Stiff by Mary RoachThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootSalt by Mark KurlanskyEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne TrussThe Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
You Read a Book about What?
4,049 books — 2,110 voters
Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. RowlingLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisA Story of Yesterday by Sergio Cobo
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,848 books — 10,518 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Books Ever
76,192 books — 283,371 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Best Female role Models for Young Girls
361 books — 193 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankSocialism Is Dead! Long Live Socialism! by Todor BombovThe Help by Kathryn StockettTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Books That Could Change Your Life
2,882 books — 1,570 voters
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonCoraline by Neil GaimanHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Trippy Books
843 books — 897 voters

Ulysses by James JoyceFinnegans Wake by James JoyceThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleGravity’s Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon
Most Difficult Novels
588 books — 2,043 voters

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston LerouxLover Awakened by J.R. WardJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëDark Lover by J.R. WardThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Best Fiction With Disfigured/Disabled Leads
1,170 books — 1,059 voters
Silent Spring by Rachel CarsonA Sand County Almanac and Sketches Here and There by Aldo LeopoldThe Lorax by Dr. SeussThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanDesert Solitaire by Edward Abbey
Best Environmental Books
1,072 books — 1,201 voters

DMT by Rick StrassmanThe Cosmic Serpent by Jeremy NarbyTao Te Ching by Lao TzuLife Revisited by Laurent  GrenierThe Secret Life of Plants by Peter Tompkins
Curious Minds
176 books — 152 voters
Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondOutliers by Malcolm GladwellCosmos by Carl SaganA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Best Pop Science Books
171 books — 187 voters


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