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Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyMiddlemarch by George EliotCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskySchindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,867 books — 6,999 voters
The Holy Bible by Anonymous
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,167 books — 11,106 voters

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneGreat Expectations by Charles DickensThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëMacbeth by William Shakespeare
Read These In School - Would Have Preferred A Root Canal
466 books — 1,586 voters
Carrie by Stephen King
Best Horror Novels
1,950 books — 5,399 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,788 books — 49,738 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Most Messed Up
829 books — 508 voters

Looking for Alaska by John GreenTurtles All the Way Down by John GreenHate List by Jennifer BrownEleanor & Park by Rainbow RowellOut of My Mind by Sharon M. Draper
YA involving mental health issues (2000-present)
484 books — 1,031 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,226 books — 118,040 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Well-Written Holocaust Books
884 books — 2,870 voters
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
Best Teen Books About Real Problems
2,976 books — 12,418 voters

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryRamona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,795 books — 10,240 voters
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Most Interesting World
8,040 books — 4,648 voters

The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,654 books — 25,871 voters
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,215 books — 6,118 voters