King Lear by William ShakespeareTwelfth Night by William Shakespeare
Best Books of the 17th Century
326 books — 705 voters

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Best Books of the 14th Century
63 books — 355 voters
Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan SwiftRobinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Best Books of the 18th Century
376 books — 1,009 voters

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Invisible Man by H.G. WellsOliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,715 books — 6,885 voters
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,787 voters

A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer EganMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Art of Fielding by Chad Harbach
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,849 books — 22,116 voters
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainOliver Twist by Charles DickensThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard PyleThe Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh Lofting
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,869 books — 10,588 voters

The Iliad / The Odyssey by HomerThe Odyssey by HomerJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Books Ever
76,929 books — 286,271 voters
The Pigeon Finds a Hot Dog! by Mo WillemsEveryone Poops by Taro GomiWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsThe Best Thing That Can Happen to a Croissant by Pablo TussetThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
In Your Pants
842 books — 225 voters

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthy
The Great American Novel
672 books — 1,090 voters