The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,876 books — 7,000 voters
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Secret History by Donna TarttWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëMacbeth by William Shakespeare
The Classics for Dark Academia
66 books — 43 voters

The Lottery by Shirley JacksonThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeAn Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose BierceBartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville
Best Short Stories of All Time
613 books — 383 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
I'm glad someone made me read this book
11,283 books — 10,981 voters
If We Were Villains by M.L. RioThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeVicious by V.E. SchwabNinth House by Leigh BardugoThe Likeness by Tana French
Secret History-esque books
56 books — 63 voters

Neuromancer by William GibsonSnow Crash by Neal StephensonDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickAltered Carbon by Richard K. MorganThe Diamond Age by Neal Stephenson
Best of Cyberpunk
388 books — 1,201 voters
Cat Stories by Diana Secker TesdellVenice Stories by Jonathan KeatesRome Stories by Jonathan KeatesLondon Stories by Jerry   WhiteStories Of The Sea by Diana Secker Tesdell
Everyman's Library Pocket Classics
38 books — 12 voters

The Stranger by Albert CamusCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Trial by Franz KafkaNausea by Jean-Paul Sartre
Best Existential Fiction
452 books — 776 voters