Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëHamlet by William ShakespeareTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George Orwell
Must Read Classics
1,909 books — 4,815 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespearePersuasion by Jane AustenEmma by Jane Austen
Read Them Twice...At Least
14,688 books — 12,617 voters

Possession by A.S. ByattPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoHis Dark Materials by Philip PullmanLaxdæla Saga by Unknown
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15,378 books — 11,154 voters
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Worst Books I Ever Read
337 books — 267 voters

The Complete Stories by Franz KafkaFaust, First Part by Johann Wolfgang von GoethePerfume by Patrick SüskindMario and the Magician by Thomas MannThe Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Best German/Austrian/Swiss Literature
999 books — 973 voters
The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerThe Decameron by Giovanni BoccaccioThe Monsters and the Critics and Other Essays by J.R.R. TolkienSir Gawain and the Green Knight by Gawain PoetInventing the Middle Ages by Norman F. Cantor
Best Middle Ages Books
1,324 books — 1,935 voters

Death at La Fenice by Donna LeonThe Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke
Best Detective/Mystery Series
2,364 books — 3,066 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Alienist by Caleb CarrThe Cater Street Hangman by Anne PerryThe Silver Pigs by Lindsey DavisThe Leper of Saint Giles by Ellis Peters
Best Historical Mystery
2,372 books — 5,190 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezMidnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,398 books — 4,739 voters

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela CarterBriar Rose by Jane YolenSnow White, Blood Red by Ellen DatlowBlack Thorn, White Rose by Ellen Datlow
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,842 books — 9,246 voters
The Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Disappointing Books
2,779 books — 4,670 voters

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,157 books — 27,062 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoYear of Wonders by Geraldine BrooksPossession by A.S. ByattThe French Lieutenant’s Woman by John Fowles
Best Historical Fiction
8,397 books — 27,573 voters

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieThe Vampire Lestat by Anne RiceContact by Carl Sagan
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,320 books — 2,450 voters