The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone by J.K. Rowling
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
16,015 books — 18,672 voters
The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneEast of Eden by John SteinbeckOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David Thoreau
A Journey Through Literary America
166 books — 236 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,496 books — 5,322 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHatchet by Gary PaulsenCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsLord of the Flies by William GoldingLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Best Survival Stories
1,279 books — 1,852 voters
The Stranger Beside Me by Ann RuleUnsolved Serial Killings by R.J. ParkerSerial Killers by Peter VronskyGreen River, Running Red by Ann RuleThe Night Stalker by Philip Carlo
True Crime--Serial killers
213 books — 211 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteHelter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiThe Stranger Beside Me by Ann RuleThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonColumbine by Dave Cullen
Best True Crime
1,535 books — 2,223 voters