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The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath by Sylvia PlathA Room of One's Own by Virginia WoolfEducated by Tara WestoverFun Home by Alison Bechdel
Memoirs by Women
3,385 books — 3,613 voters
Klara and the Sun by Kazuo IshiguroYellowface by R.F. KuangI'm Glad My Mom Died by Jennette McCurdyCrying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner
Best Books of the Decade: 2020's
3,028 books — 5,542 voters

Les Misérables by Victor HugoA Moveable Feast by Ernest HemingwayThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayThe Pursuit of Love by Nancy Mitford
Books About Paris
724 books — 576 voters
Oliver Twist by Charles DickensBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingDown and Out in Paris and London by George OrwellThe End of the Affair by Graham Greene
Books Set in London
789 books — 320 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfOn Writing by Stephen King
Books about Books and Libraries
844 books — 416 voters
Here I Am by Jonathan Safran FoerMoonglow by Michael ChabonNutshell by Ian McEwan
The "Can't Wait" Books of 2016 that are not part of a series
203 books — 297 voters

A Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaLes Misérables by Victor HugoAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyAmerican Gods by Neil Gaiman
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,878 books — 7,000 voters
A Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Secret History by Donna TarttAtonement by Ian McEwan
1001 Books You Need To Read Before You Die
14 books — 11 voters

The Secret History by Donna TarttThis Side of Paradise by F. Scott FitzgeraldStoner by John WilliamsThe Marriage Plot by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Campus Days
403 books — 300 voters
The Secret History by Donna TarttLolita by Vladimir NabokovVillette by Charlotte BrontëJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Favorite Novels About Professors or Academics
500 books — 610 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodMatilda by Roald DahlThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiWhat We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond Carver
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,272 books — 2,437 voters
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisMatilda by Roald DahlRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Bad Beginning by Lemony SnicketCoraline by Neil Gaiman
Best Villains
921 books — 286 voters

Atonement by Ian McEwanAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanBlack Swan Green by David MitchellExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,838 books — 22,453 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Rant by Chuck PalahniukThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerA Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,181 books — 5,464 voters

A Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfOn Writing by Stephen KingEating Animals by Jonathan Safran FoerQuiet by Susan Cain
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,333 books — 8,175 voters
The Sense of an Ending by Julian BarnesThe Gathering by Anne Enright
Booker Prize Winners
62 books — 2,002 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Collected Dorothy Parker by Dorothy ParkerFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyA Room Of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
The Guardian's 50 most influential books by women in English literature
53 books — 106 voters
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldTender Is the Night by F. Scott FitzgeraldA Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
The Lost Generation
116 books — 36 voters

The Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats by W.B. YeatsThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeThe Gathering by Anne Enright
Best Irish Books
690 books — 614 voters
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
I've Read It More Than 5 Times
970 books — 436 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëRebecca by Daphne du MaurierFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Gilmore Girls Complete Reading List
400 books — 664 voters
Little Women by Louisa May AlcottSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenTender Is the Night by F. Scott FitzgeraldRevolutionary Road by Richard Yates
Novels of Domestic Life
424 books — 140 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakAtonement by Ian McEwanThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Unique Narrators
402 books — 349 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
The Best Antiheroes
701 books — 584 voters

The Crow Road by Iain BanksLolita by Vladimir NabokovA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Great First Lines
92 books — 91 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankCat's Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
Penguin Modern Classics
405 books — 490 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottI Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
What to read when you've finished Jane Austen
519 books — 680 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott1984 by George OrwellJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëLord of the Flies by William Golding
Unforgettables
12,344 books — 8,156 voters

Little Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisWatership Down by Richard AdamsCoraline by Neil GaimanMatilda by Roald Dahl
Best Children's Books
5,417 books — 7,027 voters
Atonement by Ian McEwanWhit by Iain Banks1984 by George OrwellThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettEnduring Love by Ian McEwan
Best Novels Set in 20th-century Britain
400 books — 214 voters


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