The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Autism in Fiction
480 books — 513 voters
Epitaph for a Peach by David Mas Masumoto
Down on the Farm
225 books — 214 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
132 books — 150 voters
The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown
Most Influential Parenting Books
398 books — 597 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 — 268 voters

Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Best Books for a Baby Shower!
670 books — 532 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Favorite Travel Books
2,026 books — 3,940 voters

Holes by Louis SacharMy Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead George
Best Books for Teen Boys
1,441 books — 1,552 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Comedic Science Ficttion Books
611 books — 1,187 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
708 books — 683 voters
The Caine Mutiny by Herman Wouk
World War II Fiction
1,393 books — 2,024 voters

Rite of Passage by Alexei Panshin
Best Heroine in a Fantasy Book
1,482 books — 1,787 voters
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourt
Favorite Memoirs/Autobiographies
2,116 books — 1,960 voters

The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
Best American Civil War Books
1,007 books — 984 voters
The Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Best New Author Debuts
420 books — 606 voters

Never Cry Wolf by Farley MowatA Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Tales of Adventure
513 books — 474 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
214 books — 277 voters

Siddhartha by Hermann Hesse
A Buddhist Reading List
897 books — 1,176 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
89 books — 456 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
84 books — 1,613 voters

Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtA Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Memoirs by Men
1,714 books — 676 voters
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Best Russian Literature
512 books — 2,281 voters

The Postman by David Brin
Dystopia!
1,219 books — 2,750 voters
The Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
940 books — 1,096 voters


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