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The Fountainhead by Ayn RandAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Best Philosophical Literature
1,206 books — 2,846 voters
The Philosophy Book by Will BuckinghamThe History Book by R.G. GrantThe Ecology Book by D.K. PublishingThe Maths Book by D.K. Publishing
Big Ideas Simply Explained
41 books — 66 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Best Humorous Books
4,423 books — 8,099 voters
Rendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke2001 by Arthur C. Clarke
Ultimate Hard Science Fiction
140 books — 206 voters

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessThe Awakening by Kate ChopinThe Haunted Bookshop by Christopher MorleyThe Dead Secret by Wilkie CollinsPoor Folk by Fyodor Dostoevsky
What we've read so far in...2014
9,481 books — 2,168 voters
Poems by Martin Carter by Stewart BrownMy Bones and My Flute by Edgar MittelholzerThe Games Were Coming by Michael AnthonyWide Sargasso Sea by Jean RhysSea Grapes by Derek Walcott
Caribbean Literature
580 books — 264 voters

Homunculus 1 by Hideo YamamotoFullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1 by Hiromu Arakawaブラックパラドクス [Black Paradox] by Junji ItoCase Closed, Vol. 1 by Gosho Aoyama
My Graphic Novels and Manga
77 books — 24 voters
An Antarctic Mystery by Jules VernePoems by Martin Carter by Stewart BrownAnthem by Ayn RandThe Mysterious Island by Jules VerneMy Bones and My Flute by Edgar Mittelholzer
Read Up All Night
177 books — 73 voters

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeJourney to the Center of the Earth by Jules VerneAnthem by Ayn RandPoems by Martin Carter by Stewart Brown
'Best Curl Up In Bed And Re-Read Books!
409 books — 85 voters
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Books to reread in 10 years from now
59 books — 13 voters

Voyage of the Beagle by Charles DarwinGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondThe Origin of Species by Charles DarwinThe Descent of Man by Charles Darwin
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,930 books — 3,629 voters
It by Stephen KingOne Past Midnight by Stephen KingPet Sematary by Stephen KingThinner by Richard BachmanTwo Past Midnight by Stephen King
Best of Stephen King
190 books — 3,887 voters

On the Origin of Species by Charles DarwinThe World Is Blue by Sylvia A. EarleAmazing Rare Things by David AttenboroughThe Diversity of Life by Edward O. Wilson
The International Year of Biodiversity
80 books — 44 voters
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Writers who committed suicide
459 books — 288 voters

Macbeth by William ShakespeareA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareKing Lear by William ShakespeareThe Taming of the Shrew by William ShakespeareThe Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare
Best of William Shakespeare
106 books — 1,246 voters
The Shakespeare Secret by Jennifer Lee CarrellJulius Caesar by William ShakespeareThe Poe Shadow by Matthew Pearl
Books Named for Authors
76 books — 26 voters

Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellThe Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David WyssThe Coral Island by R.M. BallantyneRobinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Best Survival Stories
1,181 books — 1,668 voters
The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Edgar Allan PoeThe Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales by Edgar Allan PoeThe Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan PoeA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James JoyceMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Best Books in English, Non-British Author
93 books — 28 voters

Haunted by Chuck PalahniukHannibal by Thomas Harris
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,291 books — 11,638 voters
Miles to Go by Miley CyrusMy Life by Bill ClintonConfessions of an Heiress by Paris HiltonThe Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,639 books — 5,992 voters

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellThe Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob GrimmTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonJourney to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
My Favorite Childhood books
757 books — 405 voters
Anthem by Ayn RandAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsNotes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculo... by Fyodor Dostoevsky1984 by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,996 books — 26,654 voters

And Never Let Her Go by Ann Rule
True Crime
741 books — 625 voters
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
Best Detective/Mystery Series
2,301 books — 2,542 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëDavid Copperfield by Charles DickensA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonThe Coral Island by R.M. Ballantyne
Victorian Novels
215 books — 533 voters
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellAnthem by Ayn Rand
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,878 books — 49,831 voters

Haunted by Chuck Palahniuk
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,535 books — 69,936 voters
Great Expectations by Charles DickensWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe War of the Worlds by H.G. WellsThe Time Machine by H.G. Wells
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,579 books — 18,688 voters

Anthem by Ayn RandThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeAnimal Farm by George OrwellJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,567 books — 123,993 voters
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeNotes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculo... by Fyodor Dostoevsky2BR02B by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Flatland by Edwin A. Abbott
Project Gutenberg
619 books — 115 voters


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