The Western Canon by Harold BloomIlluminations by Walter BenjaminAspects of the Novel by E.M. ForsterPoetics by AristotleWhy Read the Classics? by Italo Calvino
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465 books — 109 voters

Oedipus Rex by SophoclesThe Odyssey by HomerFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyManifesto of the Free People's Union by Jakub LasakHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Books - required at top US colleges
79 books — 6 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane Austen1984 by George OrwellThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,318 books — 5,880 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Stories For Book Lovers
8,475 books — 8,722 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Great American Novel
672 books — 1,095 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
American Literature
523 books — 181 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Gilmore Girls Complete Reading List
400 books — 663 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Pulitzer Prize Winners-Fiction
99 books — 272 voters

El Aleph by Jorge Luis BorgesToda Mafalda by QuinoEl Teatro de los Monstruos by Viviana CorderoEl juguete rabioso by Roberto ArltOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Argentinos & Latinoamericanos
83 books — 53 voters