Born to Run by Christopher McDougallWhat I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
Best Running (non-instructional) Books
227 books — 555 voters
Teaching Adolescent Writers by Kelly GallagherThe Book Whisperer by Donalyn Miller
Best Books for English Teachers
123 books — 48 voters

Life of Pi by Yann MartelThe Odyssey by HomerSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Outsiders by S.E. HintonCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Best Books Ever
75,796 books — 281,760 voters

Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerThe Dharma Bums by Jack KerouacA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThrough Painted Deserts by Donald MillerA Walk Across America by Peter Jenkins
#GetOutside
238 books — 65 voters
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussGoodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Best Children's Books
5,305 books — 6,694 voters

The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,157 books — 25,685 voters
The One and Only Ivan by Katherine ApplegateBridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
The Most Deserving Newbery
111 books — 2,997 voters

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil GaimanCoraline by Neil Gaiman
Best strange fantasy
196 books — 117 voters
Coraline by Neil GaimanThe Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil GaimanThe Wolves in the Walls by Neil Gaiman
Best of Neil Gaiman
114 books — 509 voters

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman
Interesting Books of 2013
308 books — 931 voters
Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtNight by Elie WieselTuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,793 books — 6,330 voters

Love Does by Bob       GoffA Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald MillerThe Great Awakening by Jim WallisUnleash! by Perry Noble88 Great Daddy-Daughter Dates by Rob Teigen
Favorite Christian Nonfiction
270 books — 38 voters
The Stand by Stephen        KingIt by Stephen        KingBag of Bones by Stephen        King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen        KingMisery by Stephen        King
Best of Stephen King
178 books — 3,874 voters

Follow Me to Freedom by Shane ClaiborneBecoming the Answer to Our Prayers by Shane ClaiborneThe Irresistible Revolution by Shane ClaiborneNot a Fan by Kyle IdlemanRadical by David     Platt
Books for Ordinary Radicals
64 books — 45 voters
The Jesus I Never Knew by Philip Yancey
Books About Jesus
263 books — 142 voters

Crazy Love by Francis ChanRadical by David     PlattNot a Fan by Kyle IdlemanA Million Miles in a Thousand Years by Donald MillerSearching for God Knows What by Donald Miller
Thought provoking Christian books
175 books — 159 voters

The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Complete Short Stories of Ernest Hemingway by Ernest Hemingway
A Journey Through Literary America
153 books — 220 voters
The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienIf I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home by Tim O'BrienWar Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning by Chris Hedges
Best Modern Day Military Accounts
440 books — 590 voters

Black Hawk Down by Mark BowdenBattle Cry of Freedom by James M. McPhersonWar by Sebastian JungerHiroshima by John Hersey
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,117 books — 2,348 voters
The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienMatterhorn by Karl MarlantesGoing After Cacciato by Tim O'BrienIf I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home by Tim O'BrienSteel My Soldiers' Hearts by David H. Hackworth
Best Literature About the Vietnam War
328 books — 635 voters

Night by Elie WieselAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtBrave Fish by Vincent H. ChoughRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsA Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
Memoirs by Men
1,694 books — 664 voters

Hamlet by William ShakespeareA Midsummer Night’s Dream by William ShakespeareOthello by William ShakespeareHenry V by William ShakespeareMuch Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
Best of William Shakespeare
100 books — 1,238 voters
The Sandman, Vol. 3 by Neil GaimanThe Sandman, Vol. 4 by Neil GaimanThe Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil GaimanThe Sandman, Vol. 2 by Neil GaimanThe Sandman, Vol. 5 by Neil Gaiman
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,173 books — 2,010 voters

Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer1,000 Places to See Before You Die by Patricia SchultzThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayOn the Road by Jack Kerouac
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,117 books — 1,846 voters
The Tipping Point by Malcolm GladwellInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerOn Writing by Stephen        KingThe Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,237 books — 4,384 voters


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