I like to read as you probably do too, and I like to look at lists. I at first googled BEST BOOK EVER WRITTEN, but then I ran across this list using the same criteria. I figured who would know better about books than librarians, right? Right!

I quickly ran down the list and eliminating all the books I have either read, heard on tape, seen the movie, or just knew about generally, I still came up with seven (7) I had never heard of. Maybe I will check with my library and see if they have them.


THE 100 FAVORITE NOVELS OF LIBRARIANS
Based on a survey conducted by Brodart Co., September, 1998 - March, 1999

1. Pride and Prejudice
Austen
2. To Kill a Mockingbird
Lee
3. Jane Eyre
Bronte
4. Gone with the Wind
Mitchell
5. Lord of the Rings
Tolkien
6. The Catcher in the Rye
Salinger
7. Little Women
Alcott
8. A Prayer of Owen Meany
Irving
9. The Stand
King
10. The Great Gatsby
Fitzgerald
11. Mists of Avalon
Bradley
12. David Copperfield
Dickens
13. Kristen Lavransdotter x
Undset
14. Beloved
Morrison
15. Age of Innocence
Wharton
16. The Shell Seekers
Pilcher
17. Tess of the D'Urbervilles
Hardy
18. The World According to Garp
Irving
19. Catch 22
Heller
20. The Clan of the Cave Bear
Auel
21. The Horse Whisperer
Evans
22. Pillars of the Earth
Follett
23. Prince of Tides
Conroy
24. Possession
Byatt
25. Rebecca
DuMaurier
26. Follow the River
Thom
27. My Antonia
Cather
28. The Old Man and the Sea
Hemingway
29. The Scarlet Letter
Hawthorne
30. Sophies Choice
Styron
31. Snow Falling on Cedars
Guterson
32. One Hundred Years of Solitude
Marquez
33. Name of the Rose
Eco
34. The Giver x
Lowry
35. Cold Mountain
Frazier
36. Cold Sassy Tree
Burns
37. Atlas Shrugged
Rand
38. Bridge to Terebithia x
Paterson
39. Dinner at the Homesick Restaurant
Tyler
40. The Hobbit
Tolkien
41. Les Miserables
Hugo
42. The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe
Lewis
43. Wuthering Heights
Bronte
44. A Tale of Two Cities
Dickens
45. Huckelberry Finn
Twain
46. Alice in Wonderland
Carroll
47. The Wind in the Willows
Grahame
48. The Bean Trees
Kingsolving
49. Ben Hur
Wallace
50. And Then There Were None
Christie
51. The Secret Garden
Burnett
52. Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry x
Taylor
53. Busman's Honeymoon x
Sayers
54. Schindler's List
Keneally
55. Emma
Austen
56. The Color Purple
Walker
57. The Count of Monte Cristo
Dumas
58. Charlotte's Web
White
59. Anne of Green Gables
Montgomery
60. The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood
Wells
61. Lady Chatterly's Lover
Lawrence
62. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
Smith
63. East of Eden
Steinbeck
64. The Once and Future King
White
65. Enders Game x
Card
66. The Fountainhead
Rand
67. A Patchwork Planet
Tyler
68. Gaudy Night
Sayers
69. Shogun
Clavell
70. Grapes of Wrath
Steinbeck
71. Handmaid's Tale
Atwood
72. Lonesome Dove
McMurtry
73. Outlander
Gabaldon
74. Pigs in Heaven
Kingsolver
75. Slaughterhouse Five
Vonnegut
76. Jude the Obscure
Hardy
77. Time and Again
Finney
78. Misery
King
79. A Christmas Carol
Dickens
80. The Accidental Tourist
Tyler
81. Giants of the Earth
Rolvaag
82. Persuasion
Austen
83. Fried Green Tomatoes
Flagg
84. Tisha x
Specht
85. The Thornbirds
McCullough
86. Christy
Marshall
87. Lost Horizon
Hilton
88. The Little Prince
St. Exupery
89. Fahrenheight 451
Bradbury
90. For Whom the Bell Tolls
Hemingway
91. Frankenstein
Shelley
92. Bleak House
Dickens
93. Boy's Life
McCammon
94. Chesapeake
Michener
95. The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
Adams
96. How Green Was My Valley
Llewellyn
97. Howard's End
Forster
98. I, Robot
Asimov
99. Of Mice and Men
Steinbeck
100. A Passage to India
Forster

The seven I do not know are: numbers 13, 34, 38, 52, 53, 65, 84