Harry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienWinter's Tale by Mark HelprinThe Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams Bianco
What Book Would You Like To Live In?
8,744 books — 8,861 voters

Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.MASH by Richard HookerComplete Stories by Dorothy ParkerHyperbole and a Half by Allie BroshCandide by Voltaire
Best Humor Writing
824 books — 800 voters
Dwarf Rapes Nun; Flees in Ufo by Arnold Sawislak
Best Book Titles
11,368 books — 7,752 voters

The House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeHard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World by Haruki MurakamiWinter's Tale by Mark HelprinLittle, Big by John Crowley1Q84 by Haruki Murakami
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,303 books — 4,511 voters
Be Here Now by Ram DassEither/Or by Søren KierkegaardBreakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklWomen Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés
books for your existential crisis
164 books — 100 voters

Birth Control is Sinful in the Christian Marriages and also R... by Eliyzabeth Yanne Strong-And...Memoirs of a Gnostic Dwarf by David MadsenI Kill Rich People by Mike BoginLove Is a Dog from Hell by Charles BukowskiShe Nailed a Stake Through His Head by Tim Lieder
Hilarious Titles
237 books — 140 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingDune by Frank HerbertThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Science Fiction and Fantasy Must Reads
3,939 books — 4,949 voters

The Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily DickinsonThe Complete Sonnets and Poems by William ShakespeareThe Complete Poetry and Selected Prose by John DonneThe Collected Poems by Theodore RoethkeBasho by Matsuo Bashō
Best Poets
518 books — 388 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryCandide by VoltaireSolaris by Stanisław LemSmilla's Sense of Snow by Peter HøegThe Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu
Favorite Translated Literature
1,029 books — 496 voters
Brideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughThe English Patient by Anthony MinghellaJunky by William S. BurroughsA Spy in the House of Love by Anaïs NinHoly the Firm by Annie Dillard
Prose poetry
97 books — 51 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryHis Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
Disappointing Books
2,735 books — 4,607 voters
The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
Storm! (as a theme)
54 books — 24 voters

The Secret History by Donna TarttMemoir from Antproof Case by Mark HelprinA Soldier of the Great War by Mark HelprinWinter's Tale by Mark Helprin
Favorites of a former Philistine
8 books — 2 voters
The Change by Germaine GreerShakespeare's Wife by Germaine GreerThe Obstacle Race by Germaine GreerThe Creation of Patriarchy by Gerda LernerThe Female Eunuch by Germaine Greer
Best Feminist Books
2,502 books — 3,509 voters

Alien by Alan Dean FosterLives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten BakisThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienMonster in a Box by Spalding Gray
Best Monster Books!
575 books — 521 voters
Contact by Carl SaganAlien by Alan Dean Foster
Best Science Fiction With a Female Protagonist
1,389 books — 2,820 voters

Misery by Stephen        KingStarship Troopers by Robert A. HeinleinThe Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,692 voters
Lives of the Monster Dogs by Kirsten BakisPlanet of the Apes by Pierre BoulleThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams BiancoCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Best Talking-Animal Books
707 books — 683 voters

Little, Big by John Crowley
World Fantasy Award Winners
57 books — 273 voters
Portrait of a Killer by Patricia CornwellCongo by Michael CrichtonLove Story by Erich SegalComa by Robin CookYou Belong To Me by Mary Higgins Clark
The Worst Books of All Time
8,110 books — 19,877 voters