The New York Times Best Books of the Year
- Best, notable and others recommended by Times critics
Open Culture is an amazing online resource with a mission "to bring together high-quality cultural & educational media for the worldwide lifelong learning community. It’s all free. It’s all enriching." These are just some of the reading lists you can find there.
22 Essential Books: A List by F. Scott Fitzgerald
“These are books that Scott thought should be required reading.” (1936)
The Harvard Classics: Free and Online
A collection of 51 the world's most influential books, compiled by a Harvard president and published in 1909.
20 Books in the High School Literature Canon
The classics, with links to downloadable ebook and audio versions.
50 Must-Read Best Poetry Books
A BookRiot list, from the classics to now.
50 Essential Books of Poetry That Everyone Should Read
A Flavorwire list, leaning more toward the modern and contemporary.
Top 110 Books by Indigenous Masters
- own voices books reflecting the Native American experience, published in School Library Journal
Modern Library's "100 Best" Project (1998)
The goal of the “100 Best” project was to get people talking about great books. More than 400,000 avid readers cast votes for their favorite books.
“We Did It for the LOLs”: NPR’s Favorite 100 Funny Books
A readers + expert list of 100 reads designed to make you laugh out loud.
NPR's Book Picks for All 50 States (+DC & PR)
Authors, bookshop owners and librarians recommend Quintessential reads that illuminate the state where they live.
NPR’s Top 100 Science Fiction and Fantasy Novels
Results of a 2011 reader survey
100 Great Sci Fi Stories by Women
Links to 20 online full-text short fiction, and citations for finding the rest.
50 Best Sci-Fi Books of All Time
A 2022 list from Esquire magazine