Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick DouglassMy Bondage and My Freedom by Frederick DouglassUp from Slavery by Booker T. Washington
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,755 books — 6,915 voters
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonA Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,332 books — 5,902 voters

The Calvin and Hobbes Tenth Anniversary Book by Bill WattersonHow to Remodel a Man by W. Bruce CameronDave Barry Slept Here by Dave Barry
Best Humorous Books
4,448 books — 8,355 voters
Codependent No More by Melody BeattieLies My Teacher Told Me by James W. LoewenWho Moved My Cheese? by Spencer JohnsonThe Road Less Traveled by M. Scott PeckEndurance by Alfred Lansing
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,342 books — 8,177 voters

Mudbound by Hillary JordanThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón11/22/63 by Stephen  KingThe Kitchen House by Kathleen GrissomThe Reason for God by Timothy J. Keller
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,847 books — 22,322 voters
Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Favorite books from my childhood
4,519 books — 7,712 voters

Mudbound by Hillary JordanThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Power of One by Bryce CourtenayPandora's Clock by John J. NanceThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Couldn't Put The Book Down
17,651 books — 17,929 voters
Roots by Alex HaleyThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerCry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,877 books — 49,848 voters

Roots by Alex HaleyCutting for Stone by Abraham   VergheseMudbound by Hillary Jordan
Best Historical Fiction
8,039 books — 26,711 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Best Biographies/Autobiographies
545 books — 181 voters

A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer
Non-fiction Dysfunctional Families
90 books — 122 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten BoomA Long Way Gone by Ishmael BeahAlive by Piers Paul Read
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,423 books — 5,070 voters

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Series I've Given Up On...
1,023 books — 3,350 voters
J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Best Omnibuses and Box Sets
672 books — 1,502 voters

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Series
3,696 books — 9,893 voters
Hawaii by James A. Michener
Hawaii
166 books — 134 voters

Cutting for Stone by Abraham   VergheseCry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonThe Covenant by James A. Michener
Fictitious Africa
563 books — 300 voters
Trinity by Leon UrisThe Princes of Ireland by Edward Rutherfurd
Best Fiction Set in Ireland
819 books — 561 voters

Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Desert Islands
220 books — 165 voters
Lord of the Flies by William GoldingIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Down by the Sea
746 books — 566 voters

Sleepers by Lorenzo Carcaterra
Prison Books
528 books — 248 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniHawaii by James A. MichenerCry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Around the World in 100 Books
1,325 books — 719 voters
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonA Long Way Gone by Ishmael BeahCutting for Stone by Abraham   VergheseThe Covenant by James A. Michener
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,892 books — 1,774 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Princes of Ireland by Edward RutherfurdTrinity by Leon Uris
Best Historical Fiction Set in UK and Ireland
1,420 books — 1,715 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtA Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah
Foreign Lands
2,380 books — 2,271 voters


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