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
1,490 books — 5,294 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Unforgettables
12,181 books — 7,956 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...
12,100 books — 10,894 voters
1984 by George Orwell
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,584 books — 5,952 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
9,522 books — 8,751 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
11,196 books — 10,872 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Humorous Books
4,407 books — 8,062 voters
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,999 voters

The Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,267 books — 8,082 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
929 books — 2,386 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
1,579 books — 18,686 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
616 books — 707 voters

The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Best Feminist Young Adult Books
1,325 books — 1,346 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
78,024 books — 290,997 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
32,459 books — 123,589 voters