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
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Unforgettables
12,343 books — 8,153 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...
12,232 books — 11,445 voters
1984 by George Orwell
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10,611 books — 6,151 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
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9,533 books — 8,872 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
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Humorous Books
4,446 books — 8,298 voters
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,876 books — 6,999 voters

The Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,331 books — 8,173 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
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927 books — 2,390 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
1,651 books — 18,683 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
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Perfume by Patrick SüskindDie Physiker by Friedrich DürrenmattBuddenbrooks by Thomas MannDie Vermessung der Welt by Daniel Kehlmann
Best German Authors
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The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Best Feminist Young Adult Books
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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
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78,946 books — 293,971 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
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32,835 books — 124,616 voters