Highly regarded books
Books with highly regarded literary standing. Each guide explains the recognition and evidence behind its assessment.
330 book guides · Showing 1–48
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
J. K. Rowling
Highly regarded
Thinking, Fast and Slow
Daniel Kahneman
Highly regarded
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
J. K. Rowling
Highly regarded
A Little Life
Hanya Yanagihara
Highly regarded
No Longer Human
Osamu Dazai
Highly regarded
The Song of Achilles
Madeline Miller
Highly regarded
The Hate U Give
Angie Thomas
Highly regarded
Coraline
Neil Gaiman
Highly regarded
The Giver
Lois Lowry
Highly regarded
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams
Highly regarded
The Outsiders
S. E. Hinton
Highly regarded
Normal People
Sally Rooney
Highly regarded
Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Jack Thorne, John Tiffany, J. K. Rowling
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Ender's Game
Orson Scott Card
Highly regarded
Looking for Alaska
John Green
Highly regarded
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon
Highly regarded
The Very Hungry Caterpillar
Eric Carle
Highly regarded
The Three-Body Problem
Cixin Liu
Highly regarded
Autobiography of a Yogi
Paramahansa Yogananda
Highly regarded
All the Light We Cannot See
Anthony Doerr
Highly regarded
The God of Small Things
Arundhati Roy
Highly regarded
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
Maya Angelou
Highly regarded
Howl's Moving Castle
Diana Wynne Jones
Highly regarded
A Short History of Nearly Everything
Bill Bryson
Highly regarded
Green Eggs and Ham
Dr. Seuss
Highly regarded
The Road
Cormac McCarthy
Highly regarded
Interview with the Vampire
Anne Rice
Highly regarded
The Book of Five Rings
Miyamoto Musashi
Highly regarded
Life of Pi
Yann Martel
Highly regarded
Circe
Madeline Miller
Highly regarded
Where the Wild Things Are
Maurice Sendak
Highly regarded
I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
Harlan Ellison
Highly regarded
Kafka on the Shore
Haruki Murakami
Highly regarded
Rebecca
Daphne du Maurier
Highly regarded
11/22/63
Stephen King
Highly regarded
Mere Christianity
C. S. Lewis
Highly regarded
Eleanor & Park
Rainbow Rowell
Highly regarded
The Goldfinch
Donna Tartt
Highly regarded
The Silence of the Lambs
Thomas Harris
Highly regarded
The Bluest Eye
Toni Morrison
Highly regarded
American Gods
Neil Gaiman
Highly regarded
Sula
Toni Morrison
Highly regarded
Inside Out & Back Again
Thanhhà Lại
Highly regarded
Americanah
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Highly regarded
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Highly regarded
2001
Arthur C. Clarke
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Carmilla
Sheridan Le Fanu
Highly regarded
The Tale of Peter Rabbit
Beatrix Potter
Highly regarded
