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
3,947 books — 5,019 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
546 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
31,623 books — 120,442 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
1,173 books — 2,013 voters
Watchmen by Alan             MooreV for Vendetta by Alan             Moore
Best Superhero Graphic Novels
632 books — 437 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
3,129 books — 3,680 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
2,259 books — 2,433 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
203 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
7,899 books — 49,787 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
2,664 books — 3,869 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
76,445 books — 284,360 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
2,540 books — 3,536 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
8,436 books — 24,676 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 — 455 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
1,232 books — 3,911 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
1,107 books — 1,718 voters

In Memory of Greed by Al Boudreau
Our Favorite Indie Reads
3,846 books — 3,419 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
551 books — 566 voters

Happily Ever After by Edward H. CarpenterThe Taking Tree by Shrill Travesty
Dark Fairy Tales
176 books — 124 voters
Happily Ever After by Edward H. Carpenter
Twisted Tales
674 books — 399 voters


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