A Reunion of Ghosts by Judith Claire Mitchell
Anticipated 2015 Literary Fiction
196 books — 545 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Stand by Stephen  KingDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,931 books — 26,184 voters
Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
What Should I Read?
325 books — 96 voters

Warm Bodies by Isaac MarionThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Series
3,452 books — 9,515 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,218 books — 28,368 voters
1Q84 by Haruki MurakamiThe Goldfinch by Donna TarttQuiet by Susan CainThe Marriage Plot by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,717 books — 14,289 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskySense and Sensibility by Jane AustenDracula by Bram Stoker
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,730 books — 6,893 voters
Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan SwiftCandide by VoltaireSchool for Scandal by Richard Brinsley SheridanThe Monk by Matthew Gregory LewisThe Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole
Best Books of the 18th Century
376 books — 1,009 voters

Macbeth by William ShakespeareParadise Lost by John MiltonDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraKing Lear by William ShakespeareThe Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan
Best Books of the 17th Century
326 books — 706 voters
The Merchant of Venice by William ShakespeareThe Taming of the Shrew by William ShakespeareAs You Like It by William Shakespeare
Best Books of the 16th Century
192 books — 545 voters

Marley and Me by John GroganThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,852 books — 22,254 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry1984 by George Orwell
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,889 books — 49,796 voters

Helter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas  HarrisAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis1984 by George OrwellThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,260 books — 11,578 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,255 books — 122,869 voters