The Power of One by Bryce CourtenayA Long Way Gone by Ishmael BeahCutting for Stone by Abraham   Verghese
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,805 books — 1,688 voters
The Woman in the Window by A.J. FinnThe Wife Between Us by Greer HendricksThe Immortalists by Chloe  BenjaminThen She Was Gone by Lisa Jewell
Best Books of 2018
1,653 books — 2,957 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownGone Girl by Gillian FlynnAtonement by Ian McEwanNineteen Minutes by Jodi PicoultDefending Jacob by William Landay
Best Twists
8,543 books — 9,293 voters
All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,841 books — 22,299 voters

The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankTuesdays with Morrie by Mitch AlbomI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,290 books — 6,980 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,783 books — 18,379 voters
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldRebecca by Daphne du MaurierGone Girl by Gillian FlynnSharp Objects by Gillian FlynnDark Places by Gillian Flynn
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,402 books — 16,243 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakNight by Elie WieselThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
Good Books Concerning the Holocaust
160 books — 103 voters

A Child Called "It" by Dave PelzerPerfume by Patrick SüskindNight by Elie Wiesel
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,268 books — 11,598 voters

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrMe Before You by Jojo MoyesThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenGone Girl by Gillian FlynnBig Little Lies by Liane Moriarty
NY Times Fiction Best Sellers 2015
101 books — 535 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
929 books — 2,386 voters

Roots by Alex HaleyAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony DoerrThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Best Historical Fiction
7,817 books — 26,067 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Best Young Adult Books
13,238 books — 80,336 voters

Roots by Alex HaleyThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakNight by Elie Wiesel
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,374 books — 123,375 voters
Roots by Alex HaleyCane River by Lalita Tademy
Books about American slavery
410 books — 410 voters

The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt
Man Booker Prize Eligible 2014
166 books — 696 voters

The Storyteller by Jodi PicoultLife After Life by Kate Atkinson
Historical Fiction 2013
408 books — 2,134 voters
The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Books That Made You Cry
1,606 books — 3,289 voters

The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenMe Before You by Jojo MoyesThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Books That Had You Sobbing
884 books — 1,456 voters
The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenMe Before You by Jojo MoyesThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Books That Had Me Bawling My Eyes Out
859 books — 1,596 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakNight by Elie Wiesel
World War II Literature
283 books — 187 voters
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,228 books — 3,937 voters

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Can't Wait Books of 2012
2,519 books — 15,073 voters
The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenWonder by R.J. Palacio
Best Books of 2012
3,522 books — 9,189 voters


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