Nineteen Eighty-Four by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldLolita by Vladimir NabokovOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Penguin Modern Classics
411 books — 486 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
1,329 books — 1,886 voters
Moon Called by Patricia BriggsHalfway to the Grave by Jeaniene FrostMagic Bites by Ilona AndrewsDead Until Dark by Charlaine HarrisDark Lover by J.R. Ward
Best Paranormal/Urban Fantasy Books
1,903 books — 4,343 voters

Signs Preceding the End of the World by Yuri HerreraDown the Rabbit Hole by Juan Pablo VillalobosDon't Try This at Home by Angela ReadmanThe Adventure of the Busts of Eva Perón by Carlos GamerroQuesadillas by Juan Pablo Villalobos
And Other Stories Publishing
36 books — 19 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Godfather by Mario Puzo
Best Movie Adaptations
439 books — 260 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniOne Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynLike Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelPurge by Sofi OksanenThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
A year of reading the world
277 books — 51 voters