The Blind Assassin by Margaret AtwoodLes Misérables by Victor HugoThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettA Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,873 books — 6,996 voters
Born to Walk by Dan Rubinstein
Walk with Me: A Literature of Walking
142 books — 71 voters

Les Misérables by Victor HugoAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyMiddlemarch by George EliotA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
747 books — 1,817 voters
Another Country by James BaldwinOn the Road by Jack KerouacHopscotch by Julio CortázarHenry and June by Anaïs NinA Single Man by Christopher Isherwood
Bohemian
8 books — 3 voters

Hopscotch by Julio CortázarOn the Road by Jack KerouacTo the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Great Stream of Consciousness Novels
132 books — 193 voters
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom StoppardSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Metafiction
442 books — 578 voters

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Best Philosophical Literature
1,184 books — 2,764 voters
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Favorite Book in the Harry Potter Series
34 books — 1,813 voters

Long Day’s Journey into Night by Eugene O'NeillA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee Williams
Drunken Masters
281 books — 376 voters
The Art of Looking Sideways by Alan Fletcher
Coffee Table Books
352 books — 121 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonIndependent People by Halldór Laxness
Novels and Coffee
5 books — 4 voters
Independent People by Halldór LaxnessIceland's Bell by Halldór LaxnessThe Summer Book by Tove Jansson
Best Scandinavian and Nordic Literature
1,210 books — 1,243 voters

Ella Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineDaughter of the Forest by Juliet MarillierStardust by Neil GaimanTill We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,807 books — 9,149 voters
Independent People by Halldór Laxness
The Hardscrabble Life
408 books — 118 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Best Historical Fiction
7,487 books — 25,679 voters
Independent People by Halldór LaxnessThe Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di LampedusaThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettA Song of Ice and Fire by George R.R. Martin
Times Are A-Changing
105 books — 28 voters

American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Books I Am Going to Hell For Reading
377 books — 412 voters
Hopscotch by Julio CortázarHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoThe New York Trilogy by Paul Auster
Oulipo,etc.
254 books — 250 voters

London by Edward RutherfurdBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingDown and Out in Paris and London by George OrwellConfessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
Books Set in London
788 books — 318 voters
Forrest Gump by Winston GroomThe Devil Wears Prada by Lauren WeisbergerThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Notebook by Nicholas SparksCatch Me If You Can by Frank W. Abagnale
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,221 books — 6,122 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien1984 by George OrwellEmma by Jane AustenThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. Rowling
Best British and Irish Literature
1,171 books — 1,111 voters


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