War and Peace by Leo TolstoyOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Oedipus Cycle by SophoclesThe Iliad by HomerThe Odyssey by Homer
1000 Books To Read Before You Die
259 books — 28 voters
The Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriThe Iliad / The Odyssey by HomerThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Song of Roland by Unknown
World's Greatest Epics
204 books — 134 voters

Queen Victoria and the Discovery of the Riviera by Michael NelsonEdith Wharton & the French Riviera by Philippe CollasRomans on the Riviera and the Rhone by William Henry HallWhen the Riviera was ours by Patrick HowarthRiviera Nature Notes by G.E. Comerford Casey
The Riviera
69 books — 22 voters

A Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,644 books — 3,586 voters
The Gathering by Anne EnrightMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdiePossession by A.S. Byatt
Booker Prize Winners
60 books — 1,985 voters

Matilda by Roald DahlA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingThe Queen of the Damned by Anne RiceAll I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten by Robert Fulghum
Best Books of 1988
382 books — 173 voters
A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensThe Odyssey by HomerJulius Caesar by William ShakespeareThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
40+ Main Characters
331 books — 86 voters

Fever 1793 by Laurie Halse AndersonBring Out Your Dead by J.M. PowellThe French Physician's Boy by Ellen Norman SternThe Anatomy of Deception by Lawrence GoldstoneArthur Mervyn by Charles Brockden Brown
Books of Philadelphia
210 books — 115 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 7,000 voters

Candide by VoltaireBird by Bird by Anne LamottPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Read Them Twice...At Least
13,641 books — 11,269 voters
Mother Night by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Player Piano by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Bluebeard by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Welcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Cat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Vonnegut's Best
37 books — 631 voters

Twilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownGossip Girl by Cecily von ZiegesarEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Popular Books that Annoy You
1,032 books — 2,012 voters
Vegetable Love by Barbara KafkaSuper Natural Cooking by Heidi SwansonA New Way to Cook by Sally SchneiderThe Silver Spoon by Clelia D'OnofrioThe New Book of Middle Eastern Food by Claudia Roden
Best Cookbooks
1,439 books — 1,106 voters

1984 by George OrwellA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensA Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan DoyleOur Mutual Friend by Charles DickensA Mind to Murder by P.D. James
London Calling
1,229 books — 642 voters
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisMatilda by Roald DahlCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Favorite books from my childhood
4,425 books — 7,426 voters

Wench by Dolen Perkins-Valdez
2010's Best African American Literature
21 books — 143 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerWater for Elephants by Sara Gruenشيفرة دافنشي by Dan    BrownThe Twilight Saga by Stephenie MeyerAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Wall Bangers!
754 books — 464 voters

The Aeneid by VirgilJulius Caesar by William Shakespeare
Best Books About Ancient Rome
738 books — 1,084 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Radiolab Suggested Readings
180 books — 240 voters

Faithful Place by Tana FrenchMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsChangeless by Gail CarrigerBlameless by Gail Carriger
Can't Wait Books of 2010
1,233 books — 10,132 voters
The Last Chronicle of Barset by Anthony TrollopeBarchester Towers by Anthony TrollopeThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Mill on the Floss by George EliotA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Victorian Novels
213 books — 506 voters

Soulless by Gail Carriger
Best Steampunk Books
1,245 books — 4,096 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Best Gothic Books of All Time
585 books — 3,500 voters


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