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Stolz und Vorurteil by Jane AustenEmma by Jane AustenAlles ist erleuchtet by Jonathan Safran FoerVerbrechen und Strafe by Fyodor DostoevskyTagebuch by Anne Frank
Fischer TaschenBibliothek
56 books — 3 voters
Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day by Winifred WatsonEffi Briest by Theodor Fontane
Best Persephone Books
151 books — 168 voters

Beloved by Toni MorrisonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieWhite Teeth by Zadie Smith
Contemporary Black Women's Literature
574 books — 242 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Social Justice: Books on Racism, Sexism, and Class
2,191 books — 1,614 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling1984 by George OrwellThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
PBS’s The Great American Read: List of America’s Top 100 Books
100 books — 2,376 voters
Small Country by Gaël Faye
The Very Time I Thought I Was lost, My Dungeon Shook and My Chains Fell Off: Forthcoming Books for 2018 by Authors of African Descent
86 books — 60 voters

The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonThe Cay by Theodore TaylorBlindness by José Saramago
Awesome Blind Characters
245 books — 214 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferAtonement by Ian McEwan
WWII Historic Fiction
1,504 books — 1,598 voters

Silence of the Grave by Arnaldur IndriðasonJar City by Arnaldur IndriðasonHypothermia by Arnaldur IndriðasonArctic Chill by Arnaldur IndriðasonThe Draining Lake by Arnaldur Indriðason
Books set in Iceland and Greenland
155 books — 138 voters
Last Chance to See by Douglas Adams
Before It's Too Late: Endangered Species
182 books — 84 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury1984 by George OrwellThe Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead
The Post-Trump Big Questions Canon
526 books — 280 voters
Chess by Stefan Zweig
Penguin Mini Modern Classics
51 books — 57 voters

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Sink into British-ness
749 books — 125 voters
Cold Mountain by Charles FrazierA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonGap Creek by Robert MorganThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Best Books Set in Appalachia
802 books — 845 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Awakening by Kate ChopinThe Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullers
Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Classics By Women
100 books — 63 voters
Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Buddhist Fiction
101 books — 80 voters

The Moonstone by Wilkie CollinsGoodnight Moon by Margaret Wise BrownMoon Palace by Paul AusterThe Moon Is Down by John SteinbeckThe Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
Moon
616 books — 68 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryEmma by Jane AustenSense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Books Written by Women Before 1960
529 books — 104 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Satanic Verses by Salman RushdieUtopia by Thomas More
Books Banned in the Texas Prison System
48 books — 22 voters
Up in the Tree by Margaret AtwoodMr. Archimedes' Bath by Pamela AllenLas tres mellizas by Roser CapdevilaThe Treasure Hunt by John CunliffeFelix and Alexander by Terry Denton
1001 Children's Books You Must Read Before You Grow Up
1,003 books — 994 voters

War and Peace by Leo TolstoyHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThe Castle by Franz KafkaA Tale of a Tub by Jonathan Swift
Flavorwire's 50 Incredibly Tough Books for Extreme Readers
50 books — 105 voters
My Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth Strout
Man Booker 2016 Longlist
13 books — 97 voters

The Snow Child by Eowyn IveyDoctor Zhivago by Boris PasternakDisney Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs by Walt Disney CompanyInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerThe Call of the Wild by Jack London
Books With Snow, Ice or Frost on the Cover or in the Title
650 books — 119 voters
State of Wonder by Ann Patchett
Women Scientists in Novels
27 books — 25 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerInvisible Man by Ralph EllisonSong of Solomon by Toni MorrisonThe Known World by Edward P. JonesDevil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
Award-winning Black Fiction
53 books — 70 voters
Homage to Catalonia by George OrwellFor Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest HemingwayThe Battle for Spain by Antony BeevorWinter in Madrid by C.J. SansomSoldiers of Salamis by Javier Cercas
The Spanish Civil War (fiction and nonfiction)
173 books — 125 voters

The Pursuit of Love by Nancy MitfordA Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer EganForever a Stranger and Other Stories by Hella S. HaasseHallucinating Foucault by Patricia DunckerWoman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi
Women on the "1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die" List
290 books — 171 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels By Female Authors
100 books — 87 voters


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