The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Autism in Fiction
497 books — 540 voters
Epitaph for a Peach by David Mas Masumoto
Down on the Farm
229 books — 234 voters

Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C.S. ForesterThe Endurance by Caroline Alexander
Sailing Cruising
281 books — 199 voters

Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Bernard Nordhoff
Desert Islands
220 books — 165 voters
The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
Most Influential Parenting Books
436 books — 690 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardDune by Frank HerbertThe Eye of the World by Robert Jordan
The series got worse and worse
171 books — 291 voters
Running with Scissors by Augusten Burroughs
Worst Books I Ever Read
335 books — 267 voters

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Best Books for a Baby Shower!
688 books — 549 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Favorite Travel Books
2,046 books — 3,976 voters

Holes by Louis SacharMy Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Best Books for Teen Boys
1,452 books — 1,560 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Comedic Science Ficttion Books
630 books — 1,213 voters

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteWatership Down by Richard  AdamsAnimal Farm by George OrwellBunnicula by Deborah HoweThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Best Talking-Animal Books
795 books — 730 voters
The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
World War II Fiction
1,477 books — 2,205 voters

Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin
Best Heroine in a Fantasy Book
1,497 books — 1,803 voters
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Favorite Memoirs/Autobiographies
2,241 books — 2,303 voters

The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
Best American Civil War Books
1,024 books — 1,035 voters
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Best New Author Debuts
423 books — 610 voters

Never Cry Wolf by Farley MowatA Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Tales of Adventure
516 books — 477 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellCatch-22 by Joseph HellerHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. Rowling1984 by George Orwell
Best of Banned and Challenged Books
219 books — 282 voters

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
A Buddhist Reading List
926 books — 1,215 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Fantasy Classics
302 books — 583 voters

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakSylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
Caldecott Medal Winners
92 books — 459 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertRingworld by Larry NivenSpeaker for the Dead by Orson Scott CardThe Uplift War by David BrinStartide Rising by David Brin
Favorite Novels Which Won the Hugo Award
89 books — 1,625 voters

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourtA Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Memoirs by Men
1,797 books — 723 voters
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Best Russian Literature
522 books — 2,308 voters

The Postman by David Brin
Dystopia!
1,238 books — 2,801 voters
The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
950 books — 1,118 voters


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