Scholastic Announces 10 Most Influential Books on YouAreWhatYouRead.com

To Kill a Mockingbird tops the list

Scholastic’s online book community YouAreWhatYouRead.com Invites readers to find their next great summer read and asks, "Which Five Books Shaped Your Life?"

 

New York, NY — May 26, 2011 — Scholastic, the global children’s publishing, education and media company, today announced lists of the 10 most influential books selected by adults and children on the company’s online book community, YouAreWhatYouRead.com. Scholastic invites all readers to find their next great summer read through the top 10 lists, featuring a wide selection of books from contemporary fiction to the classics.

 

When asked to create their YouAreWhatYouRead.com "Bookprint" – the five books that helped shape who they are –15,000 participants, including more than 200 notable reading role models such as Bill Gates, Malcolm Gladwell, Nicole Kidman, Oprah Winfrey, Scarlett Johansson, Suzanne Collins, Tom Hanks, Tony Hawk, President William Jefferson Clinton, and President George H.W. Bush, shared the five most influential books of their lives.

YouAreWhatYouRead.com tracks each book selected for a user's Bookprint. Since the site’s launch last October, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee has held the number one spot as most popular Bookprint choice for adults, while The Lightning Thief from the Percy Jackson series by Rick Riordan currently leads the kids’ list.

The 10 most influential books picked by adults on YouAreWhatYouRead.com: