Watchmen by Alan             MooreThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanBatman by Alan             MooreBatman by Frank MillerUnderstanding Comics by Scott McCloud
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,173 books — 2,014 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHamlet by William ShakespeareOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Macbeth by William Shakespeare
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,759 books — 120,848 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Science Fiction
3,675 books — 7,011 voters
SPQR by Mary BeardSiam Mapped by Thongchai WinichakulNot Enough by Samuel MoynBlack Reconstruction in America 1860-1880 by W.E.B. Du BoisThe Jakarta Method by Vincent Bevins
Best History Books
3,726 books — 3,764 voters

The Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor HugoThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryLa chute by Albert CamusTraversée de la Mangrove by Maryse CondéSolibo Magnifique by Patrick Chamoiseau
Best French Literature
873 books — 1,574 voters
The Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanJimmy Corrigan by Chris WareSwamp Thing, Vol. 1 by Alan             MoorePersepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil Gaiman
Best Graphic Novels
3,450 books — 6,769 voters