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The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Young Adult Books
13,218 books — 80,481 voters
On Literature by Umberto Eco
Best Books on Writing
802 books — 1,333 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen1984 by George OrwellHamlet by William ShakespeareCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
100 Best Books of All Time: The World Library List
100 books — 1,709 voters
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiHunting and Gathering by Anna GavaldaBaudolino by Umberto EcoThe Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,215 books — 28,374 voters

Necuvintele by Nichita StănescuMoromeții I by Marin PredaÎntâmplări în irealitatea imediată by Max BlecherDimineaţă pierdută by Gabriela AdameșteanuCraii de Curtea-Veche by Mateiu I. Caragiale
Best Romanian Literature
353 books — 478 voters
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Idiot by Fyodor DostoevskyFaust, First Part by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheLes Fleurs du Mal by Charles BaudelaireThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,752 books — 6,906 voters

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Notebook by Nicholas SparksMen Are from Mars, Women Are from Venus by John GrayWater for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Everyone's Read It But Me
782 books — 4,679 voters
Lord of the Flies by William Golding1984 by George OrwellA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessLolita by Vladimir NabokovIt by Stephen King
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,291 books — 11,637 voters

Animal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George OrwellA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessLord of the Flies by William GoldingLucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
The 50 greatest British writers since 1945
147 books — 90 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,339 books — 5,885 voters

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumA Room with a View by E.M. ForsterThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Best Books of the Decade: 1900s
483 books — 859 voters
Lord of the Flies by William GoldingFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerHomo Faber by Max FrischMemoirs of a Dutiful Daughter by Simone de Beauvoir
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,197 books — 1,516 voters

Dune by Frank Patrick Herbert1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFoundation by Isaac Asimov
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,729 books — 25,612 voters
Forrest Gump by Winston GroomThe Devil Wears Prada by Lauren WeisbergerMary Poppins by P.L. TraversThe Notebook by Nicholas SparksCatch Me If You Can by Frank W. Abagnale
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,219 books — 6,119 voters

Huis clos by Jean-Paul SartreThe French Lieutenant’s Woman by John Fowles
Read Them Twice...At Least
14,343 books — 11,944 voters
Love Story by Erich SegalTwilight by Stephenie MeyerBreaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerEclipse by Stephenie Meyer
The Worst Books of All Time
8,120 books — 19,897 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Light but not (too) dumb
857 books — 843 voters
The Twilight Saga by Stephenie MeyerTwilight by Stephenie MeyerBreaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerEclipse by Stephenie MeyerThe Twilight Collection by Stephenie Meyer
Books not to read
319 books — 180 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëBreaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerThe Iliad by HomerNew Moon by Stephenie Meyer
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
15,060 books — 15,804 voters
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor HugoThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryLes Misérables by Victor HugoThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Best French Literature
884 books — 1,577 voters

Twilight by Stephenie MeyerBreaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerEclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Disappointing Books
2,773 books — 4,618 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellFemeia în Roșu by Adriana BabețiThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,878 books — 49,829 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Odyssey by HomerPeter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Best Books Ever
78,319 books — 292,037 voters
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerThe Trial by Franz Kafka
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,557 books — 123,972 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezUlysses by James JoyceWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,700 books — 13,226 voters