Macbeth by William ShakespeareThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel SparkThe Crow Road by Iain BanksPoems and Songs by Robert BurnsTo the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Books Set in Scotland
983 books — 670 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienLes Misérables by Victor HugoAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyDune by Frank HerbertThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,995 voters

The Color of Magic by Terry PratchettDune by Frank HerbertFoundation by Isaac AsimovA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinA Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters
Best Series
3,366 books — 9,448 voters

Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,133 books — 10,098 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteNight by Elie WieselThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,314 books — 17,542 voters

Go the F**k to Sleep by Adam Mansbach
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,685 books — 14,184 voters
Night by Elie WieselThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,786 voters

The Holy Bible by AnonymousNight by Elie WieselA Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerLord of the Flies by William GoldingIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,191 books — 11,317 voters
1984 by George OrwellA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Stranger by Albert CamusIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
David Bowie's Top 100 Must Read Books
100 books — 311 voters

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiKokoro by Natsume SōsekiSnow Country by Yasunari Kawabata
Japanese authors
236 books — 173 voters
Harry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Best Audiobooks Ever
1,970 books — 2,838 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsDracula by Bram StokerFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Cult Classics
1,568 books — 2,119 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenOrlando by Virginia WoolfThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Great Women Authors
1,207 books — 333 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezDune by Frank HerbertA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,360 books — 1,779 voters
Snow Country by Yasunari KawabataThousand Cranes by Yasunari KawabataAn Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo IshiguroKokoro by Natsume SōsekiA Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro
Japanese Fiction
410 books — 330 voters

The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
Best Cover Art 2011 (Non-YA)
292 books — 1,538 voters
Out by Natsuo Kirino
Literature by Japanese Women
158 books — 152 voters

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Books by Female Authors
1,363 books — 466 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,251 books — 5,221 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyLes Misérables by Victor HugoThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The 800+ page Gorillaz
459 books — 518 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessUlysses by James JoyceMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor HugoStill Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins
Rabelais' Codpiece
135 books — 143 voters


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