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Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Best Children's Books
5,418 books — 7,028 voters
The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan DidionMarbles by Ellen ForneyMrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Books Worth Reading on Depression (fiction and nonfiction)
531 books — 620 voters

Weetzie Bat by Francesca Lia BlockRadio Silence by Alice Oseman
Best YA Fiction with GLBTQQI themes / characters
1,994 books — 6,007 voters
You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine by Alexandra KleemanThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeMy Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa MoshfeghBreakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman Capote
materialism and vanity
13 books — 3 voters

Thus Spoke Zarathustra by Friedrich NietzscheSiddhartha by Hermann HesseFaust, First Part by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Reading List For Philosophy And Religion
147 books — 37 voters
The Goldfinch by Donna TarttTenth of December by George Saunders
New York Times 100 Notable Books of 2013 (fiction and nonfiction)
100 books — 817 voters

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,654 books — 18,683 voters
The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa
Best Literature in Portuguese
472 books — 492 voters

The Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Michael Jackson's Library: His Favorite Books
98 books — 6 voters
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Historical Fiction
8,038 books — 26,711 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerExquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite
spooky scary
99 books — 14 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteBecause of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Best Southern Literature
1,394 books — 2,611 voters

The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,710 books — 13,277 voters
Complete Oscar Wilde Collection by Oscar Wilde
Best classics
349 books — 331 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Gothic Books of All Time
646 books — 3,642 voters
A Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaValley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
Tales of New York City
1,749 books — 1,354 voters

I Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiA Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaJust Kids by Patti Smith
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,754 books — 14,423 voters
Yours Cruelly, Elvira by Cassandra Peterson
Horror Icons
57 books — 18 voters

Hyperbole and a Half by Allie BroshMarbles by Ellen Forney
Best Memoir Graphic Novels
423 books — 469 voters
Can You Spot the Spotted Dog ? by John Alfred RoweThe Iliad by Homer
REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT BOOKS
263 books — 369 voters

A Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfJust Kids by Patti Smith
Best Books on Creative Life
515 books — 627 voters
Sybil by Flora Rheta SchreiberDiagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders DSM-IV-TR by American Psychiatric Associ...
Books Every Psychology and/or Counseling Doctoral Student Should Read
1,404 books — 1,586 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
women vs the void
246 books — 607 voters
The King of Style by Michael Bush
Michael Jackson
126 books — 69 voters

A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
Women & Gender Studies
1,489 books — 584 voters
Hyperbole and a Half by Allie BroshGhosts by Raina Telgemeier
Comics & Graphic Novels by Women
1,496 books — 1,369 voters

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouLooking for Alaska by John GreenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Books That Could Change Your Life
2,879 books — 1,581 voters
The Secret History by Donna TarttLolita by Vladimir NabokovHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward AlbeeMatilda by Roald Dahl
Favorite Novels About Professors or Academics
500 books — 610 voters

Hyperbole and a Half by Allie Brosh
Women and Mental Illness (fiction and nonfiction)
1,247 books — 2,582 voters
A Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerLolita by Vladimir NabokovLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodFlowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,301 books — 11,670 voters


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