English Papers by William H. PritchardThe Broom of the System by David Foster WallaceInfinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Campus Days
413 books — 302 voters
The Deptford Trilogy by Robertson DaviesThe Salterton Trilogy by Robertson DaviesThe Cornish Trilogy by Robertson Davies
The Best Omnibuses and Box Sets
676 books — 1,512 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
11,622 books — 11,313 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
428 books — 635 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!
1,398 books — 551 voters

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraBleak House by Charles DickensInfinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
The 800+ page Gorillaz
460 books — 526 voters

The Puritan Dilemma by Edmund S. MorganMiracle at Philadelphia by Catherine Drinker BowenMistress Bradstreet by Charlotte  Gordon
US Intellectual History
257 books — 122 voters
Thunderball by Ian Fleming
Best James Bond Books
90 books — 94 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
147 books — 35 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
132 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 Seamus HeaneyThe Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillipA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Dragons
1,925 books — 2,576 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
972 books — 445 voters
1066 and all that by W.C. Sellar
When Was That? Dates in Titles
670 books — 114 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
2,320 books — 2,450 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Saskiad by Brian Hall
The Best of Mythic Fiction
714 books — 760 voters

The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,891 books — 27,123 voters

Mrs. Bridge by Evan S. ConnellMr. Bridge by Evan S. Connell
Retro Reads
163 books — 134 voters
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
Picture Books With Amazing Art
892 books — 359 voters

One Half of Robertson Davies by Robertson Davies
Best/Favorite Books of Essays
550 books — 254 voters
The Histories by HerodotusFrom Dawn to Decadence by Jacques BarzunCitizens by Simon Schama
History as Literature
757 books — 671 voters


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