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Featured Books
Bless Me, Ultima
One of the most respected works of Chicano literature, Rudolfo Anaya tells the story of Antonio Luna Márez, a young boy who grapples with faith, identity, and death as he comes of age in New Mexico.
Fahrenheit 451
In one of literature's most haunting denunciations of censorship, Ray Bradbury uses the materials of science fiction to tell the story of Guy Montag, a fireman forced to burn books.
My Antonia
The spirited daughter of a Bohemian immigrant family plans to farm the untamed Nebraska land. Willa Cather's tale comes to us through the eyes of Ántonia's childhood friend, Jim Burden.
The Great Gatsby
Told through the eyes of narrator Nick Carraway,
F. Scott Fitzgerald's lyrical masterpiece recounts Jay Gatsby's desperate quest to win back his first love as he struggles to escape the past.
The Maltese Falcon
Detective Sam Spade becomes embroiled with a mysterious client, avenges the death of his partner, and chases a priceless treasure, in this classic American private-eye novel.
A Farewell to Arms
A story of love and pain, loyalty and desertion, Ernest Hemingway's World War I novel features the tragedy of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his passion for a beautiful nurse.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston's vibrant novel presents Janie Mae Crawford's growth from a voiceless teenage girl into a woman who takes charge of her own destiny.
To Kill a Mockingbird
As Harper Lee's narrator, Scout Finch, tries to draw out a reclusive neighbor, she finds herself involved in a racially charged trial that decides the fate of a man in her Alabama community.
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
A teenage outcast, a drunken socialist, a black doctor, and a sad café owner confess their secrets to a deaf-mute, in Carson McCullers' dramatic story of poverty and racism in a 1930s Georgia mill town.
The Grapes of Wrath
The saga of the Joad family's rough passage to California and the rougher treatment they find there, John Steinbeck's novel is tragedy and comedy, story and allegory, editorial and epic.
The Joy Luck Club
In sixteen interwoven stories, Amy Tan's characters—four Chinese immigrant mothers and their American-raised daughters—struggle to connect despite the ghosts and secrets of the past.
The Age of Innocence
In 1870s New York, Newland Archer and his fiancée seem the perfect match. But when the alluring Countess Ellen Olenska returns home from Europe, Newland must make the most important decision of his life.
Bless Me, Ultima
One of the most respected works of Chicano literature, Rudolfo Anaya tells the story of Antonio Luna Márez, a young boy who grapples with faith, identity, and death as he comes of age in New Mexico.
Fahrenheit 451
In one of literature's most haunting denunciations of censorship, Ray Bradbury uses the materials of science fiction to tell the story of Guy Montag, a fireman forced to burn books.
My Antonia
The spirited daughter of a Bohemian immigrant family plans to farm the untamed Nebraska land. Willa Cather's tale comes to us through the eyes of Ántonia's childhood friend, Jim Burden.
The Great Gatsby
Told through the eyes of narrator Nick Carraway,
F. Scott Fitzgerald's lyrical masterpiece recounts Jay Gatsby's desperate quest to win back his first love as he struggles to escape the past.
The Maltese Falcon
Detective Sam Spade becomes embroiled with a mysterious client, avenges the death of his partner, and chases a priceless treasure, in this classic American private-eye novel.
A Farewell to Arms
A story of love and pain, loyalty and desertion, Ernest Hemingway's World War I novel features the tragedy of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his passion for a beautiful nurse.
Their Eyes Were Watching God
Zora Neale Hurston's vibrant novel presents Janie Mae Crawford's growth from a voiceless teenage girl into a woman who takes charge of her own destiny.
To Kill a Mockingbird
As Harper Lee's narrator, Scout Finch, tries to draw out a reclusive neighbor, she finds herself involved in a racially charged trial that decides the fate of a man in her Alabama community.
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter
A teenage outcast, a drunken socialist, a black doctor, and a sad café owner confess their secrets to a deaf-mute, in Carson McCullers' dramatic story of poverty and racism in a 1930s Georgia mill town.
The Grapes of Wrath
The saga of the Joad family's rough passage to California and the rougher treatment they find there, John Steinbeck's novel is tragedy and comedy, story and allegory, editorial and epic.
The Joy Luck Club
In sixteen interwoven stories, Amy Tan's characters—four Chinese immigrant mothers and their American-raised daughters—struggle to connect despite the ghosts and secrets of the past.
The Age of Innocence
In 1870s New York, Newland Archer and his fiancée seem the perfect match. But when the alluring Countess Ellen Olenska returns home from Europe, Newland must make the most important decision of his life.
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The Big Read:
Book rankings based on copies held by Librarything members:
To Kill a Mocking Bird----------------12,577 copies
The Great Gatsby-------------------12,544 copies
Fahrenheit 451-----------------------7,917 copies
The Grapes of Wrath------------------5,940 copies
A Farewell to Arms--------------------3,867 copies
The Joy Luck Club--------------------3,651 copies
Their Eyes Were Watching God---------3,147 copies
The Age of Innocence-----------------2,359 copies
My Antonia----------------------------2,321 copies
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter------------1,923 copies
The Maltese Falcon---------------------1,352 copies
Bless Me, Ultima------------------------ 525 copies
The Big Read:
Book rankings based on copies held by Librarything members:
To Kill a Mocking Bird----------------12,577 copies
The Great Gatsby-------------------12,544 copies
Fahrenheit 451-----------------------7,917 copies
The Grapes of Wrath------------------5,940 copies
A Farewell to Arms--------------------3,867 copies
The Joy Luck Club--------------------3,651 copies
Their Eyes Were Watching God---------3,147 copies
The Age of Innocence-----------------2,359 copies
My Antonia----------------------------2,321 copies
The Heart is a Lonely Hunter------------1,923 copies
The Maltese Falcon---------------------1,352 copies
Bless Me, Ultima------------------------ 525 copies
