Lolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,785 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriUlysses by James Joyce
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,997 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Best Books Ever
76,529 books — 284,675 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Best Books to Read When the Snow Is Falling
13,803 books — 9,697 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Best Young Adult Books
13,114 books — 80,184 voters

The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanCoraline by Neil Gaiman
Best Heroine in a Fantasy Book
1,481 books — 1,786 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Gay Fiction
2,664 books — 3,868 voters
The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullersFor Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest HemingwayEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas  HarrisThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Most Poetic Book Titles
1,995 books — 891 voters

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas  HarrisThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathJude the Obscure by Thomas HardyAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerNaked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
Darkest Books of All Time
1,302 books — 1,718 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerA Separate Peace by John KnowlesThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanJude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
Best Coming of Age Stories
1,301 books — 1,132 voters