Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor DostoevskyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Best Russian Literature
115th out of 524 books — 2,306 voters
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynRoadside Picnic by Arkady StrugatskyLife and Fate by Vasily GrossmanCancer Ward by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Best Post WWII Soviet Lit
19th out of 57 books — 74 voters

Sofia Petrovna by Lydia ChukovskayaMoscow to the End of the Line by Venedikt ErofeevThe Foundation Pit by Andrei PlatonovThe Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin by Vladimir VoinovichAshes and Diamonds by Jerzy Andrzejewski
Northwestern University Press: European Classics
4th out of 73 books — 19 voters
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynDoctor Zhivago by Boris PasternakWe by Yevgeny ZamyatinHeart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov
Best Russian (Soviet 1917-1991) Literature
93rd out of 201 books — 269 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Greatest Eastern European Classics
125th out of 445 books — 264 voters
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovDead Souls by Nikolai GogolOblomov by Ivan GoncharovA Hero of Our Time by Mikhail LermontovFathers and Sons by Ivan Turgenev
A Russian reading list for the next two years
27th out of 211 books — 31 voters

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Crash Course in Slavic Literature
138th out of 443 books — 232 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
612th out of 1,440 books — 1,777 voters

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John le CarréThe French Lieutenant’s Woman by John FowlesMaster & Commander by Patrick O'BrianCaptain Blood by Rafael SabatiniGods and Generals by Jeff Shaara
Military Men
140th out of 441 books — 50 voters
All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best War Novels
1161st out of 1,712 books — 1,459 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonI the Supreme by Augusto Roa BastosI Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced by Nujood AliThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William KamkwambaChess Story by Stefan Zweig
Most Rated Book by Country
125th out of 150 books — 7 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakNight by Elie WieselSchindler’s List by Thomas KeneallyNumber the Stars by Lois Lowry
World War II/Holocaust Fiction & Non-fiction
934th out of 1,009 books — 815 voters

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis
Best Anti-heroes in Books
571st out of 602 books — 430 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsTwilight by Stephenie MeyerCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareHarry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. Rowling
Best Male Character
2605th out of 3,174 books — 3,051 voters

The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienHuế  1968 by Mark BowdenThe Sorrow of War by Bảo NinhWe Were Soldiers Once... and Young by Harold G. MooreThe Quiet American by Graham Greene
War Fiction
1118th out of 1,265 books — 435 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Best Books with Rural Settings
1067th out of 1,151 books — 1,032 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules VerneCandide by VoltaireTwenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules VerneAlexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day by Judith Viorst
Authors with Last Names Starting with 'V'
188th out of 362 books — 34 voters
The Appointment by Herta MüllerAshanti to Zulu by Margaret MusgroveThe Strange Career of Jim Crow by C. Vann WoodwardThe World Inside by Robert SilverbergDreaming in Chinese by Deborah Fallows
Books with 1,001 to 5,000 Ratings
780th out of 1,031 books — 64 voters

Catching Fire by Suzanne CollinsFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyFantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them by Newt ScamanderOthello by William ShakespeareGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
Seeing Red
1864th out of 2,193 books — 464 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Godfather by Mario PuzoThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinThe French Lieutenant's Woman by John FowlesThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Best Books 1969
84th out of 147 books — 57 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
4861st out of 7,877 books — 49,835 voters
Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail HoneymanA Man Called Ove by Fredrik BackmanBefore We Were Yours by Lisa WingateThe Hate U Give by Angie ThomasLittle Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng
2018: What the Over-35s Are Reading
2330th out of 2,747 books — 301 voters

Children of the Arbat by Anatoly RybakovConquered City by Victor SergeUnforgiving Years by Victor SergeOblivion by Sergei LebedevThere Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor's Baby by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya
Less Well Known Russian Classics
32nd out of 33 books — 3 voters
Night Watch by Sergei LukyanenkoMetro 2033 by Dmitry GlukhovskyMoscow 2042 by Vladimir VoinovichDe meester en Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovDokter Zjivago by Boris Pasternak
Modern Russian novels in translation
36th out of 92 books — 28 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónRuby Red by Kerstin GierLes Misérables by Victor HugoSaphirblau by Kerstin GierThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Foreign Books Translated To English
692nd out of 831 books — 220 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellBuddenbrooks by Thomas MannSophie’s World by Jostein GaarderThe Insulted and Humiliated by Fyodor DostoevskyWe Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver
Books that Contain Text
26th out of 35 books — 2 voters

Love Is Never Past Tense... by Janna YeshanovaOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynDoctor Zhivago by Boris PasternakGorky Park by Martin Cruz SmithThe Bronze Horseman by Paullina Simons
History through Novels: 1900s/2000s Russia
53rd out of 67 books — 65 voters