Bossypants by Tina FeyIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy KalingThe Bedwetter by Sarah SilvermanI Know I Am, But What Are You? by Samantha Bee
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456 books — 1,549 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
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Memoirs by Women
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At Home by Bill Bryson
Histories of the Everyday
370 books — 339 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
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76,734 books — 285,435 voters
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352 books — 214 voters

The Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellUnder the Banner of Heaven by Jon KrakauerNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichNight by Elie Wiesel
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,239 books — 8,069 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonMy Life in France by Julia Child
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Best Paris Stories
103 books — 165 voters
American Taboo by Philip Weiss
Best Peace Corps Books
74 books — 92 voters

Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingDarcy's Story by Janet Aylmer
Best Jane Austen FanFiction
683 books — 947 voters
A Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonIn a Sunburned Country by Bill Bryson
Have Passport Will Travel
710 books — 589 voters

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The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Books about a Flawed Society
60 books — 37 voters

The Little House Collection by Laura Ingalls Wilder
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4,428 books — 7,437 voters

Number the Stars by Lois LowryFever 1793 by Laurie Halse Anderson
Teen Historical Fiction
1,399 books — 3,097 voters
Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding84, Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff
Light but not (too) dumb
848 books — 839 voters

In a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeAssassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,132 books — 1,855 voters
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Dystopia!
1,219 books — 2,750 voters