Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise BrownThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleBrown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr.Pat the Bunny by Dorothy KunhardtWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak
Best Books for a Baby Shower!
687 books — 546 voters
The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleWhere the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussGoodnight Moon by Margaret Wise BrownThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
Best Picture Books
3,172 books — 2,059 voters

I Want My Hat Back by Jon KlassenThe Day the Crayons Quit by Drew DaywaltExtra Yarn by Mac BarnettThe Dark by Lemony SnicketRosie Revere, Engineer (The Questioneers by Andrea Beaty
Favorite MODERN Picture Books
725 books — 290 voters
Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie
Books with Unreliable Narrators
502 books — 492 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lightning Thief by Rick RiordanThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Young Adult Books
13,184 books — 80,392 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,459 books — 123,590 voters

A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganThe Selfish Gene by Richard DawkinsGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,927 books — 3,623 voters
Streamline by Jennifer LaneSwim Recruit by Jennifer LaneOf Poseidon by Anna BanksSwimming to Antarctica by Lynne CoxEverblue by Brenda Pandos
Swimming Books
265 books — 167 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best for Book Clubs
15,255 books — 19,432 voters
The Brave Art of Motherhood by Rachel Marie  MartinStrong As a Mother by Kate RopeBelly Laughs by Jenny McCarthyThe Second Nine Months by Vicki GlembockiOperating Instructions by Anne Lamott
Motherhood
264 books — 221 voters