The Tale of Genji by Murasaki ShikibuIf Not, Winter by SapphoThe Book of the City of Ladies by Christine de PizanOroonoko by Aphra BehnThe Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann Radcliffe
Early Female Fiction Writers
89 books — 30 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonAtonement by Ian McEwanLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Major Award-Winning Fiction Since 1990
252 books — 567 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
718 books — 1,449 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyMatilda by Roald DahlThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Books about Books
1,385 books — 1,519 voters

Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukDarkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff LindsayInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Rooting for the Bad Guy
687 books — 1,470 voters
The Sun in Your Eyes by Deborah  ShapiroThe Girls by Emma ClineParty of One by Dave  HolmesHomegoing by Yaa GyasiA Hundred Thousand Worlds by Bob Proehl
Oooh Shiny! June 2016
19 books — 11 voters