J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books Ever
76,554 books — 284,784 voters
Winter's Tale by Mark HelprinPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleA Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah! by Harry Harrison
Best Steampunk Books
1,248 books — 4,093 voters

The Silmarillion by J.R.R. TolkienLord Foul's Bane by Stephen R. DonaldsonRiddle-Master by Patricia A. McKillip
Best Fantasy of the 70s
141 books — 310 voters
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
Pacific Northwest Books
914 books — 610 voters

Shadow & Claw by Gene WolfeHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,083 books — 11,740 voters
The Time Machine by H.G. WellsTimescape by Gregory BenfordA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark TwainReplay by Ken GrimwoodThe Time Ships by Stephen Baxter
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,967 books — 5,254 voters

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank BaumA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensHow the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. SeussRoads by Seabury Quinn
Favorite Christmas Books
1,517 books — 1,564 voters

The New Book of Middle Eastern Food by Claudia Roden
Best Cookbooks
1,448 books — 1,108 voters
Jealousy by Alain Robbe-Grillet
Bizarre books
665 books — 415 voters

Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan SwiftRobinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Best Books of the 18th Century
375 books — 1,008 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainLittle Dorrit by Charles DickensThe Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,704 books — 6,876 voters

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingThe Iron Dragon's Daughter by Michael SwanwickThe Rocketeer by Dave StevensThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanA Soldier of the Great War by Mark Helprin
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,678 voters
Beloved by Toni MorrisonWatchmen by Alan             MooreThe Shadow of the Torturer by Gene WolfeHousekeeping by Marilynne RobinsonWinter's Tale by Mark Helprin
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,258 books — 2,432 voters

Song of Solomon by Toni MorrisonDhalgren by Samuel R. DelanyThe Silmarillion by J.R.R. TolkienSula by Toni MorrisonThe Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,955 books — 1,880 voters
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. DickThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinLabyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,360 books — 1,778 voters

Invisible Man by Ralph EllisonGormenghast by Mervyn PeakeTill We Have Faces by C.S. LewisThe Once and Future King by T.H. White
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,182 books — 1,510 voters
Titus Groan by Mervyn PeakeSilverlock by John Myers Myers1984 by George OrwellRoads by Seabury Quinn
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
819 books — 1,145 voters

Absalom, Absalom! by William FaulknerLast and First Men by Olaf StapledonI, Claudius by Robert GravesAt the Mountains of Madness by H.P. LovecraftThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
904 books — 1,255 voters
A Voyage to Arcturus by David  LindsayThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonThe Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
765 books — 1,130 voters

The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaDubliners by James JoyceA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James JoyceTarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice BurroughsThe Night Land by William Hope Hodgson
Best Books of the Decade: 1910s
530 books — 776 voters
Tono-Bungay by H.G. WellsThe Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. ChestertonThe House of Mirth by Edith WhartonThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Best Books of the Decade: 1900s
467 books — 855 voters

The Gormenghast Novels by Mervyn PeakeA Voyage to Arcturus by David  LindsayThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Fantasy Classics
301 books — 580 voters
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
What To Read After Harry Potter
2,161 books — 6,265 voters

Wizard's First Rule by Terry GoodkindThe Sword of Shannara by Terry BrooksLord Foul's Bane by Stephen R. Donaldson
The series got worse and worse
171 books — 291 voters
Song of Solomon by Toni MorrisonTime Out of Joint by Philip K. DickTono-Bungay by H.G. Wells
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,237 books — 68,642 voters

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'BrienThe Grey King by Susan CooperRabbit Hill by Robert Lawson
The Most Deserving Newbery
104 books — 2,989 voters
Absalom, Absalom! by William FaulknerThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainLife on the Mississippi by Mark TwainThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerAs I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Best Southern Literature
1,344 books — 2,573 voters

Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury1984 by George OrwellAnthem by Ayn RandThe Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Dystopia!
1,220 books — 2,750 voters
Housekeeping by Marilynne RobinsonBeloved by Toni MorrisonRoadside Picnic by Arkady StrugatskyThe House of Mirth by Edith WhartonThe Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry
Best Book to Screen Interpretation
579 books — 479 voters


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