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Brave New World by Aldous HuxleySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonSolaris by Stanisław LemPerelandra by C.S. Lewis
Best Science Fiction
3,841 books — 7,749 voters
The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleA Home at the End of the World by Michael CunninghamThe Growing Pains of Adrian Mole by Sue TownsendDeath Note Box Set by Tsugumi OhbaThe Time Paradox by Eoin Colfer
Male characters we DESPERATELY wish were real!
1,490 books — 1,180 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeAda, or Ardor by Vladimir Nabokov
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,528 books — 69,899 voters
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerOut of Africa by Isak Dinesen
Favorite Travel Books
2,049 books — 3,960 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,752 books — 6,906 voters
Immortal by Traci L. Slatton
Best Historical Fiction
7,906 books — 26,307 voters

First Step 2 Forever by Justin BieberMiles to Go by Miley CyrusHealing Homosexuality by Leanne PayneThe Secret by Rhonda ByrneVeronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
Dealbreakers: If You Like This Book, We Won't Get Along
2,037 books — 5,315 voters
American Gods by Neil GaimanThe Magus by John Fowles11/22/63 by Stephen King
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,876 books — 6,999 voters

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingPeter Pan by J.M. BarrieThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumAround the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
What Book Would You Like To Live In?
8,767 books — 8,987 voters
Matilda by Roald DahlCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlPippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Favorite books from my childhood
4,499 books — 7,706 voters

Ulysses by James JoyceThe Holy Bible by AnonymousWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Plague by Albert CamusSwann’s Way by Marcel Proust
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,702 books — 13,226 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Road by Cormac McCarthyV for Vendetta by Alan Moore
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,991 books — 26,649 voters

The Bad Beginning by Lemony SnicketThe Penultimate Peril by Lemony SnicketThe Austere Academy by Lemony SnicketThe Wide Window by Lemony SnicketThe Carnivorous Carnival by Lemony Snicket
Best Illustrated Book Covers
778 books — 507 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovHopscotch by Julio CortázarCancer Ward by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynCatch-22 by Joseph HellerTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Books Ever
78,299 books — 291,901 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovLord of the Flies by William GoldingSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,878 books — 49,825 voters
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerRequiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.
Fictional Mental Hospital Novels
265 books — 777 voters

Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteMatilda by Roald DahlAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollPippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Best Female Lead Characters
4,894 books — 5,940 voters
Death Note, Vol. 1 by Tsugumi OhbaFullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1 by Hiromu ArakawaNaruto, Vol. 1 by Masashi KishimotoCode Geass by Majiko!One Piece, Volume 1 by Eiichiro Oda
Best Shounen Series
144 books — 579 voters

The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins
Notable Atheist Books
588 books — 1,000 voters