Tinker, Tailor, Schoolmum, Spy by Faye BrannWish You Weren't Here by Gabby Hutchinson CrouchGrown Ups by Marian KeyesHow to Kill Your Family by Bella MackieQueenie by Candice Carty-Williams
Comedy Novels by Women
29 books — 8 voters

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisPeter Pan by J.M. BarrieMary Poppins by P.L. TraversHeidi by Johanna SpyriWinnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
What Book Would You Like To Live In?
8,742 books — 8,887 voters
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Books About Animals
1,842 books — 1,853 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Stardust by Neil GaimanWitches Abroad by Terry PratchettGood Omens by Terry PratchettThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Books that Make you Laugh
3,505 books — 5,048 voters
The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil GaimanThe Girl on the Train by Paula HawkinsRoom by Emma DonoghueBefore I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,686 books — 14,179 voters

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesLolita by Vladimir NabokovSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best for Book Clubs
14,651 books — 18,488 voters

Twilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownConfessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
The Worst Books of All Time
8,105 books — 19,873 voters
The Turn of the Screw by Henry JamesRebecca by Daphne du MaurierPerfume by Patrick SüskindWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Quality Dark Fiction
2,508 books — 3,225 voters

The Magic Toyshop by Angela CarterMy Cousin Rachel by Daphne du MaurierWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëNights at the Circus by Angela CarterThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Great Women Authors
1,228 books — 334 voters
The Stranger's Child by Alan HollinghurstThe Book of Human Skin by Michelle Lovric
Contemporary British Novels
505 books — 388 voters

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesAtonement by Ian McEwanAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanThe Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,188 books — 28,375 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierShutter Island by Dennis LehaneA Time to Kill by John GrishamCarrie by Stephen  King
Thrillers
4,602 books — 5,596 voters

Wyrd Sisters by Terry PratchettWitches Abroad by Terry PratchettMort by Terry PratchettGuards! Guards! by Terry PratchettCarpe Jugulum by Terry Pratchett
The Best of Discworld!
90 books — 997 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Timequake by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Hocus Pocus by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Vonnegut's Best
37 books — 630 voters

Alias Grace by Margaret AtwoodThe Magus by John FowlesThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoRebecca by Daphne du MaurierBefore I Go to Sleep by S.J. Watson
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,314 books — 15,563 voters
The Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Literary Fantasy
213 books — 100 voters

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensAlias Grace by Margaret AtwoodThe French Lieutenant’s Woman by John FowlesPerfume by Patrick Süskind
Best Historical Fiction
7,408 books — 25,589 voters
War and Peace by Leo TolstoyDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,433 books — 10,167 voters

The Complete Fairy Tales by Hans Christian AndersenMary Poppins by P.L. TraversAesop’s Fables by AesopThe Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob GrimmWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Favorite books from my childhood
4,421 books — 7,428 voters
The Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanWyrd Sisters by Terry PratchettAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanGood Omens by Terry Pratchett
Best Fantasy Books
1,681 books — 1,993 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Magus by John FowlesIf on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Metafiction
442 books — 578 voters

Perfume by Patrick SüskindChild 44 by Tom Rob SmithAtonement by Ian McEwanThe Little Stranger by Sarah Waters
Best Historical Mystery
2,074 books — 4,536 voters
Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas AdamsThe Twits by Roald DahlYes Man by Danny WallaceCarpe Jugulum by Terry PratchettChoke by Chuck Palahniuk
Books That Made Me Laugh Out Loud
2,066 books — 2,387 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoLabyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges
Oulipo,etc.
254 books — 250 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Magic Toyshop by Angela CarterThe Magus by John FowlesAlias Grace by Margaret AtwoodWyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,801 books — 49,782 voters


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