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The Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,754 books — 14,424 voters
Good Omens by Terry PratchettNeverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,181 books — 3,684 voters

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Dystopian Fiction of All Time
469 books — 1,358 voters
Narcissus and Goldmund by Hermann HesseEast of Eden by John Steinbeck
The Best by Nobel Prize Authors
380 books — 284 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
I Don't Understand All That Fuss
1,026 books — 2,643 voters
The Bhagavad Gita by Krishna-Dwaipayana VyasaBeyond Good and Evil by Friedrich NietzscheTao Te Ching by Lao TzuSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
The Most Influential Books
1,497 books — 5,309 voters

Good Omens by Terry Pratchett
Humorous Paranormal Books
1,530 books — 2,121 voters
Gardens of the Moon by Steven EriksonThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Eye of the World by Robert JordanEragon, Eldest & Brisingr by Christopher PaoliniThe Way of Kings by Brandon Sanderson
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,223 books — 12,271 voters

Gardens of the Moon by Steven EriksonThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
The Best Fantasy Books
1,747 books — 1,522 voters
Narcissus and Goldmund by Hermann HesseSteppenwolf by Hermann HesseSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear by Walter Moers
Best German Authors
618 books — 708 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,272 books — 28,374 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Stories For Book Lovers
8,509 books — 8,987 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Literary Mysteries
2,684 books — 5,099 voters
Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,710 books — 13,275 voters

The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonWarbreaker by Brandon SandersonElantris by Brandon Sanderson
Most Interesting Magic System
2,714 books — 8,928 voters
The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Eye of the World by Robert JordanThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonEragon by Christopher PaoliniGardens of the Moon by Steven Erikson
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,731 books — 26,964 voters

Battlefield Earth by L. Ron HubbardThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussBrave New World and Brave New World Revisited by Aldous HuxleyGood Omens by Terry PratchettNeverwhere by Neil Gaiman
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,770 books — 25,801 voters
The Lost City of Z by David Grann
Adventure Travel & Exploration In South America
86 books — 124 voters

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingDune by Frank HerbertSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Best Books Ever
78,972 books — 294,077 voters