Pygmalion by George Bernard ShawThe Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel
Best Plays Ever
853 books — 1,129 voters
The Naked Civil Servant by Quentin CrispChristopher and His Kind by Christopher Isherwood
Best Gay Memoirs
201 books — 90 voters

Pygmalion by George Bernard ShawA Doll's House by Henrik IbsenTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyKing Kong théorie by Virginie Despentes
Best Feminist Books
2,504 books — 3,511 voters
Walden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauSilent Spring by Rachel CarsonThe Outermost House by Henry BestonSecond Nature by Michael Pollan
Best Nature Books
1,154 books — 774 voters

Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauEating Animals by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Sixth Extinction by Elizabeth Kolbert
Best Environmental Books
1,070 books — 1,200 voters
1984 by George Orwell
Best Distopia Books
53 books — 36 voters

Gweilo by Martin BoothThe World of Suzie Wong by Richard   Mason
Foreign Lands
2,347 books — 2,190 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottOn the Road by Jack KerouacUlysses by James JoyceThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Disappointing Books
2,735 books — 4,607 voters

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin by Benjamin FranklinThe Age of Reason by Thomas PaineBartleby, the Scrivener by Herman MelvilleHistory of Art by H.W. JansonChristopher and His Kind by Christopher Isherwood
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,489 books — 5,718 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroA White Heron by Sarah Orne JewettThe Naked Civil Servant by Quentin CrispChristopher and His Kind by Christopher Isherwood
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,664 books — 16,301 voters

At Home With Art by ELLIS ESTELLE & SEEBThe Temple of Silence by Justin DuerrHistory of Italian Renaissance Art, Third Edition by Frederick Hartt
Best Art and Art History Books
773 books — 312 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleCandide by VoltaireA Shropshire Lad by A.E. HousmanSongs of Innocence and of Experience by William Blake
Illustrated Books for Adults!
148 books — 33 voters
The Lonely Doll by Dare WrightHitty, Her First Hundred Years by Rachel FieldMemoirs of a London Doll by Mrs. FairstarThe Little Wooden Doll by Margery Williams BiancoThe Little Girl and the Tiny Doll by Edward Ardizzone
Doll Stories
459 books — 91 voters

The Apprentice by Jacques PépinMy Life in France by Julia ChildSkinny Bitch by Rory FreedmanChez Jacques by Jacques PépinDiet for a New America by John   Robbins
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,226 books — 1,635 voters
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein1984 by George Orwell
Darkest Books of All Time
1,275 books — 1,715 voters

Of Cats and Men by Sam KaldaThe Cat on My Shoulder by Lisa Angowski RogakCats in the Sun by Hans W. SilvesterShop Cats of New York by Tamar ArslanianThe French Cat by Rachael Hale McKenna
Great Cat Books
1,577 books — 948 voters
Skinny Bitch by Rory Freedman
Best Diet Books
190 books — 270 voters

Candide by VoltaireThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroThe Odyssey by HomerMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Willowdale Handcar by Edward Gorey
Road Trip
527 books — 267 voters
The Cat Who'll Live Forever by Peter GethersMy Sergei by Ekaterina GordeevaSomeone to Love Us by Terence O'Neill
Read Them And Weep
87 books — 23 voters

The Osbick Bird by Edward GoreyPaul and Virginia by Jacques-Henri Bernardin de ...Romeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareLove In the Afternoon by Claude AnetGigi / The Cat by Colette
Best Love Stories
5,170 books — 9,631 voters
Thomas Paine Author of the Declaration of Independence by Joseph LewisA White Heron by Sarah Orne JewettLet's Kill Uncle by Rohan O'GradySecret of the Ron Mor Skerry by Rosalie K. FryThe Girls by John    Bowen
Books You Wish More People Knew About
17,381 books — 10,355 voters

The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia HighsmithIn a Lonely Place by Dorothy B. Hughes
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,306 books — 15,561 voters
The Age of Reason by Thomas PaineGod Is Not Great by Christopher HitchensThe God Delusion by Richard DawkinsThe Demon-Haunted World by Carl SaganThe End of Faith by Sam Harris
Notable Atheist Books
543 books — 937 voters

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Little House by Virginia Lee BurtonHorton Hatches the Egg by Dr. SeussCatwings by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best children's books EVER
2,093 books — 2,087 voters

The Iliad / The Odyssey by HomerMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 7,002 voters
Flowers in the Attic by V.C. AndrewsPeyton Place by Grace Metalious
Best Trashy Novels
236 books — 80 voters

A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson BurnettDaddy-Long-Legs by Jean WebsterThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettNancy and Plum by Betty MacDonaldHeidi by Johanna Spyri
Best Books About Orphans
162 books — 70 voters


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