Long Books
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Best Historical Fiction
157th out of 7,795 books — 26,091 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellOutlander by Diana GabaldonMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Best Historical Fiction Books that Are Actually Historical Fiction
114th out of 2,615 books — 2,978 voters

Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukDarkly Dreaming Dexter by Jeff LindsayInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Rooting for the Bad Guy
61st out of 689 books — 1,471 voters
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsCatch-22 by Joseph HellerGood Omens by Terry PratchettThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Funniest Novels of All Time
114th out of 1,434 books — 2,356 voters

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisFight Club by Chuck PalahniukOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
The Best Antiheroes
37th out of 701 books — 584 voters
The Crimson Petal and the White by Michel FaberFingersmith by Sarah WatersPossession by A.S. ByattTipping the Velvet by Sarah WatersA Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray
Best Victorian Historical Fiction Set In Britain
29th out of 307 books — 658 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Help by Kathryn StockettA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Recommended Historical Fiction
212th out of 3,788 books — 3,754 voters
A Passage to India by E.M. ForsterKim by Rudyard KiplingThe Far Pavilions by M.M. KayeThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Man Who Would Be King by Rudyard Kipling
The Sun Never Sets on the British Empire (fiction)
9th out of 314 books — 200 voters

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best War Novels
111th out of 1,701 books — 1,450 voters
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska Orczy
Swashbucklers
32nd out of 574 books — 508 voters

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Best Anti-heroes in Books
40th out of 601 books — 430 voters
The Bourne Identity by Robert LudlumFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Godfather by Mario PuzoLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Manfiction
56th out of 2,216 books — 553 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsGood Omens by Terry PratchettLamb by Christopher MooreThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanA Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
Books that Make you Laugh
329th out of 3,516 books — 5,218 voters
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
6223rd out of 77,831 books — 290,381 voters

Gates of Fire by Steven PressfieldThe Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraShōgun by James ClavellCold Victory by Helena P. SchraderThe Shield of Marathon by Rory Headren
Historical Military Adventure
18th out of 347 books — 224 voters
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyAround the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
War and Travel on The Guardian's 1000 novels everyone must read
39th out of 132 books — 69 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsGood Omens by Terry PratchettLamb by Christopher MooreThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanMe Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Best Humorous Books
466th out of 4,395 books — 8,024 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
1438th out of 7,888 books — 49,805 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellSheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K. RitzOutlander by Diana Gabaldon
Best historical fiction novels
195th out of 1,225 books — 1,089 voters
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferDracula by Bram StokerThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
Epistolary Fiction
121st out of 858 books — 856 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
258th out of 1,434 books — 1,776 voters
Hamlet by William ShakespeareRebecca by Daphne du MaurierMacbeth by William ShakespeareDracula by Bram StokerEmma by Jane Austen
One Name as a Title
83rd out of 1,130 books — 201 voters

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareDivergent by Veronica Roth
Best Series
579th out of 3,476 books — 9,569 voters
The God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyA Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryThe White Tiger by Aravind AdigaMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieThe Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best Indian Fiction Books
218th out of 927 books — 2,450 voters

Mr. Kipling's Army by Byron FarwellFlashman by George MacDonald FraserHow Can Man Die Better? by Mike SnookLike Wolves on the Fold by Mike SnookQueen Victoria's Little Wars by Byron Farwell
British Military History
2nd out of 149 books — 19 voters
Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
Books with Unreliable Narrators
123rd out of 502 books — 492 voters

Sharpe's Tiger by Bernard CornwellMaster & Commander by Patrick O'BrianMr. Midshipman Hornblower by C.S. ForesterLiberty or Death by David CookMarksman by David Cook
Napoleonic Wars (Historical Fiction)
23rd out of 110 books — 74 voters
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Bookseller of Kabul by Åsne SeierstadThree Cups of Tea by Greg MortensonAnd the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
Afghanistan in Literature
44th out of 221 books — 264 voters

Talwar by Robert CarterBhowani Junction by John MastersFlashman in the Great Game by George MacDonald FraserKim by Rudyard KiplingFlashman by George MacDonald Fraser
Great Game and India
5th out of 22 books — 22 voters
The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Iron King by Maurice DruonThe Best of H.P. Lovecraft by H.P. LovecraftIvanhoe by Walter Scott
George R.R. Martin's Reading Recommendations
6th out of 61 books — 13 voters

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