Buddenbrooks by Thomas MannPalliser Novels by Anthony TrollopeThe Corrections by Jonathan FranzenAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Novels of Domestic Life
423 books — 140 voters
Dominion by C.J. Sansom
Your Top 5 Reads in 2013
1,301 books — 1,093 voters

A Fine Balance by Rohinton MistryA Suitable Boy by Vikram SethMidnight’s Children by Salman Rushdie
Best Indian Fiction Books
913 books — 2,421 voters
The Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia FraserWild Swans by Jung Chang
Best Biographies
1,640 books — 2,916 voters

Ulysses by James JoyceCritique of Pure Reason by Immanuel KantDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraIn Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust
REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT BOOKS
260 books — 361 voters
Buddenbrooks by Thomas MannWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Palliser Novels by Anthony Trollope
Dynasties in Fiction
184 books — 61 voters

Burley Cross Postbox Theft by Nicola BarkerThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha ChristieThe Moonstone by Wilkie CollinsThe Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsI Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Epistolary Fiction
850 books — 821 voters
Black Swan Green by David MitchellBirdsong by Sebastian FaulksThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniWild Swans by Jung ChangOne Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey
Books with birds in the title
2,007 books — 275 voters

The Daffodil Mystery by Edgar WallaceThe Enchanted April by Elizabeth von Arnim
Best books for Spring reading
186 books — 105 voters
The Odyssey by HomerWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
War Fiction
1,252 books — 378 voters

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyAtonement by Ian McEwanCover Her Face by P.D. James
Nurses
311 books — 81 voters
Arsenic and Old Lace by Joseph KesselringConfessions of an English Opium Eater by Thomas de QuinceyThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHamlet by William ShakespeareA Pocket Full of Rye by Agatha Christie
Poison in the Title
393 books — 65 voters

My Name Is Red by Orhan PamukThe White Castle by Orhan Pamuk
Orhan Pamuk
7 books — 13 voters
Black Swan Green by David MitchellCloud Atlas by David MitchellThe Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet by David MitchellGhostwritten by David Mitchell
David Mitchell
11 books — 106 voters

Angels & Demons by Dan    BrownMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Most Overrated Author
136 books — 127 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Wives of Henry VIII by Antonia FraserEleanor of Aquitaine by Alison WeirThe Red-Headed League by Arthur Conan Doyle
Red Hair
621 books — 126 voters

Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Best of 1904
37 books — 32 voters
Uncle Vanya by Anton Chekhov
The Best Books of 1899
25 books — 28 voters

For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
Best of 1940
47 books — 30 voters
The Honourable Schoolboy by John Le Carré
Best Books 1977
176 books — 60 voters

Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Books 1954
107 books — 57 voters
The Golden Notebook by Doris LessingHand in Glove by Ngaio Marsh
Best Books 1962
129 books — 91 voters

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
The 800+ page Gorillaz
459 books — 518 voters
The Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,274 books — 15,384 voters


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