PBS Great American Read

PBS Great American Read is a ranked list published in 2018 — one of the 14 sources behind the book canon, weighted as editorial list. 43 of its 100 entries appear in the aggregated canon.

1. 11984Canon #239
2. 2A Confederacy of DuncesCanon #240
3. 3A Prayer for Owen MeanyCanon #201
4. 4A Separate Peace
5. 5A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
6. 6The Adventures of Tom SawyerCanon #126
7. 7The Alchemist
8. 8Alex Cross Series
9. 9Alice's Adventures in WonderlandCanon #48
10. 10AmericanahCanon #193
11. 11And Then There Were None
12. 12Anne of Green GablesCanon #222
13. 13Another Country
14. 14Atlas Shrugged
15. 15BelovedCanon #29
16. 16Bless Me, Ultima
17. 17The Book Thief
18. 18The Brief Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao
19. 19The Call of the WildCanon #92
20. 20Catch-22Canon #56
21. 21The Catcher in the RyeCanon #42
22. 22Charlotte's Web
23. 23The Chronicles of Narnia: Full Series
24. 24The Clan of the Cave Bear
25. 25The Coldest Winter Ever
26. 26The Color PurpleCanon #159
27. 27Count of Monte CristoCanon #54
28. 28Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
29. 29The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
30. 30The Da Vinci Code
31. 31Don QuixoteCanon #2
32. 32Dona Barbara
33. 33Dune
34. 34Fifty Shades of Grey
35. 35Flowers in the Attic
36. 36Isaac Asimov's Foundation Series
37. 37FrankensteinCanon #14
38. 38Game of Thrones
39. 39GhostCanon #210
40. 40GileadCanon #171
41. 41The Giver
42. 42The GodfatherCanon #212
43. 43Gone Girl
44. 44Gone With the WindCanon #47
45. 45Grapes of WrathCanon #21
46. 46Great ExpectationsCanon #17
47. 47The Great GatsbyCanon #19
48. 48Gulliver's TravelsCanon #111
49. 49The Handmaid's TaleCanon #191
50. 50Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
51. 51Hatchet
52. 52Heart of DarknessCanon #59
53. 53The Help
54. 54The Hitchhiker's Guide to the GalaxyCanon #248
55. 55The Hunger Games Series
56. 56The Hunt for Red October
57. 57The Intuitionist
58. 58Invisible ManCanon #20
59. 59Jane EyreCanon #10
60. 60The Joy Luck Club
61. 61Jurassic Park
62. 62Left Behind Series
63. 63The Little PrinceCanon #35
64. 64Little WomenCanon #33
65. 65Lonesome Dove
66. 66Looking for Alaska
67. 67Lord of the RingsCanon #66
68. 68The Lovely Bones
69. 69Martian
70. 70Memoirs of a Geisha
71. 71Mind Invaders
72. 72Moby DickCanon #8
73. 73The Notebook
74. 74One Hundred Years of SolitudeCanon #4
75. 75Outlander
76. 76The Outsiders
77. 77The Picture of Dorian Grey
78. 78Pilgrim's ProgressCanon #152
79. 79The Pillars of the Earth
80. 80Pride and PrejudiceCanon #5
81. 81Ready Player One
82. 82RebeccaCanon #109
83. 83The Shack
84. 84Siddhartha
85. 85The Sirens of Titan
86. 86The Stand
87. 87The Sun Also RisesCanon #250
88. 88Swan Song
89. 89Tales of the City
90. 90Their Eyes Were Watching GodCanon #63
91. 91Things Fall ApartCanon #16
92. 92This Present Darkness
93. 93To Kill a MockingbirdCanon #27
94. 94Twilight Series
95. 95War and PeaceCanon #12
96. 96The Watchers
97. 97The Wheel of Time Series
98. 98Where the Red Fern Grows
99. 99White TeethCanon #183
100. 100Wuthering HeightsCanon #7

List compiled and published by its original authors; positions shown as published. Canon ranks link to each entry's full evidence page.