Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid UndsetThe Tale of Genji by Murasaki ShikibuAn Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose BiercePnin by Vladimir NabokovNorth and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
755 books — 1,829 voters
Our Divided Political Heart by E.J. Dionne Jr.War on the Middle Class by Lou DobbsBoomerang by Michael   LewisIt's Even Worse Than It Looks by Thomas E. MannThe Great Derangement by Matt Taibbi
The Daily Show Reading Club
360 books — 263 voters

A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinThe Book of Three by Lloyd AlexanderThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienMagician by Raymond E. FeistMagician by Raymond E. Feist
Medieval Fantasy Books
509 books — 937 voters
Scaramouche by Rafael SabatiniThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasCyrano de Bergerac by Edmond RostandCaptain Blood by Rafael SabatiniThe Thief of Baghdad - Cinta Sejati Sang Pangeran Pencuri by Alexander Romanoff
Fencing fiction
155 books — 220 voters

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Emerald City of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Adventure of the Copper Beeches - a Sherlock Holmes Short... by Arthur Conan Doyle
Jewelry Box
750 books — 102 voters
Tao Te Ching by Lao TzuSiddhartha by Hermann HesseTao by Alan W. WattsLieh-tzu by LieziZen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu Suzuki
Best Books on Taoism
108 books — 130 voters

Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind by Shunryu SuzukiSiddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Tibetan Book of Living and Dying by Sogyal RinpocheThe Way of Zen by Alan W. WattsEveryday Zen by Charlotte Joko Beck
A Buddhist Reading List
918 books — 1,193 voters
The Eye of the World by Robert JordanThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisWizard's First Rule by Terry Goodkind
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,567 books — 26,611 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,339 books — 4,626 voters
The Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,267 books — 8,079 voters

Thirteen Moons by Charles FrazierThe Ballad of Frankie Silver by Sharyn McCrumbThe Hangman's Beautiful Daughter by Sharyn McCrumbShe Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumbCold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Best Books Set in Appalachia
802 books — 844 voters
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Read Them Twice...At Least
14,227 books — 11,782 voters