Animal Farm by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Dystopian Fiction of All Time
460 books — 1,309 voters
Ulysses by James JoyceThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerFoucault’s Pendulum by Umberto EcoTo the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Most Difficult Novels
594 books — 2,049 voters

Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Gargoyle by Andrew  Davidson
You Want to Read in 2010
1,079 books — 1,972 voters
On the Beach by Nevil ShuteOscar and Lucinda by Peter CareyThe Riders by Tim WintonThat Eye, the Sky by Tim WintonOyster by Janette Turner Hospital
Best Modern Australian Literature
564 books — 672 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyAnimal Farm / 1984 by George OrwellAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Best Philosophical Literature
1,190 books — 2,815 voters

The Awakening by Kate ChopinGreat Expectations by Charles DickensAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,748 books — 6,901 voters
The Piano Teacher by Elfriede JelinekWeathercock by Glen DuncanThe Stranger by Albert CamusOyster by Janette Turner Hospital
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,268 books — 11,598 voters

Of Mice and Men by John SteinbeckLolita by Vladimir NabokovA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingEast of Eden by John SteinbeckAtlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand
Best for Book Clubs
15,195 books — 19,345 voters
The Bridges of Madison County by Robert James WallerTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyDracula by Bram StokerThe Gargoyle by Andrew  Davidson
Best Love Stories
5,217 books — 9,714 voters

Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesGreat Expectations by Charles DickensThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Best Page-Turners with Redeeming Social Value
8,092 books — 5,809 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsAnimal Farm by George OrwellWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Best Books Ever
77,779 books — 290,237 voters

1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFoundation by Isaac Asimov
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,666 books — 25,195 voters
Sex and the City by Candace Bushnell
Books I wish I had never read
1,293 books — 1,360 voters

Shallows by Tim WintonThat Eye, the Sky by Tim WintonThe Riders by Tim WintonOn the Beach by Nevil Shute
Best Books Set in Australia
1,071 books — 591 voters
On the Beach by Nevil ShuteThe Quiet American by Graham GreeneZorba the Greek by Nikos KazantzakisThe Beach by Alex GarlandA Theory of Justice by John Rawls
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,890 books — 49,805 voters

The Robe by Lloyd C. DouglasI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonBrave New World and Brave New World Revisited by Aldous HuxleyPride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Persuasion by Jane AustenThe Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,363 books — 123,362 voters