The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Trial by Franz Kafka
The best of Franz Kafka
22 books — 64 voters
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayAnimal Farm by George OrwellOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Trial by Franz KafkaHeart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov
Great Short Short Books
580 books — 514 voters

A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor
Country Noir
345 books — 310 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Trial by Franz KafkaThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Best Books Ever
76,717 books — 285,162 voters

A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorEverything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'ConnorThe Complete Stories by Flannery O'Connor
Best Southern Gothic Literature
338 books — 501 voters
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorEverything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'ConnorThe Complete Stories by Flannery O'Connor
Best Southern Literature
1,344 books — 2,573 voters

The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Edgar Allan PoeThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeThe Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway by Ernest HemingwayMetamorphoses by Ovid
Best Short Stories
1,757 books — 1,040 voters
The Trial by Franz KafkaThe Complete Stories by Franz Kafka
Best German/Austrian/Swiss Literature
976 books — 959 voters

Angels & Demons by Dan    Brown
Lab Lit
173 books — 72 voters
The Law by Frédéric BastiatFor a New Liberty by Murray N. RothbardAnatomy of the State by Murray N. RothbardThe Machinery of Freedom by David D. FriedmanHuman Action by Ludwig von Mises
Anarcho-Capitalism
83 books — 72 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Fountainhead by Ayn RandFor a New Liberty by Murray N. RothbardHuman Action by Ludwig von MisesLiberalism by Ludwig von Mises
Best Libertarian Books
385 books — 288 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaHeart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov
World's Greatest Novellas
714 books — 1,446 voters

1984 by George OrwellOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,232 books — 3,915 voters
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
The Great American Novel
671 books — 1,092 voters

The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayEast of Eden by John Steinbeck
Nobel Laureates
660 books — 566 voters
The Trial by Franz Kafka
Best Surrealist Literature
264 books — 213 voters

The Blue Mountain by Meir ShalevSee Under by David Grossman
Best Israeli Reads
128 books — 98 voters
Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov
Best Russian Literature
513 books — 2,282 voters

1984 by George Orwell
Best Science Fiction Ever Written.
1,800 books — 3,989 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington IrvingDracula by Bram Stoker
Best Gothic Books of All Time
589 books — 3,505 voters
Les Misérables by Victor HugoWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
747 books — 1,815 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonLeaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,704 books — 6,878 voters
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Best Horror Novels
2,087 books — 5,455 voters

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Best Southern Books
826 books — 739 voters
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
1001 Books I'd Rather Die than Read
967 books — 862 voters

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond CarverThe Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway by Ernest HemingwayWill You Please Be Quiet, Please? by Raymond CarverThe Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories by O. Henry
Collections of Short Stories
2,897 books — 2,041 voters
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyIt by Stephen  King
Books Like Stranger Things
161 books — 139 voters

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Best of Hemingway
26 books — 169 voters
Antigone by Sophocles
Favourite Greek Books
409 books — 379 voters


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