English Papers by William H. PritchardThe Broom of the System by David Foster WallaceInfinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
Campus Days
393 books — 289 voters
The Deptford Trilogy by Robertson DaviesThe Salterton Trilogy by Robertson DaviesThe Cornish Trilogy by Robertson Davies
The Best Omnibuses and Box Sets
678 books — 1,501 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
I'm glad someone made me read this book
10,514 books — 10,132 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, and Five by Doris LessingBlindness by José SaramagoThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Last Unicorn by Peter S. Beagle
Highbrow Fantasy Books
416 books — 623 voters
The Deptford Trilogy by Robertson DaviesThe Papers of Samuel Marchbanks by Robertson DaviesThe Cornish Trilogy by Robertson DaviesThe Salterton Trilogy by Robertson DaviesArcadian Adventures with the Idle Rich by Stephen Leacock
Oh, Canada!
1,343 books — 500 voters

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraBleak House by Charles DickensInfinite Jest by David Foster Wallace
The 800+ page Gorillaz
459 books — 518 voters

The Puritan Dilemma by Edmund S. MorganMiracle at Philadelphia by Catherine Drinker BowenMistress Bradstreet by Charlotte Gordon
US Intellectual History
255 books — 105 voters
Thunderball by Ian Fleming
Best James Bond Books
89 books — 92 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienDune by Frank HerbertThe English Patient by Michael OndaatjeA Room with a View by E.M. Forster
I Saw the Movie First
186 books — 98 voters

The Berenstain Bears' New Baby by Stan BerenstainThe Berenstain Bears and the Truth by Stan BerenstainThe Berenstain Bears No Girls Allowed by Stan BerenstainThe Berenstain Bears Forget Their Manners by Stan BerenstainNova's Ark by David Kirk
Worst Children's Books
80 books — 35 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Sleeping Beauty by C.S.  EvansThe Story of Sir Launcelot and His Companions by Howard PyleThe Boy's King Arthur by Sidney Lanier
Books With Beautiful Covers
131 books — 53 voters

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James JoyceA Doll's House by Henrik IbsenOedipus Rex by SophoclesPrufrock and Other Observations by T.S. Eliot
Most Innovative Literature
70 books — 40 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Earthsea Trilogy by Ursula K. Le GuinBeowulf by UnknownThe Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillipA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin
Dragons
1,768 books — 2,533 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienA Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula K. Le GuinMy Life and Hard Times by James ThurberThe Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillipThe Pushcart War by Jean Merrill
I've Read It More Than 5 Times
971 books — 440 voters
1066 and All That by W.C. Sellar
When Was That? Dates in Titles
667 books — 112 voters

The Ruin of Kasch by Roberto Calasso
Favorite Almost Unknown Books
228 books — 67 voters
What's Bred in the Bone by Robertson DaviesThe Lover by Marguerite Duras
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,252 books — 2,422 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Saskiad by Brian Hall
The Best of Mythic Fiction
681 books — 707 voters

The Forgotten Beasts of Eld by Patricia A. McKillip
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,104 books — 25,561 voters

Mrs. Bridge by Evan S. ConnellMr. Bridge by Evan S. Connell
Retro Reads
163 books — 133 voters
In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
Picture Books With Amazing Art
856 books — 341 voters

One Half of Robertson Davies by Robertson Davies
Best/Favorite Books of Essays
552 books — 247 voters
The Histories by HerodotusFrom Dawn to Decadence by Jacques BarzunCitizens by Simon Schama
History as Literature
727 books — 535 voters


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