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
1,879 books — 4,669 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
14,060 books — 11,545 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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14,691 books — 10,178 voters
The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Worst Books I Ever Read
335 books — 268 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
975 books — 958 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 Burton RaffelInventing the Middle Ages by Norman F. Cantor
Best Middle Ages Books
1,230 books — 1,714 voters

Death at La Fenice by Donna LeonThe Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee Burke
Best Detective/Mystery Series
2,221 books — 2,317 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
2,115 books — 4,574 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezMidnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,313 books — 4,563 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
2,807 books — 9,149 voters
The Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Disappointing Books
2,730 books — 4,599 voters

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,789 books — 26,050 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
7,484 books — 25,676 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
2,259 books — 2,432 voters