The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Autism in Fiction
533 books — 543 voters
Epitaph for a Peach by David Mas Masumoto
Down on the Farm
234 books — 221 voters

Mr. Midshipman Hornblower by C.S. ForesterThe Endurance by Caroline Alexander
Sailing Cruising
283 books — 202 voters

Mutiny on the Bounty by Charles Bernard Nordhoff
Desert Islands
220 books — 164 voters
The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
Most Influential Parenting Books
468 books — 781 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
337 books — 267 voters

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Best Books for a Baby Shower!
692 books — 552 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill  Bryson
Favorite Travel Books
2,055 books — 4,002 voters

Holes by Louis SacharMy Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Best Books for Teen Boys
1,453 books — 1,570 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Comedic Science Ficttion Books
651 books — 1,231 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
796 books — 734 voters
The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
World War II Fiction
1,518 books — 2,319 voters

Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin
Best Heroine in a Fantasy Book
1,506 books — 1,814 voters
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Favorite Memoirs/Autobiographies
2,342 books — 2,900 voters

The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
Best American Civil War Books
1,025 books — 1,066 voters
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Best New Author Debuts
425 books — 611 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 — 285 voters

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
A Buddhist Reading List
946 books — 1,240 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Fantasy Classics
301 books — 590 voters

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakSylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
Caldecott Medal Winners
94 books — 462 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 — 1,631 voters

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourtA Walk in the Woods by Bill  Bryson
Memoirs by Men
1,839 books — 803 voters
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Best Russian Literature
501 books — 2,311 voters

The Postman by David Brin
Dystopia!
1,254 books — 2,846 voters
The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
994 books — 1,240 voters


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