The Garland by Sigrid Undset
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,340 books — 5,288 voters
Aztec by Gary JenningsWhen Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Last Kingdom by Bernard CornwellThe Far Pavilions by M.M. KayeForever Amber by Kathleen Winsor
Best Historical Fiction
7,487 books — 25,679 voters

Extraordinary Story of Human Origins by Piero AngelaLost Discoveries by Dick TeresiThe First Chimpanzee by John GribbinThe First Human by Ann Gibbons
Most Engaging Scientific Nonfiction
368 books — 285 voters

Chicken Soup with Rice by Maurice SendakLittle Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik
Favourite Maurice Sendak book
23 books — 21 voters
A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Language Instinct by Steven PinkerThe Third Chimpanzee by Jared DiamondUndaunted Courage by Stephen E. Ambrose
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,241 books — 8,068 voters

A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniMidnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
Best South Asian Fiction
744 books — 1,906 voters
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever by Stephen R. Donaldson
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,251 books — 25,911 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Couldn't Put The Book Down
17,168 books — 17,008 voters

Night by Elie WieselThe Tin Drum by Günter Grass
Well-Written Holocaust Books
896 books — 2,892 voters
The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem
Best Urban Fiction
270 books — 399 voters

Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan LethemThe Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem
Tales of New York City
1,676 books — 1,235 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Most Difficult Novels
592 books — 2,047 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,337 books — 15,804 voters
Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov
Great "Dog" Books
1,338 books — 1,936 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Road by Cormac McCarthyLes Misérables by Victor HugoOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Prince of Tides by Pat Conroy
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,171 books — 16,774 voters
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeRickshaw Boy by Lao She
Best Books About China
747 books — 587 voters

Katherine by Anya Seton
Best Books About Mistresses
450 books — 730 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniLes Misérables by Victor HugoThe Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan RawlingsA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryDombey and Son by Charles Dickens
Most emotional books
896 books — 949 voters

Into the Forest by Jean Hegland
Apocalypse: It's Over, Dude.
626 books — 774 voters
A Son of the Circus by John IrvingRed Earth and Pouring Rain by Vikram Chandra
Indian Books - Fiction
1,118 books — 2,453 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph HellerBirds Without Wings by Louis de BernièresAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Literature of War - Fiction
200 books — 25 voters
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Best Novels That Take Place in China
415 books — 1,099 voters

A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Best Middle Ages Books
1,231 books — 1,715 voters
Night by Elie WieselCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
The Best of Jewish Authors
730 books — 193 voters

A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryCry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonStill Life with Woodpecker by Tom RobbinsThe Story of Ferdinand by Munro LeafThe Brothers K by David James Duncan
Best Books Ever
76,931 books — 286,267 voters
The Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Books you have read more than one time
12,869 books — 7,666 voters



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