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
313th out of 7,889 books — 49,797 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
1175th out of 77,436 books — 289,176 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
38th out of 907 books — 1,257 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
208th out of 1,318 books — 5,862 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
3rd out of 132 books — 193 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
64th out of 593 books — 2,046 voters

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfTo the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfThe Waves by Virginia WoolfA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfOrlando by Virginia Woolf
From Virginia's Room
3rd out of 85 books — 60 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëMrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Great Women Authors
26th out of 1,207 books — 333 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
19th out of 1,059 books — 195 voters

To the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfOrlando by Virginia WoolfA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfThe Waves by Virginia Woolf
Best Creative Work by Virginia Woolf
5th out of 20 books — 40 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Books by Female Authors
71st out of 1,366 books — 469 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
The Book Bucket "Top 10 Books" Challenge Compilation
62nd out of 1,081 books — 370 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...
2266th out of 11,982 books — 10,756 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonMrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Writers who committed suicide
29th out of 458 books — 285 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
3616th out of 32,261 books — 122,916 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Woman-Authored Books
453rd out of 8,558 books — 5,506 voters

Wood, Talc and Mr. J by Chris   RoseThe Waves by Virginia WoolfThe Lover by Marguerite DurasTo the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfThe Stream of Life by Clarice Lispector
Poetic Novels and Novellas
2nd out of 33 books — 34 voters
The Waves by Virginia WoolfA Conceptual Circus by Kenneth Jarrett SingletonUlysses by James JoyceBy Grand Central Station I Sat Down and Wept by Elizabeth  SmartParis Spleen by Charles Baudelaire
Prose poetry
1st out of 97 books — 51 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
92nd out of 453 books — 778 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeLes Misérables by Victor Hugo
Books To Read Before I Die
19th out of 145 books — 109 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)
96th out of 560 books — 544 voters
Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia WoolfUlysses by James JoyceThe Waste Land by T.S. EliotTo the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfThe Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
Modernist Literature
17th out of 188 books — 66 voters

Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierCold Comfort Farm by Stella GibbonsI Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithThe Pursuit of Love by Nancy MitfordBrideshead Revisited by Evelyn Waugh
1930s England
30th out of 166 books — 114 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldTo the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf
Samuel R. Delany's literary pillars
19th out of 103 books — 25 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
30th out of 101 books — 61 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroInfinite Jest by David Foster WallaceBeloved by Toni Morrison
(Not) Modern Library's 100 Best Novels of the 20th Century
49th out of 100 books — 160 voters

Phenomenology of Spirit by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelTo the Lighthouse by Virginia WoolfThe Waves by Virginia WoolfUlysses by James JoyceCritique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant
The Millions' World's Most Difficult Books
3rd out of 21 books — 17 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
445th out of 2,683 books — 13,194 voters

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