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
13,238 books — 80,335 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
923 books — 673 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 — 77 voters

The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins
Life Changing Books
83 books — 78 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
530 books — 1,056 voters

High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
Musical Fiction
369 books — 216 voters
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
My Favorite Books
2,169 books — 580 voters

Millions of Cats by Wanda Gág
Picture Books About Cats
840 books — 277 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 — 5,867 voters

Rabbit, Run by John Updike
Retro Reads
163 books — 134 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
672 books — 1,093 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
105 books — 246 voters
Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
Weirdest Books Ever
1,184 books — 1,194 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
1,926 books — 3,620 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 — 629 voters

Running with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
Humorous Memoirs and Non-Fiction
975 books — 1,444 voters
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiKafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
Best Japanese Books
777 books — 3,252 voters

A Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Mary Wollstonecraft
Jezebel's Books All Women Should Read
784 books — 1,401 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
1,190 books — 2,815 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
4,393 books — 8,021 voters
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneUbik by Philip K. Dick
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,666 books — 25,195 voters


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