The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri
The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
761 books — 1,834 voters
Selected Stories of Anton Chekhov by Anton Chekhov
Best Short Stories
1,771 books — 1,081 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,874 books — 49,842 voters

The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Best Memoir Graphic Novels
419 books — 463 voters
Zami by Audre LordeAn Autobiography by Angela Y. DavisAssata by Assata Shakur
African American Memoirs
468 books — 216 voters

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,332 books — 5,893 voters
Pippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Europe Minus Men and English
855 books — 231 voters

Zami by Audre Lorde
Activist memoirs
186 books — 51 voters
The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
History through graphic novels
621 books — 498 voters

Life and Death in Shanghai by Nien ChengInfidel by Ayaan Hirsi AliThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Memoirs by Women
3,351 books — 3,527 voters

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Best Russian Literature
522 books — 2,308 voters