Editors' Top Picks
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco84, Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Books on Books: Bookmaking, Biblioclasm, Bibliophilia
16th out of 425 books — 362 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Stories For Book Lovers
737th out of 8,441 books — 8,629 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelFicciones by Jorge Luis Borges
Latin American Fiction
43rd out of 882 books — 1,183 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyMatilda by Roald DahlThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Books about Books
91st out of 1,385 books — 1,519 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoLirael by Garth Nix
Books About Librarians
37th out of 456 books — 578 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingPiranesi by Susanna ClarkeThe Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan
Mazes and Labyrinths
21st out of 206 books — 128 voters

1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
203rd out of 824 books — 1,148 voters
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury84 Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Books on Books: metacovers
28th out of 385 books — 104 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak84, Charing Cross Road by Helene HanffThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónMr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Books about Books and Libraries
114th out of 832 books — 410 voters
Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas PynchonSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Labyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges
A Postmodernist "Canon"
105th out of 273 books — 172 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) Group Reads
292nd out of 433 books — 173 voters
Ficciones by Jorge Luis BorgesThe Aleph and Other Stories by Jorge Luis BorgesLabyrinths by Jorge Luis BorgesThe Book of Sand and Shakespeare's Memory by Jorge Luis BorgesCollected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges
The Best of Jorge Luis Borges
11th out of 27 books — 35 voters

If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Metafiction
173rd out of 443 books — 579 voters
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin SloanDewey by Vicki MyronThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Books set in libraries or bookstores
33rd out of 254 books — 138 voters

Papap's Teeth by Danielle DeVorThe Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan PoeThe Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte PerkinsThe Gift of the Magi by O. HenryHills Like White Elephants by Ernest Hemingway
Just A Few Pages Long
20th out of 109 books — 94 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
11369th out of 77,641 books — 289,863 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottNorthanger Abbey by Jane AustenPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenMatilda by Roald Dahl
Fictional Bookworms
57th out of 177 books — 121 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinMia's Magic Wand by Peter Volkofsky
Best Fantasy: Unique Worlds
127th out of 641 books — 495 voters

Ficciones by Jorge Luis BorgesThe Aleph and Other Stories by Jorge Luis BorgesEl túnel by Ernesto SabatoHopscotch by Julio CortázarTodos los fuegos el fuego by Julio Cortázar
Argentinian Literature (Literatura argentina)
33rd out of 169 books — 123 voters
Piranesi by Susanna ClarkeInvisible Cities by Italo CalvinoHow a Game Lives by Jacob GellerNineteen Ways of Looking at Wang Wei by Eliot WeinbergerI'm Thinking of Ending Things by Iain Reid
The Jacob Geller Book Club
8th out of 80 books — 21 voters

The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan PoeThe Gift of the Magi by O. HenryThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Lottery by Shirley JacksonThe Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
Single Short Story
140th out of 773 books — 301 voters
The Librarian's Vampire Assistant, Book 3 by Mimi Jean PamfiloffGuards! Guards! by Terry PratchettThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónBeauty by Robin McKinley
Books Featuring Cool Libraries
7th out of 77 books — 35 voters

Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathRoom by Emma DonoghueThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Mind Twist
22nd out of 82 books — 56 voters
The Stranger by Albert CamusThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsAnimal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George Orwell
Absurdist Fiction
67th out of 317 books — 292 voters

The Midnight Library by Matt HaigThe Library Book by Susan OrleanDewey by Vicki MyronThe Library of Legends by Janie ChangI Work at a Public Library by Gina Sheridan
Books with Library in the Title
29th out of 515 books — 46 voters
The Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Celestine Prophecy by James RedfieldThe Lathe of Heaven by Ursula K. Le GuinTransference by B.T. Keaton
Visionary & Metaphysical Fiction
72nd out of 471 books — 323 voters

Inkheart by Cornelia FunkeThe Invisible Library by Genevieve CogmanThe Starless Sea by Erin MorgensternInkspell by Cornelia FunkeGood Omens by Terry Pratchett
Magical Books, Libraries and Bookstores
86th out of 170 books — 132 voters
Man Alone by Jack RemickAdapt and Plan for the New Abnormal of the COVID-19 Coronavir... by Gleb TsipurskyThe Blindspots Between Us by Gleb TsipurskyPro Truth by Gleb TsipurskyNever Go With Your Gut by Gleb Tsipursky
Books For Very Intelligent People
49th out of 229 books — 153 voters

The Pythagorean by Alexander MorpheighDark Matter by Blake CrouchThe Ministry of Time by Kaliane BradleyThe Midnight Library by Matt HaigThe Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard
Surreal, Psychedelic, Mind-Bending Novels.
140th out of 381 books — 177 voters
The Lottery by Shirley JacksonThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeAn Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose BierceBartleby the Scrivener by Herman Melville
Best Short Stories of All Time
163rd out of 611 books — 384 voters

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