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The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Book Club Books
487 books — 338 voters
What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond CarverJesus’ Son by Denis JohnsonClose Range by Annie Proulx
Badass Short Story Collections (Or So I Hear)
466 books — 263 voters

Beloved by Toni MorrisonFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
50 Books That Will Change Your Life - Chapters/Indigo
483 books — 1,248 voters
Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
True Life Adventure
394 books — 268 voters

Beloved by Toni MorrisonThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Read These In School - Would Have Preferred A Root Canal
464 books — 1,589 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniBeloved by Toni Morrison
The Five Books I Would Require If I Taught an English Literature Class
621 books — 2,765 voters

Chocolat by Joanne HarrisFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggThe Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova BaileyThe Book Woman of Troublesome Creek by Kim Michele RichardsonRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Most Charming Novels
391 books — 182 voters
Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerFast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserThe Worst Hard Time by Timothy EganIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
The Last 10 Nonfiction Books I Read
2,991 books — 1,153 voters

Beloved by Toni MorrisonFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggGorky Park by Martin Cruz Smith
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,272 books — 2,437 voters
The Diaries of Kathleen Lynn by Mary McAuliffe
Women's Journals and Diaries in History
488 books — 247 voters

The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington IrvingBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Call of the Wild, White Fang and Other Stories by Jack LondonSong of Solomon by Toni Morrison
A Journey Through Literary America
170 books — 237 voters
Beloved by Toni MorrisonChocolat by Joanne HarrisLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,362 books — 4,704 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob GrimmBlack Beauty by Anna SewellThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,753 books — 6,913 voters
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best Historical Fiction Books that Are Actually Historical Fiction
2,694 books — 3,292 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,089 books — 1,829 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanJamaica Inn by Daphne du MaurierThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Gothic Books of All Time
646 books — 3,642 voters

Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Social Justice: Books on Racism, Sexism, and Class
2,222 books — 1,670 voters
Close Range by Annie Proulx
Collections of Short Stories
2,938 books — 2,075 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam HochschildThe Worst Hard Time by Timothy EganThe Call of the Wild by Jack London
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
12,237 books — 11,484 voters
The Call of the Wild by Jack LondonInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerThe Shipping News by Annie ProulxBeloved by Toni Morrison
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,876 books — 49,843 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Books To Read After Chronicles of Narnia
267 books — 185 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerA Star Called Henry by Roddy DoylePeig by Peig Sayers
Best Irish Books
690 books — 614 voters

The Call of the Wild by Jack LondonThe Black Stallion by Walter FarleyThe Jungle Books by Rudyard Kipling
Best Books About Animals
1,866 books — 1,929 voters
Deep South by Paul TherouxInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonRolling Nowhere by Ted ConoverGrandma Gatewood's Walk by Ben Montgomery
On the Road
64 books — 38 voters

America's Women by Gail Collins
Adventurous (and badass) Women
174 books — 64 voters
Blood River by Tim Butcher
Literary Companions For The Wandering Feet
98 books — 73 voters

The Hedgerow Handbook by Adele Nozedar
Nonfiction Books about Plants
439 books — 152 voters
The Call of the Wild by Jack LondonWhite Fang by Jack London
Best Books of the Decade: 1900s
488 books — 860 voters

Grandma Gatewood's Walk by Ben MontgomeryThe Sound of a Wild Snail Eating by Elisabeth Tova Bailey
What an Odd Thing to Read About!
179 books — 44 voters
Doc by Mary Doria Russell
Best Westerns
1,438 books — 1,625 voters


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