The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. CoveyHow to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale CarnegieThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoThink and Grow Rich by Napoleon HillOh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss
Motivational and Self-Improvement Books
2,994 books — 3,020 voters
Nine Stories by J.D. SalingerDubliners by James JoyceA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Collections of Short Stories
2,897 books — 2,041 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century
102 books — 484 voters
The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel BarberyChocolat by Joanne HarrisSarah's Key by Tatiana de RosnayHunting and Gathering by Anna GavaldaA Very Long Engagement by Sébastien Japrisot
France in Contemporary Fiction
258 books — 181 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëShakespeare's Sonnets by William Shakespeare
The Telegraph: The Perfect Library
100 books — 28 voters