Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford
Best World War I Fiction
152 books — 183 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
Tales of New York City
1,520 books — 1,228 voters

Salt by Mark KurlanskyA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Best History Books
3,721 books — 3,762 voters
Good Omens by Terry Pratchett
Best Humor Writing
841 books — 890 voters

The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The 800+ page Gorillaz
459 books — 518 voters
The Republic by PlatoThe Complete Works by William ShakespeareCommon Sense, The Rights of Man and Other Essential Writings by Thomas PaineTwo Treatises of Government by John LockeCivil Disobedience and Other Essays by Henry David Thoreau
The Most Influential Books
1,461 books — 5,287 voters

Walden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauSalt by Mark KurlanskyA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,236 books — 8,067 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldRomeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,727 books — 120,770 voters

Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraUlysses by James JoyceThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
747 books — 1,815 voters