Norwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiThe Woman in the Dunes by Kōbō Abe
Best Japanese Books
770 books — 3,244 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryPippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
Favorite books from my childhood
4,403 books — 7,409 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books that Made You Cry!
3,356 books — 7,839 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Best for Book Clubs
14,466 books — 18,253 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,309 books — 24,505 voters
Codex Seraphinianus. Ein Orbis Pictus des Universums der Phan... by Luigi SerafiniA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Weirdest Books Ever
1,193 books — 1,183 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodWater for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Best Canadian Literature
2,330 books — 1,141 voters
Great Expectations by Charles DickensThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeAnne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Best Bildungsroman book
360 books — 318 voters

Madame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Books Daria Read
70 books — 64 voters
Madame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessWaiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
Pompous Books to Read in Public
307 books — 153 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
(good!) Hipster Literature
132 books — 247 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerPersuasion by Jane AustenFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Must Read Classics
1,853 books — 4,624 voters

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueA Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
Best War Novels
1,670 books — 1,378 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryPersuasion by Jane AustenRobinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Books on Loneliness
513 books — 495 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëPersuasion by Jane Austen
All Time Favorite Romance Novels
5,524 books — 12,518 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayAnne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,789 books — 49,758 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckAnne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,366 books — 119,193 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingLooking for Alaska by John Green
Boarding School Stories
960 books — 1,013 voters
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovLolita by Vladimir NabokovHeart of a Dog by Mikhail BulgakovOblomov by Ivan GoncharovAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Best Russian Literature
511 books — 2,276 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckPersuasion by Jane Austen
Most emotional books
890 books — 947 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithThe Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,825 books — 10,350 voters

The Godfather by Mario Puzo
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,293 books — 15,518 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Best Books Ever
75,508 books — 280,442 voters


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