Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Giver by Lois LowryTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardArtemis Fowl by Eoin Colfer
Best Young Adult Books
13,211 books — 80,461 voters
Snow Country by Yasunari KawabataKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Sound of the Mountain by Yasunari KawabataThousand Cranes by Yasunari KawabataNorwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Best Japanese Books
778 books — 3,254 voters

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Horse and His Boy by C.S. LewisPrince Caspian by C.S. LewisThe Silver Chair by C.S. LewisThe Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis
Favorite books from my childhood
4,499 books — 7,703 voters
Hamlet by William ShakespeareKing Lear by William ShakespeareRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Tempest by William ShakespeareThe Winter's Tale by William Shakespeare
Best of William Shakespeare
105 books — 1,244 voters

What to Look for in Autumn by E.L. Grant WatsonWhat to Look for in Winter by E.L. Grant WatsonWhat to Look For in Spring by E.L. Grant WatsonWhat To Look For In Summer by E.L. Grant WatsonLife of the Honey-Bee by W. Sinclair
Ladybird Books
134 books — 5 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertExcession by Iain M. BanksRegenesis by C.J. CherryhSecond Foundation by Isaac AsimovCyteen by C.J. Cherryh
Best Science Fiction
3,833 books — 7,656 voters

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami1Q84 by Haruki MurakamiSouth of the Border, West of the Sun by Haruki Murakami
Murakami Ranked
20 books — 61 voters

Lips Too Chilled by Matsuo BashōThe Great Winglebury Duel by Charles DickensA Cup of Sake Beneath the Cherry Trees by Yoshida KenkōThe Old Man of the Moon by Shen FuThree Tang Dynasty Poets by Wang Wei
Penguin Little Black Classics
127 books — 210 voters
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles DickensMartin Chuzzlewit by Charles DickensA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensHard Times by Charles DickensThe Christmas Books, Volume 1 by Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens Books
78 books — 49 voters

To the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfGilead by Marilynne RobinsonThe Glass Bead Game by Hermann HesseSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Sound of the Mountain by Yasunari Kawabata
Books for the Contemplative Life
466 books — 258 voters
Snow Country by Yasunari KawabataThousand Cranes by Yasunari KawabataKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Sound of the Mountain by Yasunari KawabataNorwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Japanese Literature
310 books — 388 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Blind Assassin by Margaret AtwoodSurfacing by Margaret AtwoodThe Robber Bride by Margaret AtwoodWilderness Tips by Margaret Atwood
Best of Margaret Atwood
105 books — 253 voters
The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieThe White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Best Indian Fiction Books
930 books — 2,459 voters

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Weirdstone of Brisingamen by Alan GarnerThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth GrahameThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Best Children's Fantasy
1,010 books — 1,202 voters
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles DickensMartin Chuzzlewit by Charles DickensA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensHard Times by Charles Dickens
Best of Charles Dickens
111 books — 266 voters

Gormenghast by Mervyn PeakeThe Horse and His Boy by C.S. Lewis
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,195 books — 1,516 voters
Titus Groan by Mervyn PeakeThe Glass Bead Game by Hermann Hesse1984 by George OrwellFarewell, My Lovely by Raymond ChandlerBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
824 books — 1,150 voters

Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerAnthem by Ayn RandTender Is the Night by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
909 books — 1,259 voters
To the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfSiddhartha by Hermann HesseA Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
779 books — 1,133 voters

Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Dystopia!
1,232 books — 2,789 voters
Titus Groan by Mervyn PeakeThe Color of Magic by Terry PratchettGormenghast by Mervyn PeakeCloud Atlas by David  MitchellPerdido Street Station by China Miéville
Best Outside-the-box Speculative Fiction
889 books — 492 voters

Disgrace by J.M. CoetzeeThe Blind Assassin by Margaret AtwoodThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieThe Sea, the Sea by Iris Murdoch
Booker Prize Winners
73 books — 2,016 voters
Excession by Iain M. BanksThe State of the Art by Iain M. BanksUse of Weapons by Iain M. BanksThe Player of Games by Iain M. BanksSurface Detail by Iain M. Banks
Best of The Culture
12 books — 60 voters

To the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfMrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Great Stream of Consciousness Novels
132 books — 193 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardOld Man's War by John ScalziRingworld by Larry Niven
UFOs & aliens
218 books — 182 voters

To the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienTitus Groan by Mervyn PeakeThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,537 books — 123,901 voters