The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling1984 by George Orwell
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,541 books — 17,878 voters
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienWatership Down by Richard  AdamsThe Baron in the Trees by Italo CalvinoThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Highbrow Fantasy Books
420 books — 626 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Awakening by Kate ChopinTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,297 books — 5,262 voters
Looking for Alaska by John GreenThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenAngus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise Rennison
Best Young Adult Realistic Novels
2,675 books — 12,180 voters

Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran FoerBeloved by Toni MorrisonInvisible Cities by Italo Calvino
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,311 books — 4,556 voters

The Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanFun Home by Alison BechdelPride of Baghdad by Brian K. Vaughan
Best Graphic Novels
3,451 books — 6,769 voters
The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Awakening by Kate ChopinI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantBeloved by Toni Morrison
Best Feminist Books
2,567 books — 3,558 voters

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Awakening by Kate ChopinSiddhartha by Hermann HesseNight by Elie Wiesel
World's Greatest Novellas
715 books — 1,447 voters
Gitanjali by Rabindranath TagoreThe Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
Best Indian Fiction Books
919 books — 2,433 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingLolita by Vladimir NabokovHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingChoke by Chuck PalahniukTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books I Am Going to Hell For Reading
377 books — 412 voters
The Polar Express by Chris Van AllsburgHow the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. SeussThe Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke MooreThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisNutcracker by E.T.A. Hoffmann
Favorite Christmas Books
1,515 books — 1,557 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
All Time Favorite Romance Novels
5,607 books — 12,557 voters
The Inferno of Dante Alighieri by Dante Alighieri
New York Review Books - Classics
532 books — 891 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,769 books — 1,648 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Favorite books from my childhood
4,430 books — 7,438 voters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingAlice in Wonderland by Jane CarruthThe Tempest by William Shakespeare
Olympics Opening Ceremony Books
41 books — 265 voters

Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingMrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyBrick Lane by Monica Ali
London Calling
1,234 books — 645 voters
Metamorphoses by OvidThe Hero With a Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell
Best Books About Mythology
1,396 books — 2,220 voters

Inferno by Dante AlighieriAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Best Foreign Language (non English) Book
1,078 books — 622 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald1984 by George Orwell
AP Literature
220 books — 221 voters


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