Classics and prize winners
Explore Canonical, Highly regarded and Established books. Their guides explain the awards, recognition and other evidence behind each standing assessment.
995 book guides · Showing 1–48
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J. K. Rowling
Highly regarded
A Game of Thrones
George R. R. Martin
Established
It
Stephen King
Established
1984
George Orwell
Canonical
Pride and Prejudice
Jane Austen
Canonical
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets
J. K. Rowling
Established
To Kill a Mockingbird
Harper Lee
Canonical
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
Highly regarded
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
J. K. Rowling
Canonical
Animal Farm
George Orwell
Canonical
The Hobbit
J.R.R. Tolkien
Canonical
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
J. K. Rowling
Highly regarded
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix
J. K. Rowling
Established
The Little Prince
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Canonical
A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara
Highly regarded
No Longer Human
Osamu Dazai
Highly regarded
Fahrenheit 451
Ray Bradbury
Canonical
Charlotte's Web
E. B. White
Canonical
The Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka
Canonical
The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller
Highly regarded
Wonder
R. J. Palacio
Established
Wuthering Heights
Emily Brontë
Canonical
Brave New World
Aldous Huxley
Canonical
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
Canonical
The Stranger
Albert Camus
Canonical
Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
Canonical
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Canonical
Lord of the Flies
William Golding
Canonical
The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood
Canonical
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Arthur Conan Doyle
Canonical
The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas
Highly regarded
Misery
Stephen King
Established
Romeo and Juliet
William Shakespeare
Canonical
Coraline
Neil Gaiman
Highly regarded
The Catcher in the Rye
J. D. Salinger
Canonical
The Giver
Lois Lowry
Highly regarded
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Roald Dahl
Canonical
Carrie
Stephen King
Canonical
Little Women
Louisa May Alcott
Canonical
Meditations
Marcus Aurelius
Canonical
The Book Thief
Markus Zusak
Established
Pet Sematary
Stephen King
Established
Dracula
Bram Stoker
Canonical
The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
Canonical
The Lord of the Rings
J.R.R. Tolkien
Canonical
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley
Canonical
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams
Highly regarded
The Bell Jar
Sylvia Plath
Canonical
