All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Great War and Modern Memory by Paul FussellThe Collected Poems of Wilfred Owen by Wilfred OwenNicholas And Alexandra by Robert K. MassieThe Price of Glory by Alistair Horne
The Great War
776 books — 599 voters
Neverwhere by Neil GaimanAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanGood Omens by Terry PratchettWar for the Oaks by Emma BullTithe by Holly Black
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,404 books — 12,547 voters

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareStardust by Neil GaimanPeter Pan by J.M. BarrieWar for the Oaks by Emma BullThe Faery Reel by Ellen Datlow
Books about Faery
1,121 books — 2,313 voters
American Gods by Neil Gaiman
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,832 books — 21,953 voters

American Gods by Neil GaimanThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchHis Majesty's Dragon by Naomi NovikThe Goose Girl by Shannon HaleTithe by Holly Black
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,057 books — 9,896 voters
The Princess Bride by William GoldmanSabriel by Garth NixThe Dark Is Rising by Susan CooperThe Blue Sword by Robin McKinley
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,209 books — 25,723 voters

Finnegans Wake by James JoyceUlysses by James JoyceKing Lear by William ShakespeareThe Holy Bible by AnonymousInferno by Dante Alighieri
Difficult Reading
102 books — 102 voters
Democracy in America by Alexis de TocquevilleThe Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynCommon Sense by Thomas PaineAn Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam SmithThe Second Treatise of Government/A Letter Concerning Toleration by John Locke
Best Books For Freedom Lovers
805 books — 489 voters

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska OrczyThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanPeter Pan by J.M. BarrieAirborn by Kenneth OppelThe Merry Adventures of Robin Hood by Howard Pyle
Swashbucklers
559 books — 498 voters

Les Misérables by Victor HugoThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Iliad by HomerThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,997 voters
The Folk Keeper by Franny Billingsley
Mythopoeic Fantasy Award Winners
83 books — 270 voters

The Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteThe Iliad by HomerBeowulf by UnknownLe Morte D'arthur by Thomas MaloryThe Prose Edda by Snorri Sturluson
Best Books About Mythology
1,395 books — 2,218 voters
Macbeth by William ShakespeareHenry V by William ShakespeareJulius Caesar by William ShakespeareA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareHedda Gabler by Henrik Ibsen
Best Plays Ever
853 books — 1,129 voters

Waiting for Godot by Samuel BeckettAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,788 voters
The Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,351 books — 24,668 voters