Doomsday Book by Connie WillisA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Time Travel
334 books — 286 voters

The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Best Detective/Mystery Series
2,197 books — 2,283 voters
Atonement by Ian McEwanThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha ChristieAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Secret History by Donna TarttThe Roald Dahl Omnibus by Roald Dahl
Best Twists
8,336 books — 8,919 voters

A High Wind in Jamaica by Richard HughesLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaThe Metamorphosis by Franz KafkaBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Cult Classics
1,566 books — 2,131 voters
Lolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleThe Human Stain by Philip RothOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,790 books — 49,760 voters

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,201 books — 28,367 voters
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraLucky Jim by Kingsley AmisRight Ho, Jeeves by P.G. Wodehouse
Best Humorous Books
4,296 books — 7,866 voters

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald DahlThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienJames and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Favorite books from my childhood
4,403 books — 7,409 voters