Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Historical Fiction
7,866 books — 26,193 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Young Adult Books
13,196 books — 80,434 voters
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
What To Read Next
20,912 books — 24,937 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Stories For Book Lovers
8,475 books — 8,720 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,216 books — 28,373 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerTolkien On Fairy-stories by J.R.R. Tolkien
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,519 books — 123,806 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,875 books — 49,819 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Best Books Ever
78,168 books — 291,510 voters