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Animal Farm by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William Golding
Must Read Classics
1,891 books — 4,764 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Best Literary Fiction
1,651 books — 1,699 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,744 books — 6,936 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century
103 books — 490 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessLord of the Flies by William Golding
The ACTUAL 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century
219 books — 326 voters
Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtHigh Fidelity by Nick Hornby
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,132 books — 3,696 voters

The Firm by Robin Waterfield
Thrillers You Must Read!
5,527 books — 8,783 voters
High Fidelity by Nick Hornby
Best Books of 1995
434 books — 201 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
100 Best Books of All Time: The World Library List
100 books — 1,708 voters
Death of a Salesman by Arthur Miller
Best Plays Ever
869 books — 1,138 voters

The Stories of John Cheever by John CheeverWinesburg, Ohio by Sherwood AndersonNine Stories by J.D. SalingerThe Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway by Ernest HemingwayCathedral by Raymond Carver
Collections of Short Stories
2,983 books — 2,096 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
The Great American Novel
673 books — 1,114 voters

Siddhartha by Hermann HesseAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerEast of Eden by John SteinbeckAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,818 books — 49,889 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,429 books — 8,213 voters

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourtIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,471 books — 5,188 voters
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom WolfeGlengarry Glen Ross by David Mamet
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,320 books — 2,449 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald1984 by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
The Five Books I Would Require If I Taught an English Literature Class
628 books — 2,775 voters
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse1984 by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerAnimal Farm / 1984 by George Orwell
Best Philosophical Literature
1,224 books — 2,823 voters

High Fidelity by Nick HornbyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessChronicles, Volume One by Bob Dylan
Best Music Books
431 books — 210 voters
Siddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Firm by Robin WaterfieldFight Club by Chuck PalahniukHigh Fidelity by Nick HornbyMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
15,251 books — 16,025 voters

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynA Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,404 books — 1,784 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,878 books — 7,008 voters

Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay PenmanAtonement by Ian McEwan
Best Historical Fiction
8,297 books — 27,354 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Best Books Ever
79,695 books — 297,027 voters