The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas HardyThe Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde & Weir of Hermiston by Robert Louis StevensonPinocchio by Carlo CollodiThe Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore CooperJude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,704 books — 6,856 voters
The Country of the Blind by H.G. Wells
Symbolic Systems summer reading vote!
24 books — 31 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Most three-dimensional characters
15 books — 7 voters
The Holy Bible by AnonymousThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerGeneral Theory of Employment, Interest, and Money by John Maynard Keynes
The Most Influential Books
1,479 books — 5,280 voters

The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence SterneExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
A Postmodernist "Canon"
273 books — 171 voters
Atlanta's Druid Hills by Robert Hartle Jr.
Atlanta Books/Authors
80 books — 14 voters

If You Want to Write by Brenda UelandThe War of Art by Steven PressfieldJust Kids by Patti SmithWild Mind by Natalie Goldberg
Best Books on Creative Life
502 books — 616 voters

A Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
Best Books on Writing
791 books — 1,323 voters
Lord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Crucible by Arthur MillerTess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradJude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
Bullying
357 books — 212 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellThe Crucible by Arthur Miller
Best Historical Fiction
7,261 books — 25,410 voters

The Art of War by Sun TzuMeditations by Marcus AureliusHomeschooling for Excellence by David ColfaxThe Odyssey by HomerThe Iliad by Homer
Books recommended by Hamza Yusuf Hanson
215 books — 39 voters
The House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington IrvingFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Best Gothic Books of All Time
561 books — 3,465 voters

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
100 Children's Books to Read in a Lifetime
2,248 books — 2,284 voters
The Tale of Genji by Murasaki ShikibuInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceThe Jungle Books by Rudyard KiplingThe Cairo Trilogy by Naguib MahfouzNine Stories by J.D. Salinger
The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
745 books — 1,810 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Disappointing Books
2,735 books — 4,607 voters
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace ThackerayRebecca by Daphne du MaurierTrilby by George du Maurier
Best Books About Sociopaths
44 books — 35 voters

If This Isn't Nice, What Is? by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Very Good Lives by J.K. Rowling
Commencement Speeches
20 books — 31 voters

Savor by Thich Nhat Hanh
Health & Wellness
25 books — 17 voters
Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
Art & Artists in Fiction
922 books — 1,100 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,790 books — 49,742 voters
Ulysses by James Joyce
Most Difficult Novels
583 books — 2,040 voters

Out of Africa by Isak Dinesen
Trailblazing Women Adventurers
535 books — 179 voters
Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Best Books About Mistresses
447 books — 728 voters

Hard Times by Charles DickensHuckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeDracula by Bram Stoker
Victorian Novels
213 books — 504 voters
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,851 books — 21,782 voters


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