The Magic Mountain
1924★ 9.1
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Great Expectations
1861★ 8.8
Jane Eyre
1847★ 8.8
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man
1916★ 8.7
Midnight's Children
1981★ 8.7
To Kill a Mockingbird
1960★ 8.6
The Red and the Black
1830★ 8.5
The Catcher in the Rye
1951★ 8.4
David Copperfield
1850★ 8.1
Their Eyes Were Watching God
1937★ 8.0
The History of Tom Jones, A Foundling
1749★ 7.3
My Antonia
1918★ 7.2
Little Women
1869★ 7.0
The Adventures of Augie March
1953★ 7.0
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
1876★ 6.7
Gone with the Wind
1936★ 6.7
Black Boy
1945★ 6.7
Of Human Bondage
1915★ 6.6
Winesburg, Ohio
1919★ 6.6
Narcissus and Goldmund
1930★ 6.3
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
1969★ 6.2
Nervous Conditions
1988★ 6.2
The Woman Warrior
1976★ 6.2
Bless Me, Ultima
1972★ 6.0
Housekeeping
1980★ 6.0
The Way of All Flesh
1903★ 5.7
Call Me By Your Name
2007★ 5.4
Norwegian Wood
1987★ 5.3
Middlesex
2002★ 5.2
Down These Mean Streets
1967★ 5.1
This Boy's Life
1989★ 5.1
The Outsiders
1967★ 5.0
The Fishermen
2015★ 5.0
Bridge to Terabithia
1977★ 4.8
A Separate Peace
1959★ 4.8