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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,559 books — 123,983 voters
Hatchet by Gary PaulsenThe Road by Cormac McCarthyRobinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeMy Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead GeorgeIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell
Best Survival Stories
1,181 books — 1,668 voters

Ulysses by James JoyceWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,700 books — 13,226 voters
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Best Books Ever
78,329 books — 292,073 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainCat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee WilliamsThe Glass Menagerie by Tennessee WilliamsA Christmas Memory by Truman Capote
Best Southern Literature
1,381 books — 2,605 voters
1984 by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Best Ending
8,153 books — 6,345 voters

Ulysses by James JoyceCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Most Difficult Novels
600 books — 2,064 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
I'm glad someone made me read this book
11,277 books — 10,970 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Read Them Twice...At Least
14,343 books — 11,948 voters
The Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,159 books — 5,439 voters

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Snowy Day by Ezra Jack KeatsThe Monster at the End of this Book by Jon StoneGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussHarold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson
What...Again? Most requested Children's books
551 books — 474 voters
’Salem’s Lot by Stephen King
Best Adult Vampire Books
1,842 books — 4,984 voters

Nine Stories by J.D. SalingerNightmares and Dreamscapes by Stephen King
Collections of Short Stories
2,916 books — 2,068 voters
Watchmen by Alan MooreBatman by Frank MillerGhost World by Daniel Clowes
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,175 books — 2,016 voters

The Book of Mormon by Joseph Smith Jr.The O'Reilly Factor for Kids by Bill O'ReillyThe Way Things Ought to Be by Rush LimbaughCulture Warrior by Bill O'Reilly
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,639 books — 5,992 voters
And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieWatchmen by Alan MooreHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieFight Club by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Twists
8,649 books — 9,604 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Best Young Adult Books
13,218 books — 80,482 voters
Battlefield Earth by L. Ron HubbardEldest by Christopher PaoliniMortal Suns by Tanith LeeEragon by Christopher PaoliniThe Invaders Plan by L. Ron Hubbard
The Worst Fantasy, Sci-Fi and Horror Books
533 books — 379 voters

The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckLong Day’s Journey into Night by Eugene O'NeillOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Nobel Laureates
674 books — 572 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Road by Cormac McCarthyMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesAndersonville by MacKinlay Kantor
Pulitzer Winners: Fiction & Novels
99 books — 951 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,434 books — 1,777 voters
Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,215 books — 28,374 voters

1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,730 books — 25,618 voters
Millennium Approaches by Tony KushnerWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward AlbeeFences by August WilsonPerestroika by Tony KushnerWest Side Story by Arthur Laurents
Best American Plays
251 books — 367 voters

The Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice
The Worst Books of All Time
8,120 books — 19,897 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,878 books — 49,830 voters