Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Best Toddler Books
542 books — 415 voters
The Call of the Wild by Jack London
Best Books About Animals
1,837 books — 1,854 voters

Bleak House by Charles DickensOliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Best of Charles Dickens
109 books — 254 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
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The Story of Art by E.H. Gombrich
Best Art and Art History Books
710 books — 312 voters
The Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsThe Origin of Species by Charles DarwinYour Inner Fish by Neil ShubinClimbing Mount Improbable by Richard Dawkins
On Evolution - Love It Or Hate It
201 books — 105 voters

Hamlet by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William ShakespeareWaiting for Godot by Samuel BeckettOthello by William ShakespeareKing Lear by William Shakespeare
Best Plays Ever
859 books — 1,126 voters
The Chosen by Chaim PotokMy Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim PotokIn the Beginning by Chaim PotokThe Gift of Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
Best of Chaim Potok
19 books — 32 voters

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyBleak House by Charles Dickens
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,868 books — 7,002 voters
Atonement by Ian McEwanThe Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
World War II Fiction
1,278 books — 1,979 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankSurely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman! by Richard P. FeynmanWhat Do You Care What Other People Think? Further Adventures ... by Richard P. FeynmanCider with Rosie by Laurie Lee
Favorite Memoirs/Autobiographies
2,088 books — 1,939 voters
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Valley of Fear by Arthur Conan Doyle
Elementary, My Dear Holmes
342 books — 122 voters

The Chosen by Chaim Potok
Best Jewish Books
395 books — 115 voters
The Chosen by Chaim PotokMy Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
Jewish Fiction
131 books — 115 voters

Chess Story by Stefan ZweigThe Chosen by Chaim PotokWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
The Best of Jewish Authors
728 books — 192 voters
A Room with a View by E.M. ForsterHowards End by E.M. Forster
E.M. Forster
40 books — 18 voters

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerThe Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
Best Books of the 14th Century
63 books — 353 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasEmma by Jane Austen
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,705 books — 6,865 voters

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienFarmer Giles of Ham by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best books by J.R.R. Tolkien
38 books — 201 voters
Hamlet by William ShakespeareKing Lear by William ShakespeareThe Tempest by William ShakespeareTwelfth Night by William ShakespeareA Man for All Seasons by Robert Bolt
Best Play Ever
520 books — 456 voters

Asterix and the Banquet by René Goscinny
A Bite to Eat...
310 books — 36 voters

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroKing Lear by William ShakespeareDeath in Venice and Other Tales by Thomas Mann
40+ Main Characters
329 books — 83 voters
Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
Best Books About Ancient Rome
735 books — 1,078 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldPersuasion by Jane AustenMadame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertThe Tempest by William Shakespeare
Best Classics Ever Written
480 books — 281 voters
North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Cardinal Directions in Titles
816 books — 48 voters

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienJames and the Giant Peach by Roald DahlAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Favorite books from my childhood
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David Mitchell
11 books — 106 voters


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