A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,869 books — 3,614 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryHoles by Louis SacharA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleNumber the Stars by Lois LowryBridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
The Most Deserving Newbery
113 books — 2,996 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Best classics
349 books — 331 voters

Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis CarrollPeter Pan by J.M. BarrieThe Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensBlack Beauty by Anna Sewell
Puffin Chalks
6 books — 13 voters
A Room of One's Own by Virginia WoolfThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxWhy I Write by George OrwellBooks v. Cigarettes by George OrwellThe Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
Penguin Great Ideas
121 books — 100 voters

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela CarterThe Broom of the System by David Foster WallaceWhite Teeth by Zadie SmithThe Accidental by Ali SmithJustine by Lawrence Durrell
Penguin Ink Editions
21 books — 10 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldNineteen Eighty-Four by George OrwellJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Popular Penguins
200 books — 102 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Young Adult Books
13,178 books — 80,264 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardDune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,579 books — 25,023 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)
4,346 books — 26,151 voters


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