Macbeth by William ShakespeareHamlet by William ShakespeareThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankRomeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Best School Assigned Books
768 books — 2,067 voters
Hamlet by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William ShakespeareRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareKing Lear by William ShakespeareA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William Shakespeare
Best Play Ever
524 books — 461 voters

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareDracula by Bram StokerTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George Orwell
Must Read Classics
1,910 books — 4,817 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeDown and Rising by Rohith S. KatbamnaThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Best Multicultural General Fiction
595 books — 393 voters

Down and Rising by Rohith S. KatbamnaThe Road by Cormac McCarthyHaunted by Chuck PalahniukMisery by Stephen  KingThe Shining by Stephen  King
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,264 books — 11,777 voters
Harakiri by Claudio BertoniDown and Rising by Rohith S. KatbamnaHamlet by William ShakespeareTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Best Books Ever
80,179 books — 299,005 voters

Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.1984 by George OrwellHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,122 books — 1,756 voters
Down and Rising by Rohith S. KatbamnaTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
33,261 books — 126,265 voters

Down and Rising by Rohith S. Katbamna1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,160 books — 27,052 voters