The House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeChronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez
Latin American Fiction
868 books — 1,162 voters

Beauty and Sadness by Yasunari KawabataThe Waiting Years by Fumiko Enchi
Best Japanese Books
772 books — 3,249 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeDracula by Bram StokerAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Victorian Novels
214 books — 508 voters

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonThe Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia HighsmithThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyI, Robot by Isaac Asimov
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,185 books — 1,509 voters
Washington Square by Henry James
Best Books of the Decade: 1880s
378 books — 414 voters

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonThe Shining by Stephen  KingThe Turn of the Screw by Henry James
Haunted House Stories
218 books — 161 voters
Lady Susan by Jane Austen
Melville House Art of the Novella
60 books — 63 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaOedipus Rex by SophoclesThe Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe
Most influential books under 100 pages
251 books — 923 voters
The Stand by Stephen  KingIt by Stephen  KingThe Shining by Stephen  KingMisery by Stephen  King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen  King
Best of Stephen King
178 books — 3,878 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
822 books — 1,145 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
906 books — 1,255 voters

Clockwork Angel by Cassandra ClareA Dance with Dragons by George R.R. MartinClockwork Prince by Cassandra ClareThe Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,706 books — 14,258 voters
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Best Russian Literature
514 books — 2,283 voters

Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyCarmilla by J. Sheridan Le FanuAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Best Books of the Decade: 1870s
258 books — 347 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Raven by Edgar Allan PoeThe Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan PoeThe Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan PoeThe Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe
Best Books of the Decade: 1840s
280 books — 385 voters

The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
Best Books of the Decade: 1830s
237 books — 217 voters
Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules VerneAlice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
Best Books of the Decade: 1860s
235 books — 399 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeEmma by Jane AustenPersuasion by Jane Austen
Best British and Irish Literature
1,171 books — 1,111 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Stand by Stephen  KingIt by Stephen  King
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,873 books — 6,996 voters

The Godfather by Mario Puzo
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,133 books — 10,098 voters
Perfume by Patrick SüskindIt by Stephen  KingMisery by Stephen  KingThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas  HarrisThe Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,259 books — 2,432 voters

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinA Clash of Kings by George R.R. MartinBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingGood Omens by Terry PratchettThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey Eugenides
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,140 books — 3,677 voters
A Storm of Swords by George R.R. MartinNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,188 books — 28,370 voters


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