What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond CarverThe Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories by Ernest HemingwayDrown by Junot DíazJesus’ Son by Denis Johnson
Collections of Short Stories
2,894 books — 2,037 voters
Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
Best Literature About the Vietnam War
328 books — 635 voters

Night by Elie WieselOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainHam on Rye by Charles BukowskiDown and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,416 books — 119,710 voters
The BFG by Roald DahlHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen1984 by George Orwell
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,836 books — 10,481 voters

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi BarrettIf You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe NumeroffThe Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon ScieszkaAre You My Mother? by P.D. EastmanThe BFG by Roald Dahl
Best Children's Books
5,308 books — 6,701 voters
1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyAnimal Farm by George OrwellV for Vendetta by Alan             MooreWatchmen by Alan             Moore
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,736 books — 25,970 voters