1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnimal Farm by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Cult Classics
1,576 books — 2,165 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
All-Time Awesome Books
13,035 books — 9,103 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
I'm glad someone made me read this book
11,407 books — 11,053 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane Austen1984 by George OrwellThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,332 books — 5,903 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George OrwellOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Required Reading in High School
817 books — 1,308 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George OrwellThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Books Every Human Being Should Read
3,098 books — 2,169 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckNarcissus and Goldmund by Hermann Hesse
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
876 books — 1,261 voters
The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaHowards End by E.M. ForsterEthan Frome by Edith WhartonTarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice BurroughsThe Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford
Best Books of the Decade: 1910s
521 books — 780 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Call of the Wild by Jack LondonA Room with a View by E.M. ForsterThe Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
Best Books of the Decade: 1900s
480 books — 860 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyEmma by Jane Austen
Best Books of the Decade: 1810s
144 books — 331 voters

The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore
Best Books of the Decade: 1820s
201 books — 152 voters
The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor HugoThe Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan PoePère Goriot by Honoré de BalzacThe Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
Best Books of the Decade: 1830s
234 books — 219 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensThe Raven by Edgar Allan PoeThe Pit and the Pendulum by Edgar Allan PoeAgnes Grey by Anne Brontë
Best Books of the Decade: 1840s
275 books — 390 voters
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneMadame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauUncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher Stowe
Best Books of the Decade: 1850s
220 books — 308 voters

Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollAround the World in Eighty Days by Jules VerneThrough the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There by Lewis Carroll
Best Books of the Decade: 1870s
261 books — 351 voters
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonA Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Death of Ivan Ilych by Leo Tolstoy
Best Books of the Decade: 1880s
369 books — 417 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeDracula by Bram StokerThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Best Books of the Decade: 1890s
495 books — 504 voters
Little Women by Louisa May AlcottLes Misérables by Victor HugoSilas Marner by George EliotJourney to the Center of the Earth by Jules VerneNotes from Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Books of the Decade: 1860s
237 books — 402 voters

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Authors Starting With "Z"
276 books — 37 voters

Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
Authors Starting With "V"
238 books — 26 voters

A Pale View of Hills by Kazuo IshiguroAn Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo Ishiguro
Authors Starting With "I"
274 books — 41 voters
Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneLes Misérables by Victor HugoThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Authors With A Last Name Starting With "H"
1,179 books — 91 voters


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