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On Writing by Stephen KingThe Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.Bird by Bird by Anne LamottWriting Down the Bones by Natalie GoldbergEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss
Best Books on Writing
792 books — 1,324 voters
Haiku in English by Philip RowlandGoing Down Jericho Road by Michael K. HoneySurvivors by Allan ZulloThe Book on the Bookshelf by Henry PetroskiThe Reason I Jump by Naoki Higashida
NATMAN
12 books — 2 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankLord of the Flies by William GoldingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
New York Times 100 Best YA of All Time
100 books — 5 voters
Stray Birds by Rabindranath TagoreThe Essential Rumi by Coleman BarksPoems by Emily Dickinson, Series One by Emily DickinsonDevotions by Mary OliverThe Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
Nature Literature
36 books — 8 voters

No Time Like the Future by Michael J. FoxQuiet by Susan Cain
Optimistic Reads
17 books — 2 voters
The Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckLes Miserables by Victor HugoA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Grand Historicals
30 books — 3 voters

The English Patient by Michael OndaatjeThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCulloughThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Stranger by Albert Camus
The Most Translated Books of the World
115 books — 8 voters
2001 by Arthur C. ClarkeThe Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienThe Two Towers by J.R.R. TolkienThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien
Deluxe Hardcover Editions
6 books — 3 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellSophie’s World by Jostein Gaarder1984 by George OrwellThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Books that broaden your horizon
60 books — 5 voters
1984 by George OrwellLife of Pi by Yann MartelKindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Best Multi-Genre Novels
66 books — 103 voters

The Hate U Give by Angie ThomasKindred by Octavia E. ButlerMeridian by Alice WalkerThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Temple of My Familiar by Alice Walker
Fiction by Black Authors
68 books — 16 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonGulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die That Are Available From Project Gutenberg
198 books — 71 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderLetter from the Birmingham Jail by Martin Luther King Jr.Gospel of Freedom by Jonathan RiederJust Mercy by Bryan Stevenson
Incarceration in the American 'Justice' System
91 books — 12 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Social Justice: Books on Racism, Sexism, and Class
2,090 books — 1,524 voters

Later by Stephen KingHow to Avoid a Climate Disaster by Bill GatesMade in China by Amelia PangSpooked by Barry MeierYou'll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey by Amber Ruffin
Best Books of 2021
1,435 books — 1,624 voters
Linger by Maggie StiefvaterMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsThe Body Finder by Kimberly DertingIntrinsical by Lani WoodlandThe Lost Saint by Bree Despain
Beautiful Book Covers of 2010
370 books — 1,280 voters

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyLetters to a Young Poet by Rainer Maria RilkeOn Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous by Ocean Vuong
books with prose that read like poetry
31 books — 8 voters
A Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareThe Green Man by Ellen DatlowFaeries by Brian FroudSmith of Wootton Major by J.R.R. TolkienJim Henson's The Dark Crystal by Brian Froud
Sidhe
281 books — 100 voters

The Wild Wood by Charles de Lint
Brian Froud's Faerielands series
4 books — 2 voters
The Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterThe Year of Living Biblically by A.J. JacobsNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonTranscending Depression by Larry Godwin
You Read a Book about What?
4,017 books — 2,065 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Last Defender of Camelot by Roger ZelaznyLord of Light by Roger ZelaznyThe Guns of Avalon by Roger ZelaznyNine Princes in Amber by Roger Zelazny
Authors with Last Names Starting with 'Z'
273 books — 63 voters
Out of This Furnace by Thomas BellLast Great Strike by Ahmed WhiteRavenswood by Tom JuravichKilling for Coal by Thomas G. AndrewsFlames of Discontent by Gary Kaunonen
Books about Strikes
96 books — 41 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Rise and Fall of the Third Reich by William L. ShirerCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteEthan Frome by Edith WhartonThe Complete Brothers Grimm Fairytales by Jacob Grimm
Every Book Lisa Simpson Has Read
39 books — 8 voters
A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Civil War by Shelby FooteThe Worst Hard Time by Timothy EganUnbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Best American History Books
2,115 books — 2,476 voters

Langston Hughes by Henry Louis Gates Jr.Alice Walker by Henry Louis Gates Jr.
Writings and Essays Published by African-Americans in Decade: 1990s
16 books — 2 voters
Another Country by James BaldwinGiovanni’s Room by James Baldwin
books i want to read most, ranked by priority
36 books — 2 voters

Amelia Lost by Candace FlemingLives by Lee Bennett HopkinsMy America by Lee Bennett HopkinsThe Doll with the Yellow Star by Yona Zeldis McDonoughEvery Thing on It by Shel Silverstein
Fairfax County Public Schools Reading List: Rising 6th Graders
72 books — 11 voters
Dolly Parton Songteller by Dolly PartonLast Chance Texaco by Rickie Lee Jones
Memoir Published in Year: 2021
353 books — 195 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakA Walk to Remember by Nicholas SparksMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultLooking for Alaska by John GreenAllegiant by Veronica Roth
Two words: I. cried.
664 books — 838 voters
The Johnstown Flood by David McCulloughThree Rivers Rising by Jame RichardsRuthless Tide by Al RokerWaterproof by Judith Redline CoopeyThe Johnstown Flood of 1889 by Charles River Editors
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
61 books — 5 voters