The Odyssey by HomerThe Iliad by HomerThe Aeneid by VirgilMetamorphoses by OvidInferno by Dante Alighieri
Best of Epic Poetry
124 books — 202 voters
The Tale of the Heike by AnonymousThe Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches by Matsuo BashōSnow Country by Yasunari KawabataThe Sound of the Mountain by Yasunari KawabataHouse of the Sleeping Beauties and Other Stories by Yasunari Kawabata
Best Japanese Books
774 books — 3,250 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskySelected Stories of Anton Chekhov by Anton ChekhovWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Best Russian Literature
514 books — 2,284 voters
The Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriThe Aeneid by VirgilCanzoniere by Francesco PetrarcaOrlando Furioso by Ludovico AriostoMetamorphoses by Ovid
Italy
987 books — 505 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleLes Misérables by Victor HugoCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyMiddlemarch by George EliotWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,719 books — 6,886 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Waves by Virginia WoolfThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldMemoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite YourcenarPale Fire by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,886 books — 49,792 voters

The Silmarillion by J.R.R. TolkienThe Worm Ouroboros by E.R. EddisonThe Gormenghast Novels by Mervyn PeakeThe King of Elfland's Daughter by Lord DunsanyJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Highbrow Fantasy Books
421 books — 626 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Waves by Virginia WoolfIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoPale Fire by Vladimir NabokovAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,121 books — 1,782 voters

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe White Company by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Worm Ouroboros by E.R. EddisonCyrano de Bergerac by Edmond RostandThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Swashbucklers
560 books — 498 voters
紫色のクオリア [Murasakiiro no Qualia] by Hisamitsu UeoWorldEnd by Akira KarenoOh! My Useless Goddess! by Natsume AkatsukiZaregoto, Book 1 by NisiOisiN
Ranobes - Japanese Light Novels
199 books — 171 voters

Paradise Lost by John MiltonCanzoniere by Francesco PetrarcaThe Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriThe Tale of the Heike by AnonymousThe Rape of the Lock and Other Major Writings by Alexander Pope
Ars Poetica
37 books — 4 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas AdamsThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Best Humorous Books
4,363 books — 7,976 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleWatership Down by Richard  AdamsThe White Company by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Worm Ouroboros by E.R. EddisonThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Best Action-Adventure Novels
2,593 books — 2,805 voters
Canzoniere by Francesco PetrarcaLolita by Vladimir NabokovAda, or Ardor by Vladimir NabokovLes Misérables by Victor HugoPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Best Love Stories
5,191 books — 9,664 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,353 books — 15,940 voters
Les Misérables by Victor HugoWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoMemoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite YourcenarThe White Company by Arthur Conan Doyle
Best Historical Fiction
7,564 books — 25,792 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsSnow Crash by Neal StephensonPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleThe Stars My Destination by Alfred Bester
Best Science Fiction
3,734 books — 7,206 voters
Paradise Lost by John MiltonAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe King of Elfland's Daughter by Lord DunsanyThe Worm Ouroboros by E.R. EddisonLud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees
Pre-Tolkien Fantasy
382 books — 366 voters

Canzoniere by Francesco PetrarcaLolita by Vladimir NabokovAda, or Ardor by Vladimir NabokovRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareMadame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Illicit Love
485 books — 336 voters
Watchmen by Alan             MooreThe Collected Fantasies, Vol. 3 by MœbiusLa ballade de la mer salée by Hugo PrattFable de Venise by Hugo PrattLMVDM. La mia vita disegnata male by Gipi
Best Graphic Novels
3,454 books — 6,775 voters