What is the best book from the past 125 years?

[Rainger99]

The New York Times is attempting to determine the best book from the past 125 years. What is your vote?

The 25 finalists selected by the Times are

THE TOP 25 BOOKS, IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER:
1984 By GEORGE ORWELL
All the Light We Cannot See By ANTHONY DOERR
Beloved By TONI MORRISON
Catch-22 By JOSEPH HELLER
The Catcher in the Rye By J.D. SALINGER
Charlotte’s Web By E.B. WHITE
A Confederacy of Dunces By JOHN KENNEDY TOOLE
The Fellowship of the Ring By J.R.R. TOLKIEN
A Fine Balance By ROHINTON MISTRY
A Gentleman in Moscow By AMOR TOWLES
Gone With the Wind By MARGARET MITCHELL
The Grapes of Wrath By JOHN STEINBECK
The Great Gatsby By F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
The Handmaid’s Tale By MARGARET ATWOOD
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone By J.K. ROWLING
Infinite Jest By DAVID FOSTER WALLACE
To Kill a Mockingbird By HARPER LEE
A Little Life By HANYA YANAGIHARA
Lolita By VLADIMIR NABOKOV
Lonesome Dove By LARRY MCMURTRY
One Hundred Years of Solitude By GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ
The Overstory By RICHARD POWERS
A Prayer for Owen Meany By JOHN IRVING
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn By BETTY SMITH
Ulysses By JAMES JOYCE

[JSR22]

There are so many on the list that I love. If I can only select one - 1984

[retiredguy123]

An impossible task. How do you define a good book? Most people don't read any books, and those that do, probably wouldn't read any of those books.

[JSR22]

An impossible task. How do you define a good book? Most people don't read any books, and those that do, probably wouldn't read any of those books.

I read 1/2 of those books!

[manaboutown]

Well, it is not a work of fiction but the book that changed my life in 1965 is "How I turned $1,000 into a Million in Real Estate in my Spare Time" by William Nickerson. He wrote updates as it went to $3M, then $5M.

"Probably the most famous book ever written on making money in real estate. William Nickerson and his book HOW I TURNED $1,000 INTO ONE MILLION IN REAL ESTATE IN MY SPARE TIME has probably created more millionaires than any other book in investing history. It simply is a masterpiece of common sense advice."

From: Amazon.com (https://www.amazon.com/Turned-into-Million-Estate-Spare/dp/1607964244)

I have read at least half of the books listed. They are all well written (obviously) and captivating reads.

[MrFlorida]

1984, it seems like it's come true...

[ThirdOfFive]

The New York Times is attempting to determine the best book from the past 125 years. What is your vote?

The 25 finalists selected by the Times are

THE TOP 25 BOOKS, IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER:
1984 By GEORGE ORWELL
All the Light We Cannot See By ANTHONY DOERR
Beloved By TONI MORRISON
Catch-22 By JOSEPH HELLER
The Catcher in the Rye By J.D. SALINGER
Charlotte’s Web By E.B. WHITE
A Confederacy of Dunces By JOHN KENNEDY TOOLE
The Fellowship of the Ring By J.R.R. TOLKIEN
A Fine Balance By ROHINTON MISTRY
A Gentleman in Moscow By AMOR TOWLES
Gone With the Wind By MARGARET MITCHELL
The Grapes of Wrath By JOHN STEINBECK
The Great Gatsby By F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
The Handmaid’s Tale By MARGARET ATWOOD
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone By J.K. ROWLING
Infinite Jest By DAVID FOSTER WALLACE
To Kill a Mockingbird By HARPER LEE
A Little Life By HANYA YANAGIHARA
Lolita By VLADIMIR NABOKOV
Lonesome Dove By LARRY MCMURTRY
One Hundred Years of Solitude By GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ
The Overstory By RICHARD POWERS
A Prayer for Owen Meany By JOHN IRVING
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn By BETTY SMITH
Ulysses By JAMES JOYCE
Hard to argue against any of those. My personal favorite though has to be The Grapes of Wrath. Steinbeck not only paints a full-color picture of that era, he puts you in it.

[golfing eagles]

"See Dick Run":1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

[Smalley]

The New York Times is attempting to determine the best book from the past 125 years. What is your vote?

The 25 finalists selected by the Times are

THE TOP 25 BOOKS, IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER:
1984 By GEORGE ORWELL
All the Light We Cannot See By ANTHONY DOERR
Beloved By TONI MORRISON
Catch-22 By JOSEPH HELLER
The Catcher in the Rye By J.D. SALINGER
Charlotte’s Web By E.B. WHITE
A Confederacy of Dunces By JOHN KENNEDY TOOLE
The Fellowship of the Ring By J.R.R. TOLKIEN
A Fine Balance By ROHINTON MISTRY
A Gentleman in Moscow By AMOR TOWLES
Gone With the Wind By MARGARET MITCHELL
The Grapes of Wrath By JOHN STEINBECK
The Great Gatsby By F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
The Handmaid’s Tale By MARGARET ATWOOD
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone By J.K. ROWLING
Infinite Jest By DAVID FOSTER WALLACE
To Kill a Mockingbird By HARPER LEE
A Little Life By HANYA YANAGIHARA
Lolita By VLADIMIR NABOKOV
Lonesome Dove By LARRY MCMURTRY
One Hundred Years of Solitude By GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ
The Overstory By RICHARD POWERS
A Prayer for Owen Meany By JOHN IRVING
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn By BETTY SMITH
Ulysses By JAMES JOYCE

My Choice is : The Age of Innocence: Edith Wharton 1921. If limited to the NYT list, I'll choose; To Kill a Mockingbird.

[retiredguy123]

Well, it is not a work of fiction but the book that changed my life in 1965 is "How I turned $1,000 into a Million in Real Estate in my Spare Time" by William Nickerson. He wrote updates as it went to $3M, then $5M.

"Probably the most famous book ever written on making money in real estate. William Nickerson and his book HOW I TURNED $1,000 INTO ONE MILLION IN REAL ESTATE IN MY SPARE TIME has probably created more millionaires than any other book in investing history. It simply is a masterpiece of common sense advice."

From: Amazon.com (https://www.amazon.com/Turned-into-Million-Estate-Spare/dp/1607964244)

I have read at least half of the books listed. They are all well written (obviously) and captivating reads.
My favorite money book is "Your Money or Your Life" by Joe Dominguez and Vicki Robin. It should be read by every young person when they start working for a living.

[Rainger99]

An impossible task. How do you define a good book?

It is not an impossible task but it is a subjective task. However, we do it all the time - in sports (MVP, Cy Young winner, Rookie of the Year); entertainment (Oscars, Emmys, Grammys, etc. etc. etc.), Person of the Year. That is part of the fun of it. We don't debate who led the league in Home Runs or which film was the highest grossing film of the year.

[Koapaka]

I was fortunate enough to know Betty Smith from "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" fame....while I loved her (and the book) gotta go with 1984....just tooooooooooo spot on. :(

[Stu from NYC]

Catch 22, was fortunate to hear Joseph Heller speak while in College.

[44Apple]

Not on the list, but I like the Rabbit series by John Updike.

[davem4616]

love to know what the NY Times' criteria was for whittling the thousands upon thousands of books that have been written in the last 125 years down to these 25

[Rainger99]

love to know what the NY Times' criteria was for whittling the thousands upon thousands of books that have been written in the last 125 years down to these 25
Books were nominated by the public (I assume most of them read the Times). The NY Times’ editors then narrowed it down to the top 25. The public is now voting for the winner - the results will be announced this month.

[RedFoxRick]

My favorite from this list is Catcher in the Rye.....I also would have liked to have seen On the Road by Jack Keroauc on the list. It's very sad that some ("Most people don't read any books, and those that do, probably wouldn't read any of those books.") don't read.....or have not read many of these books....

[YeOldeCurmudgeon]

The New York Times is attempting to determine the best book from the past 125 years. What is your vote?

The 25 finalists selected by the Times are

THE TOP 25 BOOKS, IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER:
1984 By GEORGE ORWELL
All the Light We Cannot See By ANTHONY DOERR
Beloved By TONI MORRISON
Catch-22 By JOSEPH HELLER
The Catcher in the Rye By J.D. SALINGER
Charlotte’s Web By E.B. WHITE
A Confederacy of Dunces By JOHN KENNEDY TOOLE
The Fellowship of the Ring By J.R.R. TOLKIEN
A Fine Balance By ROHINTON MISTRY
A Gentleman in Moscow By AMOR TOWLES
Gone With the Wind By MARGARET MITCHELL
The Grapes of Wrath By JOHN STEINBECK
The Great Gatsby By F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
The Handmaid’s Tale By MARGARET ATWOOD
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone By J.K. ROWLING
Infinite Jest By DAVID FOSTER WALLACE
To Kill a Mockingbird By HARPER LEE
A Little Life By HANYA YANAGIHARA
Lolita By VLADIMIR NABOKOV
Lonesome Dove By LARRY MCMURTRY
One Hundred Years of Solitude By GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ
The Overstory By RICHARD POWERS
A Prayer for Owen Meany By JOHN IRVING
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn By BETTY SMITH
Ulysses By JAMES JOYCE

Catcher in the Rye by Salinger

[thevillager1988]

Thanks for posting this. A Prayer for Owen Meany is my favorite book of all time; happy to see it made the list. John Irving is a master. Would add either or both Ayn Rand's Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged to my list of great reads. And anything by Jon Krakauer for you non-fiction readers.

Am enjoying all the recommendations that are being shared. Making my 2022 reading list now.

[Lynnesail]

Unbroken

[noslices1]

I read 1/2 of those books!

Should have finished them instead of only reading them half way through. The endings are usually the best part of the books.

[MandoMan]

Speaking as a retired English professor who has read and taught and loved a lot of these books, my vote far and away goes to Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings trilogy (he wrote it as one book and meant for it to be published as one book).

[Cliff Fr]

The Grapes of wrath

[lindaelane]

Once I saw Harry Potter and the (Sorcerer's/Philosopher's) Stone on the list of the supposed 25 best books of the past 125 years, I knew this had to be a joke. What is wrong with these people? - - I doubt any recommendation on the list (though yes, I've read more than half) - a list with input from know-nothings - because of the lunacy of that entry.

This is my first "gripe-post" out of many I have made here- I usually do not like to be negative, but my goodness.

[lindaelane]

Once I saw Harry Potter and the (Sorcerer's/Philosopher's) Stone on the list of the supposed 25 best books of the past 125 years, I knew this had to be a joke. What is wrong with these people? - - I doubt any recommendation on the list (though yes, I've read more than half) - a list with input from know-nothings - because of the lunacy of that entry.

This is my first "gripe-post" out of many I have made here- I usually do not like to be negative, but my goodness.

Not griping about this being posted - griping about what we consider to be "experts".

[Worldseries27]

love to know what the ny times' criteria was for whittling the thousands upon thousands of books that have been written in the last 125 years down to these 25
elitism

[Andyb]

Still the Bible, #1

[chenault55]

The New York Times is attempting to determine the best book from the past 125 years. What is your vote?

The 25 finalists selected by the Times are

THE TOP 25 BOOKS, IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER:
1984 By GEORGE ORWELL
All the Light We Cannot See By ANTHONY DOERR
Beloved By TONI MORRISON
Catch-22 By JOSEPH HELLER
The Catcher in the Rye By J.D. SALINGER
Charlotte’s Web By E.B. WHITE
A Confederacy of Dunces By JOHN KENNEDY TOOLE
The Fellowship of the Ring By J.R.R. TOLKIEN
A Fine Balance By ROHINTON MISTRY
A Gentleman in Moscow By AMOR TOWLES
Gone With the Wind By MARGARET MITCHELL
The Grapes of Wrath By JOHN STEINBECK
The Great Gatsby By F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
The Handmaid’s Tale By MARGARET ATWOOD
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone By J.K. ROWLING
Infinite Jest By DAVID FOSTER WALLACE
To Kill a Mockingbird By HARPER LEE
A Little Life By HANYA YANAGIHARA
Lolita By VLADIMIR NABOKOV
Lonesome Dove By LARRY MCMURTRY
One Hundred Years of Solitude By GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ
The Overstory By RICHARD POWERS
A Prayer for Owen Meany By JOHN IRVING
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn By BETTY SMITH
Ulysses By JAMES JOYCE

I’ve read many of these books but some I haven’t heard of so I’ll check them out now that I know about them so thank you for sharing. My 2 favorites on the list are Catch 22 and Catcher in the Rye (maybe I just like catch in the title.) The most boring to me was Grapes of Wrath. I know it’s significance but it took me a while to get through it but I figured since I made it through the biography of Eleanor Roosevelt and Rise and Fall of the The Third Riech I could read anything. Everyone has different opinions about…well, everything and this was mine. Happy reading!

[NoMo50]

Green Eggs & Ham.

[Boilerman]

My vote is for A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving. My non fiction vote would be for anything by David McCullough.

[jbrown132]

Thanks for posting this. A Prayer for Owen Meany is my favorite book of all time; happy to see it made the list. John Irving is a master. Would add either or both Ayn Rand's Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged to my list of great reads. And anything by Jon Krakauer for you non-fiction readers.

Am enjoying all the recommendations that are being shared. Making my 2022 reading list now.
I agree, A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving is a fabulous book and if you have read any of John Irving’s books he is a master. I saw him say when he writes he writes the first sentence and last sentence of the book first and sometimes it has taken him up to a year to develop those two sentences. Second on that list for me is The Catcher in the Rye.

[rsibole]

“Love Wins” by Rob Bell . . . . . short read, transforming message.

[nn0wheremann]

From that list, Catch 22. No doubt about it.

[CaptainMeso]

No comparison and appears to have been written for what's going on today.

Atlas Shrugged.

[elevatorman]

Still the Bible, #1

Oh, was that written in the last 125 years?:boom:

[tophcfa]

Harvey Penick’s Little Red Book

[hypart]

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee

[Gulfcoast]

I've read and loved many of the books on that list. But my favorite, especially at the time that I read it, would have to be Gone with the Wind followed by Catcher in the Rye.

[charlieo1126@gmail.com]

An impossible task. How do you define a good book? Most people don't read any books, and those that do, probably wouldn't read any of those books.I would think that many people in the villages have read many of these books ,I loved Confederacy Of Dunces it still rings true. Books are still popular even among the young they just don’t read as many hard covers , but sales are up for books on tape , tablets and other forms , I had the first reaction to the Harry Potter reaction as the op until I realized that the book had a wonderful impact on younger people causing so many to take up reading and realizing the excitement that books can bring, for me it was Treasure Island maybe not a literary giant , but took this young boy on his first adventure , I can still hear the squeaky gate at the Admiral Ben Bow Inn banging in the breeze

[stadry]

nothing by Ayn Rand ???

[Gulfcoast]

My husband and I gave our boys classic literature to read throughout their elementary and middle school years. We had fun discussing the books with them and, yes, they did actually read them. By the time our sons reached HS they had quite a few books under their belt and their reading levels reflected that.

Most of the parents that I know started reading to their kids as babies and encourage their children to read the classics even if their schools do not.

[A Matthews]

The Great Gatsby

[Win1894]

A lot of great books on that list. I would have added "The Boys in the Boat" by Daniel Brown.

[Barkriver]

The New York Times is attempting to determine the best book from the past 125 years. What is your vote?

The 25 finalists selected by the Times are

THE TOP 25 BOOKS, IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER:
1984 By GEORGE ORWELL
All the Light We Cannot See By ANTHONY DOERR
Beloved By TONI MORRISON
Catch-22 By JOSEPH HELLER
The Catcher in the Rye By J.D. SALINGER
Charlotte’s Web By E.B. WHITE
A Confederacy of Dunces By JOHN KENNEDY TOOLE
The Fellowship of the Ring By J.R.R. TOLKIEN
A Fine Balance By ROHINTON MISTRY
A Gentleman in Moscow By AMOR TOWLES
Gone With the Wind By MARGARET MITCHELL
The Grapes of Wrath By JOHN STEINBECK
The Great Gatsby By F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
The Handmaid’s Tale By MARGARET ATWOOD
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone By J.K. ROWLING
Infinite Jest By DAVID FOSTER WALLACE
To Kill a Mockingbird By HARPER LEE
A Little Life By HANYA YANAGIHARA
Lolita By VLADIMIR NABOKOV
Lonesome Dove By LARRY MCMURTRY
One Hundred Years of Solitude By GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ
The Overstory By RICHARD POWERS
A Prayer for Owen Meany By JOHN IRVING
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn By BETTY SMITH
Ulysses By JAMES JOYCE

Kristen Labransdatter by Sigred Undset. It won the Pulitzer for literature in 1929. Best book I ever read!

[jimbomaybe]

Once I saw Harry Potter and the (Sorcerer's/Philosopher's) Stone on the list of the supposed 25 best books of the past 125 years, I knew this had to be a joke. What is wrong with these people? - - I doubt any recommendation on the list (though yes, I've read more than half) - a list with input from know-nothings - because of the lunacy of that entry.

This is my first "gripe-post" out of many I have made here- I usually do not like to be negative, but my goodness. Some time ago I saw an autographed picture of the "Sapranos" for sale ,at the same time one of the original prints taken on the Hornet of the Doolittle raid,, the Saprano print sold for about twice the Doolittle print,, go figure

[ljmarenco@aol.com]

Grapes of Wrath

[stadry]

for the disappointed, remember, after all it IS the ny Times& its corporate culture after all they disappoint every day not known for accuracy either !

[Herscheleen]

Ok otis

[thevillager1988]

An impossible task. How do you define a good book? Most people don't read any books, and those that do, probably wouldn't read any of those books.
It's interesting to read how people feel about books ... each book can speak so differently to each reader. My 2 closest friends (both voracious readers) didn't like my most favorite book ever. Our differences and what we can learn from them are what makes life so wonderful.

[charlieo1126@gmail.com]

for the disappointed, remember, after all it IS the ny Times& its corporate culture after all they disappoint every day not known for accuracy either ! I have absolutely no idea what your talking about

[blueash]

I read 1/2 of those books!


Should have finished them instead of only reading them half way through. The endings are usually the best part of the books.

Brilliant. Thank you for my first morning smile.

[Quixote]

I was on a tour in the small West African country of Togo, and during a quiet moment on the motor coach, I asked Isaac, the tour guide, what he did most of his time, since there is very minimal tourism in Togo. His response?

"I'm preparing the defense of my dissertation on the issue of social injustice in the writings of John Steinbeck."

I responded that when I was in graduate school, I had written a paper on this very subject, with a focus on The Grapes of Wrath. With most other guests napping after a long day of touring, Isaac and I shared our views on a book of such significant universality (the primary reason I choose this book) with a focus on Ma Joad, who held the family together through the worst of the Great Depression. We exchanged email addresses and keep in touch.

Subsequently, I found a first edition/first printing of The Grapes of Wrath (1939) at a local library fair in excellent condition, dust jacket in poor condition, with all hard covered books 25 cents. It cost $24 to mail it to Isaac.

And Isaac earned his doctorate on April 11, 2019!

[JP]

Seems to me a lot of the "favorites" on this list were required reading in school so I think the list is probably skewed by the school board/educators that selected the "great" books and the people that didn't read any other books on their own . Personally, one of my favorites is The Fountainhead by Ann Rand.

[Taltarzac725]

Lonesome Dove is my favorite book on that list. I have read most of those books listed.

Another list-- The 115 Best Books of All Time | Reedsy Discovery (https://reedsy.com/discovery/blog/best-books-of-all-time)

[fdpaq0580]

"See Dick Run":1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

See your urologist.😃😃😃.

[Rainger99]

Lonesome Dove is my favorite book on that list. I have read most of those books listed.

Another list-- The 115 Best Books of All Time | Reedsy Discovery (https://reedsy.com/discovery/blog/best-books-of-all-time)
Interesting list - but not sure why they picked the top 115 instead of top 100.

[Taltarzac725]

Interesting list - but not sure why they picked the top 115 instead of top 100.

Probably to add on various books from different cultural traditions.

[stadry]

j ust don't put your faith in the NY Times

[charlieo1126@gmail.com]

j ust don't put your faith in the NY Times I still absolutely don’t know what your talking about

[Road-Runner]

I'm surprised the NY Times would admit 1984 is one of the best books written in the last century+. Most people who revere this book do so for its cautionary tale of runaway government which for the most point has come true in the last 72 years since it was first published...

[Dr Winston O Boogie jr]

Tune In. The first book of a trilogy by Mark Lewisohn. Looking for to volume two coming out in 2022.

[twinklesweep]

I'm surprised the NY Times would admit 1984 is one of the best books written in the last century+. Most people who revere this book do so for its cautionary tale of runaway government which for the most point has come true in the last 72 years since it was first published...

I am puzzled by this posting. This is a poll that happens to be administered (if that is the right word) by the New York Times. The National Enquirer is not conducting a poll on significant books published in the last 125 years, but if they were, would the list of books reflect an "admission" of, well, I would have no idea. What "admission" is Road Runner alluding to?

Personally I feel there are books that should have been included; for example, other posters have pointed out their surprise that one of Ayn Rand's books—Atlas Shrugged or The Fountainhead—is not included, and I agree. If I were assembling such a list of books, I would have included Dalton Trumbo's Johnny Got His Gun and/or Neville Shute's On the Beach, both dealing with a subject that seems underrepresented in the existing list. If I were asked to choose, perhaps, five books of particular significance to me, I would have surely included 1984. I myself am unable to choose just one, so I am choosing none....

[Topspinmo]

The New York Times is attempting to determine the best book from the past 125 years. What is your vote?

The 25 finalists selected by the Times are

THE TOP 25 BOOKS, IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER:
1984 By GEORGE ORWELL
All the Light We Cannot See By ANTHONY DOERR
Beloved By TONI MORRISON
Catch-22 By JOSEPH HELLER
The Catcher in the Rye By J.D. SALINGER
Charlotte’s Web By E.B. WHITE
A Confederacy of Dunces By JOHN KENNEDY TOOLE
The Fellowship of the Ring By J.R.R. TOLKIEN
A Fine Balance By ROHINTON MISTRY
A Gentleman in Moscow By AMOR TOWLES
Gone With the Wind By MARGARET MITCHELL
The Grapes of Wrath By JOHN STEINBECK
The Great Gatsby By F. SCOTT FITZGERALD
The Handmaid’s Tale By MARGARET ATWOOD
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone By J.K. ROWLING
Infinite Jest By DAVID FOSTER WALLACE
To Kill a Mockingbird By HARPER LEE
A Little Life By HANYA YANAGIHARA
Lolita By VLADIMIR NABOKOV
Lonesome Dove By LARRY MCMURTRY
One Hundred Years of Solitude By GABRIEL GARCÍA MÁRQUEZ
The Overstory By RICHARD POWERS
A Prayer for Owen Meany By JOHN IRVING
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn By BETTY SMITH
Ulysses By JAMES JOYCE

And who made them the authority on this? O, you mean NYT opinion. OK.

[charlieo1126@gmail.com]

It’s a book list it’s meant to be subjective , something for people to expand on ,maybe read a book on it or get an idea for a book to read from someone else’s idea , it’s not meant to be attacked or politicalized

[golfing eagles]

It’s a book list it’s meant to be subjective , something for people to expand on ,maybe read a book on it or get an idea for a book to read from someone else’s idea , it’s not meant to be attacked or politicalized

Not even on TOTV????:1rotfl::1rotfl::1rotfl:

[Rainger99]

The New York Times announced the winner tonight.

1. To Kill a Mockingbird
2. The Fellowship of the Ring
3. 1984
4. 100 years of Solitude
5. Beloved