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Illyrian Spring by Ann BridgeOur Hearts Were Young And Gay by Cornelia Otis SkinnerThe Ginger Tree by Oswald WyndThe Wife by Meg WolitzerThe Summer Book by Tove Jansson
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51 books — 18 voters
Parade's End by Ford Madox FordThe Return of the Soldier by Rebecca WestJourney's End by R.C. Sherriff
World War One Literature
226 books — 358 voters

We Think the World of You by J.R. AckerleyThe Go-Between by L.P. HartleyLolly Willowes by Sylvia Townsend WarnerThe Summer Book by Tove Jansson
New York Review Books (NYRB) Classics: A Guide
36 books — 25 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierFrenchman's Creek by Daphne du MaurierMrs. Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth Taylor
Favorite Virago Modern Classics
270 books — 211 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë1984 by George OrwellRebecca by Daphne du MaurierI Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithThree Men in a Boat by Jerome K. Jerome
Best British and Irish Literature
1,182 books — 1,118 voters
The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland in a Ship of Her Own M... by Catherynne M. ValenteDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom StoppardThe Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullersThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
I Picked It Up Because of the Title
7,946 books — 2,089 voters

To Bed With Grand Music by Marghanita LaskiMariana by Monica DickensSomeone at a Distance by Dorothy WhippleThe Priory by Dorothy WhippleThey Were Sisters by Dorothy Whipple
Best Persephone Books
151 books — 168 voters
1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,764 books — 25,799 voters

The Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanThe Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil GaimanScott Pilgrim's Precious Little Life by Bryan Lee O'Malley
Best Graphic Novels
3,502 books — 6,792 voters
Forrest Gump by Winston GroomMary Poppins by P.L. TraversCatch Me If You Can by Frank W. AbagnaleFight Club by Chuck PalahniukDifferent Seasons by Stephen King
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,219 books — 6,115 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingEverything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,272 books — 28,374 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,654 books — 18,684 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryAnimal Farm by George OrwellOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckNight by Elie WieselThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Quick Reads
1,086 books — 718 voters
Bad Science by Ben GoldacreNothing to Envy by Barbara Demick
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,332 books — 8,174 voters

1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Five Books I Would Require If I Taught an English Literature Class
621 books — 2,765 voters
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierI, Claudius by Robert Graves
Best Historical Fiction
8,033 books — 26,701 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,875 books — 49,842 voters
Ulysses by James Joyce
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,710 books — 13,275 voters

Midnight’s Children by Salman RushdieThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroDisgrace by J.M. CoetzeeLife & Times of Michael K by J.M. Coetzee
Booker Prize Winners
62 books — 2,001 voters
The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists by Robert TressellI Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaThe Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullersEverything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
Most Poetic Book Titles
2,032 books — 897 voters

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Books Ever
78,961 books — 294,048 voters
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. Tolkien
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,730 books — 26,961 voters

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,181 books — 3,684 voters
1984 by George OrwellOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,037 books — 26,773 voters

Night by Elie Wiesel1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,301 books — 11,670 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Best Young Adult Books
13,317 books — 80,567 voters

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovThe David Sedaris Box Set by David Sedaris
Best Humorous Books
4,449 books — 8,327 voters
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise RennisonCan You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella
Best YA Chicklit
570 books — 1,163 voters

Animal Farm / 1984 by George OrwellA Farewell to Arms by Ernest HemingwayA Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,838 books — 124,641 voters
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
The Worst Books of All Time
8,115 books — 19,898 voters