Flowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeLittle Bee by Chris Cleave
Gateways to books beyond YA
50 books — 12 voters
Counterpunch by Fred SmeijersA View of Early Typography by Harry Graham CarterWhile You're Reading by Gerard UngerThe Printed Book of the Renaissance by E.P. GoldschmidtJust My Type by Simon Garfield
Book History
18 books — 3 voters

A History of Reading by Alberto ManguelThe Book in the Renaissance by Andrew PettegreeInside Roman Libraries by George W. HoustonPapermaking by Dard HunterThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
History of the Book
61 books — 9 voters

The 120 Days of Sodom by Marquis de SadeLes Chants de Maldoror by Comte de LautréamontThe Black Arts by Richard CavendishA Pictorial History of Horror Movies by Denis GiffordTurn Off Your Mind by Gary Lachman
The Gospel Of Filth
116 books — 12 voters
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan PoeThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo TolstoyWhite Nights by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Night is Darkening Round Me by Emily Brontë
Penguin Little Black Classics
127 books — 207 voters

The Book of Exodus, with Commentary by Brevard S. ChildsLamentations by Adele BerlinI & II Kings (2007) by Marvin A. SweeneyOld Testament Theology, Volume One by Horst Dietrich PreussThe Leper Messiah by R.M. L.
Old Testament Library
41 books — 8 voters
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
7,888 books — 49,790 voters

Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan SwiftCandide by VoltaireRobinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeThe Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheLes liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
Best Books of the 18th Century
376 books — 1,009 voters
Hamlet by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William ShakespeareDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraParadise Lost by John MiltonKing Lear by William Shakespeare
Best Books of the 17th Century
326 books — 706 voters

Romeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliMuch Ado About Nothing by William ShakespeareJulius Caesar by William Shakespeare
Best Books of the 16th Century
192 books — 545 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,720 books — 6,885 voters


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