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The Garland by Sigrid Undset
Best Woman-Authored Books
9,159 books — 7,238 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
8,337 books — 27,500 voters

Winter Brothers by Ivan Doig
Biography and Memoirs that are BETTER than Fiction
2,709 books — 3,908 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 — 286 voters

Chicken Soup with Rice by Maurice SendakLittle Bear by Else Holmelund Minarik
Favourite Maurice Sendak book
23 books — 23 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)
6,531 books — 8,252 voters

A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniMidnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
Best South Asian Fiction
768 books — 1,961 voters
The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, the Unbeliever by Stephen R. Donaldson
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,880 books — 27,086 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
17,916 books — 18,148 voters
When Christ and His Saints Slept by Sharon Kay Penman
Medieval and Renaissance historical fiction
488 books — 415 voters

Night by Elie WieselThe Tin Drum by Günter Grass
Well-Written Holocaust Books
953 books — 3,154 voters
The Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem
Best Urban Fiction
270 books — 398 voters

Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan LethemThe Fortress of Solitude by Jonathan Lethem
Tales of New York City
1,769 books — 1,354 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Most Difficult Novels
599 books — 2,064 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,573 books — 16,796 voters
Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov
Great "Dog" Books
1,373 books — 2,026 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
16,012 books — 18,591 voters
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeRickshaw Boy by Lao She
Best Books About China
760 books — 594 voters

Katherine by Anya Seton
Best Books About Mistresses
469 books — 761 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
907 books — 1,037 voters

Into the Forest by Jean Hegland
Apocalypse: It's Over, Dude.
626 books — 775 voters
A Son of the Circus by John IrvingRed Earth and Pouring Rain by Vikram Chandra
Indian Books - Fiction
1,143 books — 2,485 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
437 books — 1,110 voters

A Distant Mirror by Barbara W. TuchmanThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Best Middle Ages Books
1,324 books — 1,936 voters
Night by Elie WieselCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
The Best of Jewish Authors
741 books — 221 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
80,071 books — 298,178 voters
The Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Books you have read more than one time
13,381 books — 8,432 voters

Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Books That Deserve a Higher Rating (Avg Rating < 4)
770 books — 261 voters
The Ancestor's Tale by Richard Dawkins
Popular Archaeology and Paleoanthropology
483 books — 182 voters


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