To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeLord of the Flies by William GoldingRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William ShakespeareThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Best School Assigned Books
767 books — 2,058 voters
Les Misérables by Victor HugoGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëOutlander by Diana Gabaldon
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,875 books — 7,000 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThe Story of My Life by Helen Keller
Memoirs by Women
3,228 books — 3,404 voters
Hamlet by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William ShakespeareRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareTwelfth Night by William ShakespeareAs You Like It by William Shakespeare
Best of William Shakespeare
105 books — 1,244 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Best Southern Literature
1,379 books — 2,596 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëHamlet by William ShakespeareCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Must Read Classics
1,876 books — 4,709 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankLord of the Flies by William GoldingAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
929 books — 2,386 voters

Outlander by Diana GabaldonThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerTom's Midnight Garden by Philippa PearceA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleDragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,152 books — 5,430 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottDracula by Bram Stoker
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,749 books — 6,906 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankLord of the Flies by William GoldingOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  Smith
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,508 books — 123,734 voters
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverI Know This Much Is True by Wally LambNative Son by Richard WrightWinnie-the-Pooh by A.A. Milne
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,893 books — 49,819 voters