The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
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2,491 books — 3,484 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThe Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
Norton Critical Editions
345 books — 61 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,794 books — 49,752 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
1,704 books — 6,858 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
565 books — 3,476 voters