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The Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoSocialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor BombovThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Cosmic Experience of One by Jasun EtherThe Purpose Driven Life by Rick Warren
Inspiring Books
4,900 books — 3,834 voters
The Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoThe Cosmic Experience of One by Jasun EtherThe Ultimate Human Secrets by Ramzi NajjarMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklUnlock Your Deliverance by Kathryn Krick
Life Transformation Books
3,784 books — 2,626 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenThe Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins GilmanThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesProzac Nation by Elizabeth Wurtzel
Women and Mental Illness (fiction and nonfiction)
1,221 books — 2,422 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerNickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Social Justice: Books on Racism, Sexism, and Class
2,191 books — 1,614 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithBreakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Tales of New York City
1,728 books — 1,305 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelFicciones by Jorge Luis Borges
Latin American Fiction
893 books — 1,200 voters

The Bronze Horseman by Paullina SimonsTatiana and Alexander by Paullina SimonsOutlander by Diana GabaldonThe Summer Garden by Paullina SimonsGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
War/Romance novels
533 books — 696 voters
The Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriIf on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoThe Leopard by Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa
Italy
1,013 books — 536 voters

TaoTuning by Adrian EmeryConfessions Of An Honest Man by Arthur RoschPresenting the Messiah by Brandon CarpenterThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Cosmic Experience of One by Jasun Ether
Mysticism books
270 books — 461 voters
A Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingThe World According to Garp by John IrvingThe Cider House Rules by John IrvingA Widow for One Year by John IrvingThe Hotel New Hampshire by John Irving
Best of John Irving
29 books — 351 voters

The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. HeinleinStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. HeinleinStarship Troopers by Robert A. HeinleinTime Enough for Love by Robert A. HeinleinHave Space Suit—Will Travel by Robert A. Heinlein
Your Favorite Heinlein Novel
47 books — 312 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Killer Angels by Michael ShaaraCold Mountain by Charles FrazierTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinThe Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
American Civil War Books (fiction and nonfiction)
459 books — 292 voters

Gravity’s Rainbow by Thomas PynchonThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas PynchonV. by Thomas PynchonMason & Dixon by Thomas PynchonAgainst the Day by Thomas Pynchon
Ranking the works of Thomas Pynchon
12 books — 265 voters
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer102 Minutes by Jim DwyerThe Looming Tower by Lawrence WrightThe Day the World Came to Town by Jim DeFedeThe Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin Hamid
9/11 Related
273 books — 248 voters

The Color Purple by Alice WalkerBeloved by Toni MorrisonKindred by Octavia E. ButlerAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieThe Darkest Child by Delores Phillips
Contemporary Black Women's Literature
574 books — 242 voters
An Angel in Los Angeles by A.M. SardarFinal Exam by Lou PuglieseThe Alienist by Caleb CarrThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleMistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
Best historical-fiction mysteries
383 books — 222 voters

East of Eden by John SteinbeckOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckCannery Row by John SteinbeckThe Pearl by John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
46 books — 214 voters
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayA Farewell to Arms by Ernest HemingwayThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayFor Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest HemingwayA Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
Best of Hemingway
28 books — 172 voters

Nuestra parte de noche by Mariana EnriquezTemporada de huracanes by Fernanda MelchorLa casa de los espíritus by Isabel AllendeDistancia de rescate by Samanta SchweblinCadáver exquisito by Agustina Bazterrica
Novelas en español escritas por mujeres
227 books — 115 voters
The Dante Club by Matthew PearlThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaPossession by A.S. ByattWhen Secrets Bloom by Patricia FurstenbergArthur & George by Julian Barnes
Authors in Historical Fiction
189 books — 107 voters

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Guns of August by Barbara W. TuchmanA Farewell to Arms by Ernest HemingwayGoodbye to All That by Robert GravesThree Day Road by Joseph Boyden
The Great War in Fiction and Non-Fiction
223 books — 90 voters
The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Trial by Franz KafkaIn the Penal Colony by Franz KafkaA Hunger Artist by Franz KafkaThe Castle by Franz Kafka
The best of Franz Kafka
24 books — 66 voters

The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerAs I Lay Dying by William FaulknerAbsalom, Absalom! by William FaulknerLight in August by William FaulknerGo Down, Moses by William Faulkner
Best of William Faulkner
86 books — 65 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerBreakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteHow to Lose Friends and Alienate People by Toby YoungNegative Space by Lilly DancygerJust Kids by Patti Smith
New York Eats Its Young
74 books — 60 voters

The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas LlosaAunt Julia and the Scriptwriter by Mario Vargas LlosaThe War of the End of the World by Mario Vargas LlosaLa ciudad y los perros by Mario Vargas LlosaConversation in the Cathedral by Mario Vargas Llosa
The Best Book by Mario Vargas Llosa
29 books — 54 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Holy Bible by AnonymousThe Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.The Origin of Species by Charles DarwinBeloved by Toni Morrison
Huffington Post: 12 Books You NEED On Your Bookshelf
12 books — 36 voters

Of Mice and Men by John SteinbeckEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckCannery Row by John SteinbeckTortilla Flat by John Steinbeck
Steinbeck's Country
42 books — 35 voters
The Magus by John FowlesThe Collector by John FowlesThe French Lieutenant’s Woman by John FowlesA Maggot by John FowlesThe Ebony Tower by John Fowles
Top Books of John Fowles
12 books — 35 voters

The Feast of the Goat by Mario Vargas LlosaConversation in the Cathedral by Mario Vargas LlosaThe War of the End of the World by Mario Vargas LlosaAunt Julia and the Scriptwriter by Mario Vargas LlosaLa ciudad y los perros by Mario Vargas Llosa
All about Vargas Llosa
29 books — 35 voters
A Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine HansberryFences by August WilsonDutchman & The Slave by Amiri BarakaPorgy and Bess Fantasy for Two Pianos by George GershwinFor Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rain... by Ntozake Shange
African American Plays
43 books — 34 voters

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