Macbeth by William ShakespeareHamlet, Prince of Denmark by William ShakespeareRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildePygmalion by George Bernard Shaw
Best British and Irish Plays
134 books — 73 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Notebook by Nicholas SparksRomeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Best Love Stories
5,177 books — 9,637 voters

The Lottery by Shirley JacksonThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeAn Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose BierceDubliners by James Joyce
Best Short Stories of All Time
610 books — 380 voters

The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan PoeThe Gift of the Magi by O. HenryThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Lottery by Shirley JacksonThe Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
Single Short Story
773 books — 301 voters
Papap's Teeth by Danielle DeVorThe Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan PoeThe Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte PerkinsThe Gift of the Magi by O. HenryHills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway
Just A Few Pages Long
109 books — 94 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George Orwell
Works of Pure Genius
730 books — 574 voters
A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensHow the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. SeussThe Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke MooreThe Polar Express by Chris Van AllsburgLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Best Christmas-Themed Books/Stories
842 books — 720 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Stranger by Albert Camus
World's Greatest Novellas
714 books — 1,445 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Best Coming of Age Stories
1,301 books — 1,132 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best South Asian Fiction
735 books — 1,895 voters
ফেলুদা সমগ্র ১ by Satyajit Rayব্যোমকেশ সমগ্র by Sharadindu Bandyopadhyayফেলুদা সমগ্র ২ by Satyajit Rayকিরীটী অমনিবাস ১ by Nihar Ranjan Guptaকাকাবাবু সমগ্র ৫ by Sunil Gangopadhyay
Bangla Detective Novels
94 books — 34 voters


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