Night by Elie WieselThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyLord of the Flies by William GoldingAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Books Under 200 Pages
972 books — 448 voters
Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua FoerFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittSuperFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittNight by Elie Wiesel
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,541 books — 8,281 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Foreign Lands
2,386 books — 2,278 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonAngels & Demons by Dan    BrownPop Apocalypse by Lee KonstantinouThe Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,573 books — 16,892 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Books Set in the -stan Countries
336 books — 176 voters
Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyBel Canto by Ann PatchettThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Books Ever
80,178 books — 299,047 voters

The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
Best Alternate History Novels and Stories
797 books — 1,381 voters
Little Black Dress Diet by Michael van StratenThe South Beach Diet Supercharged by Arthur Agatston
Worst Diet Books
24 books — 15 voters

Naturally Thin by Bethenny FrankelSkinny Bitch by Rory Freedman
Best Diet Books
200 books — 278 voters
Skinny Bitch in the Kitch by Rory Freedman
Best Vegan Cookbooks
294 books — 388 voters

A New Earth by Eckhart TolleManhunt by Janet EvanovichThe South Beach Diet Supercharged by Arthur Agatston
The Worst Books of All Time
8,129 books — 19,915 voters
The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani
Best Historical Fiction
8,392 books — 27,601 voters

Bel Canto by Ann PatchettThe Blood of Flowers by Anita AmirrezvaniThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniSkinny Bitch by Rory FreedmanDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,816 books — 22,879 voters
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,801 books — 49,896 voters

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
Best Humorous Books
4,514 books — 8,396 voters
Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittBel Canto by Ann PatchettEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,207 books — 28,379 voters