The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaThe Trial by Franz Kafka
The best of Franz Kafka
22 books — 63 voters
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayAnimal Farm by George OrwellOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Trial by Franz KafkaHeart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov
Great Short Short Books
574 books — 504 voters

A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'Connor
Country Noir
340 books — 308 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Trial by Franz KafkaThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Best Books Ever
74,780 books — 277,442 voters

A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorEverything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'ConnorThe Complete Stories by Flannery O'Connor
Best Southern Gothic Literature
332 books — 488 voters
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorEverything That Rises Must Converge by Flannery O'ConnorThe Complete Stories by Flannery O'Connor
Best Southern Literature
1,331 books — 2,573 voters

The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Edgar Allan PoeThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeThe Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway by Ernest HemingwayMetamorphoses by Ovid
Best Short Stories
1,754 books — 1,046 voters
The Trial by Franz KafkaThe Complete Stories by Franz Kafka
Best German/Austrian/Swiss Literature
1,032 books — 951 voters

Angels & Demons by Dan    Brown
Lab Lit
173 books — 72 voters
The Law by Frédéric BastiatFor a New Liberty by Murray N. RothbardAnatomy of the State by Murray N. RothbardThe Machinery of Freedom by David D. FriedmanHuman Action by Ludwig von Mises
Anarcho-Capitalism
83 books — 72 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Fountainhead by Ayn RandFor a New Liberty by Murray N. RothbardHuman Action by Ludwig von MisesLiberalism by Ludwig von Mises
Best Libertarian Books
371 books — 286 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaHeart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov
World's Greatest Novellas
713 books — 1,436 voters

1984 by George OrwellOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,235 books — 3,852 voters
The Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
The Great American Novel
666 books — 1,088 voters

The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayEast of Eden by John Steinbeck
Nobel Laureates
659 books — 563 voters
The Trial by Franz Kafka
Best Surrealist Literature
262 books — 207 voters

The Blue Mountain by Meir ShalevSee Under by David Grossman
Best Israeli Reads
128 books — 99 voters
Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov
Best Russian Literature
510 books — 2,273 voters

1984 by George Orwell
Best Science Fiction Ever Written.
1,766 books — 3,881 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonThe Haunting of Hill House by Shirley JacksonThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington IrvingDracula by Bram Stoker
Best Gothic Books of All Time
562 books — 3,463 voters
Les Misérables by Victor HugoWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
745 books — 1,810 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonLeaves of Grass by Walt Whitman
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,705 books — 6,853 voters
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Best Horror Novels
1,950 books — 5,395 voters

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Best Southern Books
816 books — 738 voters
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
1001 Books I'd Rather Die than Read
965 books — 868 voters

What We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond CarverThe Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway by Ernest HemingwayWill You Please Be Quiet, Please? by Raymond CarverThe Gift of the Magi and Other Short Stories by O. Henry
Collections of Short Stories
2,882 books — 2,036 voters
Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyIt by Stephen        King
Books Like Stranger Things
156 books — 129 voters

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Best of Hemingway
26 books — 168 voters
Antigone by Sophocles
Favourite Greek Books
408 books — 359 voters


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