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The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Wise Man's Fear by Patrick RothfussThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott LynchThe Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan StroudRed Seas Under Red Skies by Scott Lynch
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,165 books — 10,173 voters
The Bartimaeus Trilogy Boxed Set by Jonathan StroudWicked by Gregory MaguireSandry's Book by Tamora PierceWild Magic by Tamora Pierce
Best Books With Witches
1,809 books — 2,434 voters

Trickster's Choice by Tamora PierceTrickster's Queen by Tamora PierceTerrier by Tamora PierceThe Will of the Empress by Tamora Pierce
Favorite Tamora Pierce book
36 books — 112 voters
Wicked by Gregory MaguireElla Enchanted by Gail Carson Levine
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,855 books — 9,218 voters

Mythology by Edith Hamilton
Best Books About Mythology
1,406 books — 2,237 voters
Terrier by Tamora PierceSabriel by Garth Nix
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,617 books — 70,134 voters

Jane Austen by Claire Tomalin
More Jane for the Austen Purist
150 books — 139 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Crucible by Arthur MillerThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Best Books Ever
78,959 books — 294,023 voters

The Bad Beginning by Lemony SnicketThe Freedom Writers Diary by Erin GruwellThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel SparkMansfield Park by Jane Austen
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,138 books — 10,095 voters
Trickster's Queen by Tamora PierceTrickster's Choice by Tamora PierceFirst Test by Tamora PierceThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Strongest Female Characters
86 books — 15 voters

Eden Forest by Aoife Marie SheridanI Am Morgan le Fay by Nancy SpringerDivergent by Veronica RothTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Fifth Ring by Mitchell Graham
Judge A Book By Its Cover!
15,992 books — 17,970 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Giver by Lois LowryOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Crucible by Arthur MillerHamlet by William Shakespeare
Best School Assigned Books
767 books — 2,061 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeDavid Copperfield by Charles DickensThe Code of the Woosters by P.G. WodehouseThe World of Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
Best British and Irish Literature
1,182 books — 1,118 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenAlanna by Tamora PierceThe Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan StroudTrickster's Choice by Tamora Pierce
Read Them Twice...At Least
14,454 books — 12,122 voters

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,654 books — 18,684 voters
The Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan StroudTrickster's Choice by Tamora PierceUglies by Scott WesterfeldThe Fifth Ring by Mitchell GrahamAlanna by Tamora Pierce
Best Young Adult Books
13,317 books — 80,566 voters

Les Misérables by Victor HugoLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Silmarillion by J.R.R. TolkienHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,710 books — 13,275 voters
Night by Elie WieselMaus II by Art SpiegelmanMaus I by Art Spiegelman
Well-Written Holocaust Books
930 books — 3,011 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHamlet by William ShakespeareThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenPersuasion by Jane Austen
Favorite Books with 100,000 + Ratings
158 books — 156 voters
The Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinThe Sneetches and Other Stories by Dr. SeussThe Lorax by Dr. Seuss
Books that were read to me as a child and I still love to this day
25 books — 11 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
15,233 books — 15,904 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyNight by Elie WieselThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,838 books — 124,636 voters