Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Prestige by Christopher PriestMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
Modern Gothic
713 books — 1,360 voters

Dreams of Gods & Monsters by Laini TaylorThe Blood of Olympus by Rick Riordan
Most anticipated books of 2014
2,185 books — 9,164 voters
A Storm of Swords by George R.R. MartinKing of Thorns by Mark  LawrenceA Feast for Crows by George R.R. MartinA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
The Grimdarks
479 books — 1,173 voters

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
The Ending Made Me Cry
57 books — 75 voters
The Once and Future King by T.H. WhiteThe Dark Is Rising Sequence by Susan CooperThe Lady of Shalott by Alfred TennysonThe Sword in the Stone by T.H. WhiteThe Crystal Cave by Mary  Stewart
The Arthurian Legend Retold
455 books — 747 voters

The Iliad by HomerLes Misérables by Victor HugoThe Odyssey by HomerThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Trial by Franz Kafka
Best Foreign Language (non English) Book
1,078 books — 622 voters
The Illustrated Gormenghast Trilogy by Mervyn PeakeLes Misérables by Victor HugoGreat Expectations by Charles DickensThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Oustanding character names
71 books — 27 voters

Revenge of the Witch by Joseph  DelaneyThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Ruins of Gorlan by John FlanaganThe Knife of Never Letting Go by Patrick NessHoles by Louis Sachar
Best Young Adult Books
13,115 books — 80,193 voters
The Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoThe Twilight Saga by Stephenie MeyerWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Most Overrated Books
724 books — 665 voters

Spellwright by Blake CharltonSpellbound by Blake CharltonThe Illustrated Gormenghast Trilogy by Mervyn PeakeThe American Dream by Jim CullenThe Alexandria Quartet by Lawrence Durrell
Unheralded Books
74 books — 46 voters

Batman by Frank MillerBatman by Lee BermejoMarvels by Kurt BusiekThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanBatman by Alan             Moore
Best Graphic Novels
3,450 books — 6,768 voters
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Silver Chair by C.S. LewisThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Magician’s Nephew by C.S. Lewis
Best Christian Fantasy books
351 books — 325 voters

Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesTwilight by Stephenie MeyerHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Books You Are Tired Of Hearing About
713 books — 1,012 voters
The Ruins of Gorlan by John FlanaganThe Alloy of Law by Brandon SandersonMistborn by Brandon SandersonThe Well of Ascension by Brandon SandersonThe Hero of Ages by Brandon Sanderson
Books that should be made into a movie/tv show
1,536 books — 1,102 voters

Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov by Anton ChekhovThe Cherry Orchard by Anton ChekhovThe Complete Short Novels by Anton ChekhovCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Best Russian Literature
513 books — 2,281 voters
The Trial by Franz KafkaAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Complete Stories by Franz KafkaThe Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob Grimm
Best German/Austrian/Swiss Literature
976 books — 959 voters

At the Mountains of Madness by H.P. LovecraftTales of the Cthulhu Mythos by Jim Turner
Cult fction
359 books — 205 voters
Prodigy by Marie LuThe House of Hades by Rick Riordan
YA Novels of 2013
1,518 books — 10,488 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyThe Enemy by Charlie HigsonThe Secret River by Kate Grenville
The Worst Books of All Time
8,096 books — 19,876 voters

Les Misérables by Victor HugoJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Books Ever
76,602 books — 284,921 voters
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeMistborn by Brandon SandersonThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanCoraline by Neil Gaiman
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,062 books — 9,908 voters

The Lady With the Little Dog and Other Stories, 1896-1904 by Anton ChekhovThe Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Edgar Allan PoeFather Brown by G.K. ChestertonI, Robot by Isaac AsimovThe Arabian Nights by Anonymous
Best Short Stories
1,757 books — 1,040 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyInkheart by Cornelia FunkeThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Stories For Book Lovers
8,358 books — 8,433 voters
1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Trial by Franz KafkaA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Great First Lines
91 books — 85 voters


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