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
3,851 books — 26,115 voters
Copenhagen by Michael FraynArcadia by Tom Stoppard
Best Plays Ever
856 books — 1,132 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)
6,237 books — 8,068 voters
The Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Best Books Ever
77,114 books — 287,046 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
13,161 books — 80,235 voters
The Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettRose by Martin Cruz SmithDecember 6 by Martin Cruz Smith
Thrillers
4,684 books — 5,758 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
976 books — 1,120 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
733 books — 537 voters

Catherine the Great by Robert K. Massie
Best Russian History Books
570 books — 468 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
4,439 books — 7,450 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
32,025 books — 121,596 voters
Les Misérables by Victor Hugo
Thickest Books Ever
889 books — 2,487 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
7,886 books — 49,789 voters