The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton WilderCyrano de Bergerac by Edmond RostandThe End of the Affair by Graham GreeneAn Occurrence At Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose BierceTo Build a Fire by Jack London
Best Underrated/Overlooked Classics
174 books — 89 voters
The Blade Itself by Joe Abercrombie
The Grimdarks
474 books — 1,168 voters

Critical Failures by Robert Bevan
Dungeons & Dragons Fiction
29 books — 8 voters

Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice BurroughsTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonThe Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle
Classic Adventure Fiction
32 books — 16 voters
The Luminaries by Eleanor CattonOscar and Lucinda by Peter CareyThe English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Booker Prize Winners
60 books — 1,983 voters

Born Free by Joy AdamsonAll Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
Adult Nonfiction Animal Books
610 books — 152 voters
The Complete Fairy Tales of Brothers Grimm, Volume 1 by Jacob GrimmThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareThe Odyssey by HomerFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Most Influential Fantasy & Sci-fi
109 books — 6 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHamlet by William ShakespeareThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,304 books — 118,842 voters
The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Road by Cormac McCarthyPet Sematary by Stephen        KingAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,183 books — 11,137 voters

Lord of the Flies by William GoldingSiddhartha by Hermann HesseOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Books Under 200 Pages
930 books — 416 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,047 books — 11,628 voters

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Most Popular Fantasy on Goodreads
654 books — 1,268 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Last Unicorn by Peter S. BeaglePeter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Fantasy Classics
298 books — 574 voters

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumPeter Pan by J.M. BarrieTarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice BurroughsLe Morte d'Arthur by Thomas Malory
Pre-Tolkien Fantasy
381 books — 365 voters
The Call of the Wild by Jack LondonWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsSounder by William H. ArmstrongThe Dog Who Wouldn't Be by Farley MowatShiloh by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
Great "Dog" Books
1,250 books — 1,932 voters

Ulysses by James JoyceDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer
Intimidating books I long to read/finish
132 books — 250 voters
Selected Political Speeches by Marcus Tullius Cicero
Best Books About Ancient Rome
733 books — 1,076 voters

The Holy Bible by AnonymousThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Origin of Species by Charles Darwinالقرآن الكريم by AnonymousMagna Carta by J.C. Holt
The Most Influential Books
1,479 books — 5,280 voters
Hamlet by William ShakespeareRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteLady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. LawrenceInterview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Best Tortured Heroes in Fiction
781 books — 797 voters

Ivanhoe by Walter ScottWorld Without End by Ken FollettThe English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Best Historical Fiction
7,271 books — 25,462 voters
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsBlack Beauty by Anna SewellAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueA Farewell to Arms by Ernest HemingwayOld Yeller by Fred Gipson
Books that Made You Cry!
3,356 books — 7,802 voters

The Story of Ferdinand by Munro LeafWhite Fang by Jack LondonBlack Beauty by Anna SewellThe Call of the Wild by Jack London
Best Books About Animals
1,837 books — 1,853 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,794 books — 49,753 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienBlack Beauty by Anna SewellThe True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by Avi
Best Young Adult Books
13,055 books — 80,110 voters
The Crystal Cave by Mary  StewartJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,122 books — 25,644 voters

The Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoLord of the Flies by William GoldingAnimal Farm by George OrwellHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Best Books Ever
75,364 books — 279,609 voters
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Popular Books that Annoy You
1,033 books — 2,015 voters


« previous 1