To Say Nothing of the Dog by Connie WillisRedshirts by John ScalziNettle & Bone by T. KingfisherStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Favorite Novels Which Won the Hugo Award
87 books — 1,618 voters
The Time Machine by H.G. WellsWe by Yevgeny ZamyatinJourney to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne
Underground Cities
255 books — 53 voters

Carry On by Rainbow RowellThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Selection by Kiera CassA Thousand Pieces of You by Claudia GrayEvery Day by David Levithan
Young Adult Romance
4,073 books — 9,701 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryLittle House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls WilderHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsFeed by Mira Grant
Best Series
3,459 books — 9,528 voters

The Time Machine by H.G. WellsDracula by Bram StokerThe Adventures of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. Wells
Best Books of the Decade: 1890s
489 books — 502 voters
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan DoyleThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainTreasure Island by Robert Louis StevensonFlatland by Edwin A. Abbott
Best Books of the Decade: 1880s
378 books — 414 voters

Between Two Worlds by Zainab SalbiFuriously Happy by Jenny  LawsonThe Princess Diarist by Carrie FisherBanished by Lauren DrainStiff by Mary Roach
Best 21st Century Non-Fiction
2,088 books — 1,405 voters
Dragonsong by Anne McCaffreyDragonflight by Anne McCaffreyA Dance with Dragons by George R.R. MartinHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Best Book With or About Dragons
894 books — 881 voters

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryBloodline by Claudia Gray
No Romance
72 books — 10 voters
Stiff by Mary Roach
Popular Science Books Written By Women
182 books — 72 voters

Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottDivergent by Veronica RothWicked by Gregory Maguire
Best Feminist Young Adult Books
1,324 books — 1,344 voters
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Best Books by Female Authors
1,366 books — 469 voters

Songs of Distant Earth by Arthur C. Clarke
Most Under-rated Science Fiction
2,135 books — 2,293 voters

Expendable by James Alan GardnerRingworld by Larry NivenSalvage by Alexandra Duncan
Hidden Gems of Science Fiction
483 books — 432 voters
The Shining by Stephen  KingRosemary’s Baby by Ira LevinFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Exorcist by William Peter BlattyI Am Legend by Richard Matheson
Must-Know Horror Books List
51 books — 21 voters

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsThe Road by Cormac McCarthyMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultFlowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,228 books — 3,937 voters

King and Goddess by Judith TarrKingdoms of the Wall by Robert SilverbergCoffee, Tea or Me? by Trudy BakerExpendable by James Alan GardnerOnly Begotten Daughter by James K. Morrow
Books You Wish More People Knew About
17,389 books — 10,376 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneAnimal Farm by George OrwellJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Best School Assigned Books
767 books — 2,060 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. AuelHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
READ IT OVER AND OVER AGAIN!
11,881 books — 8,063 voters

The Night Circus by Erin MorgensternWatership Down by Richard  AdamsGulliver’s Travels by Jonathan SwiftThe Complete Stories by Franz KafkaThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Highbrow Fantasy Books
421 books — 626 voters
James and the Giant Peach by Roald DahlSocks by Beverly ClearyThe Little House Collection by Laura Ingalls WilderMrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH by Robert C. O'BrienCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Favorite books from my childhood
4,474 books — 7,635 voters

The Shining by Stephen  King
Best of Stephen King
201 books — 3,881 voters
The Tommyknockers by Stephen  King
Worst Stephen King books
63 books — 488 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. AuelThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneAtonement by Ian McEwan
Best Historical Fiction
7,755 books — 26,000 voters
Feed by Mira GrantLife As We Knew It by Susan Beth PfefferThe Postman by David BrinAlas, Babylon by Pat FrankOne Second After by William R. Forstchen
Post-Apocalyptia
487 books — 400 voters


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