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
272 books — 246 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
7,929 books — 2,081 voters

Annihilation by Jeff VandermeerAuthority by Jeff VandermeerAcceptance by Jeff VandermeerThe Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin
2014 Speculative Fiction
65 books — 166 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
110 books — 45 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
457 books — 540 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
813 books — 1,288 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
2,673 books — 3,878 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
379 books — 440 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
8,533 books — 24,824 voters
Raney by Clyde Edgerton
Best Southern Literature
1,345 books — 2,573 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
1,525 books — 1,047 voters
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
Best Book Cover 2009
333 books — 2,841 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
12,378 books — 7,094 voters
South of Broad by Pat Conroy
Best Books of 2009
1,764 books — 6,931 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
1,638 books — 5,991 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
1,318 books — 5,851 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 — 1,113 voters
The Da Vinci Code by Dan    Brown
Disappointing Books
2,731 books — 4,600 voters

Tales of the City by Armistead MaupinFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Best LGBTQIA literature
1,776 books — 2,173 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
4,347 books — 7,953 voters

The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Eye of the World by Robert JordanJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Most Interesting Magic System
2,653 books — 8,776 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
924 books — 2,376 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
85 books — 1,614 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
99 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
8,385 books — 9,057 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertCat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books Ever
76,794 books — 285,788 voters

The Milagro Beanfield War by John     NicholsLike Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,311 books — 4,556 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
1,383 books — 1,512 voters


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