Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys
Derivatives of Jane Eyre
181 books — 168 voters
1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Dystopian Books
532 books — 1,068 voters

1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsThe Invisible Man by H.G. Wells
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,706 books — 25,693 voters
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakMillie's Marvellous Hat by Satoshi KitamuraEl higo más dulce by Chris Van AllsburgWhat's Wrong with My Hair? by Satoshi KitamuraMon amour by Beatrice Alemagna
Best Picture Books
3,173 books — 2,064 voters

Fun Home by Alison Bechdel
Comics & Graphic Novels by Women
1,499 books — 1,370 voters

The Library of Babel by Jorge Luis BorgesMatilda by Roald Dahl
Books about Books
1,392 books — 1,520 voters
Madame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Literary Love Triangles (Non-YA)
535 books — 1,890 voters

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainThe Complete Fairy Tales by Hans Christian AndersenLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Best Children's Books
5,369 books — 6,968 voters
The New York Trilogy by Paul Auster
Best Paul Auster Books
25 books — 117 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainHamlet by William ShakespeareA Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,877 books — 18,584 voters
The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiSnow Country by Yasunari KawabataKokoro by Natsume SōsekiThe Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio Mishima
Best Japanese Books
778 books — 3,254 voters

Animal Farm by George Orwell
Best Books Ever
78,195 books — 291,627 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,877 books — 49,822 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,526 books — 123,851 voters