The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayChess Story by Stefan ZweigAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. DickL.A. Confidential by James Ellroy
Best Books Ever
74,927 books — 277,924 voters
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Godfather by Mario PuzoRoots by Alex HaleyThe Reluctant Fundamentalist by Mohsin HamidThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,001 books — 1,421 voters

American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisA Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessLolita by Vladimir NabokovIt by Stephen        KingPerfume by Patrick Süskind
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,167 books — 11,106 voters
The Holy Bible by AnonymousOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyTrainspotting by Irvine WelshAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,489 books — 5,729 voters

The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleHow the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. SeussMatilda by Roald DahlThe Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix PotterPippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
Best Children's Books
5,279 books — 6,641 voters
The Best a Man Can Get by John O'FarrellThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonHigh Fidelity by Nick HornbyCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlThe 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson
Best Humorous Books
4,285 books — 7,883 voters

The Brotherhood of the Holy Shroud by Julia NavarroAngels & Demons by Dan    BrownThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Lost Symbol by Dan    Brown
Conspiracy Fiction
1,258 books — 1,314 voters
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyDracula by Bram StokerThe Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
Best Gothic Books of All Time
561 books — 3,466 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThe Trial by Franz KafkaOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Cult Classics
1,566 books — 2,146 voters

Wilhelm Tell by Friedrich Schiller
Best Books of the Decade: 1800s.
103 books — 93 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob GrimmThe Swiss Family Robinson by Johann David WyssThe Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm by Jacob Grimm
Best Books of the Decade: 1810s
141 books — 324 voters

The Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke MooreThe Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore CooperAus dem Leben eines Taugenichts by Joseph von Eichendorff
Best Books of the Decade: 1820s
200 books — 150 voters
Oliver Twist by Charles DickensThe Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor HugoFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Complete Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen
Best Books of the Decade: 1830s
244 books — 232 voters

The Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre DumasThe Black Spider by Jeremias Gotthelf
Best Books of the Decade: 1840s
277 books — 380 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleUncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriet Beecher StoweThe Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales by Jacob GrimmRomeo und Julia auf dem Dorfe by Gottfried KellerThe Man in the Iron Mask by Alexandre Dumas
Best Books of the Decade: 1850s
224 books — 302 voters

War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Best Books of the Decade: 1860s
234 books — 397 voters
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainAround the World in Eighty Days by Jules VerneVenus in Furs by Leopold von Sacher-MasochKleider machen Leute by Gottfried KellerDie Leute von Seldwyla by Gottfried Keller
Best Books of the Decade: 1870s
258 books — 344 voters

Bahnwärter Thiel by Gerhart HauptmannThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonHeidi by Johanna Spyri
Best Books of the Decade: 1880s
377 books — 408 voters
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradThe Jungle Books by Rudyard KiplingDracula by Bram StokerCyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
Best Books of the Decade: 1890s
468 books — 498 voters

The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix PotterA Room with a View by E.M. ForsterThe Wonderful Adventures of Nils by Selma LagerlöfThe Blue Lagoon by Henry de Vere Stacpoole
Best Books of the Decade: 1900s
466 books — 854 voters
Death in Venice by Thomas MannFantômas by Marcel AllainTarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Best Books of the Decade: 1910s
532 books — 773 voters

The Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueThe Trial by Franz KafkaThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
766 books — 1,134 voters
Of Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Story of Babar by Jean de BrunhoffMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
905 books — 1,250 voters

Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe Plague by Albert CamusUnder the Volcano by Malcolm Lowry
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
835 books — 1,142 voters
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayOn the Road by Jack KerouacThe Visit by Friedrich DürrenmattI'm Not Stiller by Max FrischHomo Faber by Max Frisch
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,190 books — 1,503 voters

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John Le CarréRosemary’s Baby by Ira LevinThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. DickA Moveable Feast by Ernest HemingwayThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,352 books — 1,777 voters
The Exorcist by William Peter BlattyThe Day of the Jackal by Frederick ForsythPost Office by Charles BukowskiThe Lost Honor of Katharina Blum by Heinrich BöllThe Milagro Beanfield War by John     Nichols
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,936 books — 1,870 voters

It by Stephen        KingPerfume by Patrick SüskindThe Hotel New Hampshire by John IrvingWhat We Talk About When We Talk About Love by Raymond CarverBright Lights, Big City by Jay McInerney
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,252 books — 2,422 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisL.A. Confidential by James EllroyThe Pelican Brief by John GrishamFatherland by Robert   HarrisFaceless Killers by Henning Mankell
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,141 books — 3,670 voters


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