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
458 books — 1,292 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
589 books — 2,043 voters

Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Gargoyle by Andrew  Davidson
You Want to Read in 2010
1,079 books — 1,975 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
562 books — 670 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
1,170 books — 2,727 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
1,704 books — 6,877 voters
The Piano Teacher by Elfriede JelinekWeathercock by Glen DuncanThe Stranger by Albert CamusOyster by Janette Turner Hospital
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,214 books — 11,339 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
14,813 books — 18,681 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
5,179 books — 9,640 voters

Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesGreat Expectations by Charles DickensThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Best Page-Turners with Redeeming Social Value
8,081 books — 5,741 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
76,592 books — 284,890 voters

1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFoundation by Isaac Asimov
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,461 books — 24,730 voters
Sex and the City by Candace Bushnell
Books I wish I had never read
1,277 books — 1,342 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
1,069 books — 588 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
7,899 books — 49,791 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
31,703 books — 120,697 voters