Spellbound by Kimiko HahnGerman Romantic Poets by Charlotte LeeLittle Poems by Michael HennessyFairy Poems by Lynne Greenberg
Everyman's Library Pocket Poems
132 books — 28 voters
Native Son by Richard Wright
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
821 books — 1,146 voters

The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
Unhappy Marriages
488 books — 292 voters

Dune by Frank Herbert
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,873 books — 6,996 voters
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Best British and Irish Literature
1,172 books — 1,111 voters

Angels in America by Tony Kushner
Best Gay Fiction
2,675 books — 3,882 voters
Blasted by Sarah KaneWit by Margaret EdsonAngels in America by Tony Kushner
Best Plays Since 1990
204 books — 151 voters

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee WilliamsAs I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Best Southern Literature
1,350 books — 2,576 voters
Night by Elie WieselHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiBattle Royale by Koushun TakamiWorld War Z by Max Brooks
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,245 books — 11,543 voters

Oryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,265 books — 9,084 voters
No Exit and Three Other Plays by Jean-Paul Sartre
Best Philosophical Literature
1,184 books — 2,778 voters

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieThe Round House by Louise Erdrich
Native American Fiction
838 books — 640 voters
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,781 books — 1,655 voters

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Turn of the Screw by Henry JamesJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Best Gothic Books of All Time
610 books — 3,535 voters

Fun Home by Alison BechdelLumberjanes, Vol. 1 by N.D. StevensonNimona by N.D. StevensonDrama by Raina TelgemeierLumberjanes, Vol. 3 by N.D. Stevenson
Graphic Novels Featuring LGBTIQ+ Themes
1,059 books — 1,044 voters
Angels in America by Tony Kushner
Tales of New York City
1,681 books — 1,239 voters

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesChronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García MárquezThe Turn of the Screw by Henry James
World's Greatest Novellas
718 books — 1,449 voters
And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristiePersuasion by Jane AustenOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieFun Home by Alison Bechdel
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,378 books — 5,329 voters

Hamlet by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William ShakespeareAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Odyssey by Homer
Revenge
375 books — 257 voters
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Worst Books of All Time
8,096 books — 19,875 voters

Ghosts by Henrik IbsenChronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez
Spectral Titles
341 books — 56 voters
And Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtCrooked Letter, Crooked Letter by Tom FranklinThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Best Literary Mysteries
2,596 books — 4,669 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieDouble Indemnity by James M. CainThe Postman Always Rings Twice by James M. CainMourning Becomes Electra by Eugene O'Neill
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
907 books — 1,256 voters
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
San Francisco Bay Area Fiction
446 books — 337 voters

No Exit and Three Other Plays by Jean-Paul Sartre
Best French Literature
884 books — 1,574 voters
The Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeA Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
Belle Époque
383 books — 152 voters


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