Macbeth by William Shakespeare
The Best Shakespeare Plays
41 books — 171 voters
Tennessee Williams by John Lahr
2014 National Book Awards Longlist
40 books — 75 voters

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Best Books That Have Shaped America
95 books — 54 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie Wiesel1984 by George OrwellOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,232 books — 3,917 voters

The Stories of John Cheever by John CheeverThe Complete Stories by Flannery O'ConnorWhat We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond CarverA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorNine Stories by J.D. Salinger
Collections of Short Stories
2,897 books — 2,041 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceGreat Expectations by Charles Dickens2666 by Roberto Bolaño
Most Difficult Novels
590 books — 2,045 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónLabyrinths by Jorge Luis BorgesThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Books about Books
1,384 books — 1,519 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
What is Stephen Harper Reading?
37 books — 14 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George OrwellOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingThe Lorax by Dr. Seuss
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,789 voters