The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,232 books — 3,915 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueJohnny Got His Gun by Dalton TrumboStalingrad by Antony BeevorNight by Elie Wiesel
War has no winners
1,142 books — 537 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienNight by Elie WieselOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,761 books — 120,883 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodJohnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,214 books — 11,346 voters

Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton TrumboAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueCatch-22 by Joseph HellerSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
Best War Novels
1,680 books — 1,438 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Darkest Books of All Time
1,302 books — 1,718 voters