The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Fantasy of the 20th Century
580 books — 248 voters
Night by Elie WieselNumber the Stars by Lois LowryThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Well-Written Holocaust Books
892 books — 2,886 voters

Dragonlance Chronicles by Margaret Weis
Best "Strong Female" Fantasy Novels
4,470 books — 18,232 voters
The Open Window and Other Short Stories by SakiThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales by Edgar Allan Poe
Best Short Stories
1,757 books — 1,039 voters

Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman MelvilleThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington IrvingThe Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan PoeTo Build a Fire by Jack London
Best American (US) Short Stories
151 books — 24 voters
Dragonlance Chronicles by Margaret WeisThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Legend of Huma by Richard A. Knaak
Best Heroic Fantasy
719 books — 1,384 voters

Dragons of Autumn Twilight by Margaret WeisDragons of Winter Night by Margaret WeisDragons of Spring Dawning by Margaret Weis
The Best of Dragonlance
54 books — 102 voters
Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman MelvilleEmma by Jane AustenThe Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Edgar Allan PoeThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington IrvingBleak House by Charles Dickens
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,704 books — 6,876 voters

Forrest Gump by Winston GroomI, Robot by Isaac AsimovFight Club by Chuck PalahniukShrek! by William SteigDead Poets Society by N.H. Kleinbaum
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,221 books — 6,120 voters
Contact by Carl SaganFoundation by Isaac AsimovStarship Troopers by Robert A. HeinleinJurassic Park by Michael CrichtonRendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
Science Fiction by Science Majors
21 books — 3 voters

The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussAnansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,828 books — 21,993 voters
The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan PoeWool by Hugh Howey
Single Short Story
773 books — 301 voters

Wool Omnibus by Hugh Howey
Best Female Lead Characters
4,842 books — 5,899 voters
Metamorphoses by OvidThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanSir Gawain and the Green Knight by UnknownThe Aeneid by VirgilThe Odyssey by Homer
Required Reading in College
102 books — 27 voters

The Journey of Man by Spencer WellsWhere the Wild Things Were by William StolzenburgAn Ocean of Air by Gabrielle WalkerThe Signal and the Noise by Nate SilverThe Making of the Fittest by Sean B. Carroll
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,837 books — 3,600 voters
Wool Omnibus by Hugh HoweyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Giver by Lois Lowry1984 by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,758 books — 25,990 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienWizard's First Rule by Terry GoodkindDragonlance Chronicles by Margaret Weis
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,084 books — 11,696 voters
Good Bones and Simple Murders by Margaret AtwoodAn Ocean of Air by Gabrielle WalkerThe Signal and the Noise by Nate SilverGhetto Medic - A Father in the 'Hood by Rachel HennickThe Total Money Makeover by Dave Ramsey
30 Books Everyone Should Read Before 30
147 books — 67 voters