To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books of the 20th Century
605th out of 7,899 books — 49,788 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
3548th out of 76,942 books — 286,330 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
60th out of 822 books — 1,145 voters
1984 by George OrwellAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisThe Road by Cormac McCarthyA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessLord of the Flies by William Golding
Darkest Books of All Time
123rd out of 1,302 books — 1,719 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradCry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
104th out of 1,775 books — 1,652 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
78th out of 452 books — 777 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Around the World in 100 Books
145th out of 1,322 books — 706 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
100 best novels - modern library
74th out of 165 books — 109 voters

The Caliph's House by Tahir ShahBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn WaughDreams of Trespass by Fatima MernissiHideous Kinky by Esther FreudThe Button Box by Bridget Hodder
Books Set in Morocco
6th out of 138 books — 106 voters
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingTwilight by Stephenie MeyerHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
506th out of 1,563 books — 18,684 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
213th out of 1,184 books — 2,768 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
3864th out of 15,632 books — 17,943 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
3539th out of 11,855 books — 8,133 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryDune by Frank HerbertThe Horse and His Boy by C.S. LewisThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeDesert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
The Desert
18th out of 487 books — 89 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
41st out of 101 books — 61 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Time Magazine's All-Time 100 Novels
85th out of 100 books — 295 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
100 Best American Authors
265th out of 754 books — 616 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Guardian's "1000 Novels Everyone Must Read"
414th out of 1,016 books — 595 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Great Debut Novels
274th out of 1,589 books — 1,474 voters
A Death in the Family by James AgeeHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingOliver Twist by Charles DickensThe Sheltering Sky by Paul BowlesThank You for Smoking by Christopher Buckley
Stephen King's Reading List for Writers
4th out of 95 books — 10 voters

The Plague by Albert CamusKing of the Wind by Marguerite HenryIn the Country of Men by Hisham MatarThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeHideous Kinky by Esther Freud
North Africa
7th out of 148 books — 34 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess1984 by George OrwellUlysses by James JoyceMrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
The Best Use of Stylistic Language (best form/language)
173rd out of 561 books — 545 voters

1984 by George OrwellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George OrwellLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Let's rank Time's Top 100 Novels
43rd out of 100 books — 29 voters
2666 by Roberto BolañoNadja by André BretonThe Sheltering Sky by Paul BowlesAgainst Interpretation and Other Essays by Susan SontagLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Patti Smith's Lifelong Reading List
3rd out of 103 books — 7 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareAlice in Wonderland by Jane CarruthLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Books referenced by musicians
42nd out of 156 books — 44 voters
Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieDeath on the Nile by Agatha ChristieEvil Under the Sun by Agatha ChristieThe Beach by Alex Garland
Vacations from Hell
23rd out of 152 books — 66 voters

Desert Solitaire by Edward AbbeyThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeThe Sheltering Sky by Paul BowlesThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoArabian Sands by Wilfred Thesiger
Desert Travels
3rd out of 36 books — 21 voters
The Shining by Stephen  King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen  KingThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonThe Stand by Stephen  KingIt by Stephen  King
Scariest Books
38th out of 219 books — 97 voters

« previous 1 3 4 5