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Macbeth by William ShakespeareThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel SparkThe Crow Road by Iain BanksPoems and Songs by Robert BurnsTo the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Books Set in Scotland
1,014 books — 661 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienLes Misérables by Victor HugoAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyDune by Frank HerbertThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,853 books — 7,003 voters

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyDune by Frank HerbertThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónPerfume by Patrick SüskindOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
14,086 books — 13,733 voters
The Color of Magic by Terry PratchettDune by Frank HerbertFoundation by Isaac AsimovA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinA Morbid Taste for Bones by Ellis Peters
Best Series
3,218 books — 9,334 voters

Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,129 books — 10,113 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteNight by Elie WieselThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
14,777 books — 16,661 voters

Go the F**k to Sleep by Adam Mansbach
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,692 books — 13,773 voters
Night by Elie WieselThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,810 books — 49,738 voters

The Holy Bible by AnonymousNight by Elie WieselA Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerLord of the Flies by William GoldingIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,158 books — 10,935 voters
1984 by George OrwellA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Stranger by Albert CamusIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
David Bowie's Top 100 Must Read Books
100 books — 307 voters

Becoming by Michelle ObamaAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrCirce by Madeline MillerNineteen Eighty-Four by George OrwellThe Divine Comedy, Volume 1 by Dante Alighieri
2019: What the Over-50s Are Reading
820 books — 68 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
1,000 Books to Read Before You Die: A Life-Changing List
568 books — 71 voters

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiKokoro by Natsume SōsekiSnow Country by Yasunari Kawabata
Japanese authors
235 books — 169 voters
Harry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Best Audiobooks Ever
1,947 books — 2,815 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsDracula by Bram StokerFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Cult Classics
1,573 books — 2,168 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenOrlando by Virginia WoolfThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Great Women Authors
1,225 books — 332 voters

Deathless by Catherynne M. ValenteJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Sci-Fi Fantasy Novels By Female Authors
100 books — 85 voters
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroBreakfast Of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Watership Down by Richard Adams
The View from Fifty-One
75 books — 28 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezDune by Frank HerbertA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,349 books — 1,761 voters
Snow Country by Yasunari KawabataThousand Cranes by Yasunari KawabataAn Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo IshiguroKokoro by Natsume SōsekiA Pale View of Hills by Kazuo Ishiguro
Japanese Fiction
411 books — 331 voters

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleOrlando by Virginia WoolfThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Speculative Fiction Classics (pre-1980) by Female Authors
169 books — 93 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Books that make you thankful your life isn't like the plot
408 books — 114 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Awakening by Kate ChopinPossession by A.S. ByattTo the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfOrlando by Virginia Woolf
Interesting, Well Written Books that are not by Dead/Old White Men
1,193 books — 339 voters
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverKon-Tiki by Thor HeyerdahlLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelGorillas in the Mist by Dian Fossey
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,090 books — 1,816 voters

The Sisters Brothers by Patrick deWitt
Best Cover Art 2011 (Non-YA)
291 books — 1,539 voters
Out by Natsuo Kirino
Literature by Japanese Women
155 books — 143 voters

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Best Books by Female Authors
1,358 books — 459 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Best Woman-Authored Books
7,973 books — 4,999 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyLes Misérables by Victor HugoThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
The 800+ page Gorillaz
459 books — 520 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessUlysses by James JoyceMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor HugoStill Life with Woodpecker by Tom Robbins
Rabelais' Codpiece
133 books — 142 voters


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