The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnimal Farm by George OrwellEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,736 books — 25,970 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Fantasy Books with Maps
227 books — 88 voters

Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler
Suburban Fiction
127 books — 53 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenPersuasion by Jane AustenSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenEmma by Jane AustenLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Best Love Stories
5,170 books — 9,630 voters
Lysistrata by AristophanesLydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper by Harriet Scott ChessmanRemarkable Creatures by Tracy ChevalierThe Paris Wife by Paula McLain
Remarkable Historical Women in Fiction
451 books — 231 voters

Little Women by Louisa May AlcottOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Causes of Ugly Crying
1,403 books — 3,916 voters
The Portrait of a Lady by Henry JamesThe Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerFicciones by Jorge Luis BorgesA Loyal Character Dancer by Qiu XiaolongWhen Red Is Black by Qiu Xiaolong
Great Books with BLACK Covers
2,099 books — 749 voters

James and the Giant Peach by Roald DahlThe Twits by Roald DahlGeorge's Marvellous Medicine by Roald DahlBoy by Roald DahlCharlie and the Great Glass Elevator by Roald Dahl
By Authors with September Birthdays
141 books — 11 voters
Oranges by John McPheeThe Nose by Catherine CowanThe Overcoat by Nikolai GogolDiary of a Madman and Other Stories by Nikolai GogolDead Souls by Nikolai Gogol
By Authors with March Birthdays
80 books — 13 voters

Six Months in the Sandwich Islands by Isabella Lucy Bird
By Authors with October Birthdays
165 books — 14 voters
Now We Are Six by A.A. MilneWhen We Were Very Young by A.A. MilneThe Red House Mystery by A.A. MilneWinnie-the-Pooh by A.A. MilneThe House at Pooh Corner by A.A. Milne
By Authors with January Birthdays
183 books — 13 voters

Botchan by Natsume Sōseki
By Authors with February Birthdays
124 books — 9 voters

The Makioka Sisters by Jun'ichirō TanizakiSouth Pole by Roald Amundsen
By Authors with July Birthdays
68 books — 11 voters
The Sword in the Stone by T.H. WhiteThe Once and Future King by T.H. White
By Authors with May Birthdays
76 books — 7 voters

The Art of Choosing by Sheena IyengarThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
By Authors with November Birthdays
184 books — 11 voters

Ten Years in the Tub by Nick HornbyMore Baths, Less Talking by Nick HornbyFever Pitch by Nick HornbyHousekeeping vs. the Dirt by Nick HornbyShakespeare Wrote for Money by Nick Hornby
By Authors with April Birthdays
238 books — 14 voters
In a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonThe Complete Adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie by May GibbsThe Forgotten Garden by Kate MortonThe Songlines by Bruce Chatwin
Best Books Set in Australia
1,068 books — 586 voters

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteHomer Price by Robert McCloskeyMr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater
1st Grade Read Alouds
40 books — 44 voters

Stink and the Incredible Super-Galactic Jawbreaker by Megan McDonald
Boy Friendly Picture Books
160 books — 50 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottAnimal Farm by George OrwellHamlet by William ShakespeareSense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Must Read Classics
1,858 books — 4,643 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteLove You Forever by Robert Munsch
Books That Made You Cry
1,606 books — 3,269 voters
Egil's Saga by AnonymousNjal's Saga by AnonymousThe Prose Edda by Snorri SturlusonThe Poetic Edda by UnknownThe Sagas of Icelanders by Örnólfur Thorsson
Old Norse-Icelandic literature
164 books — 50 voters

The Cambridge Companion to Old English Literature by Malcolm GoddenA Beowulf Handbook by Robert E.  Bjork
Best Anglo Saxon books
213 books — 49 voters
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneDinotopia by James GurneyDinotopia by James Gurney
Best Steampunk Books
1,243 books — 4,095 voters

The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithMurder at the Vicarage by Agatha ChristieGaudy Night by Dorothy L. SayersThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan Bradley
Fearless Females
768 books — 921 voters


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