A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleWeetzie Bat by Francesca Lia BlockHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHoles by Louis Sachar
Best Young Adult Books
13,125 books — 80,193 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsBreakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Humor is the Best Medicine
920 books — 668 voters

A Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingCatch-22 by Joseph Heller1984 by George OrwellSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Animal Farm by George Orwell
Books I Ought to Read Again
38 books — 30 voters
Atlas Shrugged & The Fountainhead by Ayn RandThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
The Best Books Ever Written
108 books — 68 voters

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami
Best Translated Novels
234 books — 76 voters

The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins
Life Changing Books
183 books — 79 voters
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley1984 by George OrwellAnthem by Ayn RandFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Best Dystopian Books
523 books — 1,032 voters

High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
Musical Fiction
355 books — 209 voters
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
My Favorite Books
2,169 books — 579 voters

Millions of Cats by Wanda Gág
Picture Books About Cats
835 books — 270 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsGulliver’s Travels by Jonathan SwiftThrough the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll1984 by George OrwellThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,318 books — 5,845 voters

Rabbit, Run by John Updike
Retro Reads
162 books — 133 voters
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Fictional Journey
304 books — 106 voters

A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Great American Novel
671 books — 1,092 voters
Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Hugo Award Runner-Ups
195 books — 99 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Best of Ray Bradbury
102 books — 244 voters
Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
Weirdest Books Ever
1,192 books — 1,189 voters

The Blind Watchmaker by Richard DawkinsThe Ancestor's Tale by Richard DawkinsA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Universe in a Nutshell by Stephen W. HawkingCosmos by Carl Sagan
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,838 books — 3,601 voters
Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Slapstick, or Lonesome No More! by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Galápagos by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Vonnegut's Best
37 books — 628 voters

Running with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
Humorous Memoirs and Non-Fiction
943 books — 1,248 voters
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiKafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Best Japanese Books
772 books — 3,249 voters

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft
Jezebel's Books All Women Should Read
772 books — 1,400 voters
Atlas Shrugged by Ayn RandThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaThe Fountainhead by Ayn RandZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
Best Philosophical Literature
1,170 books — 2,727 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsCatch-22 by Joseph HellerBreakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Areas of My Expertise by John HodgmanNaked by David Sedaris
Best Humorous Books
4,345 books — 7,947 voters
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneUbik by Philip K. Dick
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,481 books — 24,749 voters


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