Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanMatilda by Roald DahlPippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Best Female Lead Characters
4,887 books — 5,928 voters
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinPippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleThe Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Favorite books from my childhood
4,462 books — 7,604 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellAnimal Farm by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Books Ever
77,431 books — 289,061 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinNight by Elie WieselThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienBrave New World and Brave New World Revisited by Aldous Huxley
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,253 books — 122,833 voters
Lord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Trial by Franz KafkaFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnimal Farm / 1984 by George OrwellSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Philosophical Literature
1,186 books — 2,808 voters

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,578 books — 18,686 voters
Dune by Frank Herbert
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,613 books — 25,134 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas
Books With Unforgettable Characters
9,508 books — 8,676 voters
It by Stephen  KingThe Exorcist by William Peter BlattyThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
Best Horror Novels
2,102 books — 5,478 voters

The Talisman by Stephen  KingOn Writing by Stephen  King
Best of Stephen King
201 books — 3,881 voters
1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnimal Farm by George OrwellGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,889 books — 49,797 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Best Literary Fiction
1,558 books — 1,374 voters
The Tao of Pooh by Benjamin Hoffthe te of piglet by Benjamin Hoff
Best Books on Taoism
108 books — 130 voters