Much Ado About Nothing by William ShakespeareAs You Like It by William ShakespeareA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William ShakespeareHamlet by William Shakespeare
Shakespeare: Ranked
6 books — 2 voters
Fool by Christopher MooreThe Serpent of Venice by Christopher MooreRomeo and/or Juliet by Ryan North
Shakespeare Retellings
160 books — 185 voters

The Notebook by Nicholas SparksWicked by Gregory MaguireThe Holy Bible by AnonymousA Court of Thorns and Roses by Sarah J. Maas
I Don't Understand All That Fuss
1,017 books — 2,559 voters
The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Best Gay Fiction
2,658 books — 3,858 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodPersuasion by Jane AustenJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,144 books — 5,178 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsLamb by Christopher MooreBreakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Going Postal by Terry PratchettCat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Humorous Books
4,300 books — 7,856 voters

The Ethical Slut by Dossie EastonOpening Up by Tristan Taormino
Best Books for Polyamory
120 books — 198 voters
Drawing Down the Moon by Margot AdlerCunningham's Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs by Scott CunninghamThe Poetic Edda by UnknownMythology by Edith Hamilton
The Best Pagan Books
580 books — 311 voters

The Holy Bible by AnonymousLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,186 books — 11,249 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,815 books — 49,771 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyHow to Be Perfect by Michael SchurA Well-Trained Wife by Tia  Levings
Couldn't Put The Book Down
16,754 books — 16,483 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books Ever
75,727 books — 281,566 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëPersuasion by Jane AustenSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenEmma by Jane Austen
All Time Favorite Romance Novels
5,555 books — 12,526 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsSense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,560 books — 18,691 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenLord of the Flies by William GoldingA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Best Young Adult Books
13,099 books — 80,154 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams BiancoIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,393 books — 119,641 voters