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
84th out of 7,874 books — 49,841 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardDune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
31st out of 8,761 books — 25,709 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertEnder’s Game by Orson Scott Card1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyHyperion by Dan Simmons
Best Science Fiction Ever Written.
21st out of 1,824 books — 4,133 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Young Adult Books
125th out of 13,248 books — 80,524 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsDune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Science Fiction
24th out of 3,849 books — 7,774 voters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Fault in Our Stars by John  GreenBridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Books that Made You Cry!
23rd out of 3,367 books — 8,001 voters

A Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëCity of Bones by Cassandra Clare
What To Read Next
69th out of 21,020 books — 25,077 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
10th out of 1,229 books — 3,949 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
144th out of 15,994 books — 18,752 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
28th out of 926 books — 2,389 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
99th out of 15,142 books — 15,869 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyLord of the Flies by William GoldingCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
10th out of 1,201 books — 1,518 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
68th out of 1,881 books — 4,732 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
I'm glad someone made me read this book
65th out of 11,390 books — 11,025 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickThe Forever War by Joe HaldemanHyperion by Dan SimmonsFlowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
SF Masterworks
5th out of 200 books — 728 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
10th out of 733 books — 1,469 voters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerBridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Books That Made You Cry
31st out of 1,609 books — 3,293 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...
175th out of 12,309 books — 11,245 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldLord of the Flies by William GoldingAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Required Reading in High School
35th out of 816 books — 1,304 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
6th out of 873 books — 858 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanRendezvous with Rama by Arthur C. Clarke
Nebula Award for Best Novel
6th out of 64 books — 393 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Best Books Ever
1390th out of 78,653 books — 293,053 voters

Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Medicine and Literature
21st out of 1,999 books — 2,258 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingA Story of Yesterday by Sergio Cobo
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
328th out of 15,633 books — 17,692 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Beasts of Success by Jasun EtherThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
90th out of 10,604 books — 6,109 voters

A Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Zombie Room by R.D. RonaldThe Elephant Tree by R.D. RonaldThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Books I Will Never Forget
228th out of 11,440 books — 8,450 voters
1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyDune by Frank HerbertThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov
Best Science Fiction of the 20th Century
11th out of 634 books — 487 voters

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