1984 by George OrwellThe Giver by Lois LowryBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,725 books — 25,935 voters
The Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Best Books Ever
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All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienShōgun by James ClavellThe Iliad by Homer
Best War Novels
1,671 books — 1,381 voters