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The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienViciously Yours by Jamie Applegate HunterThe Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
Best Heroic Fantasy
725 books — 1,387 voters
Salt by Mark KurlanskyAt Home by Bill BrysonTHE AMERICAN TRANSLATOR by Ahmed AlshuwaikhatGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
Histories of the Everyday
378 books — 434 voters

Forrest Gump by Winston GroomThe Devil Wears Prada by Lauren WeisbergerJurassic Park by Michael CrichtonJumanji by Chris Van AllsburgMary Poppins by P.L. Travers
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,219 books — 6,121 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
1,752 books — 6,906 voters

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,930 books — 3,629 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Elephant Tree by R.D. RonaldFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
A List for Those Who Want to Run Screaming at the Mention of Sparkly Vampires, Fifty Shades of Abusive Relationships, or Other Assorted Mass Marketed Crap
1,203 books — 586 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleWaiting for Godot by Samuel BeckettThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge by Rainer Maria RilkeKing Lear by William Shakespeare
GRE Reading List
169 books — 21 voters