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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
224 books — 357 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 — 24 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 — 208 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
1,173 books — 1,111 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
7,937 books — 2,082 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
8,635 books — 25,160 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
3,459 books — 6,778 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!
1,221 books — 6,119 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
7,218 books — 28,369 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,578 books — 18,686 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
1,074 books — 715 voters
Bad Science by Ben GoldacreNothing to Envy by Barbara Demick
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,260 books — 8,073 voters

1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Five Books I Would Require If I Taught an English Literature Class
624 books — 2,759 voters
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierI, Claudius by Robert Graves
Best Historical Fiction
7,752 books — 25,999 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
7,889 books — 49,801 voters
Ulysses by James Joyce
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,686 books — 13,195 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
65 books — 1,998 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
2,028 books — 895 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Books Ever
77,522 books — 289,440 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)
4,460 books — 26,404 voters

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,155 books — 3,679 voters
1984 by George OrwellOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,936 books — 26,193 voters

Night by Elie Wiesel1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,265 books — 11,592 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
13,202 books — 80,311 voters

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovThe David Sedaris Box Set by David Sedaris
Best Humorous Books
4,386 books — 8,005 voters
Angus, Thongs and Full-Frontal Snogging by Louise RennisonCan You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella
Best YA Chicklit
569 books — 1,161 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
32,269 books — 123,055 voters
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
The Worst Books of All Time
8,097 books — 19,879 voters