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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
714 books — 1,442 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George Orwell
Works of Pure Genius
727 books — 576 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerAhab by Brad HuestisThis I Know by Eldonna Edwards
Coming of Age Books for Adult Readers
223 books — 302 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussCall Me by Your Name by André Aciman
Books With Beautiful Prose
239 books — 134 voters

The Poet X by Elizabeth AcevedoLong Way Down by Jason ReynoldsStarfish by Lisa FippsBrown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline WoodsonClap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo
52 Book Club 2025: #17 - Told In Verse
155 books — 105 voters
Deathless by Catherynne M. ValenteDevil's Intern by Jayme PhelpsJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil GaimanThe Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
SciFi & Fantasy Books With Beautiful Prose
108 books — 101 voters

Milk and honey by Rupi KaurThe Princess Saves Herself in This One by Amanda LovelaceLullaby of Love by Rebecca WinningThe Sun and Her Flowers by Rupi KaurThe Witch Doesn't Burn in This One by Amanda Lovelace
Poetry and Prose–Female Authors
303 books — 97 voters
A Conceptual Circus by Kenneth Jarrett SingletonEthereal by Phillip BainbridgeThe Unwords by Non NomenComplex Knowing by Chris KatsaropoulosAll the Broken Pieces by Ann E. Burg
Books in Poem
85 books — 87 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyMilena by Olja KnezevicThe Trial by Franz KafkaThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovI Served the King of England by Bohumil Hrabal
Best Novels from Eastern Europe
198 books — 83 voters
Exotic Neurotic by Kenneth Jarrett SingletonAn Old Man by Eric M. BlackBetween The Lines by Céline ZabadRevel by Michael IndemaioAnxiety by Danny Winter
Powerful Poetry
62 books — 63 voters

Lullaby of Love by Rebecca WinningExotic Neurotic by Kenneth Jarrett SingletonAn Old Man by Eric M. BlackBetween The Lines by Céline ZabadAnxiety by Danny Winter
Best Poetry Collections
38 books — 42 voters
Твърди Перейра by Antonio TabucchiСамотата на простите числа by Paolo GiordanoАко пътник в зимна нощ by Italo CalvinoСилата на миналото by Sandro VeronesiМен не ме е страх by Niccolò Ammaniti
Поредица „Съвременна европейска проза“ на издателство Colibri
125 books — 40 voters

The Silence Dividend by Izzy BondThe Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan PoeThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Giver by Lois LowryAll That We Reflect by Izzy Bond
Novellas, Novelettes and Short Fiction That Are Great
62 books — 37 voters
The Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The 52 Book Club 2026: #49 - In The 800's Of The Dewey Decimal System
182 books — 32 voters

I, Claudius by Robert GravesThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerThe Silver Pigs by Lindsey DavisPompeii by Robert HarrisThe Robe by Lloyd C. Douglas
Stylish Ancient Rome & Greece Historical Fiction
96 books — 30 voters
The Lottery and Other Stories by Shirley JacksonThe Yellow Wall-Paper by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela CarterA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorOpen Secrets by Alice Munro
Badass Women Authors Killing the Prose/Short Fiction Game
86 books — 26 voters

Beyond the Last Time by Noah TuyaRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Most Beautiful Writing
91 books — 26 voters
The Further Adventures of Batman by Martin H. GreenbergBatman by Dennis O'NeilCat-Tales Book 4 by Chris DeeCat-Tales Book 5 by Chris DeeBatman by Andrew Vachss
Batman Prose Stories
26 books — 16 voters

Anxiety by Danny WinterWoody Notes, and Heat Sneaking up Fast by Danny WinterNever Go With Your Gut by Gleb TsipurskyThe Ipswich Bus by Robbie FranklinEchoes From a Cobbled Street by David Hayes
Words that Influence
44 books — 16 voters
If Hearts Had Training Wheels by Ellen EverettThe Soul Whispers Poetry by Vikki KoplickSacred Animal Activism by Vikki KoplickTo the Man I Loved Too Much by Gabrielle G.Unsent Love Letters by R. Clift
Poetic Whispers of the Soul
28 books — 13 voters

De Rerum Natura by David HillstromTséyi' / Deep in the Rock by Laura ToheOcean Power by Ofelia ZepedaNri Kryne by Mara DuryeaDe Rerum Natura by David Hillstrom
Sun Tracks — Creative Works by Native Americans
74 books — 7 voters
Soulful Holidays by Ciara L. HillThe All-I'll-Ever-Want Christmas Doll by Patricia C. McKissackI Got the Christmas Spirit by Connie Schofield-MorrisonUnder the Christmas Tree by Nikki GrimesCocoa Mistletoe by Ciara L. Hill
Christmas Picture Books by African-American Authors
34 books — 6 voters

Flowers in the Attic by V.C. AndrewsWhere the Crawdads Sing by Delia OwensThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienStrange the Dreamer by Laini TaylorThe Marriage Portrait by Maggie O'Farrell
Purple Prose
23 books — 5 voters
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieEating Animals by Jonathan Safran FoerBetween the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi CoatesA Dream Called Home by Reyna GrandeThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
2021 American College Summer Reading Lists
100 books — 3 voters

The Collected Poems of Lucille Clifton 1965-2010 by Lucille CliftonThe Hungry Ear by Kevin YoungThe VITAL SYSTEM by C.M. BurroughsThe Grey Album by Kevin YoungShoulda Been Jimi Savannah by Patricia Smith
2012 Poetry by African-Americans
9 books — 2 voters
The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela CarterGirl in Snow by Danya KukafkaThe Latinist by Mark PrinsPerfect Days by Raphael MontesThe Push by Ashley Audrain
Literary horror and thriller
42 books — 2 voters

Clover by Dori SandersSpeak Gigantular by Irenosen OkojieThe Mothers by Brit BennettPiecing Me Together by Renée WatsonWe Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Call Number Curated Book Selections
55 books — 1 voter
All Along You Were Blooming by Morgan Harper NicholsSofter God by Carisa DownsLet Be What Is by Anna MichalThe Turning Aside by D.S. Martin
Contemporary Christian/Spiritual Poetry
4 books — 1 voter

Nadja by André BretonThe Complete Stories of Leonora Carrington by Leonora CarringtonThe Hearing Trumpet by Leonora CarringtonManifestoes of Surrealism by André BretonThe Automatic Message by André Breton
Surrealist & Experimental Book List
12 books — 1 voter
The Song of Roland by UnknownThe Romance of the Rose by Guillaume de LorrisGargantua and Pantagruel by François RabelaisLe Cid by Pierre CorneillePhèdre by Jean Racine
Old French Literature
14 books — 1 voter

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