One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Stranger by Albert CamusBlindness by José SaramagoThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
The Best by Nobel Prize Authors
109th out of 380 books — 284 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
164th out of 674 books — 572 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di LampedusaIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoInvisible Cities by Italo CalvinoThe Decameron by Giovanni Boccaccio
Notable Novels by Italian Authors
55th out of 280 books — 233 voters
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaPeter Pan by J.M. BarrieHowards End by E.M. ForsterMy Ántonia by Willa Cather
Best Books of the Decade: 1910s
159th out of 538 books — 779 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoThe Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Italy
216th out of 1,021 books — 542 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
162nd out of 353 books — 107 voters

Beloved by Toni MorrisonThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckKristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid UndsetThe Golden Notebook by Doris LessingThe Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison
Women Nobel Prize Winners We Love
52nd out of 114 books — 72 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónRuby Red by Kerstin GierLes Misérables by Victor HugoSaphirblau by Kerstin GierThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Foreign Books Translated To English
705th out of 831 books — 220 voters

Pollyanna by Eleanor H. PorterPygmalion by George Bernard ShawThe Custom of the Country by Edith WhartonO Pioneers! by Willa CatherSons and Lovers by D.H. Lawrence
Best Books 1913
14th out of 52 books — 29 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónPOENA DAMNI by Dimitris LyacosThe Last Wish by Andrzej SapkowskiBlindness by José SaramagoThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
Translated Books Project
292nd out of 524 books — 74 voters

Pippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenThe Summer Book by Tove JanssonThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankMemoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite YourcenarBonjour tristesse by Françoise Sagan
Europe Minus Men and English
181st out of 855 books — 231 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
women writers
485th out of 612 books — 266 voters

The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Decameron by Giovanni BoccaccioZeno's Conscience by Italo SvevoIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoThe Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Best Italian Novels
57th out of 145 books — 76 voters
Bloodlines by Marcello Fois by Marcello FoisAccabadora by Michela MurgiaDeath in Sardinia by Marco  VichiReeds in the Wind by Grazia DeleddaSea and Sardinia by D.H. Lawrence
Read Before You Go: Sardinia
4th out of 20 books — 1 voter

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
6529th out of 8,863 books — 6,367 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Hey, chicks can write, too!
396th out of 1,078 books — 221 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
11917th out of 15,993 books — 18,750 voters
Memoirs of Hadrian by Marguerite YourcenarLykke-Per by Henrik PontoppidanThe Master of Hestviken by Sigrid UndsetThe Citadel by A.J. CroninPlanet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle
Great European Literature Prior to 1980
44th out of 100 books — 2 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Help by Kathryn StockettCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsThe Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
2012: What the Over 35s Have Read So Far
3261st out of 3,300 books — 727 voters

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboPride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith
Best Book Titles
11991st out of 12,262 books — 8,654 voters
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriMy Brilliant Friend by Elena FerranteThe Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano
Italian Lit
107th out of 157 books — 17 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëRebecca by Daphne du MaurierFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Books Written by Women Before 1960
528th out of 529 books — 104 voters
The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Women Around the World
706th out of 1,179 books — 438 voters

My Brilliant Friend by Elena FerranteThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Vegetarian by Han Kang
Women in Translation
481st out of 932 books — 307 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Trial by Franz Kafka
Favorite Translated Literature
896th out of 1,059 books — 504 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodEgyptian Hieroglyphs by W.V. DaviesA Handful of Dust by Evelyn WaughThe Fourth Hand by John IrvingLionheart by Sharon Kay Penman
Egyptian Hieroglyphical Uniliteral Symbols
107th out of 222 books — 12 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Books by Female Authors
983rd out of 1,373 books — 475 voters