100 Books to Read in a Lifetime

Are you looking for a book to read this weekend? The folks at Amazon, with the help of readers at Goodreads, have complied a list that may help! Readers voted on the top 100 books that are on their bucket list of books they believe should be read in a lifetime. Here are the top 10 available at the Community Library. (To see the full list click here.)

1. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee: The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill A Mockingbird became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film, also a classic.
2. Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austin: Elizabeth Bennet's chances of happiness are endangered by the foibles of human nature in this classic nineteenth-century novel.
3. Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank: Discovered in the attic in which she spent the last years of her life, Anne Frank's remarkable diary has since become a world classic—a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit.
4. 1984 by George Orwell: Thought Police. Big Brother. Orwellian. These words have entered our vocabulary because of George Orwell’s classic dystopian novel, 1984. The story of one man’s nightmare odyssey as he pursues a forbidden love affair through a world ruled by warring states and a power structure that controls not only information but also individual thought and memory, 1984 is a prophetic, haunting tale.
5. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J. K. Rowling: A winner of England's National Book Award, the acclaimed debut novel tells the outrageously funny, fantastic adventure story of Harry Potter, who escapes a hideous foster home thanks to a scholarship to The Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry.
6. The Lord of the Rings trilogy starting with The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolken: After discovering the true nature of the One Ring, Bilbo Baggins entrusts it to the care of his young cousin, Frodo, who is charged with bringing about its destruction and thus foiling the plans of the Dark Lord.
7. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald: A young man newly rich tries to recapture the past and win back his former love, despite the fact that she has married.
8. Charlotte's Web by E. B. White: Charlotte's spiderweb tells of her feelings for a little pig named Wilbur, who simply wants a friend. They also express the love of a girl named Fern, who saved Wilbur's life when he was born the runt of his litter. E. B. White's Newbery Honor Book is a tender novel of friendship, love, life, and death that will continue to be enjoyed by generations to come. 
9. Little Women by Louisa May Alcott: Little Women, the adored classic of four sisters and their enduring devotion to and protection of one another, was loosely based on Louisa May Alcott's own life. Alcott drew from her own personality to create a unique protagonist: Jo, willful, headstrong, and undoubtedly the backbone of the March family, is a heroine unlike any seen before. Follow the sisters from innocent adolescence to sage adulthood, with all the joy and sorrow of life in between, and fall in love with them and this endearing story.
10. The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolken: Bilbo Baggins, a respectable, well-to-do hobbit, lives comfortably in his hobbit-hole until the day the wandering wizard Gandalf chooses him to take part in an adventure from which he may never return. Set in the imaginary world of Middle-earth, at once a classic myth and a modern fairy tale, The Hobbit is one of literature's most enduring and well-loved novels.

To see more of the list visit "100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Reader's Picks."