Cold Mountain by Charles FrazierChristy by Catherine MarshallProdigal Summer by Barbara KingsolverA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Best Books Set in Appalachia
795 books — 840 voters
Circe by Madeline MillerThe Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerThe Penelopiad by Margaret AtwoodThe Silence of the Girls by Pat BarkerA Thousand Ships by Natalie Haynes
Literary Retellings of Greek Myths
103 books — 138 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsNight by Elie WieselAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,862 books — 6,383 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Nightingale by Kristin HannahThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferSarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
WWII Historic Fiction
1,462 books — 1,542 voters

The Egyptian by Mika WaltariNefertiti by Michelle    MoranRiver God by Wilbur SmithThe Heretic Queen by Michelle    MoranThe Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret George
Best Egyptian Historical Fiction
195 books — 443 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
76,714 books — 285,312 voters

A Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingSheever's Journal, Diary of a Poison Master by K.  RitzTwilight by Stephenie Meyer
Books You Could Not Put Down
11,696 books — 7,725 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsGood Omens by Terry PratchettLamb by Christopher MooreThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanA Dirty Job by Christopher Moore
Books that Make you Laugh
3,501 books — 5,076 voters