Swamplandia! by Karen RussellWinter's Bone by Daniel WoodrellThe Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullersTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Southern Gothic Literature
347 books — 514 voters
A Mountain of Crumbs by Elena GorokhovaDas Haus zur besonderen Verwendung by John Boyne
Ex-Soviet Immigrant Fiction
38 books — 69 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskySo lonely. by Per NilssonIt's Kind of a Funny Story by Ned VizziniBeneath the Wheel by Hermann Hesse
Best Coming of Age Stories
1,406 books — 1,249 voters
Mario and the Magician and Other Stories by Thomas MannThe Stranger by Albert CamusRebecca by Daphne du MaurierNullzeit by Juli Zeh
Down by the Sea
742 books — 566 voters

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeThe Discovery of Heaven by Harry Mulisch
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,356 books — 4,691 voters
The Fall by Albert CamusThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Plague by Albert CamusFight Club by Chuck PalahniukSteppenwolf by Hermann Hesse
Best Existential Fiction
452 books — 776 voters

Im Westen nichts Neues by Erich Maria RemarqueDas kunstseidene Mädchen by Irmgard KeunSo lonely. by Per NilssonEmilia Galotti by Gotthold Ephraim LessingDie Physiker by Friedrich Dürrenmatt
Best book you read for school
23 books — 18 voters

Das fliegende Klassenzimmer by Erich KästnerLooking for Alaska by John  GreenHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingSkippy Dies by Paul Murray
Boarding School Stories
995 books — 1,143 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerWatership Down by Richard  AdamsEmma by Jane Austen
Favorite Books
15,052 books — 10,704 voters

The House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezLeyla by Feridun ZaimogluBuddenbrooks by Thomas MannLipshitz Six, or Two Angry Blondes by T. Cooper
Family Saga Novels
897 books — 914 voters