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This page features multiple best-of lists in the following categories:
- Writ by Whit (lists specially assembled by Dave Whitaker)
- General (non-specific genre lists)
- Fiction
- Non-Fiction
- Children’s Picture Books and Read-Alouds
- Children’s Novels
- Young Adult Novels
- Reviews/Where to Buy and Download Books
- Sales
- 10 Books Which Impacted Me
- All-Time Books: Top 100
- Best-Selling Books: Top 100
- Children’s Novels: Top 50
- Children’s Picture Books: Top 50
- Fiction: Top 100
- Non-Fiction: Top 100
- Young Adult Books: Top 50
- AbeBooks.com: 40 Classic Books & Why You Should Read Them by Richard Davies
- Amazon Books editors’ 100 Books to Read in a Lifetime
- The Atlantic (2012). The Greatest Books of All Time, as Voted by 125 Famous Authors
- BankableInsight.com (2017). The 10 Most Influential Books of All Time
- Barnes & Noble Classics
- Bokklubben World Library (2002). The Top 100 Books of All Time
- BookAdvice.co (2018). The 1,276 Best Books of All Time
- BookDepository.com: Best Books Ever
- Boston Public Library: The 100 Most Influential Books of the 20th Century
- Boxall, Peter (editor) (2006). 1,001 Books to Read Before You Die
- The College Board (2018). 101 Great Books Recommended for College-Bound Readers
- Easton Press: The Greatest Books Ever Written
- Fadiman, Clifton, and John S. Major (1999). The New Lifetime Reading Plan: The Classical Guide to World Literature
- GoodReads.com (2008). Best Books Ever
- GoodReads.com (2008). Best Books of the 20th Century
- GoodReads.com (2008). Books That Everyone Should Read Once
- Great Books Foundation (1952). Great Books of the Western World
- TheGreatestBooks.org
- TheGuardian.com (2007). Books You Can’t Live Without: The Top 100
- TheGuardian.com (2015). Ten Books That Changed the World
- Harvard Book Store: Top 100 Books
- HubPages.com (2015). 10 Most Read Books in the World by James V. Chapman
- The Hungry Mind Review: 100 Best 20th Century Books
- IdealBookshelf.com The Ideal Library
- Independent.co.uk (2016). The 40 Best Books to Read Before You Die… by Ceri Radford and Chris Harvey
- Koen Book Distributors: Your Top 100 Books of the Past Century!
- Le Monde (1999). 100 Books of the Century
- Library Journal (1998). Librarians Choose a Century of Good Books
- Library of Congress (2012). “Books That Shaped America”
- LifeHack.org (2018). 30 Books Everyone Should Read at Least Once in Their Lives by Anna Chui
- Lubbock, Sir John (1930). Choice of Books by Sir John Lubbock
- MarieClaire.co.uk (2017). The Best Books to Read Before You Die
- National Book Foundation (2006). 100 Life-Changing Books
- Newsweek (2009). “Top 100 Books”
- NYU Local (2008). The 16 Greatest Books of All Time
- Open Education Database: The 50 Most Influential Books of All Time
- Penguin Classics (1996). A Completed Annotated Listing of Penguin Classics and Twentieth-Century Classics
- Penguin Random House 40 Books to Read Before You’re 40
- Powell’s Books: 25 Books to Read Before You Die
- Quora.com (2014). What Are the Best Books of All Time?
- Ranker.com 35+ Books Everybody Lies About Having Read by Jacob Shelton
- Ranker.com: Books You’ll Never Finish Reading by Amy Boal
- Ranker.com: The Most Overrated Books of All Time
- Ranker.com: Required Reading That You Actually Ended Up Loving by Tamar Altebarmakian
- Ranker.com: The Top Must-Read Books of All-Time
- TheRichest.com (2014). The 10 Most Influential Books Ever Written
- Seymour-Smith, Martin (1998). The 100 Most Influential Books Ever Written
- Shwartz, Ronald (2000). For the Love of Books
- SouthernLiving.com: 50 Classic Books Everyone Should Read in Their Lifetime by Caroline Rogers
- The Telegraph (4/6/2008). “110 Best Books: The Perfect Library”
- Waterstone’s Bookstore (1997). Books of the Century
- WhyToRead.com (2015). The 10 Most Influential Books Ever Written
- World Economic Forum (2015). The 20 Most Influential Books in History
- Writ by Whit (2018). The Top 100 Books of All Time
- Zane, J. Peder (2007). The Top 10: The Greatest Books of All Time
- Writ by Whit (2018). Fiction: Top 100
This list is an aggregate of the below lists along with relevant titles on the general book lists.
- Amazon.com: Classic Literature and Fiction
- American Book Review (1999). The 20th Century's Greatest Hits: 100 English Language Books of Fiction by Larry McCaffery
- BBC (2003). The Big Read
- theBest100lists.com (2011). The Best 100 Novels
- Clear, James. 10 Best Fiction Books
- Encyclopedia Britannica 12 Novels Considered the ‘Greatest Books Ever Written’ by Jonathan Hogelback
- The Guardian (2015). The 100 Best Novels Written in English: The Full List
- Madison Public Library Top 100 List of Novels
- Modern Library (1998). 100 Best Novels
- National Book Awards for Fiction (1935-2018)
- The Observer (2003). 100 Greatest Novels of All Time
- PBS.org (2018). Great American Read
- Penguin Books Great Books of the 20th Century
- Penguin Random House 21 Books You’ve Been Meaning to Read
- Penguin Random House 21 Classic’s You’ve Been Meaning to Read
- Pulitzer Prize for Fiction (1918-2018)
- Radcliffe Publishing Course Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century
- Ranker.com The Best Novels Ever Written
- Telegraph (2018). The 100 Greatest Novels of All Time
- ThoughtCatalog.com (2015). 24 Fiction Books That Can Change Your Life by Ryan Holiday
- Time Magazine (2005). All-Time 100 Novels
- Writ by Whit (2019). Non-Fiction: Top 100
This list is an aggregate of the below lists along with relevant titles on the general book lists.
- Abe Books: 50 Essential Non-Fiction Books (You’ll Actually Read)
- BookBub.com (2017). Reading Challenge: 55 Nonfiction Books to Read in a Lifetime by Kamrun Nesa
- Clear, James: 10 Best Nonfiction Books of All-Time
- CounterPunch.org (2014). 100 Best Non-Fiction Books of the 20th Century (and Beyond) in English by Jeffrey St. Clair
- D360 Magazine (2018). The Best Nonfiction Books of All Time
- Everyday-Reading.com (2017). 17 Non-Fiction Books for Your Dad (or Husband)
- FamousAuthors.org: 12 Best Nonfiction Books of All Times
- TheGreatestBooks.org: The Greatest Nonfiction Books
- TheGuardian.com (2018). The Best Nonfiction Books of All Time: The Full List
- InspiringLifeDreams.com: Top 10 Best on-Fiction Books in 10 Words
- Intercollegiate Review (2014). The 50 Best Books of the 20th Century
- IrisReading.com (2016). 30 Non-Fiction Books a Well-Rounded Person Should Read by Nowak
- Lifehack.org (2018). The 10 Best Nonfiction Books of All Time You Should Not Miss by Denise Hill
- List25.com (2018). 25 Nonfiction Books Everyone Should Read
- ListMuse.com The 100 Best Nonfiction Books of All Time You Should Not Miss by Denise Hill
- MarcAndAngel.com (2010). 40 Modern Nonfiction Books Everyone Should Read by Marc Chernoff
- Martin, William Patrick (2015). The Mother of All Booklists: The 500 Most Recommended Nonfiction Reads for Ages 3 to 103.
- Modern Library (1999). 100 Best Non-Fiction
- ModernMrsDarcy.com (2016). 20 Life-Changing Nonfiction Books That You Can Finish in a Day
- Ms. Magazine (2011). Ms. Readers’ 100 Best Non-Fiction Books of All Time
- National Review (1999). The Non-Fiction 100
- OpenCulture.com (2011). The 25 Best Non-Fiction Books Ever: Readers’ Picks
- Reader’s Digest: 9 Nonfiction Books You Can Read in a Day by Jennifer Brozak
- Time Magazine (2011). ALL-TIME 100 Nonfiction Books
This list has also been ranked at GoodReads.com.
- Writ by Whit (2019). Children’s Picture Books: Top 50
This list is an aggregate of the below lists along with relevant titles on the general book lists and children’s novels lists.
- Barnes & Noble (2017). “50 Classic Picture Books”
- Best Choice Reviews (2015). “100 Best Children’s Books of All Time (Ages 2-5)”
- Best Choice Reviews (2015). “100 Best Children’s Books of All Time (Ages 6-7)”
- BookTrust.org.uk (2015). “Best Books for 0-5 years”
- Caldecott Medal & Honor Books (1938-2018)
- Childhood101.com: “150+ Best Kids Story Books to Read Aloud: As Voted by Parents”
- Happy You, Happy Family (2018). “The Ultimate List of the Best Picture Books, Endorsed by Kids and Parents”
- Martin, William Patrick (2014). A Lifetime of Fiction.
Includes lists for preschoolers (ages 2-5) and early readers (ages 4-8).
- Read-Aloud Revival: “Best Picture Books”
- Scholastic “25 Top Picture Books for Your Classroom Library”
- School Library Journal (2012). “Top 100 Picture Books”
- Scottsdale Public Library (2016). “Top 100 Children’s Picturebooks of All-Time”
- Stockton-San Joaquin Couny Public Library “100 Best Picture Books”
- Writ by Whit (2019). Children’s Novels: Top 50
This list is an aggregate of the below lists along with relevant titles on the general book lists.
- AbeBooks.com (2018). “50 Essential Children’s Books”
- AmReading.com (2016). “Top 20 All-Time Best Selling Children’s Books”
- Best Choice Reviews (2015). “100 Best Children’s Books of All Time (Ages 8-9)”
- Best Choice Reviews (2015). “100 Best Children’s Books of All Time (Ages 10-11)”
- BookBub.com (2018). “100 Classic Children’s Books Everyone Should Read”
- BookTrust.org.uk (2015). “100 Best Children’s Books”
- BookTrust.org.uk (2015). “Best Books for 6-8 year olds”
- BookTrust.org.uk (2015). “Best Books for 9-11 year olds”
- Children’s Books and Reading (2015). “Children’s Novels”
- Common Sense Media: “50 Books All Kids Should Read Before They’re 12”
- Edmonton Public Library: “Best Read Aloud Children’s Novels”
- GoodHouseKeeping.com (2018). “The 40 Children’s Books That Belong in Every Family Library”
- InterestingLiterature.com (2017). “10 of the Best Children’s Novels Everyone Should Read”
- Martin, William Patrick (2014) A Lifetime of Fiction.
Includes lists for preschoolers (ages 2-5), early readers (ages 4-8), middle readers (ages 9-12), and young adults (ages 13-17).
- Newbery-Winning Books (1922-2018)
- New York Public Library (2013). “100 Great Children’s Books – 100 Years”
- Parenthood: The 100 Best Children’s Books of All Time
- Penguin.co.uk (2018). “Must Read Books for 9-12 Year Olds”
- Publishers Weekly (2002). Best-selling children’s books of all time: hardcover
- Publishers Weekly (2002). Best-selling children’s books of all time: paperback
- Ranker.com: “The Greatest Children’s Books That Were Made into Movies”
- Scholastic “100 Best Read Aloud Books”
- Story Mirror (2016). “Top 5 Children Novels of All Time”
- Thrive Global (2017). “20 Chapter Books to Read Aloud with Your Kids”
- Time Magazine (2015). The 100 Best Children’s Books of All Time
- TimeOut.com (2017). “The 100 Best Children’s Books”
- Wikipedia.org: “List of Children’s Classic Books”
- Writ by Whit (2019). Young Adult Books: Top 50
This list is an aggregate of the below lists along with relevant titles on the general book lists and children’s novels lists.
- Amazon: “100 Young Adult Books to Read in a Lifetime”
- Best Choice Reviews (2015). “100 Best Children’s Books of All Time (Ages 12+)”
- BookListOnline.com (2017). “50 Best YA Books of All Time”
- BookTrust.org.uk (2015). “Best Books for 12-14- years old”
- Business Insider (2017). “The 37 Best Young Adult Books We Ever Read”
- Cosmopolitan (2018). “The 15 YA Books Every Adult Should Read”
- Goodreads.com: “Top 100 Best Young Adult Books”
- Martin, William Patrick (2014). A Lifetime of Fiction
Includes list for young adults (ages 13-17).
- MomJunction.com (2018). “15 Best Classic Books for Teens to Read”
- NPR (2012). “Your Favorites: 100 Best-Ever Teen Novels”
- Michael L. Printz Awards (2000-2019)
- Time Magazine: “100 Best Young Adult Books of All Time”
- Writ by Whit (2019). Best-Selling Books: Top 100
- Ash, Russell (2002). “The Top 10 Bestselling Books of All Time.” Now dead link.
- Clear, James: 25 Best-Selling Books of All-Time
- Hackett, James Henry Burke, and Alice Payne (1977). Early Best Sellers,” excerpt from book Eighty Years of Best Sellers
- HowStuffWorks.com: The 21 Best-Selling Books of All Time by Ed Grabianowski
- IPL.org: All-Time Bestselling Books and Authors
- ListChallenges.com: 101 Best Selling Books of All Time
- MentalFloss.com (2007). “” by Jason English The All Time Best Selling Books
- Wikipedia.org: List of Best-Selling Books
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