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The Horse and His Boy by C.S. LewisThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
The Desert
486 books — 84 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Dream of Scipio by Iain Pears
Fictional Bookworms
177 books — 122 voters

The Odyssey by HomerThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Tailor of Panama by John Le CarréOur Man in Havana by Graham Greene
Con Men, Gamblers and Hustlers
324 books — 140 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenAn Unsuitable Job for a Woman by P.D. JamesAs I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Best Past-Present Books
377 books — 546 voters

East of Eden by John SteinbeckBeyond Good and Evil by Friedrich Nietzsche
Titles from Genesis
63 books — 18 voters
Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. MilneCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienA Passage to India by E.M. ForsterThe Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and Other Poems by T.S. Eliot
Initial Success
561 books — 41 voters

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Odyssey by HomerMaster & Commander by Patrick O'BrianHMS Ulysses by Alistair MacLean
Boat Books
771 books — 499 voters
The World Is Flat by Thomas L. FriedmanLiar's Poker by Michael Lewis
Corporatocracy: Good, Bad, Truth, Fiction
252 books — 75 voters

Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriThe Constant Gardener by John Le CarréThe Tailor of Panama by John Le CarréThe Little Drummer Girl by John Le Carré
Best Multicultural General Fiction
586 books — 375 voters
Beloved by Toni MorrisonUncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher StoweCry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonInvisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Best Black Historical Fiction
333 books — 308 voters

Collapse by Jared Diamond
Popular Archaeology and Paleoanthropology
478 books — 170 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph HellerThe History of Tom Jones, a Foundling by Henry FieldingThe Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonAll Creatures Great and Small by James HerriotPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The funniest books I ever read
398 books — 259 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerThe Stranger by Albert Camus
101 Great Books Recommended for College-Bound Readers
101 books — 85 voters
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson
Best Books About Mathematics
447 books — 664 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenA Room with a View by E.M. ForsterA History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand RussellThe Complete Poetry and Selected Prose by John DonneParadise Lost by John Milton
Cambridge University
238 books — 62 voters
Six Characters in Search of an Author and Other Plays by Luigi PirandelloThe Late Mattia Pascal by Luigi Pirandello
Bonn University
99 books — 9 voters

To Your Scattered Bodies Go by Philip José FarmerTwelfth Night, or, What You Will by William ShakespeareI'm OK - You're OK by Thomas A. HarrisYou Just Don't Understand by Deborah Tannen
All Yours
576 books — 30 voters
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Memoirs of Madness
291 books — 372 voters

Aftershock by Robert B. ReichThe Limits of Power by Andrew J. Bacevich
Books that tell you what REALLY is going on!
619 books — 201 voters
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisAlice in Wonderland by Jane CarruthThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienBrave New World by Aldous Huxley1984 by George Orwell
Science Fiction and Fantasy on The Guardian's 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read.
150 books — 107 voters

Hamlet by William ShakespearePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri1984 by George Orwell
The Guardian Top 100 books of all time
100 books — 166 voters
Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John Le Carré
Books I Read in 2012
461 books — 51 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,867 books — 6,999 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Illustrated Man by Ray BradburyThe Caine Mutiny by Herman WoukFoundation by Isaac Asimov
Best Books 1951
105 books — 50 voters

The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCulloughPicnic at Hanging Rock by Joan LindsayA Town Like Alice by Nevil ShuteOn the Beach by Nevil Shute
Best Books Set in Australia
1,071 books — 586 voters
The Heart Of The Antarctic by Ernest Shackleton
Endurance in Fact and Fiction
94 books — 24 voters

Darwin's Radio by Greg BearA Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller Jr.
Genetics in Science Fiction
217 books — 172 voters
The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom WolfeManhattan by Woody Allen
I Love New York City
609 books — 355 voters