The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneNumber the Stars by Lois Lowry
Well-Written Holocaust Books
91st out of 896 books — 2,892 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis1984 by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
371st out of 3,242 books — 11,504 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
1046th out of 7,886 books — 49,783 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessFight Club by Chuck Palahniuk1984 by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Experimental Books Ever
132nd out of 1,121 books — 1,771 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
6290th out of 77,012 books — 286,595 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
112th out of 592 books — 2,047 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
112th out of 519 books — 583 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakCatch-22 by Joseph HellerSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrAtonement by Ian McEwan
World War II Fiction
261st out of 1,397 books — 2,028 voters

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Saddest Books
156th out of 485 books — 720 voters
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienWinnie-the-Pooh by A.A. MilneThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Initial Success
233rd out of 561 books — 41 voters

Ulysses by James JoyceThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerThe Man Without Qualities by Robert MusilBlood Meridian, or, the Evening Redness in the West by Cormac McCarthyOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
DIFFICULT BUT REWARDING
40th out of 158 books — 68 voters
House of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiS. by J.J. AbramsCloud Atlas by David MitchellIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Books with Innovative Book Design / Structure
96th out of 305 books — 550 voters

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodAtonement by Ian McEwanOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodRoom by Emma Donoghue
Man Booker Shortlist
88th out of 272 books — 81 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
7794th out of 31,985 books — 121,416 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Elephant Tree by R.D. RonaldFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
A List for Those Who Want to Run Screaming at the Mention of Sparkly Vampires, Fifty Shades of Abusive Relationships, or Other Assorted Mass Marketed Crap
320th out of 1,201 books — 584 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...
5184th out of 11,876 books — 10,500 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerMatilda by Roald DahlBeloved by Toni Morrison
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
881st out of 2,259 books — 2,432 voters
The Alienist by Caleb CarrRipple in the Sea by Charley PearsonThe Angel of Darkness by Caleb CarrHunters in the Snow by D.M. ThomasFreud's Mistress by Karen Mack
Running into Freud
8th out of 22 books — 19 voters

Atonement by Ian McEwanThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodPossession by A.S. ByattDisgrace by J.M. Coetzee
Guardian Best British Novel (1980-2005)
17th out of 65 books — 6 voters
Cujo by Stephen KingThe Hotel New Hampshire by John IrvingGorky Park by Martin Cruz SmithMidnight’s Children by Salman RushdieRed Dragon by Thomas Harris
Best Books of 1981
107th out of 326 books — 160 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Literary Fiction
1253rd out of 1,551 books — 1,358 voters
The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan DoyleTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Code of the Woosters by P.G. WodehouseThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe End of the Affair by Graham Greene
Counterpunch: 100 Best Novels in English, Since 1900
53rd out of 100 books — 23 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
8637th out of 10,518 books — 5,822 voters
The Forgotten Garden by Kate MortonThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe House at Riverton by Kate MortonThe Secret Keeper by Kate MortonThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Best Past-Present Books
173rd out of 379 books — 552 voters

Watership Down by Richard AdamsTo Sing Like a Mockingbird by Jan NotzonAtonement by Ian McEwanBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFear of Flying by Erica Jong
Best Books You Might Have Missed
102nd out of 615 books — 261 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Best Historical Fiction
2418th out of 7,508 books — 25,713 voters

Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryOne Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. SeussThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
A Kaleidoscope of Colors
455th out of 2,421 books — 206 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë1984 by George Orwell
Best British and Irish Literature
492nd out of 1,172 books — 1,111 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!
994th out of 3,357 books — 7,971 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
6566th out of 11,047 books — 10,578 voters

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