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The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Best Graphic Novels
3,502 books — 6,792 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
16,067 books — 18,863 voters

Dune by Frank 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
8,771 books — 25,807 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
908 books — 1,287 voters

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,710 books — 13,276 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
453 books — 46 voters

Revelations by Diane ArbusAdolf Wölfli by Manuel AnceauThe Polaroid Book by Barbara Hitchcock
Best Coffee Table Books
600 books — 424 voters
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiJust Kids by Patti Smith
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,589 books — 7,856 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
772 books — 461 voters
Confessions of a Mask by Yukio MishimaQueer by William S. BurroughsThe Wild Boys by William S. BurroughsKitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
Best LGBTQIA literature
1,939 books — 2,222 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,182 books — 5,465 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
14,454 books — 12,133 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
32,843 books — 124,660 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
1,640 books — 5,990 voters

Steppenwolf by Hermann HesseThe Trial by Franz Kafka
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
784 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
15,233 books — 15,908 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
583 books — 480 voters