The Birth of Venus by Sarah DunantFlorence by David LeavittThe City of Florence by R.W.B. Lewis
Books Set in Florence
102 books — 82 voters
Brick Lane by Monica AliEureka Street by Robert McLiam Wilson
City Streets
867 books — 102 voters

Amsterdam by Geert MakIstanbul by Orhan PamukThe City of Florence by R.W.B. LewisWhite City, Black City by Sharon RotbardFlorence by David Leavitt
Histories of Cities
260 books — 105 voters
White Teeth by Zadie SmithThe Last Days of Night by Graham MooreBreakfast at Tiffany's by Truman CapoteRosemary’s Baby by Ira LevinSmall Island by Andrea Levy
ATY 2020 - A book set in a global city
244 books — 101 voters

Swallows of Kabul by Yasmina KhadraGoodbye to Berlin by Christopher IsherwoodMornings in Jenin by Susan AbulhawaFrankenstein in Baghdad by Ahmed SaadawiFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. Thompson
Cities
1,589 books — 136 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom WolfeRosemary’s Baby by Ira LevinRagtime by E.L. DoctorowIstanbul by Orhan Pamuk
City Life
315 books — 186 voters

The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom WolfeThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonThe Museum of Innocence by Orhan PamukManhattan Transfer by John Dos PassosDamascus Nights by Rafik Schami
Cities in fiction
271 books — 18 voters
An Angel at My Table by Janet Frame
Books By New Zealand Authors
874 books — 364 voters

A Tale of Love and Darkness by Amos OzBlack Box by Amos OzHomesick by Eshkol Nevo
Best Israeli Reads
128 books — 99 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Left-wing Science Fiction and Fantasy
330 books — 249 voters

No Logo by Naomi KleinReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiWe Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Ou... by Philip GourevitchAll the President’s Men by Carl BernsteinThe Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne Seierstad
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,221 books — 8,059 voters

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessI, Robot by Isaac AsimovThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonBreakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,222 books — 6,122 voters
We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed with Ou... by Philip GourevitchDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra FullerReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
Powerful International Non-Fiction
295 books — 318 voters

Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
#BlackLivesMatter Reading List
623 books — 290 voters

Love In The Time Of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Nudes
580 books — 80 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Foreign Language (non English) Book
1,078 books — 622 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezZorba the Greek by Nikos KazantzakisHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Around the World One Book from Each Country
1,062 books — 959 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonNotes from a Small Island by Bill BrysonThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonLord of the Flies by William Golding
Foreign Lands
2,351 books — 2,190 voters

East of Eden by John Steinbeck
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,868 books — 7,002 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,107 books — 17,283 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan    Brown
The Worst Books of All Time
8,086 books — 19,864 voters
1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,697 books — 25,900 voters

Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem
Best New York Novels
146 books — 128 voters
Motherless Brooklyn by Jonathan Lethem
Tales of New York City
1,503 books — 1,214 voters


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