Sputnik Sweetheart by Haruki MurakamiIncendiary by Chris CleaveThe Interestings by Meg WolitzerCutting for Stone by Abraham   VergheseOn the Road by Jack Kerouac
Novels to read in 2014
12 books — 5 voters

The New Jim Crow by Michelle AlexanderThe Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot
Books White People Need to Read
1,360 books — 1,600 voters
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca SklootBlack Boy by Richard WrightUnder the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,256 books — 8,072 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,187 books — 28,370 voters
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Giver by Lois LowryHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingLord of the Flies by William GoldingA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,886 books — 49,792 voters