Lolita by Vladimir NabokovNineteen Eighty-Four by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Penguin Modern Classics
411 books — 487 voters
The Enchanted by Rene DenfeldThe Undead Pool by Kim Harrison
2014 Reads You Don't Want To Miss
935 books — 1,214 voters

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienHis Dark Materials by Philip PullmanTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le Carré
Best Literary Trilogies
259 books — 154 voters
Stiff by Mary Roach
Modern Medical Science (nonfiction)
251 books — 120 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachBanana by Dan KoeppelEels by James Prosek
You Read a Book about What?
4,046 books — 2,117 voters
Moby-Duck by Donovan HohnEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss
Titlemania I: Puns in Titles
445 books — 106 voters

The Plague of Doves by Louise ErdrichThe Painted Drum by Louise ErdrichThe Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore CooperLittle Big Man by Thomas Berger
Native American Fiction
838 books — 641 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodAtonement by Ian McEwanNetherland by Joseph O'Neill
Non-Winners of the Man Booker
274 books — 244 voters

Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,764 books — 1,645 voters
The Conscience of a Liberal by Paul KrugmanWhat's the Matter with Kansas? How Conservatives Won the Hear... by Thomas  FrankThe Shock Doctrine by Naomi KleinThe Working Poor by David K. ShiplerThe Family by Jeff Sharlet
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
940 books — 1,096 voters

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston LerouxThe Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
The Masks We Hide Behind
200 books — 97 voters
The English Patient by Michael OndaatjeThe Woman in the Dunes by Kōbō Abe
The Desert
487 books — 88 voters

On Golden Pond by Ernest  Thompson
Books About Old People
543 books — 193 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Plague of Doves by Louise Erdrich
Best Multicultural General Fiction
588 books — 376 voters

Captain Bligh's Portable Nightmare by John Toohey
Mutiny on the Bounty
22 books — 15 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeBrave New World by Aldous Huxley1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Goodreads 100—Fiction
100 books — 73 voters

Skippy Dies by Paul MurrayBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughA Separate Peace by John KnowlesHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Boarding School Books
75 books — 52 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Great Books with BLACK Covers
2,095 books — 748 voters

Fire Season by Philip ConnorsThe Blessing Way by Tony Hillerman
Books Set in New Mexico
626 books — 167 voters
The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le CarréTinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréThe Quiet American by Graham GreeneThe 39 Steps by John BuchanSmiley's People by John le Carré
Espionage
990 books — 1,025 voters

The Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
books with sad endings
113 books — 101 voters
The Polar Express by Chris Van AllsburgHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
the first book that made you cry
10 books — 11 voters


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