The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Autism in Fiction
488 books — 514 voters
Epitaph for a Peach by David Mas Masumoto
Down on the Farm
229 books — 237 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
133 books — 163 voters
The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
Most Influential Parenting Books
408 books — 669 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!
684 books — 539 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Favorite Travel Books
2,037 books — 3,944 voters

Holes by Louis SacharMy Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Best Books for Teen Boys
1,446 books — 1,555 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Comedic Science Ficttion Books
616 books — 1,192 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
715 books — 724 voters
The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
World War II Fiction
1,411 books — 2,040 voters

Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin
Best Heroine in a Fantasy Book
1,484 books — 1,790 voters
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Favorite Memoirs/Autobiographies
2,150 books — 1,998 voters

The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
Best American Civil War Books
1,011 books — 989 voters
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Best New Author Debuts
420 books — 605 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
215 books — 278 voters

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
A Buddhist Reading List
909 books — 1,192 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 — 580 voters

Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakSylvester and the Magic Pebble by William Steig
Caldecott Medal Winners
91 books — 458 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
87 books — 1,617 voters

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourtA Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Memoirs by Men
1,756 books — 673 voters
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Best Russian Literature
515 books — 2,287 voters

The Postman by David Brin
Dystopia!
1,223 books — 2,770 voters
The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
945 books — 1,101 voters


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