Dancing Cats and Neglected Murderesses by Edward GoreyRumpelstiltskin by Edith H. TarcovInstant Lives by Howard Moss
Edward Gorey: Book Cover Art and Design
136 books — 12 voters
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyDead Souls by Nikolai GogolNotes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculo... by Fyodor DostoevskyEugene Onegin by Alexander Pushkin
Best Russian Literature
512 books — 2,277 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenMrs Dalloway by Virginia WoolfTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Great Women Authors
1,228 books — 334 voters
The Stranger by Albert CamusNotes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculo... by Fyodor DostoevskyNausea by Jean-Paul SartreSteppenwolf by Hermann HesseThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Philosophical Literature
1,167 books — 2,725 voters

The Outsider by Albert CamusNausea by Jean-Paul SartreSteppenwolf by Hermann HesseNineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell
Penguin Modern Classics
411 books — 486 voters
The Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownClockwork Angel by Cassandra ClareThe Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy FowlerFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
I Don't Understand All That Fuss
1,025 books — 2,567 voters

Why I Am Not a Christian and Other Essays on Religion and Rel... by Bertrand RussellA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfMeditations by Marcus AureliusA Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again by David Foster Wallace
Best/Favorite Books of Essays
554 books — 248 voters
Hamlet by William ShakespeareThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeThe Misanthrope by MolièrePygmalion by George Bernard ShawThe Cherry Orchard by Anton Chekhov
Best Plays Ever
853 books — 1,129 voters

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob GrimmLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottAesop’s Fables by AesopThe Happy Prince by Oscar Wilde
Children's Lit Before 1923
243 books — 111 voters

The Stranger by Albert CamusNausea by Jean-Paul SartreThe Overcoat by Nikolai GogolEugene Onegin by Alexander PushkinThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Dostoevskiana
70 books — 38 voters

Forrest Gump by Winston GroomThe Devil Wears Prada by Lauren WeisbergerJurassic Park by Michael CrichtonJumanji by Chris Van AllsburgMary Poppins by P.L. Travers
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,222 books — 6,121 voters
The Complete Stories by Franz KafkaFicciones by Jorge Luis BorgesThe Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales by Edgar Allan PoeThe Death of Ivan Ilych and Other Stories by Leo TolstoyThe Necklace and Other Short Stories by Guy de Maupassant
Collections of Short Stories
2,895 books — 2,040 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Cult Classics
1,567 books — 2,120 voters

The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Trial by Franz KafkaLetter to His Father by Franz KafkaThe Complete Stories by Franz Kafka
The best of Franz Kafka
22 books — 64 voters
The Stranger by Albert CamusThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Trial by Franz Kafka
Absurdist Fiction
313 books — 286 voters

The Stranger by Albert CamusThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryLes Fleurs du Mal by Charles BaudelaireEugénie Grandet by Honoré de Balzac
Classic French Literature
344 books — 255 voters

Les Misérables by Victor HugoUlysses by James JoyceJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
745 books — 1,811 voters
1984 by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Books That Changed My World
3,277 books — 3,185 voters

The Stranger by Albert CamusNotes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculo... by Fyodor DostoevskyNausea by Jean-Paul SartreSteppenwolf by Hermann HesseThe Trial by Franz Kafka
Best Existential Fiction
449 books — 767 voters
Little Women by Louisa May AlcottMatilda by Roald DahlThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob GrimmAesop’s Fables by Aesop
Favorite books from my childhood
4,421 books — 7,428 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyNotes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculo... by Fyodor DostoevskyWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,704 books — 6,872 voters
Twilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    Brown
Popular Books that Annoy You
1,032 books — 2,011 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,546 books — 120,144 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Books Ever
76,195 books — 283,333 voters