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
184th out of 7,899 books — 49,788 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
18th out of 1,313 books — 4,563 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
889th out of 76,942 books — 286,334 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
5th out of 868 books — 1,162 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen1984 by George OrwellCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyHamlet by William ShakespeareOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
100 Best Books of All Time: The World Library List
40th out of 100 books — 1,709 voters
Nine Stories by J.D. SalingerDubliners by James JoyceA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri
Collections of Short Stories
21st out of 2,897 books — 2,042 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
902nd out of 31,961 books — 121,328 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónLa casa de los espíritus by Isabel AllendeLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezChronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez
Libros en Español
6th out of 729 books — 651 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
20th out of 822 books — 1,145 voters
Infinite Jest by David Foster WallaceSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
Postmodern Genius
9th out of 519 books — 582 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
15th out of 102 books — 484 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)
1st out of 169 books — 122 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
245th out of 1,336 books — 5,858 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
57th out of 106 books — 987 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyFicciones by Jorge Luis BorgesThe Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa1984 by George OrwellThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Sonemic / Rate Your Music: Favorite Books
2nd out of 1,053 books — 183 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
601st out of 8,551 books — 24,868 voters

Dubliners by James JoyceNine Stories by J.D. SalingerThe Complete Stories by Flannery O'ConnorInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriThe Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Best Short Story Collections
10th out of 1,552 books — 858 voters
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiCloud Atlas by David  MitchellPale Fire by Vladimir NabokovInvisible Cities by Italo Calvino
Oulipo,etc.
7th out of 254 books — 250 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienWatership Down by Richard  AdamsA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Highbrow Fantasy Books
31st out of 420 books — 625 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezPedro Páramo by Juan RulfoRayuela by Julio CortázarThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeChronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García Márquez
Las 100 Mejores Novelas en Castellano del Siglo XX
6th out of 169 books — 170 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
122nd out of 1,184 books — 2,768 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezLa sombra del viento by Carlos Ruiz ZafónChronicle of a Death Foretold by Gabriel García MárquezHopscotch by Julio CortázarLa casa de los espíritus by Isabel Allende
Mejores libros en español
7th out of 221 books — 269 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
1st out of 27 books — 35 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"
16th out of 273 books — 172 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
70th out of 1,079 books — 623 voters

Cien años de soledad by Gabriel García MárquezFicciones by Jorge Luis BorgesDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraPedro Paramo by Juan RulfoRimas y leyendas by BECQUER
Spanish Literature and Fiction
2nd out of 151 books — 110 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll1984 by George OrwellThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Best Reality Warping Fiction
7th out of 333 books — 172 voters

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonCoraline by Neil GaimanHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Trippy Books
57th out of 854 books — 906 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessHoly Bible by AnonymousNaked Lunch by William S. BurroughsAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Weirdest Books Ever
96th out of 1,185 books — 1,192 voters

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