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
3,173 books — 3,131 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
2,978 books — 5,489 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
722 books — 574 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 — 319 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
1,874 books — 6,997 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
402 books — 299 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
2,258 books — 2,434 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
912 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
9,852 books — 22,268 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
2,064 books — 5,374 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)
6,266 books — 8,074 voters
The Sense of an Ending by Julian BarnesThe Gathering by Anne Enright
Booker Prize Winners
65 books — 1,998 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
686 books — 606 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
396 books — 658 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
400 books — 347 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 — 87 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
414 books — 490 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
12,087 books — 7,851 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
5,326 books — 6,895 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
399 books — 213 voters


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