The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
Magical Creatures
1,583 books — 858 voters
The Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Last Olympian by Rick RiordanThe Sea of Monsters by Rick RiordanThe Titan’s Curse by Rick RiordanThe Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
Oh My Gods & Goddesses
367 books — 865 voters

The Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Last Olympian by Rick RiordanThe Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick RiordanThe Sea of Monsters by Rick RiordanThe Titan’s Curse by Rick Riordan
Modern Adaptations of Greek Mythology
371 books — 545 voters
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettI, Claudius by Robert Graves
Historical Fiction set in Europe
226 books — 43 voters

Wicked by Gregory MaguireDorothy Must Die by Danielle  PaigeMirror Mirror by Gregory MaguireConfessions of an Ugly Stepsister by Gregory MaguireSon of a Witch by Gregory Maguire
Fairy tales & Retellings
710 books — 493 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHoles by Louis SacharCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Best Books for Reluctant Readers
2,617 books — 2,630 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorLight in August by William FaulknerA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Best Southern Gothic Literature
339 books — 506 voters
Odd and the Frost Giants by Neil GaimanMythology by Edith HamiltonAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanThe Vinland Sagas by UnknownLaxdæla Saga by Unknown
Norse Mythology
298 books — 412 voters

Carrie by Stephen  KingThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Glass Menagerie by Tennessee WilliamsThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettMatilda by Roald Dahl
Worst Mothers Ever
247 books — 202 voters
The Mysteries of Udolpho by Ann RadcliffeEvelina by Frances Burney
What Jane Austen Read
20 books — 3 voters

Siddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Dhammapada by Anonymous
Buddhist Classics
77 books — 44 voters
The Confessions of St. Augustine by Augustine of HippoThe Pilgrim's Progress by John BunyanThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerThree Tales by Gustave FlaubertThe Temptation of St. Antony by Gustave Flaubert
Oscar Wilde's Prison Library
40 books — 2 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsDune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Science Fiction
3,737 books — 7,231 voters
Kinnara by Kevin Ansbro
Fictitious Thailand
58 books — 43 voters

Here Be Monsters - An Anthology of Monster Tales by Samantha    Anderson
Best Horror Anthologies
456 books — 539 voters
Dr. Bartolo's Umbrella and Other Tales From My Surprising Ope... by Christopher  Cameron
Best Non Fiction About Music
1,448 books — 1,352 voters

The Arabian Nights by Anonymous
Best Books of the 9th Century
18 books — 96 voters

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia FraserSix Wives by David StarkeyThe Life and Death of Anne Boleyn by Eric IvesThe Autobiography of Henry VIII by Margaret George
Henry's Six Wives
161 books — 114 voters
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. LewisThe Pilgrim's Progress by John BunyanThe Case for Christ by Lee StrobelHoly Bible by AnonymousConfessions by Augustine of Hippo
Must Read Books for the Thinking Christian
1,243 books — 809 voters

The Mark of Athena by Rick RiordanWhat Came from the Stars by Gary D. Schmidt
Middle Grade Novels of 2012
253 books — 631 voters
Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyDracula by Bram StokerFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyLord of the Flies by William GoldingFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Imprescindibles
11 books — 2 voters


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