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
766 books — 2,063 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
1,874 books — 7,003 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
2,982 books — 3,011 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
101 books — 1,238 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
1,342 books — 2,573 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
1,858 books — 4,642 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
924 books — 2,381 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
1,954 books — 5,238 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
1,703 books — 6,872 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
31,417 books — 119,712 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
7,809 books — 49,782 voters