Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Best Children's Books
5,310 books — 6,705 voters

You Too Can Have a Body Like Mine by Alexandra KleemanThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeMy Year of Rest and Relaxation by Ottessa MoshfeghBreakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman Capote
materialism and vanity
13 books — 3 voters

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,692 voters
The Book of Disquiet by Fernando Pessoa
Best Literature in Portuguese
476 books — 488 voters

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Historical Fiction
7,363 books — 25,544 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerExquisite Corpse by Poppy Z. Brite
spooky scary
99 books — 14 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteBecause of Winn-Dixie by Kate DiCamillo
Best Southern Literature
1,342 books — 2,574 voters

Complete Oscar Wilde Collection by Oscar Wilde
Best classics
349 books — 332 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Gothic Books of All Time
581 books — 3,495 voters
A Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaValley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann
Tales of New York City
1,507 books — 1,216 voters

I Am Malala by Malala YousafzaiA Little Life by Hanya YanagiharaJust Kids by Patti Smith
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,646 books — 14,152 voters
Yours Cruelly, Elvira by Cassandra Peterson
Horror Icons
48 books — 14 voters

Hyperbole and a Half by Allie BroshMarbles by Ellen Forney
Best Memoir Graphic Novels
387 books — 431 voters
Can You Spot the Spotted Dog ? by John Alfred RoweThe Iliad by Homer
REALLY, REALLY DIFFICULT BOOKS
261 books — 363 voters

The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
women vs the void
231 books — 578 voters
The King of Style by Michael Bush
Michael Jackson
126 books — 69 voters

A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
Women & Gender Studies
1,461 books — 546 voters
Hyperbole and a Half by Allie BroshGhosts by Raina Telgemeier
Comics & Graphic Novels by Women
1,491 books — 1,361 voters

Flowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouLooking for Alaska by John GreenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Books That Could Change Your Life
2,883 books — 1,542 voters

A Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerLolita by Vladimir NabokovLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodFlowers in the Attic by V.C. Andrews
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,190 books — 11,284 voters


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