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
7,405 books — 25,585 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
13,096 books — 80,179 voters
Life of Pi by Yann Martel
What To Read Next
20,287 books — 24,164 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
8,343 books — 8,382 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
7,189 books — 28,379 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
31,537 books — 120,050 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
7,807 books — 49,791 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
76,127 books — 283,060 voters