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I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouWest with the Night by Beryl MarkhamThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Memoirs by Women
2,945 books — 2,992 voters
If on a Winter’s Night a Traveler by Italo Calvino
Books about Books
1,378 books — 1,515 voters

Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinThe Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. HeinleinTime Enough for Love by Robert A. Heinlein
Your Favorite Heinlein Novel
43 books — 309 voters
To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie WillisThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsAll Systems Red by Martha Wells
Optimistic Space Scifi
97 books — 103 voters

Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XThe Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du BoisI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Books White People Need to Read
1,304 books — 1,549 voters
Circe by Madeline MillerThe Iliad by HomerThe Odyssey by HomerThe Aeneid by Virgil
Classical Fiction
73 books — 67 voters

Medea by EuripidesThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantCirce by Madeline Miller
Awesome Women of the Ancient World
434 books — 950 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonPost Office by Charles BukowskiA Scanner Darkly by Philip K. DickCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Best Dark Humor
724 books — 1,649 voters

Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Cult Classics
1,566 books — 2,146 voters
The Odyssey by Homer1984 by George OrwellThe Republic by PlatoThe Complete Works by William ShakespeareThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
The Most Influential Books
1,479 books — 5,281 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.1984 by George OrwellA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessMrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
1,318 books — 5,820 voters
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollCirce by Madeline MillerA Medicine for Melancholy by Ray BradburyThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Chapter Books to Read Out Loud
787 books — 824 voters

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellMrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,072 books — 5,128 voters
The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Gift of the Magi by O. HenryWelcome to the Monkey House by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Complete Stories by Flannery O'Connor
Best Short Stories of All Time
597 books — 393 voters

The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata MasseyI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouSula by Toni MorrisonLove Medicine by Louise ErdrichCirce by Madeline Miller
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,071 books — 66,881 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,231 books — 118,043 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Odyssey by Homer
Best Books Ever
74,935 books — 277,883 voters