Book Lists Voted on by <a href="/user/show/26377918-yakov-shapiro">YAKOV SHAPIRO</a> (40 Lists)

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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

1984 by George Orwell

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die

1,318 books — 5,819 voters

Washington by Ron Chernow

Best Presidential Biographies (nonfiction)

465 books — 518 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

Best Historical Fiction

7,250 books — 25,374 voters

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

Night by Elie Wiesel

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

The Bielski Brothers by Peter Duffy

Holocaust must reads

110 books — 68 voters

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr

The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

Suite Française by Irène Némirovsky

WWII Historic Fiction

1,352 books — 1,511 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier

As I Lay Dying by William Faulkner

Best Books of the Decade: 1930s

905 books — 1,249 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco

The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho

Best Books of the Decade: 1980s

2,252 books — 2,422 voters

The Giver by Lois Lowry

Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

The Hours by Michael Cunningham

Stardust by Neil Gaiman

Best Books of the Decade: 1990s

3,141 books — 3,668 voters

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

Atonement by Ian McEwan

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

Everything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer

Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami

Best Books of the Decade: 2000s

7,224 books — 28,362 voters

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough

Sophie’s Choice by William Styron

Breakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John Le Carré

Best Books of the Decade: 1970s

1,936 books — 1,870 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

Best Books of the Decade: 1960s

1,351 books — 1,776 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov

Best Books of the Decade: 1950s

1,190 books — 1,502 voters

1984 by George Orwell

Animal Farm by George Orwell

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway

Best Books of the Decade: 1940s

835 books — 1,141 voters

1984 by George Orwell

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Night by Elie Wiesel

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Books That Changed My World

3,253 books — 3,190 voters

1984 by George Orwell

Animal Farm by George Orwell

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

Books that Changed the Way You View Life

10,488 books — 5,728 voters

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand

The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins

1Q84 by Haruki Murakami

The Martian by Andy Weir

Best Books of the Decade: 2010s

7,674 books — 14,010 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

Night by Elie Wiesel

John Adams by David McCullough

Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl

Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography

5,750 books — 6,277 voters

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer

New Moon by Stephenie Meyer

Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer

Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James

Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer

Most Overrated Books

738 books — 666 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

1984 by George Orwell

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

Stranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein

Best Science Fiction

3,615 books — 6,825 voters

1984 by George Orwell

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

The Martian by Andy Weir

Animal Farm by George Orwell

Monster Hunter International by Larry Correia

AoSHQ Horde Recommended Fiction

257 books — 40 voters

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

American Gods by Neil Gaiman

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Martian by Andy Weir

100 Science Fiction & Fantasy Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks

2,908 books — 3,171 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

1984 by George Orwell

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

Animal Farm by George Orwell

Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once

31,183 books — 117,875 voters

Transfer of Power by Vince Flynn

Protect and Defend by Vince Flynn

Extreme Measures by Vince Flynn

Term Limits by Vince Flynn

Pursuit of Honor by Vince Flynn

Political Thrillers

506 books — 542 voters

American Assassin by Vince Flynn

Transfer of Power by Vince Flynn

Kill Shot by Vince Flynn

Memorial Day by Vince Flynn

The Third Option by Vince Flynn

Best Thrillers Ever

300 books — 240 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

Civil War Era Historical Fiction

98 books — 63 voters

Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy by John Le Carré

The Spy Who Came In from the Cold by John Le Carré

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson

American Assassin by Vince Flynn

Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene

Best Spy Novels

1,233 books — 2,213 voters

The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro

Goodreads Picks For Tournament of Books 2016

283 books — 1,366 voters

The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

Solaris by Stanisław Lem

The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami

One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez

We by Yevgeny Zamyatin

Translated Speculative Fiction

379 books — 200 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card

1984 by George Orwell

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

The Giver by Lois Lowry

Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books

8,251 books — 24,496 voters

1984 by George Orwell

The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell

The Princess Bride by William Goldman

What To Read Next

20,104 books — 24,065 voters

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