What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond CarverThe Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories by Ernest HemingwayDrown by Junot DíazJesus’ Son by Denis Johnson
Collections of Short Stories
2,900 books — 2,043 voters
Tree of Smoke by Denis Johnson
Best Literature About the Vietnam War
333 books — 640 voters

Night by Elie WieselOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainHam on Rye by Charles BukowskiDown and Out in Paris and London by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,045 books — 121,724 voters
The BFG by Roald DahlHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen1984 by George Orwell
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,888 books — 10,618 voters

Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs by Judi BarrettIf You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe NumeroffThe Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales by Jon ScieszkaAre You My Mother? by P.D. EastmanThe BFG by Roald Dahl
Best Children's Books
5,347 books — 6,724 voters
1984 by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyAnimal Farm by George OrwellV for Vendetta by Alan             MooreWatchmen by Alan             Moore
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,855 books — 26,117 voters