The Godfather by Mario PuzoGet Carter by Ted Lewis
Best Gangster Novels
75 books — 155 voters
And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleThe A.B.C. Murders by Agatha ChristieIn Pale Battalions by Robert GoddardA Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Best British Crime/Mystery Fiction
1,209 books — 1,256 voters

Misery by Stephen  King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen  KingFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyRosemary’s Baby by Ira LevinThe Omen by David Seltzer
THE BEST HORROR NOVELS LIST
379 books — 249 voters
Treasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanKidnapped by Robert Louis StevensonCaptain Blood by Rafael SabatiniThe Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David Wyss
Pirates!
655 books — 782 voters

The Master of Ballantrae by Robert Louis StevensonThe Black Arrow by Robert Louis StevensonThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Swashbucklers
559 books — 497 voters
’Salem’s Lot by Stephen  KingMisery by Stephen  KingFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyCarrie by Stephen  King
Best Horror Novels
2,085 books — 5,450 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Re-Readable
7,651 books — 2,347 voters
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlTreasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
My Favorite Childhood books
753 books — 401 voters

The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettFarewell, My Lovely by Raymond ChandlerThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. CainThe High Window by Raymond Chandler
Best of the Pulps
381 books — 203 voters
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Sign of Four by Arthur Conan DoyleTales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan PoeThe Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith
Bloomsbury 100 Must Read Crime Novels
102 books — 127 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,593 books — 120,272 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëSophie’s Choice by William StyronRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneOthello by William Shakespeare
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,237 books — 3,909 voters

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareNanny Mcphee by Christianna BrandMurder in Mesopotamia by Agatha Christie
Nurses
311 books — 81 voters

’Salem’s Lot by Stephen  KingPet Sematary by Stephen  KingCarrie by Stephen  KingFirestarter by Stephen  KingDolores Claiborne by Stephen  King
Best of Stephen King
178 books — 3,874 voters
Rosemary’s Baby by Ira LevinDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeBeyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche
Sympathy for the Devil
331 books — 319 voters

The Poems of Robert Browning by Robert Browning
National Poetry Day 2010
12 books — 11 voters
Watership Down by Richard  AdamsAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth GrahameWhite Fang by Jack LondonThe Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
Best Animal-Themed Books
614 books — 489 voters

Treasure Island by Fiona MacdonaldKidnapped by Robert Louis StevensonCentennial by James A. MichenerThe Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,660 books — 3,595 voters
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Red-Headed League by Arthur Conan DoyleJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Red Hair
645 books — 127 voters

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth GrahameThe First Men in the Moon by H.G. Wells
Best Books of the Decade: 1900s
467 books — 854 voters
The Princess Bride by William GoldmanA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensHamlet by William Shakespeare
Read Them Twice...At Least
13,717 books — 11,349 voters

Watership Down by Richard  AdamsCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix PotterMrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'Brien
Best Books About Animals
1,843 books — 1,855 voters
War and Peace by Leo TolstoyAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,442 books — 10,190 voters

Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownRiders of the Purple Sage by Zane GreyThe Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark
Best Westerns
1,379 books — 1,503 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Best Gothic Books of All Time
585 books — 3,502 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëGreat Expectations by Charles DickensFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,704 books — 6,872 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonThe Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,754 books — 25,989 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasThe Bone Collector by Jeffery DeaverWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Books With Unforgettable Characters
9,438 books — 8,418 voters
The Time Machine by H.G. WellsTimeline by Michael CrichtonDragonlance Campaign Setting Companion by Tracy Hickman
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,963 books — 5,247 voters


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