Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyRebecca by Daphne du MaurierDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonThe Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
Best Gothic Books of All Time
642 books — 3,625 voters
On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwanMachines Like Me by Ian McEwan
Contemporary British Novels
511 books — 408 voters

The Call of the Wild by Jack LondonLord Jim by Joseph ConradBuddenbrooks by Thomas MannThe Secret Agent by Joseph ConradNostromo by Joseph Conrad
Best Books of the Decade: 1900s
483 books — 860 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainGreat Expectations by Charles DickensDavid Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Best Coming of Age Stories
1,384 books — 1,219 voters

Hamlet by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William ShakespeareThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeOthello by William ShakespeareA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
Best Plays Ever
874 books — 1,136 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeDubliners by James JoyceUlysses by James JoyceThe Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays by Oscar WildeA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
Best Irish Literature
635 books — 722 voters
The Tale of Genji by Murasaki ShikibuRashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories by Ryūnosuke AkutagawaI Am a Cat by Natsume SōsekiConfessions of a Mask by Yukio MishimaThe Pillow Book by Sei Shōnagon
Best Japanese Books
778 books — 3,254 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,752 books — 6,905 voters

Dune by Frank Patrick HerbertThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Science Fiction
3,848 books — 7,747 voters
1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFoundation by Isaac AsimovSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,738 books — 25,659 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëA Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,789 books — 6,113 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Books you have read more than one time
13,154 books — 8,306 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldBreakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteThe Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Tales of New York City
1,732 books — 1,325 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George OrwellAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollLes Misérables by Victor Hugo
Best Books Ever
78,429 books — 292,337 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,339 books — 5,888 voters

Fast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserThe God Delusion by Richard DawkinsOn Writing by Stephen  KingA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. Hawking
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,265 books — 8,161 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Smart Summer Reads
13,388 books — 11,462 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerQ & A by Vikas SwarupLes Misérables by Victor Hugo
What To Read Next
20,939 books — 24,995 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonAtonement by Ian McEwanNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,214 books — 28,375 voters

Walden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe God Delusion by Richard DawkinsColumbine by Dave CullenThe Histories by Herodotus
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,387 books — 4,938 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Ulysses by James JoyceBlindness by José Saramago
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,878 books — 49,834 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Florence and The Machine Book Club
119 books — 18 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeLord of the Flies by William GoldingAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,596 books — 124,058 voters