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
20th out of 2,332 books — 1,145 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck
Pulitzer Winners: Fiction & Novels
22nd out of 99 books — 951 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
278th out of 1,336 books — 5,857 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books of the 20th Century
726th out of 7,899 books — 49,788 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
20th out of 1,042 books — 605 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonAtonement by Ian McEwanLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Major Award-Winning Fiction Since 1990
43rd out of 252 books — 567 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!
14th out of 1,336 books — 503 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
2850th out of 31,959 books — 121,322 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
4954th out of 76,940 books — 286,323 voters
The Diviners by Margaret LaurenceThe Stone Diaries by Carol ShieldsThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThree Day Road by Joseph BoydenIn the Skin of a Lion by Michael Ondaatje
100 Canadian Books to Read in a Lifetime
2nd out of 124 books — 66 voters

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
249th out of 3,140 books — 3,677 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Pulitzer Prize Winners-Fiction
52nd out of 99 books — 271 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Entertainment Weekly New Classics
66th out of 104 books — 258 voters

Wolf Hall by Hilary MantelAtonement by Ian McEwanGilead by Marilynne RobinsonA Thousand Acres by Jane SmileyRagtime by E.L. Doctorow
National Book Critics Circle Award Winners (Fiction)
14th out of 49 books — 37 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnne of the Island by L.M. MontgomeryThe Shipping News by Annie ProulxAlias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Canada
23rd out of 364 books — 155 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...
2654th out of 11,850 books — 10,465 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodWide Sargasso Sea by Jean RhysPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
500 Great Books By Women Group - Summer of Women 2015
14th out of 212 books — 51 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
4596th out of 15,632 books — 17,943 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Bloomsbury 100 Must-read Life-Changing Books
12th out of 103 books — 32 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
22nd out of 272 books — 81 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Moonstone by Wilkie CollinsStone Soup by Marcia BrownThe Sword in the Stone by T.H. WhiteHeartstone by C.J. Sansom
The Stone...
6th out of 510 books — 35 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Goldfinch by Donna TarttThe Road by Cormac McCarthyMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Pulitzer Prize Winners 1948-
19th out of 65 books — 39 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodRebecca by Daphne du MaurierTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
BBC Women's Watershed Fiction (2004 poll)
54th out of 131 books — 38 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
314th out of 2,123 books — 1,664 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeThe Mistress of Nothing by Kate PullingerA Complicated Kindness by Miriam ToewsThe Wars by Timothy Findley
Governor General's Award Winners
6th out of 37 books — 36 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryParable of the Sower by Octavia E. ButlerThe Shipping News by Annie ProulxVoyager by Diana GabaldonThe Fires of Heaven by Robert Jordan
Best Books of 1993
40th out of 396 books — 159 voters
Twilight by Stephenie MeyerBreaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerWicked by Gregory MaguireThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerNew Moon by Stephenie Meyer
Disappointing Books
491st out of 2,730 books — 4,599 voters

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