncourt Winners’ Favorite Books? (Télérama)
• Ezra Klein Show's Most Recommended Books (Ezra Klein Show)
• 100 Books, 100 Companions (Zeit Online)
• Elena Ferrante Names her 40 Favourite Books by Female Authors (The Guardian)
• NY Times Editors Choice 1980-1989 (NY Times)
• A Response to David Handlin’s “One Hundred Best American Novels” (The American Scholar)
• The 100 Novels You Must Read in Your Lifetime (Esquire)
• The 100 Novels That Have Most Enthralled "Le Monde" Since 1944 (Le Monde)
• The Books You've Always Meant to Read (Waterstones)
• Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (Pulitzer Prize)
• 110 Best Books: The Perfect Library (The Telegraph)
• 50 Memorable Books from 50 Years of Books to Remember (The New York Public Library)
• Top 100 Works in World Literature (Norwegian Book Clubs, with the Norwegian Nobel Institute)
• 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime (Amazon.com (USA))
• The College Board: 101 Great Books Recommended for College-Bound Readers (The College Board, an American not-for-profit organization)
• The 50 Books Everyone Needs to Read, 1963-2013 (Flavor Wire)
• The 100 Greatest American Novels, 1893 – 1993 (Jeff O'Neal at Bookriot.com)
• 50 Books to (Re-)Read at 50 (nextavenue)
• From Zero to Well-Read in 100 Books (Jeff O'Neal at Bookriot.com)
• 100 Life-Changing Books (National Book Award)
• Best Books Ever (bookdepository.com)
• The Dream of the Great American Novel (Book)
• The Great American Read (PBS)
• 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die (The Book)
• 100 Novels That Shaped Our World (BBC)
• Finding Comfort in the Classics (NY Times)
• 75 Books Every Woman Should Read (Jezebel)
• #ThisBook (#ThisBook)
• 12 Novels Considered the Greatest Book Ever Written (Encyclopedia Britannica)
• The ZORA Canon: The 100 greatest books ever written by African American women (Zora)
• A Century of Reading (Lithub)
• TIME Magazine All Time 100 Novels (TIME Magazine)
• 25 Books by Black Authors You Should Read This February (Oprah Daily)
• 500 Great Books by Women (Book)
• Best Books (Fiction, Prose) : Experts Choose Their Favourites (The Book "Best Books")
• 1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List (1,000 Books to Read Before You Die(Book))
• The Great American Novels (The Atlantic)
• The 50 Most Influential Books of All Time (Open Education Database)
• This is the Canon: Decolonize Your Bookshelves in 50 Books (This is the Canon(Book))
• The Modern Library: The Two Hundred Best Novels in English Since 1950 (The Modern Library (Book))