The Garland by Sigrid Undset
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,776 books — 6,097 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
7,930 books — 26,367 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
369 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)
6,265 books — 8,161 voters

A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniMidnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
Best South Asian Fiction
754 books — 1,929 voters
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever by Stephen R. Donaldson
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,676 books — 26,706 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
17,480 books — 17,750 voters

Night by Elie WieselThe Tin Drum by Günter Grass
Well-Written Holocaust Books
922 books — 2,985 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
1,731 books — 1,306 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Most Difficult Novels
600 books — 2,063 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,462 books — 16,254 voters
Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov
Great "Dog" Books
1,347 books — 1,975 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
15,547 books — 17,541 voters
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeRickshaw Boy by Lao She
Best Books About China
748 books — 588 voters

Katherine by Anya Seton
Best Books About Mistresses
460 books — 752 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
902 books — 1,006 voters

Into the Forest by Jean Hegland
Apocalypse: It's Over, Dude.
626 books — 776 voters
A Son of the Circus by John IrvingRed Earth and Pouring Rain by Vikram Chandra
Indian Books - Fiction
1,128 books — 2,465 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
431 books — 1,103 voters

A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Best Middle Ages Books
1,304 books — 1,821 voters
Night by Elie WieselCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
The Best of Jewish Authors
733 books — 196 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
78,408 books — 292,253 voters
The Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Books you have read more than one time
13,154 books — 8,301 voters



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