1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,698 books — 25,901 voters
Copenhagen by Michael FraynArcadia by Tom Stoppard
Best Plays Ever
859 books — 1,125 voters

Les Misérables by Victor HugoThe Trial and Death of Socrates by PlatoCandide by VoltaireIncognito by David EaglemanWhere Good Ideas Come From by Steven Johnson
Books That Are Companions For Life
30 books — 21 voters

Washington's Crossing by David Hackett FischerIncognito by David EaglemanPlutocrats by Chrystia FreelandPersonal Memoirs by Ulysses S. GrantCastles of Steel by Robert K. Massie
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,221 books — 8,062 voters
The Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Best Books Ever
75,370 books — 279,849 voters

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupérySmoky the Cow Horse by Will JamesCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Best Young Adult Books
13,056 books — 80,112 voters
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettRose by Martin Cruz SmithDecember 6 by Martin Cruz Smith
Thrillers
4,554 books — 5,538 voters

The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryAlice in Wonderland by Jane CarruthWinnie-the-Pooh by A.A. MilneCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Best Children's Fantasy
965 books — 1,109 voters
Castles of Steel by Robert K. MassieDreadnought by Robert K. MassieMayflower by Nathaniel PhilbrickBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonNothing Like It in the World by Stephen E. Ambrose
History as Literature
727 books — 535 voters

Catherine the Great by Robert K. Massie
Best Russian History Books
545 books — 380 voters
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakLittle House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls WilderHeidi by Johanna Spyri
Favorite books from my childhood
4,400 books — 7,407 voters

Les Misérables by Victor HugoCandide by VoltaireBeowulf by UnknownThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumFour Great Tragedies by William Shakespeare
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,322 books — 118,983 voters
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
Thickest Books Ever
890 books — 2,492 voters

Dubliners by James JoyceA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryCalvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonMy Ántonia by Willa CatherOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,787 books — 49,756 voters