The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Trial by Franz Kafka
The best of Franz Kafka
22 books — 63 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
574 books — 510 voters

A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor
Country Noir
343 books — 308 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
75,259 books — 279,224 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
335 books — 493 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
1,335 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
1,755 books — 1,050 voters
The Trial by Franz KafkaThe Complete Stories by Franz Kafka
Best German/Austrian/Swiss Literature
1,028 books — 951 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
371 books — 286 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
713 books — 1,438 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
1,241 books — 3,899 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
666 books — 1,086 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
659 books — 563 voters
The Trial by Franz Kafka
Best Surrealist Literature
262 books — 207 voters

The Blue Mountain by Meir ShalevSee Under by David Grossman
Best Israeli Reads
128 books — 99 voters
Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov
Best Russian Literature
510 books — 2,272 voters

1984 by George Orwell
Best Science Fiction Ever Written.
1,768 books — 3,880 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
564 books — 3,474 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 — 1,812 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 — 6,857 voters
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Best Horror Novels
1,955 books — 5,420 voters

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Best Southern Books
826 books — 738 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
965 books — 867 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
2,883 books — 2,037 voters
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyIt by Stephen        King
Books Like Stranger Things
158 books — 129 voters

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Best of Hemingway
26 books — 168 voters
Antigone by Sophocles
Favourite Greek Books
409 books — 379 voters


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