The Odyssey by HomerFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyMy Ántonia by Willa Cather
100 Essential Penguin Classics
99 books — 7 voters
The Holy Bible by Anonymous
The Most Influential Books
1,480 books — 5,281 voters

Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. SeussThe Kissing Hand by Audrey PennChrysanthemum by Kevin HenkesJoseph Had a Little Overcoat by Simms TabackThank You, Mr. Falker by Patricia Polacco
Picture Books of the 1990s
416 books — 45 voters
Wake by Rebecca    Hall
Slavery
183 books — 115 voters

Letter from Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr.
Penguin Modern
50 books — 51 voters
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William ShakespeareAlmost, Maine by John CarianiInto the Woods by Stephen Sondheim
Theatrical Greatness
140 books — 30 voters

The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter
Penguin Ink Editions
21 books — 10 voters
Brazen by Pénélope BagieuRejected Princesses by Jason Porath
The Overlooked Women of History
945 books — 218 voters

Jaws by Peter BenchleyJulie and Julia by Julie PowellThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsWho Censored Roger Rabbit? by Gary K. WolfCujo by Stephen        King
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,132 books — 10,101 voters

The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu
Foundational Asian Literature
18 books — 2 voters
Night by Elie Wiesel
Oprah's Book Club Picks
123 books — 2,202 voters

The Amazing Bone by William SteigSwimmy by Leo LionniTar Beach by Faith Ringgold
Caldecott Honor Books
289 books — 233 voters

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
The Most Deserving Newbery
110 books — 2,996 voters
Frida's Fiestas by Marie-Pierre Colle
Best Ethnic Cookbooks
317 books — 144 voters

A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnNight by Elie WieselThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownGenghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World by Jack Weatherford
Best History Books
3,682 books — 3,716 voters
The Best Old Movies for Families by Ty BurrMy Last Sigh by Luis BuñuelSomething Like an Autobiography by Akira KurosawaPictures at a Revolution by Mark  HarrisHitchcock/Truffaut by François Truffaut
Books ABOUT Movies
836 books — 273 voters

William Carlos Williams by William Carlos WilliamsSelected Poems by James AgeeSelected Lyrics by Cole Porter
LOA's American Poets Project
27 books — 3 voters
The Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiUnderstanding Comics by Scott McCloudFun Home by Alison BechdelWatchmen by Alan             MooreThe Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,173 books — 2,010 voters

The Tale of Genji by Murasaki ShikibuThe Woman in the Dunes by Kōbō Abe
Best Japanese Books
770 books — 3,247 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,705 books — 6,873 voters


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