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
957 books — 434 voters
Moonwalking with Einstein by Joshua FoerFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittSuperFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittNight by Elie Wiesel
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,265 books — 8,161 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
2,383 books — 2,264 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
7,462 books — 16,255 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Books Set in the -stan Countries
335 books — 175 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
78,421 books — 292,301 voters

The Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
Best Alternate History Novels and Stories
787 books — 1,338 voters
Little Black Dress Diet by Michael van StratenThe South Beach Diet Supercharged by Arthur Agatston
Worst Diet Books
24 books — 12 voters

Naturally Thin by Bethenny FrankelSkinny Bitch by Rory Freedman
Best Diet Books
192 books — 271 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
8,121 books — 19,901 voters
The Blood of Flowers by Anita Amirrezvani
Best Historical Fiction
7,936 books — 26,384 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
9,833 books — 22,393 voters
The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,878 books — 49,836 voters

Me Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
Best Humorous Books
4,424 books — 8,205 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
7,214 books — 28,375 voters