Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoySense and Sensibility by Jane AustenA Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,719 books — 6,886 voters
The White Tiger by Aravind AdigaPeople of the Book by Geraldine BrooksAtonement by Ian McEwanThe Corrections by Jonathan FranzenEverything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,850 books — 22,160 voters

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,886 books — 49,791 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondNight by Elie WieselNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,237 books — 8,069 voters