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If You've Read at Least 50% of the Top 100 Books in America, You're a True Book Lover (BuzzFeed)

The Great American Read on PBS put together their ~definitive list~ of America's 100 most-loved books — how many have you read?
Basically, they asked a bunch of people for their "most-loved novel." (Yes they put this list out last year, but IMO the last 365 days haven't diminished its shine!)
Oh, and if you love books, you'll be interested to know: Penguin Random House (one of the big book publishers) is giving one person 50 free books of their choice and a free pair of Airpods! The books can be in any format or mix of formats that you prefer: hard cover, soft cover, ebooks, or audiobooks. Here's where you enter the sweepstakes, which is open through September 30th. But before you do that...
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
1
F. Scott Fitzgerald
To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
To Kill a Mockingbird
2
Harper Lee
The Handmaid's Tale (Margaret Atwood)
The Handmaid's Tale
3
Margaret Atwood
The Giver (Lois Lowry)
The Giver
4
Lois Lowry
Little Women (Louisa May Alcott)
Little Women
5
Louisa May Alcott
1984 (George Orwell)
1984
6
George Orwell
Catch-22 (Joseph Heller)
Catch-22
7
Joseph Heller
The Color Purple (Alice Walker)
The Color Purple
8
Alice Walker
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (Douglas Adams)
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
9
Douglas Adams
The Lovely Bones (Alice Sebold)
The Lovely Bones
10
Alice Sebold
The Grapes of Wrath (John Steinbeck)
The Grapes of Wrath
11
John Steinbeck
Beloved (Toni Morrison)
Beloved
12
Toni Morrison
Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austen)
Pride and Prejudice
13
Jane Austen
Jurassic Park (Michael Crichton)
Jurassic Park
14
Michael Crichton
The Call of the Wild (Jack London)
The Call of the Wild
15
Jack London
Americanah (Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie)
Americanah
16
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Ready Player One (Ernest Cline)
Ready Player One
17
Ernest Cline
Things Fall Apart (Chinua Achebe)
Things Fall Apart
18
Chinua Achebe
The Count of Monte Cristo (Alexandre Dumas)
The Count of Monte Cristo
19
Alexandre Dumas
Great Expectations (Charles Dickens)
Great Expectations
20
Charles Dickens
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Betty Smith)
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
21
Betty Smith
The Catcher in the Rye (J.D. Salinger)
The Catcher in the Rye
22
J.D. Salinger
And Then There Were None (Agatha Christie)
And Then There Were None
23
Agatha Christie
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
24
Mary Shelley
Hatchet (Gary Paulsen)
Hatchet
25
Gary Paulsen
Gone With the Wind (Margaret Mitchell)
Gone With the Wind
26
Margaret Mitchell
The Outsiders (S. E. Hinton)
The Outsiders
27
S. E. Hinton
The Martian (Andy Weir)
The Martian
28
Andy Weir
Gone Girl (Gillian Flynn)
Gone Girl
29
Gillian Flynn
Gilead (Marilynne Robinson)
Gilead
30
Marilynne Robinson
The Hunt for Red October (Tom Clancy)
The Hunt for Red October
31
Tom Clancy
The Clan of the Cave Bear (Jean Auel)
The Clan of the Cave Bear
32
Jean Auel
The Picture of Dorian Grey (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Grey
33
Oscar Wilde
The Book Thief (Markus Zusak)
The Book Thief
34
Markus Zusak
The Help (Kathryn Stockett)
The Help
35
Kathryn Stockett
A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
36
John Kennedy Toole
Lonesome Dove (Larry McMurtry)
Lonesome Dove
37
Larry McMurtry
Wuthering Heights (Emily Bronte)
Wuthering Heights
38
Emily Bronte
Charlotte's Web (E. B. White)
Charlotte's Web
39
E. B. White
Dune (Frank Herbert)
Dune
40
Frank Herbert
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