The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryPerfume by Patrick SüskindLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Books of 1985
339 books — 218 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins1984 by George OrwellThe Giver by Lois LowryDivergent by Veronica RothBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,975 books — 26,460 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Stand by Stephen  KingMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
The BBC's Big Read
100 books — 7 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
BBC Top 200 Books
200 books — 115 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsDivergent by Veronica RothCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsAngelfall by Susan Ee
Dystopian/Apocalypse With Romance
483 books — 920 voters