Delta of Venus by Anaïs NinWishful Drinking by Carrie Fisher
Female Celebrity Books
180 books — 162 voters

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonUnseen Academicals by Terry PratchettAll Clear by Connie WillisBlackout by Connie WillisDoomsday Book by Connie Willis
Teachers Featured
283 books — 147 voters
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaThe Stars My Destination by Alfred BesterA Man for All Seasons by Robert BoltAlways Coming Home by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Most Poetic Book Titles
2,064 books — 890 voters

What Is the Name of This Book? by Raymond M. SmullyanThe Illuminatus! Trilogy by Robert SheaMetaphors We Live By by George LakoffThe Dot and the Line by Norton JusterA Swiftly Tilting Planet by Madeleine L'Engle
Books That Changed My World
3,277 books — 3,189 voters
Styrbiorn the Strong by E.R. EddisonThe King's General by Daphne du MaurierThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneDoomsday Book by Connie Willis
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,538 books — 3,550 voters

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonThe Dot and the Line by Norton JusterThe Magus by John FowlesPsychotronic Encyclopedia of Film by Michael J. WeldonRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Best 10 Books That You've Read
822 books — 468 voters
The Tempest by William Shakespeare
Plays by Shakespeare
16 books — 22 voters

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,354 books — 1,780 voters

Oedipus Rex by SophoclesOur Town by Thornton WilderThe Taming of the Shrew by William ShakespeareThe Crucible by Arthur MillerTwelve Angry Men by Reginald Rose
The Best Plays or Musicals
340 books — 193 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckOliver Twist by Charles DickensAnd the Ass Saw the Angel by Nick Cave
The Hardscrabble Life
408 books — 118 voters

James and the Giant Peach by Roald DahlThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggThe Princess and the Pea by Janet StevensA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Fruits and Vegetables in Titles
971 books — 182 voters
117 Days Adrift by Maurice BaileyOperation Overflight by Francis Gary PowersThe Gulag Archipelago 1918–1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynIce Bound by Jerri NielsenWorld War Z by Max Brooks
Out in the Cold
298 books — 126 voters

The Mirror of Her Dreams by Stephen R. DonaldsonGardens of the Moon by Steven EriksonMistborn by Brandon SandersonSabriel by Garth NixNight Watch by Sergei Lukyanenko
Most Interesting Magic System
2,612 books — 8,762 voters
Dead Witch Walking by Kim HarrisonStorm Front by Jim  ButcherGood Omens by Terry PratchettKitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn
Vampires and Werewolves and Witches...Oh My!
1,945 books — 2,994 voters

Dead Until Dark by Charlaine HarrisLost Souls by Poppy Z. Brite
Best Paranormal & Fantasy Romances
5,578 books — 9,752 voters
The Magus by John FowlesA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe World According to Garp by John Irving
Books With Unforgettable Characters
9,439 books — 8,379 voters

Moral Politics by George Lakoff
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
934 books — 1,097 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierUlysses by James Joyce1984 by George OrwellThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaA Doll's House by Henrik Ibsen
Best Ending
8,043 books — 6,041 voters

Dead Witch Walking by Kim HarrisonRite of Passage by Alexei PanshinThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyHeart of Stone by C.E. MurphyKitty and the Midnight Hour by Carrie Vaughn
Best Heroine in a Fantasy Book
1,482 books — 1,787 voters
Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsVic and Blood by Harlan Ellison
Great "Dog" Books
1,250 books — 1,932 voters

Imaginary Magnitude by Stanisław LemLint by Steve AylettMemoirs Found in a Bathtub by Stanisław LemThe Planiverse by A.K. DewdneyAnd Your Point Is? by Steve Aylett
Fictional Nonfiction
85 books — 63 voters

The Cyberiad by Stanisław LemTo Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie WillisThe Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas AdamsSlaughtermatic by Steve AylettLint by Steve Aylett
Best Comedic Science Ficttion Books
610 books — 1,189 voters
Synners by Pat CadiganNeuromancer by William GibsonIslands in the Net by Bruce SterlingSnow Crash by Neal StephensonThe Adolescence of P-1 by Thomas J. Ryan
Best of Cyberpunk
370 books — 1,181 voters



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