Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieWhat Is the What by Dave EggersAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieDisgrace by J.M. Coetzee
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,816 books — 1,700 voters
Les Misérables by Victor HugoThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,319 books — 5,876 voters

Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyUlysses by James JoyceWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
12,079 books — 10,846 voters
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516 books — 477 voters

On the Road by Jack KerouacLife of Pi by Yann MartelInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Ultimate Backpacking Novels
483 books — 1,147 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoBeatrice and Virgil by Yann MartelHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
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1,206 books — 328 voters

What Would Audrey Do? by Pamela Clarke KeoghPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenMatilda by Roald Dahl
Best Female role Models for Young Girls
361 books — 193 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Best Humorous Books
4,404 books — 8,033 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
Books that Make you Laugh
3,516 books — 5,217 voters

On the Road by Jack KerouacHowl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg
Beat Lit
236 books — 182 voters
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
Best Graphic Novels
3,459 books — 6,779 voters

The Sense of an Ending by Julian BarnesThe Marriage Plot by Jeffrey Eugenides
2012 Tournament of Books
16 books — 245 voters
Les Misérables by Victor HugoTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Books Ever
77,947 books — 290,751 voters

Lord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Best Young Adult Books
13,251 books — 80,374 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Best School Assigned Books
766 books — 2,059 voters

Matilda by Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl
35 books — 182 voters
Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov1984 by George OrwellOn the Road by Jack KerouacAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieMatilda by Roald Dahl
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,889 books — 49,813 voters