Editors' Top Picks
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
132nd out of 7,889 books — 49,803 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
22nd out of 1,874 books — 6,997 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
406th out of 32,302 books — 123,216 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
33rd 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
15th out of 459 books — 517 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniLost in Yaba by Walt GleesonNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiShōgun by James Clavell
Best Books on Asia
5th out of 1,000 books — 830 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenShōgun by James ClavellNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiThe Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki MurakamiTokyo Vice by Jake Adelstein
Best Books About Japan
2nd out of 517 books — 359 voters
Shōgun by James ClavellAcross the Nightingale Floor by Lian HearnThe Ninja by Eric Van LustbaderThe Girl with Ghost Eyes by M.H. BorosonMusashi Book One by Eiji Yoshikawa
Martial Arts Fiction
1st out of 280 books — 197 voters

The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienThe Sorrow of War by Bảo NinhA Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two by Michael G. KramerThe Full Circle for Mick by Michael G. KramerWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. Moore
Veteran Recommendations
7th out of 900 books — 476 voters
Shōgun by James ClavellMusashi by Eiji YoshikawaTaiko by Eiji YoshikawaThe 47 Ronin Story by John AllynA Book of Five Rings by Miyamoto Musashi
Top Samurai Novels
1st out of 75 books — 104 voters

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonBlood River by Tim ButcherThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Best Traveling Vicariously
30th out of 2,157 books — 1,886 voters
1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
168th out of 10,565 books — 5,914 voters

Jurassic Park by Michael CrichtonThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
Best Action-Adventure Novels
100th out of 2,608 books — 2,805 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenShōgun by James ClavellTai-Pan by James ClavellThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckA Passage to India by E.M. Forster
Transcultural Fiction
2nd out of 421 books — 209 voters

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Da Vinci Code by Dan BrownTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
Everyone's Read It But Me
202nd out of 781 books — 4,553 voters
The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienA Gracious Enemy & After the War Volume Two by Michael G. KramerThe Sorrow of War by Bảo NinhHuế 1968 by Mark BowdenWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. Moore
Military Fiction
13th out of 802 books — 440 voters

Band of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseBlack Hawk Down by Mark BowdenUnbroken by Laura HillenbrandWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. MooreLone Survivor by Marcus Luttrell
Best Non-fiction War Books
93rd out of 2,189 books — 2,501 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
2957th out of 77,637 books — 289,799 voters

The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienThe Sorrow of War by Bảo NinhThe Full Circle for Mick by Michael G. KramerHuế 1968 by Mark BowdenWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. Moore
Plight of a Nation
22nd out of 1,153 books — 453 voters
The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Huế 1968 by Mark BowdenThe Rape of Nanking by Iris ChangWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. Moore
War has no winners
30th out of 1,146 books — 540 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCulloughBlood, Steel and Reputation by James GaultWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Big Page Count, Epic Historical Fiction
8th out of 201 books — 245 voters
1984 by George OrwellFight Club by Chuck PalahniukFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonThe Godfather by Mario PuzoLord of the Flies by William Golding
Real Man Books
12th out of 782 books — 310 voters

The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienThe Sorrow of War by Bảo NinhHuế 1968 by Mark BowdenWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. MooreThe Full Circle for Mick by Michael G. Kramer
History Books - Fact and Fiction
20th out of 1,290 books — 440 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Help by Kathryn StockettGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellCrossing Boundaries- When a Voyage Becomes so much More by Bernhard M Bierlich
Historical fiction worth reading
20th out of 1,284 books — 622 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
33rd out of 1,324 books — 707 voters
Blood, Steel and Reputation by James GaultGates of Fire by Steven PressfieldThe Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraCold Victory by Helena P. SchraderShōgun by James Clavell
Historical Military Adventure
5th out of 346 books — 242 voters

Heat of Paris by Peter BreyerShōgun by James ClavellLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryBeing Lucy by Dale Lorna JacobsenThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Great Historical Fiction
2nd out of 331 books — 178 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
18th out of 234 books — 234 voters

Harry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisCity of Bones by Cassandra Clare
What Book Would You Like To Live In?
405th out of 8,752 books — 8,938 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Size Doesn't Matter - The Long and Large Classics of Literature
41st out of 303 books — 397 voters

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