Finnegans Wake by James JoyceUlysses by James JoyceThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonInfinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Most Difficult Novels
592 books — 2,048 voters

The Idiot by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Russian Literature
514 books — 2,284 voters
The Holy Bible by Anonymousالقرآن الكريم by AnonymousOn The Revolutions of Heavenly Spheres by Nicolaus CopernicusDialogue Concerning the Two Chief World Systems by Galileo GalileiThe Principia  by Isaac Newton
The Most Influential Books
1,462 books — 5,290 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryEl Ingenioso Hidalgo Don Quijote de La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Los 100
135 books — 45 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellShōgun by James ClavellThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoRoots by Alex Haley
Best Historical Fiction
7,573 books — 25,847 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George OrwellRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareLes Misérables by Victor HugoCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Books Ever
77,129 books — 287,314 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Alienist by Caleb CarrThe Secret History by Donna TarttRebecca by Daphne du MaurierCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Literary Mysteries
2,598 books — 4,679 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas LlosaInnocent Erendira and Other Stories by Gabriel García MárquezEl ruido de las cosas al caer by Juan Gabriel Vásquez
Libros en Español
729 books — 651 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezHopscotch by Julio CortázarLos detectives salvajes by Roberto BolañoLa región más transparente by Carlos FuentesUna misma noche by Leopoldo Brizuela
Latinoamerica indispensable
121 books — 57 voters

Candide by VoltaireSongs of Innocence and of Experience by William BlakeZadig et autres contes by Voltaire
Best Books of the 18th Century
376 books — 1,009 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,719 books — 6,886 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupérySwann’s Way by Marcel ProustSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,886 books — 49,792 voters

Perfume by Patrick SüskindSiddhartha by Hermann HesseDeath in Venice and Other Tales by Thomas MannDemian by Hermann Hesse
Best German/Austrian/Swiss Literature
975 books — 958 voters