To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee WilliamsDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca WellsA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor
Best Southern Literature
1,410 books — 2,699 voters

The World According to Garp by John IrvingThe Shipping News by Annie ProulxLet the Great World Spin by Colum McCannAll the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthyThree Junes by Julia Glass
National Book Award Winners
241 books — 209 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithThe Goldfinch by Donna TarttBreakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Best Books set in New York
78 books — 74 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithBreakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteThe Cricket in Times Square by George Selden
Best Books Set in New York City
387 books — 420 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathBreakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  Smith
I Love New York City
611 books — 382 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldBreakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithMy Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
Tales of New York City
1,756 books — 1,348 voters
A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryRunaway by Alice MunroThe Love of a Good Woman by Alice MunroAlias Grace by Margaret AtwoodBarney's Version by Mordecai Richler
Scotiabank Giller Prize Winners
28 books — 74 voters

A Life's Work by Rachel CuskOperating Instructions by Anne LamottThe M Word by Kerry ClareReviving Ophelia by Mary PipherBossypants by Tina Fey
Motherhood
276 books — 247 voters

Of Woman Born by Adrienne RichThe Female Eunuch by Germaine GreerThe M Word by Kerry ClareBacklash by Susan FaludiWriting the Revolution by Michele Landsberg
Kat Stratford Reading List
48 books — 21 voters
Dubliners by James JoyceInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriHateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage by Alice Munro
Collections of Short Stories
2,975 books — 2,094 voters

A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriThe Lowland by Jhumpa LahiriThe Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriUnaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
India: Fiction
323 books — 347 voters

Dubliners by James JoyceInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriUnaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa LahiriHateship, Friendship, Courtship, Loveship, Marriage by Alice Munro
Best Short Story Collections
1,604 books — 921 voters

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Dead by James Joyce
World's Greatest Novellas
737 books — 1,483 voters
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Best Books of the 18th Century
374 books — 1,016 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,739 books — 6,930 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,818 books — 49,878 voters

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverI Dreamed of Africa by Kuki Gallmann
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,900 books — 1,798 voters

A Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerOn the Road by Jack KerouacMy Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim Potok
The Great American Novel
673 books — 1,110 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,924 books — 124,938 voters

Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyLolita by Vladimir NabokovDemons by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Russian Literature
501 books — 2,310 voters
A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryWhat the Body Remembers by Shauna Singh BaldwinUnaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa LahiriMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best Indian Fiction Books
938 books — 2,483 voters


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