My Cousin Rachel by Daphne du MaurierRebecca by Daphne du MaurierJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Gothic Books of All Time
572 books — 3,492 voters
The Silmarillion by J.R.R. TolkienThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,149 books — 25,677 voters

Slouching Towards Bethlehem by Joan DidionThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam HochschildThe White Album by Joan Didion
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,222 books — 8,064 voters
Richard II by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William ShakespeareRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareHenry V by William ShakespeareShakespeare's Sonnets by William Shakespeare
Best of William Shakespeare
100 books — 1,238 voters

Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo TolstoyMaster And Man by Leo Tolstoy
The Best of Tolstoy
31 books — 445 voters
Great Expectations by Charles DickensA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensBleak House by Charles DickensDavid Copperfield by Charles DickensNicholas Nickleby by Charles Dickens
Best of Charles Dickens
109 books — 255 voters

As I Lay Dying by William FaulknerThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovEast of Eden by John SteinbeckMy Cousin Rachel by Daphne du MaurierThe Power and the Glory by Graham Greene
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,815 books — 49,772 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,705 books — 6,870 voters

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieDeath on the Nile by Agatha ChristieThe Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
Best Agatha Christie Book
109 books — 1,367 voters
The Complete Poems of Dorothy Parker by Dorothy ParkerAriel by Sylvia PlathCollected Poems by Edna St. Vincent MillayCollected Poems by W.H. AudenThe Waste Land by T.S. Eliot
Best Poetry Books
2,977 books — 2,418 voters

The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon ScieszkaWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakHow the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. SeussCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Best Children's Books
5,303 books — 6,683 voters
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovThe Stranger by Albert CamusAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyMadame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertThe House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Favorite Translated Literature
1,029 books — 496 voters

The Silmarillion by J.R.R. TolkienThe Fifth Season by N.K. JemisinHyperion by Dan SimmonsThe Chrysalids by John WyndhamCat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,326 books — 24,567 voters