We do see classics such as 1984 and The Book Thief included.

Holes is also another great novel that you won’t see on many must read lists. The list starts off with great novels that aren’t the most popular or well-known but they are great novels nonetheless. Barnes & Noble seem to know what they are doing. Ripley and I must agree with this selection. If a book makes it on that list, then it is a must read! Following that is The Talented Mr. The list starts with a novel that was included on Oprah’s Book Club. The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy (Hitchhiker’s Guide Series #1) by Douglas Adams.Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston.I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou.The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy.Beloved (Pulitzer Prize Winner) by Toni Morrison.Howl’s Moving Castle (Howl’s Moving Castle Series #1) by Diana Wynne Jones.Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy (George Smiley Series) by John le Carré.The Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963 by Christopher Paul Curtis.Address Unknown by Kathrine Kressmann Taylor.We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson.

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez.

Barnes & Noble’s 37 Best Books That You Must Read These lists help readers find great books as well as new readers. But for the most part, many of the books on such lists tend to remain the same. The debate of what books are must reads is an old one that changes with every new classic.

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