The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald1984 by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLolita by Vladimir NabokovOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Must Read Classics
1,862 books — 4,658 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneEverything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran FoerAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Deep Experiences
79 books — 80 voters

Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonA Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerNight by Elie WieselIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,214 books — 11,334 voters
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonA Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckNight by Elie Wiesel
Books that Made You Cry!
3,357 books — 7,955 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Best for Book Clubs
14,784 books — 18,653 voters
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Inferno by Dante AlighieriThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerNight by Elie WieselFlowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Best School Assigned Books
765 books — 2,062 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenIt's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned VizziniWillow by Julia HobanThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Best Teen Books About Real Problems
2,981 books — 12,437 voters
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by AviThe Egypt Game by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Favorite books from my childhood
4,420 books — 7,430 voters

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,787 voters

Inferno by Dante AlighieriRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Best Books Ever
76,553 books — 284,781 voters