4.26 avg rating — 6,736,561 ratings

"A truly American book, it looks at racism through the eyes of innocence. "

4.61 avg rating — 142,191 ratings

"Tolkien built an entire world for us all to visit and play in again and again."

4.16 avg rating — 2,275,906 ratings

"Jane Eyre proved that even plain girls can come up from adversity and have adventures and find love and happy endings."

4.02 avg rating — 1,427,443 ratings

"'Dracula' has to be one of the most frightening books I've ever read. Bram Stoker didn't need the gore and shock value that modern horror writers fall back on as so much smoke and mirrors. 'Dracula' can scare you to the core without any of that. "

4.21 avg rating — 372,298 ratings

"While some may say that 'War of the Worlds' was the first Science Fiction novel, I would have to say that I think that Asimov's work is more important. His Rules of Robotics, which were introduced in a work of FICTION, are now used in Science FACT!"

4.08 avg rating — 142,626 ratings

"Anne McCaffrey pulled me into a lifetime love of reading with her stories of Pern and telepathic dragons that were linked to the Riders for life."

3.75 avg rating — 1,216 ratings

"Agatha Christie created the Cozy Mystery and I will always turn to her books when I don't know what else to read."

4.23 avg rating — 393 ratings

"I live in Baltimore with a dog named Po, have Poe stickers on my car, have a Black Cat, and wrote about Poe for my Undergraduate Thesis in English Literature. He created the Detective Story but still was able to write essays about things as banal as Interior Design. His poetry can make you weep and his short stories grab you and not let go."

4.15 avg rating — 137,431 ratings

"I would have to say that 'The Moon is a Harsh Mistress' is probably my favorite book by Robert Heinlein. "

3.90 avg rating — 147,025 ratings

"While Ray Bradbury is more known for his short stories, 'Something Wicked This Way Comes' is still a favorite of mine that I often re-read around Halloween."