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
951 books — 423 voters
Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua FoerFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittSuperFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittNight by Elie Wiesel
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,235 books — 8,067 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
2,359 books — 2,195 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
7,318 books — 15,629 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Books Set in the -stan Countries
333 books — 172 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
76,582 books — 284,865 voters

The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
Best Alternate History Novels and Stories
768 books — 1,294 voters
Little Black Dress Diet by Michael van StratenThe South Beach Diet Supercharged by Arthur Agatston
Worst Diet Books
23 books — 11 voters

Naturally Thin by Bethenny FrankelSkinny Bitch by Rory Freedman
Best Diet Books
188 books — 269 voters
Skinny Bitch in the Kitch by Rory Freedman
Best Vegan Cookbooks
293 books — 389 voters

A New Earth by Eckhart TolleManhunt by Janet EvanovichThe South Beach Diet Supercharged by Arthur Agatston
The Worst Books of All Time
8,096 books — 19,876 voters
The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani
Best Historical Fiction
7,432 books — 25,619 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
9,842 books — 22,013 voters
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,791 voters

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
Best Humorous Books
4,339 books — 7,946 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
7,187 books — 28,368 voters