Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Best Science Fiction
3,849 books — 7,778 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Stranger by Albert CamusA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessA Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,332 books — 5,896 voters
1984 by George OrwellLife As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,012 books — 26,697 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
16,004 books — 18,776 voters
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
Best Agatha Christie Book
96 books — 1,383 voters

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Books Ever
78,676 books — 293,202 voters
Lipstick Traces by Greil Marcus
Best Books on Rock and Roll
907 books — 1,287 voters

Last Train to Memphis by Peter GuralnickCareless Love by Peter GuralnickLipstick Traces by Greil MarcusEngland's Dreaming by Jon Savage
Best Non Fiction About Music
1,494 books — 1,419 voters
City of Nets by Otto Friedrich
Best Books on Old Hollywood
125 books — 57 voters

Maus I by Art Spiegelman
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,518 books — 7,753 voters
Harriet the Spy by Louise FitzhughStuart Little by E.B. WhiteThe Story of Babar by Jean de BrunhoffMike Mulligan and His Steam Shovel by Virginia Lee Burton
Favorite books from my childhood
4,507 books — 7,689 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingA River Runs Through It by Norman MacleanThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
The Great American Novel
670 books — 1,097 voters
1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Best Japanese Books
779 books — 3,259 voters

The Hockey Sweater by Roch CarrierAs for Me and My House by Sinclair Ross
Canadian Fiction
1,042 books — 605 voters
Whale Music by Paul QuarringtonIn the Skin of a Lion by Michael OndaatjeAs for Me and My House by Sinclair RossThe Wars by Timothy FindleyThe Mountain and the Valley by Ernest Buckler
Best Canadian Literature
2,343 books — 1,156 voters

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,711 books — 124,319 voters
Paris, 1919 by Margaret MacMillanThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Best History Books
4,001 books — 4,435 voters

The Path to Power by Robert A. CaroMeans of Ascent by Robert A. CaroMaster of the Senate by Robert A. Caro
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,229 books — 2,727 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Stranger by Albert CamusA Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,874 books — 49,842 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,764 books — 25,712 voters