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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
534 books — 889 voters
A Moveable Feast by Ernest HemingwayWill in the World by Stephen GreenblattI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouDown and Out in Paris and London by George OrwellOut of Africa / Shadows on the Grass by Isak Dinesen
Literary biographies
477 books — 95 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
100 books — 159 voters
Daddy-Long-Legs / Dear Enemy by Jean WebsterThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanTo Sir, With Love by E.R. BraithwaiteBambi by Felix SaltenThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell Hammett
That Was A Book?!?! The Best of the Underrated and Obscure
407 books — 90 voters

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Canterbury Tales by Geoffrey ChaucerBeowulf by UnknownMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Favorite Poorly Rated Books
1,513 books — 260 voters
Fingersmith by Sarah WatersTipping the Velvet by Sarah WatersAnnie on My Mind by Nancy GardenFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggThe Price of Salt by Claire Morgan
Best Lesbian Fiction
2,027 books — 2,638 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakNight by Elie WieselThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferSchindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
World War II Fiction & Non-fiction
776 books — 378 voters
Hard Choices by Hillary Rodham ClintonDrift by Rachel MaddowHillbilly Elegy by J.D. VanceThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderThe Sun Does Shine by Anthony Ray Hinton
Gettin' Educated, 2017
37 books — 11 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Vegetarian by Han KangOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
21 great novels under 200 pages
22 books — 11 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldLord of the Flies by William GoldingAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Required Reading in High School
810 books — 1,276 voters

The Histories by HerodotusThe Prince by Niccolò MachiavelliThe Road to Wigan Pier by George OrwellPhenomenology of Spirit by Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HegelThe Concept of the Political by Carl Schmitt
The Well Educated Mind History Genre
40 books — 18 voters
Hamlet by William ShakespeareRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankCrime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Favourite "homework" books
160 books — 96 voters