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Wrap It Up! by Bonnie HardyBeyond the Last Time by Noah Tuya30 Years Behind Bars by Karen GedneyA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Great Relationship Books: Friendship And Love
167 books — 107 voters
Tipping the Velvet by Sarah WatersRubyfruit Jungle by Rita Mae BrownOranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette WintersonFun Home by Alison BechdelAnnie on My Mind by Nancy Garden
Lesbian Canon
123 books — 100 voters

How the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. SeussA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensWrap It Up! by Bonnie HardyDad Jokes Christmas Gift Book by Ralph LaneThe Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke Moore
Seasons and Holidays in the title
994 books — 96 voters
A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson BurnettHitty, Her First Hundred Years by Rachel FieldThe Story of Holly & Ivy by Rumer GoddenWinnie-the-Pooh by A.A. MilneThe Doll People by Ann M. Martin
Doll Stories
459 books — 91 voters

Cinder by Marissa MeyerWinter by Marissa MeyerCress by Marissa MeyerScarlet by Marissa MeyerFairest by Marissa Meyer
Sci-Fi Fairytale Retellings
67 books — 81 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Vintage Classics (Red Spine)
216 books — 75 voters

Pro Truth by Gleb TsipurskyAdapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyDon't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesThe Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskyHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. Rowling
Favorite book you just couldn't put down
258 books — 72 voters
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonNative Son by Richard WrightPassing by Nella LarsenThe Collected Poems by Langston HughesCane by Jean Toomer
The Harlem Renaissance
141 books — 70 voters

The Iliad by HomerThe Odyssey by HomerThe Aeneid by VirgilThe Republic by PlatoThe Histories by Herodotus
Classical World Reading List
115 books — 68 voters
The House in the Cerulean Sea by T.J. KluneThe Midnight Library by Matt HaigBeach Read by Emily HenryThe Vanishing Half by Brit BennettThe Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V.E. Schwab
What Women Born in the 80's are Reading in 2021
908 books — 67 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaAnimal Farm by George OrwellFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Edgar Allan Poe
Books Daria Read
70 books — 64 voters
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Dutch House by Ann PatchettDear Edward by Ann NapolitanoThe Guest List by Lucy Foley
2020: What WOMEN Born in the 1960s Have Read So Far
721 books — 64 voters

The Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanEragon by Christopher PaoliniI Am Number Four by Pittacus LoreThe Sea of Monsters by Rick RiordanThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Books that need a BETTER remake
77 books — 62 voters
Ulysses by James JoyceIn Search of Lost Time by Marcel ProustAbsalom, Absalom! by William FaulknerSilas Marner by George EliotA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
The Longest Sentences
72 books — 59 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Book Riot's 100 Must-Read Classics By Women
100 books — 59 voters
The Fountainhead by Ayn RandAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandLes Misérables by Victor HugoThe Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor HugoWe the Living by Ayn Rand
Literary Romanticism
92 books — 58 voters

The Tale of Genji by Murasaki ShikibuDream of the Red Chamber by Cao XueqinThe Pillow Book by Sei ShōnagonTao Te Ching by Lao TzuThe Arabian Nights by Anonymous
Asian Classics
183 books — 58 voters
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingLeading Hybrid and Remote Teams by Gleb TsipurskyThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
Books You Happily Re-Read
352 books — 58 voters

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Berlin Stories by Christopher IsherwoodBefore the Deluge by Otto FriedrichThe Einstein Girl by Philip SingtonThe Threepenny Opera by Bertolt Brecht
Weimar Era Arts & Culture (fiction and nonfiction)
133 books — 57 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenPositive Vision by Ken BrandtWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Books You Should Read Before You Go Blind
246 books — 56 voters

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Adventure, Fantasy, and Sci Fi Before 1923
210 books — 54 voters
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Rosie Project by Graeme SimsionGone Girl by Gillian Flynn
2014: What People Born in the 1980s Have Read in 2014
523 books — 54 voters

The Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeReady Player One by Ernest ClineA Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Think Tank's Underappreciated, Overlooked, Underrated Reads
169 books — 53 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Odyssey by HomerThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldKing Lear by William Shakespeare
Globe & Mail 50 Greatest Books
58 books — 51 voters

Leading Hybrid and Remote Teams by Gleb TsipurskyDon't Close Your Eyes by Lynessa JamesComplicated Moonlight by Lynessa LayneJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
The Unputdownables
61 books — 49 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeHamlet by William ShakespeareJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëA Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Modern Library Classics
235 books — 49 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne BrontëThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Collins Classics
178 books — 41 voters
Funny Story by Emily HenryCheck & Mate by Ali HazelwoodNorth Woods by Daniel MasonThe Women by Kristin HannahButcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver
2024: What Women Born in the 1980's are Reading in 2024
1,055 books — 40 voters

Leading Hybrid and Remote Teams by Gleb TsipurskyGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskyJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
Most Educational & Inspirational for YA
76 books — 38 voters
Among the Buildings That Touch the Sky- Philadelphia by Elaine A. KellyAnimal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George OrwellAlice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis CarrollWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
General Press Bestsellers
31 books — 16 voters

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