1984 by George OrwellDracula by Bram StokerA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Shining by Stephen  KingInterview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Quality Dark Fiction
2,539 books — 3,253 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
1,719 books — 6,884 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Jezebel's Books All Women Should Read
772 books — 1,399 voters
Hamlet by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William ShakespeareThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Crucible by Arthur Miller
Best Play Ever
520 books — 456 voters

Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerCall Me By Your Name by André Aciman
Best LGBTQIA literature
1,783 books — 2,176 voters
Venus in Furs by Leopold von Sacher-MasochJustine, or The Misfortunes of Virtue by Marquis de SadeHistoire d'O | Story of O by Pauline RéageLady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. LawrenceStory of the Eye by Georges Bataille
Naughty Classics
121 books — 45 voters

1984 by George OrwellFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Banned Books: Public Domain
61 books — 60 voters
Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan SwiftCandide by VoltaireRobinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeThe Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheLes Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
Best Books of the 18th Century
376 books — 1,009 voters

More Than Two by Franklin VeauxThe Ethical Slut by Dossie EastonOpening Up by Tristan TaorminoSex at Dawn by Christopher  RyanStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Best Books for Polyamory
121 books — 200 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Awakening by Kate Chopin
Best Feminist Fiction
1,501 books — 2,673 voters

The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerCall Me By Your Name by André AcimanAristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzMaurice by E.M. ForsterThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Gay Fiction
2,675 books — 3,883 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Best Anti-heroes in Books
600 books — 430 voters


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