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
1,873 books — 6,997 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 BierceDubliners by James Joyce
Best Short Stories of All Time
610 books — 380 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
10,843 books — 10,474 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
54 books — 61 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
374 books — 1,186 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 KafkaNausea by Jean-Paul SartreThe Trial by Franz Kafka
Best Existential Fiction
449 books — 767 voters