Nobel Prize Women in Science by Sharon Bertsch McGrayneLise Meitner by Ruth Lewin SimeObsessive Genius by Barbara GoldsmithRosalind Franklin by Brenda MaddoxMaria Sibylla Merian by Maria Sibylla Merian
Female Scientists
173 books — 108 voters

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Favorite books from my childhood
4,453 books — 7,550 voters
Rainy Day Poems by James McDonaldParadise Lost by John Milton
Your Favourite Book of Poetry.
946 books — 658 voters

Dragon Fate by J.D. Hallowell
Dragon Lovers' Books
192 books — 232 voters
Cress by Marissa MeyerCity of Heavenly Fire by Cassandra ClareDreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini TaylorThe One by Kiera CassIgnite Me by Tahereh Mafi
Can't Wait Books of 2014
2,514 books — 15,293 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathA Separate Peace by John KnowlesSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Franny and Zooey by J.D. SalingerBleak House by Charles Dickens
GOOD Classics
97 books — 65 voters
The Shining by Stephen  King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen  KingDracula by Bram StokerPet Sematary by Stephen  King
Best Horror Novels
2,099 books — 5,477 voters

American Gods by Neil GaimanDaughter of the Forest by Juliet MarillierGood Omens by Terry PratchettThe Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteAnansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
Myth and Folktale Retellings
632 books — 588 voters
Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineThe Goose Girl by Shannon HaleBeauty by Robin McKinleyThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanFairest by Gail Carson Levine
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,816 books — 9,159 voters

The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily DickinsonLeaves of Grass by Walt WhitmanShakespeare's Sonnets by William ShakespeareThe Waste Land and Other Poems by T.S. EliotThe Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats by W.B. Yeats
Best Poetry Books
3,006 books — 2,500 voters

Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnWonder by R.J. PalacioOn Dublin Street by Samantha YoungEverneath by Brodi AshtonSweet Evil by Wendy Higgins
Best Books of 2012
3,522 books — 9,189 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Best Russian Literature
515 books — 2,287 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,970 books — 10,708 voters
Leviathan by Scott WesterfeldThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneIncarceron by Catherine Fisher
Best Steampunk Books
1,277 books — 4,109 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantShōgun by James ClavellThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
Best Historical Fiction
7,684 books — 25,955 voters

Outlander by Diana GabaldonThe Raven Prince by Elizabeth HoytWicked Intentions by Elizabeth HoytThese Old Shades by Georgette Heyer
The 18th century Romance List
238 books — 170 voters
A Kingdom of Dreams by Judith McNaughtThe Bride by Julie GarwoodThe Secret by Julie GarwoodThe Wolf and the Dove by Kathleen E. WoodiwissFires of Winter by Johanna Lindsey
Best Medieval Romance Novels
615 books — 1,050 voters

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas  HarrisRebecca by Daphne du MaurierAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy
Best Female Lead Characters
4,880 books — 5,925 voters
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneLes Misérables by Victor HugoBlack Beauty by Anna Sewell
Books that Made You Cry!
3,358 books — 7,972 voters

The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettNumber the Stars by Lois LowryThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakLittle House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Best Children's Historical Fiction
835 books — 833 voters
A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
I Saw the Movie & Read the Book
1,925 books — 1,762 voters

Emma by Jane AustenFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensDracula by Bram Stoker
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,728 books — 6,890 voters
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Moonstone by Wilkie CollinsJourney to the Center of the Earth by Jules VerneThe Call of the Wild by Jack LondonThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Must Read Classics
1,860 books — 4,683 voters


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