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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Catch-22 by Joseph HellerA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,351 books — 1,777 voters
Holes by Louis SacharThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Best Young Adult Books
13,031 books — 80,086 voters

Deadly, Unna? by Phillip GwynneA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistrySilas Marner by George EliotMoll Flanders by Daniel Defoe
Books that should get more attention
2,476 books — 1,765 voters
Deadly, Unna? by Phillip GwynneThe Story of Tom Brennan by J.C. BurkeNukkin Ya by Phillip GwynneSo Much to Tell You by John MarsdenDoes My Head Look Big In This? by Randa Abdel-Fattah
Favourite Aussie YA books
579 books — 963 voters

The Complete Adventures of Snugglepot and Cuddlepie by May GibbsTomorrow, When the War Began by John MarsdenRabbit-Proof Fence by Doris Pilkington
Best Books Set in Australia
1,071 books — 586 voters
The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCulloughTomorrow, When the War Began by John MarsdenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakRabbit-Proof Fence by Doris PilkingtonMy Place by Sally Morgan
Best Modern Australian Literature
567 books — 671 voters

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithWives and Daughters by Elizabeth GaskellThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Best Coming of Age Stories
1,297 books — 1,131 voters
The Heart of the Lion by Jean PlaidyThe Reluctant Queen by Jean Plaidy
Historical Fiction: The House of Plantagenet
206 books — 474 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Long Way Home by Kate ShaylerNorth and South by Elizabeth GaskellCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Books I really want pick for book club
303 books — 102 voters
The Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy FowlerWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Disappointing Books
2,735 books — 4,607 voters

Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price by The Church of Jesus Christ ...The Shipping News by Annie ProulxOn the Road by Jack KerouacFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesThe Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
The Worst Books of All Time
8,178 books — 19,864 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenPersuasion by Jane AustenSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenRebecca by Daphne du MaurierFrederica by Georgette Heyer
100 Historical Romances To Read Before You Die
1,332 books — 1,582 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
World War Two - Firsthand Accounts (nonfiction)
658 books — 450 voters
Black Like Me by John Howard GriffinThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerRoots by Alex HaleyThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Social Justice: Books on Racism, Sexism, and Class
2,071 books — 1,512 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Best Feminist Fiction
1,495 books — 2,651 voters
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,231 books — 118,043 voters

The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckNorth and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
Best Author Ever
483 books — 297 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenPersuasion by Jane AustenLady Susan by Jane AustenNorthanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Best Jane Austen Novels
20 books — 477 voters

The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisHannibal Rising by Thomas HarrisRed Dragon by Thomas HarrisHannibal by Thomas Harris
Cannibal Books
121 books — 81 voters
1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,654 books — 25,871 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferNorthanger Abbey by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Stories For Book Lovers
8,331 books — 8,211 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsAnimal Farm by George OrwellAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Best Books Ever
74,935 books — 277,884 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollPersuasion by Jane AustenSense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,705 books — 6,856 voters
On the Road by Jack KerouacLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoAtonement by Ian McEwan
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,576 books — 13,097 voters

Twilight by Stephenie MeyerNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerEclipse by Stephenie MeyerBreaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerMidnight Sun [2008 Draft] by Stephenie Meyer
Nope, I ain't gonna read this crap, and I don't care that I can't follow mainstream conversations because of it.
302 books — 124 voters


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