Dune by Frank HerbertThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Science Fiction and Fantasy Must Reads
4,019 books — 5,262 voters
Millennium Approaches by Tony KushnerLa Cage Aux Folles by Harvey FiersteinThe Children's Hour by Lillian HellmanDeathtrap by Ira Levin
Best Gay Plays
59 books — 55 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellLarissa by Emily DevenportA Soldier's Duty by Jean    JohnsonIn Roswell, Re-Abducted by Tower Lowe
Women are Awesome Too
547 books — 242 voters
Seven Lives to Repay Our Country by Edward H. Carpenter
MWSA Awards 2012 Nominees
109 books — 45 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankRomeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,045 books — 121,730 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingDune by Frank HerbertGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Books You Hate To Put Down
1,524 books — 674 voters

The Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanWatchmen by Alan             MooreV for Vendetta by Alan             MooreGhost World by Daniel Clowes
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,175 books — 2,016 voters
Watchmen by Alan             MooreV for Vendetta by Alan             Moore
Best Superhero Graphic Novels
635 books — 438 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHis Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
Generation Y Classics
27 books — 40 voters
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesSnow Falling on Cedars by David GutersonThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienThe Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,140 books — 3,678 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggMaus I by Art Spiegelman
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,258 books — 2,431 voters
The Crucible by Arthur MillerCat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee WilliamsMillennium Approaches by Tony KushnerLa Cage Aux Folles Sheet Music by Jerry HermanDoubt, a Parable by John Patrick Shanley
Best American Plays
250 books — 367 voters

Angels in America by Tony KushnerThe History Boys by Alan BennettCloser by Patrick MarberDoubt, a Parable by John Patrick Shanley
Best Plays Since 1990
204 books — 151 voters
The Last Unicorn by Peter S. BeagleThe Earthsea Trilogy by Ursula K. Le GuinStardust by Neil GaimanThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
The Best of Mythic Fiction
688 books — 712 voters

Princess by Jean SassonReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiInfidel by Ayaan Hirsi AliThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Powerful International Non-Fiction
295 books — 318 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,886 books — 49,792 voters

Tales of the City by Armistead MaupinBrokeback Mountain by Annie ProulxAngels in America by Tony KushnerFingersmith by Sarah WatersFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Best Gay Fiction
2,675 books — 3,882 voters
The Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenHatchet by Gary PaulsenA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Awesome Classics
34 books — 13 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Best Books Ever
77,132 books — 287,326 voters
The Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Vagina Monologues by V (formerly Eve Ensler)The Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Best Feminist Books
2,674 books — 3,630 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Illustrated Man by Ray Bradbury
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,549 books — 24,980 voters
Hamlet by William ShakespeareRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Crucible by Arthur MillerCat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams
Best Play Ever
520 books — 456 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteRevolutionary Road by Richard YatesLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,228 books — 3,927 voters
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? by Horace McCoyThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienFight Club by Chuck PalahniukA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessWatchmen by Alan             Moore
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,121 books — 1,789 voters

In Memory of Greed by Al Boudreau
Our Favorite Indie Reads
3,958 books — 3,628 voters
Happily Ever After by Edward H. CarpenterElla Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineThe Wide-Awake Princess by E.D. BakerSnow White and Rose Red by Patricia C. Wrede
Fairy Tales Retold
552 books — 566 voters

Happily Ever After by Edward H. CarpenterThe Taking Tree by Shrill Travesty
Dark Fairy Tales
188 books — 124 voters
Happily Ever After by Edward H. Carpenter
Twisted Tales
675 books — 400 voters


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