Book Lists Voted on by <a href="/user/show/6014887-richard">Richard</a> (1122 Lists)

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Animal Farm by George Orwell

Coraline by Neil Gaiman

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Bartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville

Best Knock-out Novelettes - Novellas

379 books — 300 voters

Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen

My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell

Penguin Travel Library titles

42 books — 9 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel

2026: What Women Born In The 1970s Have Read So Far This Year

3,088 books — 247 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs

Hana's Suitcase by Karen Levine

Best Children's Books about World War II (1939-1945)

395 books — 396 voters

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Wartime readers, librarians & booksellers

57 books — 51 voters

The Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle

The Last Battle by C.S. Lewis

A Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle

Best Unicorn Books

90 books — 99 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Night by Elie Wiesel

Schindler’s List by Thomas Keneally

Sarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay

World War II/Holocaust Fiction & Non-fiction

1,023 books — 827 voters

The Complete Alice by Lewis Carroll

The Complete Poems by John Keats

Spenser Fairie Queene Oxford University Press by Edmund Spenser

Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained by John Milton

Idylls of the King by Alfred Tennyson

Science Fiction Horror And Fantasy Poetry

48 books — 4 voters

The Chrysalids by John Wyndham

The Pigman by Paul Zindel

The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown

Forgotten books

36 books — 4 voters

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

Best Historical Fiction of the 21st Century

1,532 books — 3,029 voters

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. White

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling

Matilda by Roald Dahl

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

The Tale of Despereaux by Kate DiCamillo

Best Read-Aloud Chapter Books

1,219 books — 1,583 voters

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis

The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry

Hogfather by Terry Pratchett

Skipping Christmas by John Grisham

Best Reads of the Holiday Season

5,498 books — 1,471 voters

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Bad Beginning by Lemony Snicket

3,693 books — 9,873 voters

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer

Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery

Best Traveling Vicariously

2,208 books — 1,970 voters

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett

Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency by Douglas Adams

The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

Zaphod's Science Fiction & Fantasy - Hilarious List!

104 books — 77 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells

Dune by Frank Herbert

Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

Best Military Science Fiction Books

718 books — 907 voters

All Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot

All Things Bright and Beautiful by James Herriot

The Lord God Made Them All by James Herriot

All Things Wise and Wonderful by James Herriot

Every Living Thing by James Herriot

400 books — 225 voters

Brunelleschi's Dome by Ross King

The Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio

The Divine Comedy I by Dante Alighieri

Leonardo da Vinci by Leonardo da Vinci

The Italian Renaissance

298 books — 185 voters

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare

King Lear by William Shakespeare

Hamlet by William Shakespeare

The Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey Chaucer

The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan

Best Renaissance Literature

65 books — 6 voters

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams

Eats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss

It by Stephen King

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

From the Mixed-up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg

474 books — 158 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams

Life, the Universe and Everything by Douglas Adams

So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish by Douglas Adams

Mostly Harmless by Douglas Adams

Do Not Read Book List

331 books — 62 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare

Magical Creatures

1,586 books — 910 voters

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan

The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

Oh My Gods & Goddesses

368 books — 867 voters

Wicked by Gregory Maguire

The Once and Future King by T.H. White

Till We Have Faces by C.S. Lewis

The High King by Lloyd Alexander

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire

Best Retellings of fairytales, legends and history

429 books — 271 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Arabian Nights by Anonymous

Interview with the Vampire by Anne Rice

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling

Dracula by Bram Stoker

Myths & Mythological Creature Books

418 books — 156 voters

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

The Last Olympian by Rick Riordan

The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan

The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan

The Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan

Modern Adaptations of Greek Mythology

372 books — 548 voters

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

I, Claudius by Robert Graves

Historical Fiction set in Europe

239 books — 72 voters

Wicked by Gregory Maguire

Dorothy Must Die by Danielle Paige

Mirror Mirror by Gregory Maguire

Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory Maguire

Son of a Witch by Gregory Maguire

Fairy tales & Retellings

715 books — 499 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling

The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Holes by Louis Sachar

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

Best Books for Reluctant Readers

2,659 books — 2,794 voters

Birds Without Wings by Louis de Bernières

The Secret History by Procopius

Mediterranean Melting Pot (III): Byzantium and Turkey

166 books — 212 voters

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