To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareLord of the Flies by William GoldingMacbeth by William ShakespeareThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Required Reading in High School
815 books — 1,300 voters
Lighthouse by Eugenia Price
Best Southern Literature
1,379 books — 2,596 voters

O Pioneers! by Willa Cather
Best Westerns
1,411 books — 1,571 voters
The Time Machine by H.G. WellsA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
The Best Time Travel Books of All Time
872 books — 1,834 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,472 books — 123,627 voters
Up Island by Anne Rivers SiddonsMaus I by Art SpiegelmanFoundation by Isaac Asimov
Twentieth Century American List
69 books — 27 voters

Riddle-Master by Patricia A. McKillipThe Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillipThe Eye of the World by Robert JordanThe Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffreyThe Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever by Stephen R. Donaldson
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,606 books — 26,719 voters
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienWinnie-the-Pooh by A.A. MilneBlack Beauty by Anna Sewell
Favorite books from my childhood
4,498 books — 7,680 voters

The Time Machine by H.G. WellsThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas  HarrisThe Client by John GrishamThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,579 books — 18,687 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,893 books — 49,819 voters

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Read These In School - Liked Them Anyway
344 books — 474 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books To Reread
75 books — 28 voters

The Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska OrczyChesapeake by James A. MichenerTrinity by Leon UrisThe King Must Die by Mary Renault
Best Historical Fiction
7,856 books — 26,167 voters
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. JeromeFar From the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy
Best British and Irish Literature
1,177 books — 1,114 voters

These Old Shades by Georgette Heyer
Favorite Georgette Heyer Book!
76 books — 811 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Best Books Ever
78,073 books — 291,119 voters

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Foundation Trilogy by Isaac AsimovThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsDune by Frank HerbertBattlefield Earth by L. Ron Hubbard
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,704 books — 25,616 voters