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
1,841 books — 3,606 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Second Sex by Simone de Beauvoir
Best Feminist Books
2,575 books — 3,569 voters

Outlander by Diana GabaldonDevil in Winter by Lisa KleypasGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Duke and I by Julia QuinnA Kingdom of Dreams by Judith McNaught
Favorite Historical Romance Novels
3,420 books — 6,037 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieAngels & Demons by Dan    BrownRebecca by Daphne du MaurierA Story of Yesterday by Sergio Cobo
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,318 books — 15,701 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsDune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Science Fiction
3,692 books — 7,074 voters
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonThe Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,248 books — 25,923 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
31,863 books — 121,134 voters
Very Good Lives by J.K. RowlingMake Good Art by Neil GaimanThis Is Water by David Foster WallaceCongratulations, by the Way by George SaundersIf This Isn't Nice, What Is? by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Commencement Speeches
21 books — 32 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerAnimal Farm by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Cult Classics
1,568 books — 2,119 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Quick Reads
1,068 books — 711 voters

Watchmen by Alan             MooreThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanV for Vendetta by Alan             MooreThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil Gaiman
Best Graphic Novels
3,451 books — 6,770 voters
American Psycho by Bret Easton Ellis1984 by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingA Story of Yesterday by Sergio CoboA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,214 books — 11,359 voters