The Great American Read

  

I am interested in doing a comparison of the Great American Read list and the 100 books to read in a lifetime list (of which I have less than half left). The Great American Read has series in the list, so it actually has more than 100 books. Here is the list in the order they were voted:

1. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
2. Outlander (series) by Diana Gabaldon
   1. Outlander √
   2. Dragonfly in Amber √
   3. Voyager √
   4. Drums of Autumn √
   5. The Fiery Cross √
   6. A Breath of Snow and Ashes
   7. An Echo in Bone
   8. Written in my Own Heart’s Blood
   9. Go Tell the Bees that I am Gone
3. Harry Potter (series) by J.K. Rowling √
   1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone √
   2. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets √
   3. Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban √
   4. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire √
   5. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix √
   6. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince √
   7. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows √
   8. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child: Parts One and Two √
4. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen √
5. The Lord of the Rings (series) by J.R.R. Tolkien
   1. The Fellowship of the Ring
   2. The Two Towers
   3. The Return of the King
6. Gone With the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
7. Charlotte’s Webb by E.B. White √
8. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott √
9. The Chronicle’s of Narnia (series) by C.S. Lewis
   1. The Magician’s Nephew
   2. The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe √
   3. The Horse and His Boy
   4. Prince Caspian
   5. The Voyage of the Dawn Treader
   6. The Silver Chair
   7. The Last Battle
10. Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte √
11. Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery √
12. The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck √
13. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
14. The Book Thief by Markus Zusak √
15. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald  √
16. The Help by Katherine Stockett
17. The Adventure’s of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
18. 1984 by George Orwell
19. And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
20. Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
21. Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte
22. Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
23. The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
24. The Stand by Stephen King
25. Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier √
26. A Prayer for Owen Meaney by John Irving
27. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
28. Alice’s Adventure in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
29. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens √
30. The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger √
31. Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls √
32. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
33. The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
34. The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood √
35. Dune by Frank Herbert
36. The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
37. The Call of the Wild by Jack London √
38. The Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
39. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
40. The Hunger Games (series) by Suzanne Collins
    1. The Hunger Games √
    2. Catching Fire √
    3. Mockingjay √
41. The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas √
42. The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
43. Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
44. The Giver by Lois Lowry √
45. Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden √
46. Moby Dick by Herman Melville
47. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
48. Game of Thrones (series) by George R.R. Martin
    1. A Game of Thrones
    2. A Clash of Kings
    3. A Storm of Swords
    4. A Feast for Crows
    5. A Dance with Dragons
    6. The Winds of Winter
    7. A Dream of Spring
49. Foundation (series) by Isaac Asimov
    1. Foundation
    2. Foundation and Empire
    3. Second Foundation
    4. Foundation’s Edge
    5. Foundation and Earth
    6. Prelude to Foundation
    7. Forward the Foundation
50. War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
51. Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
52. Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton
53. The Godfather by Mario Puzo
54. One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriela Garcia Marquez
55. The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
56. The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks √
57. The Shack by William P. Young
58. A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
59. The Hunt for Red October by Tom Clancy
60. Beloved by Toni Morison
61. The Martian by Andy Weir
62. The Wheel of Time (series) by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson
    1. The Eye of the World
    2. The Great Hunt
    3. The Dragon Reborn
    4. The Shadow Rising
    5. The Fires of Heaven
    6. Lord of Chaos
    7. A Crown of Swords
    8. The Path of Daggers
    9. Winter’s Heart
    10. Crossroads of Twilight
    11. Knife of Dreams
    12. The Gathering Storm
    13. Towers of Midnight
    14. A Memory of Light
63. Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse √
64. Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
65. The Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
66. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon √
67. A Separate Peace by John Knowles
68. Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes
69. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold √
70. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
71. Hatchet (series) by Gary Paulsen
    1. Hatchet
    2. The River
    3. Brian’s Winter
    4. Brian’s Return
    5. Brian’s Hunt
72. Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison
73. The Twilight Saga (series) by Stephanie Meyer
    1. Twilight
    2. New Moon
    3. Eclipse
    4. Breaking Dawn
    5. Midnight Sun
74. Tales of the City (series) by Armistead Maupin
    1. Tales of the City
    2. More Tales of the City
    3. Further Tales of the City
    4. Babycakes
    5. Significant Others
    6. Sure of You
    7. Michael Tolliver Lives
    8. Mary Ann in Autumn
    9. The Days of Anna Madrigal
75. Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathon Swift
76. Ready Player One by Ernest Cline √
77. Left Behind (series) by Tim LaHaye and Jerry B. Jenkins
    1. Left Behind
    2. Tribulation Force
    3. Nicolae
    4. Soul Harvest: The World Takes Sides
    5. Apollyon
    6. Assassins
    7. The Indwelling
    8. The Mark
    9. Desecration
    10. The Remnant
    11. Armageddon: The Cosmic Battle of the Ages
    12. Glorious Appearing: The End of Days
    13. Kingdom Come: The Final Victory
78. Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn √
79. Watchers by Dean Koontz
80. The Pilgrim’s Progress by John Bunyan
81. Alex Cross Mysteries (series) by John Patterson
    1. Along Came a Spider
    2. Kiss the Girls
    3. Jack & Jill
    4. Cat and Mouse
    5. Pop Goes the Weasel
    6. Roses are Red
    7. Violets Are Blue
    8. Four Blind Mice
    9. The Big Bad Wolf
    10. London Bridges
    11. Mary, Mary
    12. Cross
    13. Double Cross
    14. Cross Country
    15. Alex Cross’s Trial
    16. I, Alex Cross
    17. Cross Fire
    18. Kill Alex Cross
    19. Merry Christmas, Alex Cross
    20. Alex Cross, Run
    21. Cross My Heart
    22. Hope to Die
    23. Cross Justice
    24. Cross the Line
    25. The People vs. Alex Cross
    26. Target: Alex Cross
    27. Criss Cross
    28. Deadly Cross
82. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
83. Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
84. Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
85. Flowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews
86. Fifty Shades of Grey (series) by E.L. James √
    1. Fifty Shades of Grey √
    2. Fifty Shades Darker √
    3. Fifty Shades Freed √
87. The Sirens of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut
88. This Present Darkness by Frank E. Peretti
89. Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie √
90. Another Country by James Baldwin
91. Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya √
92. Looking for Alaska by John Green √
93. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz
94. Swan Song by Robert R. McCammon
95. Mind Invaders by Dave Hunt
96. White Teeth by Zadie Smith
97. Ghost by Jason Reynolds
98. The Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah
99. The Intuitionist by Colson Whitehead
100. Dona Barbara by Romulo Gallegos

So many of these I have never heard of. So many I would have had higher on the list. Some I will probably never attempt to read. Maybe one year, instead of following the Popsugar and Around the Year reading challenges, I will try this out.