Fog Magic by Julia L. SauerMagic Elizabeth by Norma KassirerJane-Emily by Patricia ClappKatie John by Mary CalhounA Stitch in Time by Penelope Lively
Obscure Children's Vintage Gems
661 books — 238 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,997 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellLes Misérables by Victor Hugo
Over a 1000 Pages
234 books — 233 voters
Oryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodThe Windup Girl by Paolo BacigalupiParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerThe Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodThe Water Knife by Paolo Bacigalupi
Cli-Fi: Climate Change Fiction
418 books — 616 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinAlanna by Tamora Pierce
Best Feminist Science Fiction/Fantasy
698 books — 626 voters
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
Swashbucklers
559 books — 497 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Most influential books under 100 pages
252 books — 924 voters
Half the Sky by Nicholas D. KristofLittle Princes by Conor GrennanInfidel by Ayaan Hirsi AliThree Cups of Tea by Greg MortensonA Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
Powerful International Non-Fiction
295 books — 318 voters

The Sympathizer by Viet Thanh NguyenWhen Heaven and Earth Changed Places by Le Ly HayslipThe Best We Could Do by Thi BuiThe Gangster We Are All Looking For by Lê Thi Diem ThúyThe Eaves of Heaven by Andrew X. Pham
Vietnamese-American Novels & Memoirs
61 books — 46 voters
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThe Wretched of the Earth by Frantz FanonThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam Hochschild
Books About Colonialism
679 books — 239 voters


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