1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsDune by Frank HerbertThe Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov
Best Science Fiction of the 20th Century
550 books — 476 voters
Daemon by Daniel SuarezAltered Carbon by Richard K. Morgan
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,164 books — 8,899 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe City and the Stars by Arthur C. ClarkeCalvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonFull Dark, No Stars by Stephen        KingNorth and South by John Jakes
Stars and Stripes
212 books — 38 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertChildhood’s End by Arthur C. ClarkeFoundation by Isaac AsimovAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanThe Moon Is a Harsh Mistress by Robert A. Heinlein
Best Hugo Award Winners and Nominees
294 books — 164 voters

A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinDune by Frank Herbert
Real Epic Fantasy
161 books — 396 voters
Helping the Retarded to Know God by H.R. HahnNatural Bust Enlargement with Total Mind Power by Donald L. WilsonDr. Sebi’s Guide for Healing  by Indira SwamiDr. Sebi Cure for Herpes by Samantha PlantDR. SEBI HERPES TREATMENT by Carin C. Hendry
Most absolutely ridiculous book
224 books — 117 voters

Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeCry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonArrow of God by Chinua AchebeThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverNo Longer at Ease by Chinua Achebe
African Fiction
600 books — 428 voters
The Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriThe Kalevala by Elias LönnrotThe Bhagavad Gita by Krishna-Dwaipayana VyasaThe Epic of Gilgamesh by AnonymousMetamorphoses by Ovid
Best of Epic Poetry
122 books — 200 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Reluctant Jesus by Duncan WhiteheadThe Alphabet of Manliness by MaddoxOn a Pale Horse by Piers AnthonyGood Omens by Terry Pratchett
Bizarre and/or Hilarious
94 books — 138 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë1984 by George OrwellThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best British and Irish Literature
1,182 books — 1,111 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Favorite Historical Romance Novels
3,374 books — 5,999 voters
The Giver by Lois LowryHoles by Louis SacharBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonNumber the Stars by Lois LowryMatilda by Roald Dahl
Top 100 Middle School Must-Reads
2,261 books — 3,657 voters

The Road from Home by David KherdianThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten BoomCry, the Beloved Country by Alan PatonAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueFirst They Killed My Father by Loung Ung
20th Century World History
30 books — 10 voters

Mein Kampf by Adolf HitlerThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Protocols of the Learned Elders of Zion by Matvei Vasilyevich GolovinskiScientology by L. Ron HubbardDianetics by L. Ron Hubbard
Books Employed to Greatly Harmful Ends
288 books — 227 voters
The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonNight by Elie WieselThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Best History Books
3,643 books — 3,672 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Giver by Lois LowryAnimal Farm by George OrwellUnwind by Neal ShustermanThe Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,662 books — 25,885 voters
The Holy Bible by Anonymousالقرآن الكريم by AnonymousThe Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx1984 by George OrwellThe Prince by Niccolò Machiavelli
The Most Influential Books
1,479 books — 5,280 voters