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The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenThe Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesProzac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Women and Mental Illness (fiction and nonfiction)
50th out of 1,165 books — 2,288 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryLife of Pi by Yann MartelWater for Elephants by Sara GruenA Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
Best Canadian Literature
78th out of 2,332 books — 1,145 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsWatership Down by Richard  AdamsThe Stand by Stephen  KingThe Shining by Stephen  KingThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
186th out of 1,956 books — 1,883 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodThe Blind Assassin by Margaret AtwoodAlias Grace by Margaret AtwoodThe Year of the Flood by Margaret Atwood
Best of Margaret Atwood
11th out of 105 books — 252 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Book of Negroes by Lawrence HillThe English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Canadian Fiction
76th out of 1,042 books — 605 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
621st out of 1,329 books — 5,853 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George Orwell
1001 Books I Have Already Read
225th out of 523 books — 459 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
898th out of 8,342 books — 5,290 voters
Watership Down by Richard  AdamsFrog and Toad Together by Arnold LobelAlexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith ViorstThe Gods Themselves by Isaac AsimovAll Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
Best Books 1972
14th out of 235 books — 68 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Great Books for Women
34th out of 478 books — 79 voters
Godless by Ann CoulterMiles to Go by Miley CyrusHow to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) by Ann CoulterIf Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans by Ann CoulterSlander by Ann Coulter
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
700th out of 1,638 books — 5,991 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Best Women's Fiction Novels
267th out of 2,123 books — 1,664 voters
The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer by Michelle HodkinImaginary Girls by Nova Ren SumaOn the Fringe by Courtney King WalkerA Blue So Dark by Holly SchindlerThe Dead-Tossed Waves by Carrie Ryan
Swimmers on the Cover
56th out of 287 books — 282 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
10205th out of 76,958 books — 286,421 voters
Hamlet by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William ShakespeareDracula by Bram StokerRebecca by Daphne du MaurierNight by Elie Wiesel
One Word Titles
226th out of 2,557 books — 266 voters

Someone Like You by Sarah DessenThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerSalvaged by Stefne MillerAlong for the Ride by Sarah DessenThe Dark Divine by Bree Despain
Feet!
70th out of 518 books — 309 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
324th out of 1,550 books — 1,358 voters

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyA Streetcar Named Desire by Tennessee WilliamsLady Chatterley’s Lover by D.H. LawrenceLove In The Time Of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezDelta of Venus by Anaïs Nin
Nudes
68th out of 580 books — 79 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Shipping News by Annie ProulxLife of Pi by Yann MartelAnne of Avonlea by L.M. MontgomeryAlias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Oh, Canada!
203rd out of 1,336 books — 503 voters

Hunting Lila by Sarah AldersonAlong for the Ride by Sarah DessenAlice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Dark Divine by Bree DespainThe Lost Saint by Bree Despain
Legs!
59th out of 437 books — 134 voters

Persuasion by Jane AustenStardust by Neil GaimanDivergent by Veronica RothHoles by Louis SacharRoom by Emma Donoghue
One-Word Titles: Novels (NO Proper Nouns)
114th out of 1,184 books — 51 voters
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryPersuasion by Jane AustenGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Headless Women
105th out of 623 books — 137 voters

Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
Books with Unreliable Narrators
149th out of 502 books — 491 voters
Still Life by Louise PennyLullabies for Little Criminals by Heather O'NeillA Fatal Grace by Louise PennyThe Hockey Sweater by Roch CarrierThe Cruelest Month by Louise Penny
Québec
20th out of 329 books — 69 voters

Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan PoeThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Books with a Nameless Protagonist
15th out of 85 books — 36 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Stone Angel by Margaret LaurenceDéjà Dead by Kathy ReichsThe Shipping News by Annie ProulxThe Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
Fiction Novels That Take Place In Canada
16th out of 162 books — 60 voters


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