The Godfather by Mario PuzoGet Carter by Ted Lewis
Best Gangster Novels
105 books — 182 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
1,219 books — 1,264 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
381 books — 252 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!
693 books — 790 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
589 books — 521 voters
’Salem’s Lot by Stephen  KingMisery by Stephen  KingFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyCarrie by Stephen  King
Best Horror Novels
2,127 books — 5,538 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
7,642 books — 2,367 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
757 books — 411 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
396 books — 217 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
105 books — 130 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
32,877 books — 124,804 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
1,229 books — 3,980 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
343 books — 84 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
195 books — 3,911 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
345 books — 328 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
619 books — 498 voters

Treasure Island by Fiona MacdonaldKidnapped by Robert Louis StevensonCentennial by James A. MichenerThe Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,923 books — 4,180 voters
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Red-Headed League - a Sherlock Holmes Short Story by Arthur Conan DoyleJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Red Hair
647 books — 140 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
480 books — 865 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
14,443 books — 12,194 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
1,871 books — 1,933 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...
12,232 books — 11,496 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
1,441 books — 1,630 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Best Gothic Books of All Time
665 books — 3,621 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
1,739 books — 6,923 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
4,089 books — 26,892 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
9,524 books — 8,753 voters
The Time Machine by H.G. WellsTimeline by Michael CrichtonDragonlance Campaign Setting Companion by Tracy Hickman
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,198 books — 5,487 voters


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