To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,878 books — 49,835 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,788 books — 6,111 voters

The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteLe Morte d'Arthur by Thomas MaloryThe Winter King by Bernard CornwellSir Gawain and the Green Knight by Gawain Poet
Best Arthurian Fiction
483 books — 1,450 voters