I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouWest with the Night by Beryl MarkhamThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
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If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
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Your Favorite Heinlein Novel
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756 books — 1,760 voters

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The Odyssey by Homer1984 by George OrwellThe Republic by PlatoThe Complete Works by William ShakespeareThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
The Most Influential Books
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Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.1984 by George OrwellA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessMrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
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Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollCirce by Madeline MillerA Medicine for Melancholy by Ray BradburyThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Chapter Books to Read Out Loud
809 books — 865 voters

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellMrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Best Woman-Authored Books
9,157 books — 7,309 voters
The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Gift of the Magi by O. HenryWelcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Complete Stories by Flannery O'Connor
Best Short Stories of All Time
620 books — 448 voters

The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata MasseyI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouSula by Toni MorrisonLove Medicine by Louise ErdrichCirce by Madeline Miller
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,879 books — 70,431 voters
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Best Books Ever
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