The Color Purple by Alice WalkerCall Me By Your Name by André AcimanOranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette WintersonPatience & Sarah by Isabel MillerAnnie on My Mind by Nancy Garden
Best of LGBT Fiction
36 books — 22 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,282 books — 5,247 voters

J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Lies of Locke Lamora by Scott Lynch
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,232 books — 25,832 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingAtonement by Ian McEwanNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroKafka on the Shore by Haruki MurakamiThe Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,847 books — 22,037 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeLord of the Flies by William GoldingHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingLolita by Vladimir NabokovOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Books Ever
76,704 books — 285,107 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
What Book Would You Like To Live In?
8,744 books — 8,906 voters

Ulysses by James Joyce1984 by George OrwellOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,793 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling1984 by George OrwellPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,755 books — 120,806 voters