The Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Odyssey by HomerThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Most Influential Books
1,479 books — 5,282 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Unforgettables
11,561 books — 7,102 voters

War and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,239 books — 10,012 voters
1984 by George Orwell
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,494 books — 5,722 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Books With Unforgettable Characters
9,440 books — 8,340 voters
The Plague by Albert CamusFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
I'm glad someone made me read this book
10,588 books — 10,150 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Humorous Books
4,291 books — 7,875 voters
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,868 books — 7,002 voters

The Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,227 books — 8,076 voters

Manufacturing Consent by Edward S. HermanManufacturing Consent by Mark AchbarManufacturing Consent by Michael BurawoyPropaganda in the Information Age by Alan MacleodManufacturing Babies and Public Consent by José van Dijck
"Consent"
97 books — 10 voters

This Book Is Gay by Juno  DawsonMaus I by Art SpiegelmanThe Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
922 books — 2,387 voters
The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsPerfume by Patrick Süskind
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,560 books — 18,699 voters

Empowering Encounters with Audre Lorde by Marion KraftArbeit und Struktur by Wolfgang HerrndorfTschick by Wolfgang HerrndorfWir Kinder vom Bahnhof Zoo by Christiane V. FelscherinowDie Känguru-Chroniken by Marc-Uwe Kling
Berlin
316 books — 187 voters
Perfume by Patrick SüskindDie Physiker by Friedrich DürrenmattBuddenbrooks by Thomas MannDie Vermessung der Welt by Daniel Kehlmann
Best German Authors
605 books — 702 voters

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Best Feminist Young Adult Books
1,320 books — 1,341 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Best Books Ever
75,227 books — 279,184 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyPerfume by Patrick Süskind
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,274 books — 118,690 voters