The Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeDubliners by James JoyceSherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Best Short Stories of All Time
614 books — 385 voters
Ulysses by James JoyceA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James JoyceParade's End by Ford Madox FordHowl, Kaddish and Other Poems by Allen GinsbergOrientalism by Edward W. Said
Penguin Modern Classics
416 books — 491 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenAlice in Wonderland by Jane CarruthJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. Tolkien
Books to Read On a Rainy Day
774 books — 462 voters
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Best Books To Frame Thinking
1,320 books — 1,445 voters

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Books on Loneliness
517 books — 498 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëVillette by Charlotte Brontë
Best of Brontë
24 books — 369 voters

Emma by Jane AustenPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenPersuasion by Jane Austen
Best Jane Austen Novels
23 books — 482 voters
Heart of Darkness by Joseph ConradDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Dead by James Joyce
World's Greatest Novellas
732 books — 1,464 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
So you love a Bad Boy or Tortured Hero
3,661 books — 5,817 voters
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Rooting for the Bad Guy
689 books — 1,472 voters

War and Peace by Leo TolstoyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyUlysses by James JoyceThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
757 books — 1,831 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyPersuasion by Jane Austen
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,689 books — 5,825 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyMatilda by Roald DahlThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónNorthanger Abbey by Jane AustenThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Books about Books
1,392 books — 1,520 voters
Parade's End by Ford Madox Ford
Best Unappreciated Books
4,384 books — 2,240 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë1984 by George OrwellThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Must Read Classics
1,877 books — 4,710 voters
War and Peace by Leo TolstoyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeUlysses by James JoyceA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
12,107 books — 10,912 voters

Hamlet by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William ShakespeareKing Lear by William ShakespeareThe Tempest by William ShakespeareShakespeare's Sonnets by William Shakespeare
Best Books of the 17th Century
326 books — 706 voters

Les liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de LaclosCritique of Pure Reason by Immanuel KantThe Social Contract by Jean-Jacques RousseauConfessions by Jean-Jacques RousseauRobinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Best Books of the 18th Century
376 books — 1,010 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,749 books — 6,905 voters

1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyLord of the Flies by William GoldingLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,893 books — 49,819 voters
1984 by George OrwellPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,479 books — 123,659 voters

Parade's End by Ford Madox FordTo the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan Poe
Best Books Ever
78,079 books — 291,156 voters