Les Misérables by Victor HugoWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
50th out of 757 books — 1,831 voters
Ulysses by James JoyceFinnegans Wake by James JoyceThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Most Difficult Novels
16th out of 598 books — 2,056 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
100th out of 1,875 books — 7,000 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
68th out of 1,200 books — 2,827 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryLes Misérables by Victor HugoThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasMadame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Best French Literature
32nd out of 884 books — 1,574 voters
Catch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienUlysses by James JoyceMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Holy Bible by Anonymous
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
131st out of 2,696 books — 13,216 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
2013th out of 78,075 books — 291,132 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Le Monde's 100 Books of the Century
16th out of 105 books — 488 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Goodreads Top 100 Literary Novels of All Time
52nd out of 106 books — 985 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
589th out of 7,893 books — 49,819 voters

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
Thickest Books Ever
82nd out of 889 books — 2,486 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
The 800+ page Gorillaz
34th out of 459 books — 517 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
39th out of 1,088 books — 623 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyFicciones by Jorge Luis BorgesThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa
Sonemic / Rate Your Music: Favorite Books
11th out of 1,060 books — 195 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyLes Misérables by Victor HugoGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Over a 1000 Pages
13th out of 234 books — 234 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldWinnie-the-Pooh by A.A. MilneAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwaySiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
88th out of 779 books — 1,133 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
2802nd out of 32,473 books — 123,628 voters
Finnegans Wake by James JoyceUlysses by James JoycePhenomenology of Spirit by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonCritique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant
REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT BOOKS
24th out of 260 books — 364 voters

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfTo the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfThe Waves by Virginia WoolfThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
Great Stream of Consciousness Novels
12th out of 132 books — 193 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
354th out of 1,319 books — 5,878 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
The Guardian's 100 greatest novels of all time
41st out of 106 books — 115 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Stranger by Albert CamusMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
100 Modernist Reads
7th out of 101 books — 52 voters
Ulysses by James JoyceIn Search of Lost Time by Marcel ProustAbsalom, Absalom! by William FaulknerSilas Marner by George EliotA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
The Longest Sentences
2nd out of 73 books — 60 voters

War and Peace by Leo TolstoyLes Misérables by Victor HugoDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraUlysses by James JoyceThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Intimidating books I long to read/finish
37th out of 132 books — 249 voters
The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerCall Me By Your Name by André AcimanAristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe by Benjamin Alire SáenzMaurice by E.M. ForsterThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Gay Fiction
195th out of 2,697 books — 3,901 voters

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownThe Birth of Venus by Sarah DunantThe Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier
Art & Artists in Fiction
83rd out of 963 books — 1,130 voters
The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerThe Blind Assassin by Margaret AtwoodRebecca by Daphne du MaurierBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
In Which These Are the 100 Greatest Novels
14th out of 101 books — 61 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
76th out of 443 books — 579 voters
1984 by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Daily Telegraph's 100 Novels Everyone Should Read
50th out of 102 books — 103 voters

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