The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Books Ever
865th out of 76,963 books — 286,432 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Books of the 20th Century
273rd out of 7,889 books — 49,787 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XInvisible Man by Ralph Ellison
Best African American Books
11th out of 1,043 books — 1,140 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
29th out of 1,313 books — 4,563 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
839th out of 31,964 books — 121,361 voters
She’s Come Undone by Wally LambThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverNight by Elie WieselMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesI Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb
Oprah's Book Club Picks
26th out of 124 books — 2,201 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsWatership Down by Richard  AdamsThe Stand by Stephen  KingThe Shining by Stephen  KingThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
43rd out of 1,956 books — 1,883 voters
City of Ashes by Cassandra ClareHush, Hush by Becca FitzpatrickClockwork Angel by Cassandra ClareCity of Glass by Cassandra ClareMarked by P.C. Cast
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
528th out of 32,347 books — 69,142 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Woman-Authored Books
83rd out of 8,342 books — 5,290 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg
Best Southern Literature
55th out of 1,350 books — 2,577 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouBeloved by Toni MorrisonInvisible Man by Ralph EllisonThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
Black History Month
9th out of 553 books — 493 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
The Great American Novel
55th out of 672 books — 1,090 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane Austen1984 by George OrwellThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die
290th out of 1,329 books — 5,853 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerInvisible Man by Ralph EllisonSong of Solomon by Toni MorrisonA Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. GainesDevil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
Award-winning Black Fiction
3rd out of 51 books — 68 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerKindred by Octavia E. ButlerTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonBeloved by Toni MorrisonRoots by Alex Haley
Best Black Historical Fiction
12th out of 332 books — 307 voters

The Stranger by Albert CamusOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwaySiddhartha by Hermann HesseLord of the Flies by William Golding
Nobel Laureates
57th out of 660 books — 569 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane Austen1984 by George OrwellJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Must Read Classics
300th out of 1,856 books — 4,671 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerKindred by Octavia E. ButlerBeloved by Toni MorrisonI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Books by Black Authors
17th out of 912 books — 367 voters

Beloved by Toni MorrisonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonSong of Solomon by Toni MorrisonKindred by Octavia E. Butler
Best Books by Women of Color
4th out of 629 books — 76 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Stranger by Albert CamusLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayDoctor Zhivago by Boris Pasternak
The Nobel Prize in Literature Goodreads Group Shelf
15th out of 353 books — 108 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienUlysses by James JoyceMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Holy Bible by Anonymous
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
328th out of 2,624 books — 13,166 voters
Song of Solomon by Toni MorrisonSong of Susannah by Stephen  KingThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerDragonsong by Anne McCaffreyBirdsong by Sebastian Faulks
Novels with the word Song in the Title
1st out of 341 books — 59 voters

Kindred by Octavia E. ButlerTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerParable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
Best African American Authors
10th out of 189 books — 125 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceBeloved by Toni Morrison
(Not) Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century
25th out of 100 books — 160 voters

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
100 Books by Black Women Everyone Should Read
8th out of 103 books — 56 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
The Guardian's 100 greatest novels of all time
64th out of 106 books — 115 voters

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