Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëEmma by Jane Austen
19th Century Novels by Female Writers
128 books — 59 voters
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeHamlet by William ShakespeareJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Oxford World's Classics
257 books — 77 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
3,241 books — 11,442 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinMia's Magic Wand by Peter Volkofsky
Best Fantasy: Unique Worlds
638 books — 496 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenShōgun by James ClavellNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiTokyo Vice by Jake Adelstein
Best Books About Japan
517 books — 358 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Penguin English Library
137 books — 444 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
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
1,715 books — 6,885 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 — 705 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,788 voters


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