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
1,704 books — 6,877 voters
Cry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonA Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,335 books — 5,848 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
4,347 books — 7,949 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)
6,239 books — 8,069 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 — 22,049 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
4,428 books — 7,436 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
17,072 books — 16,929 voters
Roots by Alex HaleyThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerCry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,787 voters

Roots by Alex HaleyCutting for Stone by Abraham   VergheseMudbound by Hillary Jordan
Best Historical Fiction
7,442 books — 25,637 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Best Biographies/Autobiographies
535 books — 138 voters

A Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer
Non-fiction Dysfunctional Families
74 books — 90 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
5,271 books — 4,493 voters

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
Series I've Given Up On...
1,023 books — 3,346 voters
J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Best Omnibuses and Box Sets
671 books — 1,502 voters

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Series
3,377 books — 9,462 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
547 books — 266 voters
Trinity by Leon UrisThe Princes of Ireland by Edward Rutherfurd
Best Fiction Set in Ireland
815 books — 549 voters

Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Desert Islands
129 books — 150 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
742 books — 563 voters

Sleepers by Lorenzo Carcaterra
Prison Books
528 books — 247 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
1,322 books — 706 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)
1,764 books — 1,645 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
1,359 books — 1,589 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
2,359 books — 2,195 voters


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