Religious text
The Bible
The Bible
Various writers
c. 1200 BCE – 2nd century CEReligious
The hundred
The books the world actually kept.
A separate shelf of the hundred most popular books, with original synopses and house bindings. The rest of the published record is in the full catalogue.
- Titles
- 100
- Languages
- 14
- Countries
- 20
100 books
- #1
- #2
Religious text
The Quran
The Quran
Traditional Islamic compilation
7th centuryReligious
- #3
Novel
Don Quixote
Don Quixote
Miguel de Cervantes
1605–1615Adventure
- #4
Novel
A Tale of Two Cities
A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
1859Historical
- #5
Novel
The Lord of the Rings
The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien
1954–1955Fantasy
- #6
Novella
The Little Prince
The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
1943Fantasy
- #7
Novel
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone
J.K. Rowling
1997Fantasy
- #8
Children's novel
The Hobbit
The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien
1937Fantasy
- #9
Novel
And Then There Were None
And Then There Were None
Agatha Christie
1939Mystery
- #10
Children's novel
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
C.S. Lewis
1950Fantasy
- #11
Children's novel
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll
1865Fantasy
- #12
Novel
The Alchemist
The Alchemist
Paulo Coelho
1988Fantasy
- #13
Novel
Dream of the Red Chamber
Dream of the Red Chamber
Cao Xueqin
1791Literary
- #14
Novel
The Da Vinci Code
The Da Vinci Code
Dan Brown
2003Mystery
- #15
Novel
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
J.K. Rowling
1998Fantasy
- #16
Novel
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
J.K. Rowling
1999Fantasy
- #17
Novel
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
J.K. Rowling
2000Fantasy
- #18
Novel
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
J.K. Rowling
2003Fantasy
- #19
Novel
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince
J.K. Rowling
2005Fantasy
- #20
Novel
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
J.K. Rowling
2007Fantasy
- #21
Novel
The Catcher in the Rye
The Catcher in the Rye
J.D. Salinger
1951Coming of age
- #22
Novel
One Hundred Years of Solitude
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel García Márquez
1967Literary
- #23
Novel
To Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
1960Literary
- #24
Novel
Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
1813Romance
- #25
Novel
Nineteen Eighty-Four
Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell
1949Dystopian
- #26
Novella
Animal Farm
Animal Farm
George Orwell
1945Satire
- #27
Novel
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
1925Literary
- #28
Children's novel
Anne of Green Gables
Anne of Green Gables
L.M. Montgomery
1908Coming of age
- #29
Children's novel
Black Beauty
Black Beauty
Anna Sewell
1877Children's
- #30
Children's novel
Heidi
Heidi
Johanna Spyri
1880Children's
- #31
Children's novel
Charlotte's Web
Charlotte's Web
E.B. White
1952Children's
- #32
Picture book
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle
1969Children's
- #33
Picture book
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Beatrix Potter
1902Children's
- #34
Memoir
The Diary of a Young Girl
The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
1947History
- #35
Novel
Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind
Margaret Mitchell
1936Historical
- #36
Novel
Rebecca
Rebecca
Daphne du Maurier
1938Gothic
- #37
Novel
The Hunger Games
The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins
2008Dystopian
- #38
Novel
The Kite Runner
The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
2003Historical
- #39
Novel
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Stieg Larsson
2005Mystery
- #40
Novel
Angels & Demons
Angels & Demons
Dan Brown
2000Thriller
- #41
Novel
The Godfather
The Godfather
Mario Puzo
1969Crime
- #42
Novel
Things Fall Apart
Things Fall Apart
Chinua Achebe
1958Literary
- #43
Novel
War and Peace
War and Peace
Leo Tolstoy
1869Historical
- #44
Novel
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
Leo Tolstoy
1878Literary
- #45
Novel
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
1866Literary
- #46
Novel
The Brothers Karamazov
The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoevsky
1880Literary
- #47
Novel
Les Misérables
Les Misérables
Victor Hugo
1862Historical
- #48
Novel
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame
Victor Hugo
1831Historical
- #49
Novel
The Count of Monte Cristo
The Count of Monte Cristo
Alexandre Dumas
1844–1846Adventure
- #50
Novel
The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers
Alexandre Dumas
1844Adventure
- #51
Novel
Jane Eyre
Jane Eyre
Charlotte Brontë
1847Gothic
- #52
Novel
Wuthering Heights
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
1847Gothic
- #53
Novel
Frankenstein
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
1818Gothic
- #54
Novel
Dracula
Dracula
Bram Stoker
1897Horror
- #55
Short stories
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
1892Mystery
- #56
Novel
Treasure Island
Treasure Island
Robert Louis Stevenson
1883Adventure
- #57
Novella
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson
1886Horror
- #58
Novel
Robinson Crusoe
Robinson Crusoe
Daniel Defoe
1719Adventure
- #59
Novel
Gulliver's Travels
Gulliver's Travels
Jonathan Swift
1726Satire
- #60
Epic poem
The Odyssey
The Odyssey
Homer
c. 8th century BCEAdventure
- #61
Epic poem
The Iliad
The Iliad
Homer
c. 8th century BCEEpic
- #62
Play
Hamlet
Hamlet
William Shakespeare
c. 1600Tragedy
- #63
Play
Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare
1597Tragedy
- #64
Play
Macbeth
Macbeth
William Shakespeare
c. 1606Tragedy
- #65
Novel
Moby-Dick
Moby-Dick
Herman Melville
1851Adventure
- #66
Novel
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
1884Adventure
- #67
Children's novel
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Mark Twain
1876Adventure
- #68
Novel
Little Women
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
1868–1869Coming of age
- #69
Children's novel
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
L. Frank Baum
1900Fantasy
- #70
Children's novel
Peter and Wendy
Peter and Wendy
J.M. Barrie
1911Fantasy
- #71
Children's novel
The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden
Frances Hodgson Burnett
1911Children's
- #72
Children's novel
The Wind in the Willows
The Wind in the Willows
Kenneth Grahame
1908Children's
- #73
Short stories
The Jungle Book
The Jungle Book
Rudyard Kipling
1894Adventure
- #74
Novel
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Seas
Jules Verne
1870Science fiction
- #75
Novel
Around the World in Eighty Days
Around the World in Eighty Days
Jules Verne
1873Adventure
- #76
Novel
Brave New World
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
1932Dystopian
- #77
Novel
Fahrenheit 451
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
1953Dystopian
- #78
Novel
Lord of the Flies
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
1954Literary
- #79
Novella
The Old Man and the Sea
The Old Man and the Sea
Ernest Hemingway
1952Literary
- #80
Novel
The Grapes of Wrath
The Grapes of Wrath
John Steinbeck
1939Historical
- #81
Novella
Of Mice and Men
Of Mice and Men
John Steinbeck
1937Literary
- #82
Novel
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
1890Gothic
- #83
Novella
The Metamorphosis
The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka
1915Literary
- #84
Novel
The Stranger
The Stranger
Albert Camus
1942Literary
- #85
Novel
Catch-22
Catch-22
Joseph Heller
1961Satire
- #86
Novel
Slaughterhouse-Five
Slaughterhouse-Five
Kurt Vonnegut
1969Science fiction
- #87
Novel
Dune
Dune
Frank Herbert
1965Science fiction
- #88
Novel
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams
1979Science fiction
- #89
Children's novel
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl
1964Children's
- #90
Children's novel
Matilda
Matilda
Roald Dahl
1988Children's
- #91
Novel
The Giver
The Giver
Lois Lowry
1993Dystopian
- #92
Children's novel
A Wrinkle in Time
A Wrinkle in Time
Madeleine L'Engle
1962Science fiction
- #93
Novel
The Outsiders
The Outsiders
S.E. Hinton
1967Coming of age
- #94
Novel
The Book Thief
The Book Thief
Markus Zusak
2005Historical
- #95
Novel
Life of Pi
Life of Pi
Yann Martel
2001Adventure
- #96
Novel
The Handmaid's Tale
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
1985Dystopian
- #97
Nonfiction
How to Win Friends and Influence People
How to Win Friends and Influence People
Dale Carnegie
1936Self-help
- #98
Nonfiction
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind
Yuval Noah Harari
2011History
- #99
Nonfiction
A Brief History of Time
A Brief History of Time
Stephen Hawking
1988Science
- #100
Novella
The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild
Jack London
1903Adventure