Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenAnimal Farm by George OrwellJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëAnne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Best Books Ever
76,085 books — 282,710 voters

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Best Audiobooks
1,563 books — 1,106 voters
The Waste Land by T.S. Eliot
Glad my teacher made me read this book
340 books — 402 voters

Bird by Bird by Anne LamottThe Writing Life by Annie DillardThe War of Art by Steven PressfieldA Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
Best Books on Writing
798 books — 1,327 voters
The Princess Bride by William GoldmanDifferent Seasons by Stephen  KingThe Body by Robin WaterfieldA Passage To India by E.M. ForsterJaws by Peter Benchley
Best Movie Adaptations
439 books — 260 voters

The Historian by Elizabeth KostovaDracula by Bram StokerSunshine by Robin McKinley
Best Adult Vampire Books
1,771 books — 4,918 voters
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottAnne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,843 books — 10,496 voters

The Time Machine by H.G. WellsA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark TwainDoomsday Book by Connie WillisThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,957 books — 5,244 voters
Gilead by Marilynne RobinsonIt's Not the End of the Earth, but You Can See It from Here by Roger WelschWinesburg, Ohio by Sherwood AndersonHousekeeping by Marilynne RobinsonHome by Marilynne Robinson
Best books about the Mid West
150 books — 89 voters

Bird by Bird by Anne LamottThe Writing Life by Annie DillardThe War of Art by Steven Pressfield
Best Books on Creative Life
507 books — 618 voters
Spindle's End by Robin McKinleyBrat Farrar by Josephine Tey
Best Unknown Books
2,341 books — 1,860 voters

The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha ChristieThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithMurder at the Altar by Veronica HeleyThe Secret Adversary by Agatha Christie
Cozy Mystery Series - First Book of a Series
1,154 books — 2,468 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Daughter of Time by Josephine TeyThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. KingAn Instance of the Fingerpost by Iain Pears
Best Historical Mystery
2,070 books — 4,532 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingSunshine by Robin McKinleyThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley
Best Fantasy World
1,646 books — 1,988 voters
Zel by Donna Jo Napoli
Fairy Tale Retellings: Hidden Gems
587 books — 732 voters

The Moon Is Down by John SteinbeckThe End of the Affair by Graham GreeneBlackout by Connie WillisThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferBriar Rose by Jane Yolen
World War II Fiction
1,292 books — 2,017 voters
Drinking with Miss Dutchie by Ed BreslinMarley and Me by John Grogan
The dog dies...a cautionary list.
363 books — 248 voters

Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Color of Water by James   McBrideInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerPersepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Best for Book Clubs
14,554 books — 18,411 voters
I Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithThe Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William KamkwambaTreasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
Happy Books for Book Club
64 books — 47 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisRight Ho, Jeeves by P.G. WodehouseCarry On, Jeeves by P.G. WodehouseThe Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
Books that Make you Laugh
3,505 books — 5,009 voters
MASH by Richard HookerHow the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. SeussThe Lady Vanishes by Ethel Lina WhiteA Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis PetersThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,133 books — 10,103 voters

Fog Magic by Julia L. SauerRose Daughter by Robin McKinleyThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
What Book Would You Like To Live In?
8,742 books — 8,872 voters

Spindle's End by Robin McKinleyBriar Rose by Jane YolenDeerskin by Robin McKinleyRose Daughter by Robin McKinleyTam Lin by Pamela Dean
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,797 books — 9,159 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerSunshine by Robin McKinleyThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Cruel Painter by George MacDonald
Vampires Who Don't Sparkle
40 books — 9 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Thanatos Syndrome by Walker PercyThe Tragedy of Pudd'nhead Wilson and the Comedy Those Extraor... by Mark Twain
Best Southern Mysteries
209 books — 121 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,306 books — 15,547 voters


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