The House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeChronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez
Latin American Fiction
893 books — 1,197 voters

Beauty and Sadness by Yasunari KawabataThe Waiting Years by Fumiko Enchi
Best Japanese Books
778 books — 3,253 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
1,195 books — 1,515 voters
Washington Square by Henry James
Best Books of the Decade: 1880s
378 books — 415 voters

The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonThe Shining by Stephen  KingThe Turn of the Screw by Henry James
Haunted House Stories
219 books — 162 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
267 books — 953 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
190 books — 3,887 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
824 books — 1,150 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
909 books — 1,259 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
7,720 books — 14,354 voters
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Best Russian Literature
521 books — 2,296 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
259 books — 350 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 — 389 voters

The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
Best Books of the Decade: 1830s
237 books — 218 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 — 401 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
1,176 books — 1,113 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
1,875 books — 7,000 voters

The Godfather by Mario Puzo
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,102 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
2,257 books — 2,436 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
3,156 books — 3,682 voters
A Storm of Swords by George R.R. MartinNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,216 books — 28,372 voters


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