Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëNorth and South by Elizabeth GaskellRebecca by Daphne du MaurierNorthanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Favorite Historical Romance Novels
3,388 books — 6,020 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Best Historical Fiction
7,405 books — 25,585 voters

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Most Interesting World
8,086 books — 4,741 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Cult Classics
1,567 books — 2,120 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellPersuasion by Jane Austen
Great Romance Novels
1,221 books — 949 voters
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
What To Read After Harry Potter
2,163 books — 6,270 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Most Interesting Magic System
2,646 books — 8,767 voters
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20th Century Hungarian Literature
146 books — 189 voters

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John Steinbeck
44 books — 209 voters

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Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,076 books — 11,671 voters
Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,379 voters

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,208 books — 25,724 voters