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The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Best Graphic Novels
3,457 books — 6,778 voters
1984 by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,897 books — 18,609 voters

Dune by Frank Patrick HerbertFoundation by Isaac AsimovThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsA Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,727 books — 25,777 voters
Just Kids by Patti SmithTape Delay by Charles NealSongs in the Key of Z by Irwin ChusidBowie In Berlin by Thomas Jerome SeabrookThe Rocklopedia Fakebandica by T. Mike Childs
Best Books on Rock and Roll
904 books — 1,286 voters

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,702 books — 13,225 voters
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisWinnie-the-Pooh by A.A. MilneA Light in the Attic by Shel SilversteinLafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back by Shel SilversteinAlvin Fernald, Superweasel by Clifford B. Hicks
Books That Consumed My Childhood
454 books — 47 voters

Revelations by Diane ArbusAdolf Wölfli by Manuel AnceauThe Polaroid Book by Barbara Hitchcock
Best Coffee Table Books
597 books — 295 voters
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiJust Kids by Patti Smith
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,427 books — 7,393 voters

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullersLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Books to Read On a Rainy Day
774 books — 462 voters
Confessions of a Mask by Yukio MishimaQueer by William S. BurroughsThe Wild Boys by William S. BurroughsKitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
Best LGBTQIA literature
1,831 books — 2,211 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,155 books — 5,436 voters
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Read Them Twice...At Least
14,343 books — 11,926 voters

1984 by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,552 books — 123,933 voters
The Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownThe Twilight Collection by Stephenie MeyerFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesDianetics by L. Ron HubbardFifty Shades Freed by E.L. James
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,639 books — 5,992 voters

Steppenwolf by Hermann HesseThe Trial by Franz Kafka
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
779 books — 1,133 voters
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Trial by Franz KafkaThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiFranny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
15,059 books — 15,780 voters

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Best Book to Screen Interpretation
580 books — 480 voters