The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOutliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,265 books — 8,161 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Best Russian Literature
524 books — 2,305 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëRebecca by Daphne du MaurierDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Best Gothic Books of All Time
641 books — 3,620 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëMadam, Will You Talk? by Mary  StewartWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëNine Coaches Waiting by Mary  Stewart
classic gothic romance
171 books — 25 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Trial by Franz Kafka
Favorite Translated Literature
1,038 books — 503 voters
Tao Te Ching by Lao TzuThe Book of Songs by Arthur WaleySun Tzu's The Art of War by Sun TzuChuang Tzu by ZhuangziThe Analects by Confucius
Chinese classics
37 books — 7 voters

The Stranger by Albert Camus1984 by George OrwellSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Philosophical Literature
1,207 books — 2,846 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Four Jacks Annotated, Uncensored by Robert PavchickJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Best Literary Fiction
1,598 books — 1,630 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane Austen1984 by George OrwellThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,339 books — 5,887 voters

My Lady Jane by Cynthia HandSleeping Freshmen Never Lie by David LubarThe Holy Dark by Kyoko M.Offbeat Love Stories and More by Jennifer K. LaffertyLost Journal Vol. 1 by Tim Mollen
Witty/Sarcastic Leads
17 books — 9 voters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe King of Attolia by Megan Whalen TurnerThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Most Intelligent Plots
235 books — 89 voters


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