Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Moveable Feast by Ernest HemingwayFrom the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler by E.L. Konigsburg
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,434 books — 1,777 voters
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldLike Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Seasonal Reading Challenge Recommended Books
6,500 books — 4,942 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryThe Awakening by Kate ChopinThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayThe Taming of the Shrew by William ShakespeareTreasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson
I'm glad someone made me read this book
11,236 books — 10,913 voters
Little Women by Louisa May AlcottTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeOh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. SeussCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Read Them Twice...At Least
14,324 books — 11,881 voters

Watership Down by Richard  AdamsWicked by Gregory MaguireMidwives by Chris BohjalianLolita by Vladimir NabokovMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Books I Regret Reading
2,306 books — 3,225 voters

The House on Mango Street by Sandra CisnerosThe Hundred Secret Senses by Amy TanBreath, Eyes, Memory by Edwidge Danticat
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,056 books — 1,711 voters
The Awakening by Kate ChopinThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest HemingwayNight by Elie WieselTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Little House Collection by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,510 books — 123,752 voters

Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls WilderIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinThe Giver by Lois Lowry
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,962 books — 10,845 voters
Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddAngry Housewives Eating Bon Bons by Lorna Landvik
Best Adult Female Friendship Books
709 books — 1,199 voters

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonNickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,280 books — 8,092 voters
The Photograph by Penelope LivelyThe Professor and the Madman by Simon WinchesterShopaholic & Baby by Sophie KinsellaLatte Trouble by Cleo Coyle
What To Read Next
20,897 books — 24,913 voters

Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraBless Your Heart, Tramp by Celia RivenbarkBut Enough About Me by Jancee DunnConfessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie KinsellaThe Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank
Best Humorous Books
4,419 books — 8,079 voters
Crow Lake by Mary LawsonA Girl Named Zippy by Haven KimmelThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
NBC's Today Show Book Club
73 books — 228 voters

Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,347 books — 4,647 voters
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellThe Giver by Lois LowryFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesNumber the Stars by Lois Lowry
Best Young Adult Books
13,191 books — 80,426 voters

Enchantment by Orson Scott CardBriar Rose by Jane YolenBeauty by Robin McKinley
The Best Fairytales and Retellings
2,840 books — 9,203 voters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Disappointing Books
2,770 books — 4,607 voters

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Books about Books
1,392 books — 1,520 voters
The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales by Edgar Allan Poe
Collections of Short Stories
2,911 books — 2,060 voters

Night by Elie WieselReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,382 books — 7,221 voters
On What Grounds by Cleo CoyleThe Quiche of Death by M.C. BeatonChocolate Chip Cookie Murder by Joanne FlukeCatering to Nobody by Diane Mott Davidson
Cozy Mystery Series - First Book of a Series
1,216 books — 2,575 voters

The Rule of Four by Ian Caldwell
The Worst Books of All Time
8,115 books — 19,888 voters
Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryGods in Alabama by Joshilyn Jackson
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,216 books — 28,372 voters