Freddy and Fredericka by Mark Helprin
Modern-Day Fairy Tales
258 books — 307 voters
The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Best Literary Trilogies
259 books — 154 voters

Rich Man, Poor Man by Irwin ShawThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCulloughRoots by Alex HaleyEast of Eden by John SteinbeckA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  Smith
Family Saga Novels
817 books — 858 voters
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George OrwellThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Plague by Albert CamusOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken KeseyInvisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Penguin Modern Classics
411 books — 486 voters

The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James WallerEthan Frome by Edith Wharton
Best Love Stories
5,172 books — 9,632 voters

The Idea of Perfection by Kate Grenville
Best Modern Australian Literature
562 books — 669 voters
Outlander by Diana GabaldonThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Unforgettables
11,689 books — 7,433 voters

Buffalo for the Broken Heart by Dan        O'Brien
Sea of Grass
49 books — 13 voters
The Shipping News by Annie ProulxSmilla's Sense of Snow by Peter HøegThe Long Walk by Slavomir RawiczThe Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim EdwardsThe Living by Annie Dillard
Best Books on the North
287 books — 138 voters

Hatchet by Gary PaulsenLord of the Flies by William GoldingEndurance by Alfred LansingTouching the Void by Joe SimpsonRoots by Alex Haley
Best Survival Stories
1,153 books — 1,606 voters
The Chosen by Chaim PotokCall It Sleep by Henry RothThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankDeath of a Salesman by Arthur MillerWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
The Best of Jewish Authors
734 books — 194 voters

In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Giver by Lois LowryAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Recommendations
750 books — 277 voters
Death of a Salesman by Arthur MillerThe Glass Menagerie by Tennessee WilliamsWho's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? by Edward AlbeeThe Taming of the Shrew by William ShakespeareWit by Margaret Edson
Best Plays Ever
853 books — 1,129 voters

Revolutionary Road by Richard YatesLight Years by James Salter
Suburban Fiction
128 books — 62 voters
Northern Borders by Howard Frank MosherThe Shipping News by Annie ProulxThe Grass Harp, Including A Tree of Night and Other Stories by Truman CapoteOur Town by Thornton WilderTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Novels About Small-Town Life
283 books — 129 voters

A Reliable Wife by Robert GoolrickSarah, Plain and Tall by Patricia MacLachlan
Mail Order Brides and Arranged Marriages
356 books — 495 voters
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCulloughFall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonaldA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithRoots by Alex HaleyThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Best Family Sagas
619 books — 673 voters

In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickEndurance by Alfred LansingTouching the Void by Joe SimpsonAlive by Piers Paul ReadThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
True Life Adventure
386 books — 251 voters
Speak by Laurie Halse AndersonThe Call of the Wild by Jack LondonI Am the Messenger by Markus ZusakLife As We Knew It by Susan Beth PfefferOut of the Dust by Karen Hesse
Best Young Adult Books
13,096 books — 80,174 voters

History of Modern Art by H. Harvard Arnason
Must read romance novels
108 books — 25 voters
This Boy's Life by Tobias WolffOperating Instructions by Anne LamottPlainsong by Kent HarufPeace Like a River by Leif EngerA Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon
Decent ADULT books for ADULT readers
822 books — 328 voters

A Child's Christmas in Wales by Dylan ThomasHow Green Was My Valley by Richard Llewellyn
Books Set in Wales
323 books — 197 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Mountains
742 books — 115 voters

A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonAlive by Piers Paul ReadTouching the Void by Joe SimpsonThe Long Walk by Slavomir RawiczWest with the Night by Beryl Markham
Tales of Adventure
513 books — 474 voters


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