The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovAmsterdam by Ian McEwanLabyrinths by Jorge Luis BorgesDen allvarsamma leken by Hjalmar SöderbergUnder the Skin by Michel Faber
The betterment list
131 books — 31 voters
Nineteen Eighty-Four by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellLolita by Vladimir NabokovOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
Penguin Modern Classics
411 books — 481 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Coming of Age Stories
730 books — 554 voters
Seobe by Miloš CrnjanskiDeath and the Dervish by Meša SelimovićThe Bridge on the Drina by Ivo AndrićThe Encyclopedia of the Dead by Danilo KišBosnian Chronicle by Ivo Andrić
Best South Slavic Literature
363 books — 303 voters

The Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer
Books Set in Hungary
109 books — 72 voters
The Complete Fairy Tales by Hans Christian AndersenThe Summer Book by Tove JanssonKristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid UndsetRonia, the Robber's Daughter by Astrid LindgrenPippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Best Scandinavian and Nordic Literature
1,209 books — 1,244 voters

The French Lieutenant’s Woman by John FowlesAffinity by Sarah Waters
Best Historical Fiction Set in UK and Ireland
1,314 books — 1,559 voters
Sophie’s Choice by William StyronTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyThe French Lieutenant’s Woman by John Fowles
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,274 books — 118,690 voters