The Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le GuinNine Princes in Amber by Roger ZelaznyTime Enough for Love by Robert A. HeinleinA Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick
Classic Science Fiction - 1970-1979
315 books — 254 voters
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Di... by Jonas JonassonThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom RiggsSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyThe Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoff
I Picked It Up Because of the Title
7,940 books — 2,085 voters

Annihilation by Jeff VandermeerAuthority by Jeff VandermeerAcceptance by Jeff VandermeerThe Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
2014 Speculative Fiction
67 books — 172 voters

To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie WillisDangerous Visions by Harlan EllisonTime Enough for Love by Robert A. HeinleinDune by Frank HerbertThe Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
MobileRead Recommended Science Fiction
100 books — 91 voters
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit by J.R.R. TolkienThe Silmarillion by J.R.R. TolkienThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Once and Future King by T.H. White
MobileRead Recommended Fantasy
113 books — 71 voters

The Dark Descent by David G. HartwellDark Forces by Kirby McCauleyGreat Tales of Terror and the Supernatural by Phyllis FraserDangerous Visions by Harlan Ellison
Best Horror Anthologies
469 books — 549 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryJulius Caesar by William ShakespeareAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne1984 by George Orwell
Required Reading in High School
817 books — 1,310 voters

Brokeback Mountain by Annie ProulxMaurice by E.M. ForsterGiovanni’s Room by James BaldwinAt Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'NeillTales of the City by Armistead Maupin
Best Gay Fiction
2,716 books — 3,927 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleRun with the Horsemen by Ferrol Sams
Great Books of Southern Fiction
385 books — 444 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,797 books — 26,031 voters
Raney by Clyde Edgerton
Best Southern Literature
1,402 books — 2,620 voters

At Swim, Two Boys by Jamie O'NeillTales of the City by Armistead MaupinLike People in History by Felice Picano
M/M Books Written By Men
1,564 books — 1,062 voters
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
Best Book Cover 2009
333 books — 2,838 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienPride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
Best Book Cover Art
12,386 books — 7,092 voters
South of Broad by Pat Conroy
Best Books of 2009
1,772 books — 6,932 voters

Godless by Ann CoulterHow to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) by Ann CoulterIf Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans by Ann CoulterThe Secret by Rhonda Byrne
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,641 books — 5,996 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,319 books — 5,894 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Dark Is Rising Sequence by Susan Cooper
Best Books of All Time for Teens
906 books — 1,110 voters
The Da Vinci Code by Dan    Brown
Disappointing Books
2,775 books — 4,669 voters

Tales of the City by Armistead MaupinFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Best LGBTQIA literature
1,951 books — 2,225 voters
Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeTo Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie WillisThe Loved One by Evelyn WaughGood Omens by Terry Pratchett
Best Humorous Books
4,475 books — 8,323 voters

The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Eye of the World by Robert JordanJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Most Interesting Magic System
2,726 books — 8,943 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessHis Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
899 books — 2,393 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyTo Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie WillisStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinThe Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
Favorite Novels Which Won the Hugo Award
89 books — 1,630 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryTales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener
Pulitzer Winners: Fiction & Novels
100 books — 951 voters

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha ChristieAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha Christie
Best Twists
8,712 books — 9,852 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertCat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books Ever
79,132 books — 294,873 voters

The Milagro Beanfield War by John     NicholsLike Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,367 books — 4,693 voters
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryHow the West Was Won by Louis L'AmourThe Cowboys by William Dale JenningsRiders of the Purple Sage by Zane GreyClose Range by Annie Proulx
Best Westerns
1,441 books — 1,630 voters


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