Editors' Top Picks
Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan SwiftCandide by VoltaireRobinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeThe Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheLes liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos
Best Books of the 18th Century
4th out of 376 books — 1,010 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
1014th out of 77,612 books — 289,676 voters

The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Trial by Franz KafkaAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueSteppenwolf by Hermann HessePerfume by Patrick Süskind
Best German/Austrian/Swiss Literature
9th out of 984 books — 959 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
138th out of 1,319 books — 5,865 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
899th out of 32,283 books — 123,177 voters
Unlock Your Deliverance by Kathryn KrickDigging for God by Tom HillmanCarrie by Stephen KingGet Rich or Get Lucky by Max NowazCinder by Marissa Meyer
2025 Reading Challenge
1094th out of 3,088 books — 2,033 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Stranger by Albert Camus
World's Greatest Novellas
30th out of 722 books — 1,454 voters
Rubinrot by Kerstin GierInkheart by Cornelia FunkeMomo by Michael EndeSaphirblau by Kerstin GierThe Neverending Story by Michael Ende
Best German Authors
19th out of 616 books — 707 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
20th out of 858 books — 855 voters
The Stranger by Albert Camus1984 by George OrwellSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Philosophical Literature
90th out of 1,187 books — 2,811 voters

Faust, First Part by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheSteppenwolf by Hermann HessePerfume by Patrick Süskind
German Classics
3rd out of 227 books — 151 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George Orwell
1001 Books I Have Already Read
106th out of 523 books — 459 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
237th out of 1,868 books — 4,693 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Best Foreign Language (non English) Book
47th out of 1,084 books — 623 voters

Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay AsherThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Suicide
24th out of 737 books — 497 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Phantom of the Opera by Gaston LerouxThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Unrequited Love
16th out of 366 books — 193 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1984 by George OrwellThe Road by Cormac McCarthyA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboNight by Elie Wiesel
Most Depressing Book of All Time
131st out of 1,228 books — 3,938 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Great Short Short Books
39th out of 583 books — 520 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Reader by Bernhard SchlinkThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John le Carré
Novels Set in Germany
7th out of 421 books — 200 voters
Twilight by Stephenie MeyerBreaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerEclipse by Stephenie MeyerFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James
The Worst Books of All Time
415th out of 8,097 books — 19,881 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
2399th out of 15,737 books — 18,340 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Best Bildungsroman book
31st out of 368 books — 331 voters

The Stranger by Albert CamusCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaNausea by Jean-Paul SartreThe Trial by Franz Kafka
Best Existential Fiction
56th out of 453 books — 778 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerA Walk to Remember by Nicholas SparksThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Notebook by Nicholas SparksRomeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Not So Happily-Ever-After
74th out of 786 books — 1,066 voters

War and Peace by Leo TolstoyA Story of Yesterday by Sergio Cobo1984 by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
2080th out of 11,987 books — 10,785 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane Austen1984 by George OrwellJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Favorites from 1001 Books You Should Read Before You Die
165th out of 506 books — 1,057 voters

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneLord of the Flies by William GoldingBeowulf by UnknownGreat Expectations by Charles DickensThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Read These In School - Would Have Preferred A Root Canal
95th out of 463 books — 1,588 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 BradburyPride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-SmithSheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K. Ritz
Best Book Titles
1723rd out of 11,988 books — 8,385 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Notebook by Nicholas SparksRomeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Best Love Stories
458th out of 5,213 books — 9,710 voters
Hush, Hush by Becca FitzpatrickFallen by Lauren KateCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareShiver by Maggie StiefvaterCity of Ashes by Cassandra Clare
Judge A Book By Its Cover!
2167th out of 15,667 books — 17,700 voters

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