The Price of Salt by Patricia HighsmithThe Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe HallIf Not, Winter by Sappho
Pre-1960s Lesbian Literature
41 books — 16 voters
Rubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae BrownOranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette WintersonThe Well of Loneliness by Radclyffe HallThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerCarol by Patricia Highsmith
Lesbian Canon
124 books — 117 voters

Fingersmith by Sarah WatersTipping the Velvet by Sarah WatersFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggThe World Unseen by Shamim Sarif
Best F/F Romance Books
1,571 books — 1,191 voters
Fingersmith by Sarah WatersThe Price of Salt by Patricia HighsmithPatience & Sarah by Isabel MillerFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggChef's Special by Susan X. Meagher
Best Lesbian Fiction
2,175 books — 2,718 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
16,309 books — 19,421 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardDune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,937 books — 26,342 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthy1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Apocalypse: It's Over, Dude.
626 books — 775 voters
The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Favorite Memoirs/Autobiographies
2,343 books — 2,908 voters

The Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Neverending Story by Michael EndeFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Books about Books
1,396 books — 1,524 voters
The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Best South Asian Fiction
772 books — 1,965 voters

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleDune by Frank HerbertBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Books Ever
80,173 books — 298,956 voters