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
79,098 books — 294,966 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
1,633 books — 1,165 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
804 books — 1,341 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
440 books — 270 voters
The Historian by Elizabeth KostovaDracula by Bram StokerSunshine by Robin McKinley
Best Adult Vampire Books
1,863 books — 5,069 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Odyssey by HomerAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Voyage of the Dawn Treader by C.S. Lewis
Best Fictional Journey
305 books — 107 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
2,198 books — 5,487 voters

Gilead by Marilynne RobinsonIt's Not the End of the Earth, but You Can See It from Here by Roger L. 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
515 books — 628 voters

Spindle's End by Robin McKinleyBrat Farrar by Josephine Tey
Best Unknown Books
2,410 books — 2,016 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
1,234 books — 2,667 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
2,317 books — 4,852 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
1,719 books — 2,166 voters

Zel by Donna Jo Napoli
Fairy Tale Retellings: Hidden Gems
602 books — 748 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
1,497 books — 2,283 voters

Drinking with Miss Dutchie by Ed BreslinMarley and Me by John Grogan
The dog dies...a cautionary list.
369 books — 273 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
15,464 books — 19,984 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
3,569 books — 5,141 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
1,122 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?
8,787 books — 9,034 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
2,857 books — 9,227 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
218 books — 128 voters


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