1984 by George OrwellFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyLolita by Vladimir NabokovThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeLife of Pi by Yann Martel
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
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SPQR by Mary BeardI, Claudius by Robert GravesRubicon by Tom Holland
Best Books About Ancient Rome
738 books — 1,085 voters

1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodBlindness by José Saramago
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,857 books — 26,125 voters

The Luminaries by Eleanor CattonAtonement by Ian McEwanPachinko by Min Jin LeeBeloved by Toni Morrison
Best Historical Fiction
7,591 books — 25,881 voters

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Best Woman-Authored Books
8,423 books — 5,398 voters
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Recent Masterpieces
26 books — 5 voters

Leaves of Grass by Walt WhitmanLolita by Vladimir NabokovJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëHard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki MurakamiLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Best Books Ever
77,162 books — 287,618 voters
Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn WardThe Animators by Kayla Rae WhitakerPachinko by Min Jin Lee
Anticipated / Best 2017 Literary Fiction
177 books — 141 voters

Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DíazAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Lowland by Jhumpa LahiriExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,021 books — 1,674 voters

Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki MurakamiLolita by Vladimir NabokovHowl and Other Poems by Allen GinsbergCloud Atlas by David  MitchellMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Let's Shake It Up A Bit
964 books — 580 voters
For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest HemingwayAtonement by Ian McEwanSelf by yann-martelThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki Murakami
It Should Have Won an Award
58 books — 60 voters

1984 by George OrwellLolita by Vladimir NabokovSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,889 books — 49,792 voters
Life of Pi by Yann MartelMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesCloud Atlas by David  MitchellExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerAusterlitz by W.G. Sebald
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,856 books — 22,181 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Beloved by Toni MorrisonBlindness by José SaramagoThe History of Love by Nicole KraussThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Best for Book Clubs
15,113 books — 19,082 voters
Twilight by Stephenie MeyerBreaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerEclipse by Stephenie MeyerFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
The Worst Books of All Time
8,096 books — 19,870 voters