Stoner by John  WilliamsChess Story by Stefan ZweigThe Summer Book by Tove JanssonThe Invention of Morel by Adolfo Bioy CasaresA Month in the Country by J.L. Carr
New York Review Books - Classics
2nd out of 531 books — 890 voters
The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Trial by Franz KafkaAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueSteppenwolf by Hermann HessePerfume by Patrick Süskind
Best German/Austrian/Swiss Literature
11th out of 975 books — 958 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Stranger by Albert Camus
World's Greatest Novellas
27th out of 717 books — 1,448 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
228th out of 1,329 books — 5,853 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
2615th out of 76,963 books — 286,432 voters
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollChess Story by Stefan ZweigThe Eight by Katherine NevilleThe Queen's Gambit by Walter TevisThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Chess-themed Fiction
2nd out of 105 books — 139 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
56th out of 821 books — 1,145 voters
Chess Story by Stefan ZweigBeware of Pity by Stefan ZweigVingt-quatre heures de la vie d'une femme by Stefan ZweigLa Confusion des sentiments by Stefan ZweigAmok and Other Stories by Stefan Zweig
Top Stefan Zweig Books
1st out of 24 books — 46 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Stranger by Albert CamusOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Great Short Short Books
25th out of 580 books — 515 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
13th out of 451 books — 284 voters

Faust, First Part by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Sorrows of Young Werther by Johann Wolfgang von GoetheSteppenwolf by Hermann HessePerfume by Patrick Süskind
German Classics
9th out of 227 books — 151 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
Most influential books under 100 pages
51st out of 251 books — 923 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
758th out of 7,889 books — 49,787 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
114th out of 1,079 books — 623 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Glass Bead Game by Hermann HesseReady Player One by Ernest ClineChess Story by Stefan Zweig
Game Theory
5th out of 431 books — 102 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Trial by Franz Kafka
Favorite Translated Literature
73rd out of 1,034 books — 499 voters

The Man Without Qualities by Robert MusilThe Trial by Franz KafkaChess Story by Stefan ZweigLetters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria RilkeThe Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge by Rainer Maria Rilke
Best Austrian Literature
3rd out of 136 books — 60 voters
Rubinrot by Kerstin GierInkheart by Cornelia FunkeMomo by Michael EndeSaphirblau by Kerstin GierThe Neverending Story by Michael Ende
Best German Authors
76th out of 606 books — 705 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonHomegoing by Yaa GyasiThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
[ATY 2021] - Are You Well Read in World Literature?
42nd out of 456 books — 217 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Catching up on Classics (and lots more!) Group Reads
179th out of 434 books — 174 voters

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Around the World One Book from Each Country
101st out of 1,085 books — 976 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
4560th out of 31,966 books — 121,363 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Best Literary Mysteries
532nd out of 2,574 books — 4,654 voters
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingIA by John Darryl WinstonChess Story by Stefan ZweigThe Flanders Panel by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Chess in Fiction
4th out of 62 books — 46 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakWe by Yevgeny ZamyatinA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnChess Story by Stefan ZweigBoy Nobody by Allen Zadoff
Authors Starting With "Z"
4th out of 272 books — 37 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Chosen by Chaim PotokNight by Elie WieselWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
The Best of Jewish Authors
60th out of 730 books — 193 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane Austen1984 by George OrwellJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Favorites from 1001 Books You Should Read Before You Die
293rd out of 504 books — 1,055 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
336th out of 1,184 books — 2,770 voters

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