J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books Ever
74,783 books — 277,552 voters
Winter's Tale by Mark HelprinPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleA Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah! by Harry Harrison
Best Steampunk Books
1,229 books — 4,084 voters

The Silmarillion by J.R.R. TolkienLord Foul's Bane by Stephen R. DonaldsonRiddle-Master by Patricia A. McKillip
Best Fantasy of the 70s
140 books — 306 voters
Housekeeping by Marilynne Robinson
Pacific Northwest Books
912 books — 608 voters

Shadow & Claw by Gene WolfeHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,037 books — 11,614 voters
The Time Machine by H.G. WellsTimescape by Gregory BenfordA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark TwainReplay by Ken GrimwoodThe Time Ships by Stephen Baxter
Best Time Travel Fiction
1,943 books — 5,204 voters

The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus by L. Frank BaumA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensHow the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. SeussRoads by Seabury Quinn
Favorite Christmas Books
1,474 books — 1,543 voters

The New Book of Middle Eastern Food by Claudia Roden
Best Cookbooks
1,436 books — 1,104 voters
Jealousy by Alain Robbe-Grillet
Bizarre books
666 books — 424 voters

Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan SwiftRobinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Best Books of the 18th Century
375 books — 1,007 voters
Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainLittle Dorrit by Charles DickensThe Time Machine by H.G. Wells
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,705 books — 6,854 voters

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingThe Iron Dragon's Daughter by Michael SwanwickThe Rocketeer by Dave StevensThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanA Soldier of the Great War by Mark Helprin
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,141 books — 3,668 voters
Beloved by Toni MorrisonWatchmen by Alan             MooreThe Shadow of the Torturer by Gene WolfeHousekeeping by Marilynne RobinsonWinter's Tale by Mark Helprin
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,252 books — 2,422 voters

Song of Solomon by Toni MorrisonDhalgren by Samuel R. DelanyThe Silmarillion by J.R.R. TolkienSula by Toni MorrisonThe Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,936 books — 1,870 voters
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail BulgakovThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. DickThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le GuinLabyrinths by Jorge Luis Borges
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,351 books — 1,776 voters

Invisible Man by Ralph EllisonGormenghast by Mervyn PeakeTill We Have Faces by C.S. LewisThe Once and Future King by T.H. White
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,190 books — 1,502 voters
Titus Groan by Mervyn PeakeSilverlock by John Myers Myers1984 by George OrwellRoads by Seabury Quinn
Best Books of the Decade: 1940s
835 books — 1,141 voters

Absalom, Absalom! by William FaulknerLast and First Men by Olaf StapledonI, Claudius by Robert GravesAt the Mountains of Madness by H.P. LovecraftThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Books of the Decade: 1930s
905 books — 1,249 voters
A Voyage to Arcturus by David  LindsayThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Age of Innocence by Edith WhartonThe Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
766 books — 1,133 voters

The Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaDubliners by James JoyceA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James JoyceTarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice BurroughsThe Night Land by William Hope Hodgson
Best Books of the Decade: 1910s
532 books — 772 voters
Tono-Bungay by H.G. WellsThe Man Who Was Thursday by G.K. ChestertonThe House of Mirth by Edith WhartonThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Best Books of the Decade: 1900s
466 books — 853 voters

The Gormenghast Novels by Mervyn PeakeA Voyage to Arcturus by David  LindsayThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Fantasy Classics
298 books — 572 voters
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
What To Read After Harry Potter
2,136 books — 6,302 voters

Wizard's First Rule by Terry GoodkindThe Sword of Shannara by Terry BrooksLord Foul's Bane by Stephen R. Donaldson
The series got worse and worse
171 books — 292 voters
Song of Solomon by Toni MorrisonTime Out of Joint by Philip K. DickTono-Bungay by H.G. Wells
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,071 books — 66,708 voters

Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'BrienThe Grey King by Susan CooperRabbit Hill by Robert Lawson
The Most Deserving Newbery
104 books — 2,990 voters
Absalom, Absalom! by William FaulknerThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainLife on the Mississippi by Mark TwainThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerAs I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Best Southern Literature
1,331 books — 2,573 voters

Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury1984 by George OrwellAnthem by Ayn RandThe Dispossessed by Ursula K. Le Guin
Dystopia!
1,212 books — 2,756 voters
Housekeeping by Marilynne RobinsonBeloved by Toni MorrisonRoadside Picnic by Arkady StrugatskyThe House of Mirth by Edith WhartonThe Last Picture Show by Larry McMurtry
Best Book to Screen Interpretation
579 books — 480 voters


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