The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Best Female Lead Characters
4,846 books — 5,875 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldSense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Literary Love Triangles (Non-YA)
529 books — 1,888 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë1984 by George Orwell
Best British and Irish Literature
1,169 books — 1,111 voters
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonThe Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,208 books — 25,719 voters

Cosmos by Carl SaganA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootPale Blue Dot by Carl Sagan
Science Writing
284 books — 140 voters
Outlander by Diana GabaldonThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerA Knight in Shining Armor by Jude DeverauxA Discovery of Witches by Deborah HarknessBeyond the Highland Mist by Karen Marie Moning
The Best Time-Travel Romance Novels
991 books — 4,124 voters

American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis1984 by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,191 books — 11,288 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica RothMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsInsurgent by Veronica Roth
YA Dystopia Novels
1,790 books — 11,249 voters


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