Top Retellings of Classic Tales

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A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Best Dark Fantasy
522 books — 679 voters
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,106 books — 25,574 voters

The Magicians' Guild by Trudi Canavan
Most Interesting Magic System
2,612 books — 8,704 voters
The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroBreakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman Capote
Disappointing Books
2,735 books — 4,607 voters

Norwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiOut by Natsuo KirinoThe Woman in the Dunes by Kōbō Abe
Best Japanese Books
765 books — 3,239 voters
Ignorance by Milan Kundera
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,788 books — 49,736 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Best Books Ever
74,891 books — 277,724 voters
Entwined by Heather Dixon WallworkA Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin
Can't Wait Books For 2011
1,241 books — 6,632 voters

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckTai-Pan by James ClavellPeony in Love by Lisa SeeImperial Woman by Pearl S. Buck
Best Novels That Take Place in China
414 books — 1,093 voters
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisThe Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienSex and the City by Candace BushnellFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggThe Painted Veil by W. Somerset Maugham
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,132 books — 10,110 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingIt by Stephen KingThe Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,558 books — 18,701 voters
Lord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryA Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,194 books — 117,965 voters