English Papers by William H. PritchardThe Broom of the System by David Foster WallaceInfinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Campus Days
402 books — 299 voters
The Deptford Trilogy by Robertson DaviesThe Salterton Trilogy by Robertson DaviesThe Cornish Trilogy by Robertson Davies
The Best Omnibuses and Box Sets
672 books — 1,502 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
I'm glad someone made me read this book
11,397 books — 11,031 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, and Five by Doris LessingBlindness by José SaramagoThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Highbrow Fantasy Books
424 books — 632 voters
The Deptford Trilogy by Robertson DaviesThe Papers of Samuel Marchbanks by Robertson DaviesThe Cornish Trilogy by Robertson DaviesThe Salterton Trilogy by Robertson DaviesArcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich by Stephen Leacock
Oh, Canada!
1,387 books — 542 voters

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraBleak House by Charles DickensInfinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
The 800+ page Gorillaz
459 books — 518 voters

The Puritan Dilemma by Edmund S. MorganMiracle at Philadelphia by Catherine Drinker BowenMistress Bradstreet by Charlotte  Gordon
US Intellectual History
256 books — 121 voters
Thunderball by Ian Fleming
Best James Bond Books
90 books — 93 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienDune by Frank HerbertThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeA Room with a View by E.M. Forster
I Saw the Movie First
190 books — 100 voters

The Berenstain Bears' New Baby by Stan BerenstainThe Berenstain Bears and the Truth by Stan BerenstainThe Berenstain Bears No Girls Allowed by Stan BerenstainThe Berenstain Bears Forget Their Manners by Stan BerenstainNova's Ark by David Kirk
Worst Children's Books
78 books — 34 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Sleeping Beauty by C.S.  EvansThe Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions by Howard PyleThe Boy's King Arthur by Sidney Lanier
Books With Beautiful Covers
131 books — 53 voters

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James JoyceA Doll's House by Henrik IbsenOedipus Rex by SophoclesPrufrock and Other Observations by T.S. Eliot
Most Innovative Literature
69 books — 40 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Earthsea Trilogy by Ursula K. Le GuinBeowulf by UnknownThe Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillipA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Dragons
1,844 books — 2,560 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinMy Life and Hard Times by James ThurberThe Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillipThe Pushcart War by Jean Merrill
I've Read It More Than 5 Times
970 books — 436 voters
1066 and all that by W.C. Sellar
When Was That? Dates in Titles
666 books — 112 voters

The Ruin of Kasch by Roberto Calasso
Favorite Almost Unknown Books
228 books — 66 voters
What's Bred in the Bone by Robertson DaviesThe Lover by Marguerite Duras
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,272 books — 2,436 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Saskiad by Brian Hall
The Best of Mythic Fiction
710 books — 744 voters

The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,694 books — 26,840 voters

Mrs. Bridge by Evan S. ConnellMr. Bridge by Evan S. Connell
Retro Reads
164 books — 136 voters
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
Picture Books With Amazing Art
870 books — 348 voters

One Half of Robertson Davies by Robertson Davies
Best/Favorite Books of Essays
557 books — 249 voters
The Histories by HerodotusFrom Dawn to Decadence by Jacques BarzunCitizens by Simon Schama
History as Literature
749 books — 656 voters


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