The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon
ONE DAY Best Summer Reads
1,666 books — 5,985 voters
Ten Big Ones by Janet EvanovichThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithAll Creatures Great and Small by James HerriotMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtSkinny Dip by Carl Hiaasen
Books that Make you Laugh
3,516 books — 5,218 voters

The Island of Dr. Moreau by H.G. WellsThe Andromeda Strain by Michael CrichtonI Never Promised You a Rose Garden by Hannah  Green
Medicine and Literature
1,957 books — 2,102 voters
The Lost Symbol by Dan    Brown
What To Read Next
20,816 books — 24,830 voters

The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Constant Princess by Philippa GregoryThe Virgin's Lover by Philippa GregoryRevelation by C.J. SansomIn the Shadow of the Crown by Jean Plaidy
Best Books About Tudor England
625 books — 1,650 voters
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
books with compelling young narrators
218 books — 177 voters

Rebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,415 books — 16,255 voters
Transfer of Power by Vince FlynnMonster by Jonathan KellermanRising Sun by Michael CrichtonSaving Faith by David BaldacciState of Fear by Michael Crichton
Thrillers
4,822 books — 5,927 voters

Pompeii by Robert   Harris
Best Historical Mystery
2,237 books — 4,726 voters
The Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee BurkeWhen the Bough Breaks by Jonathan KellermanThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithMurder at the Watergate by Margaret Truman
Best Detective/Mystery Series
2,288 books — 2,484 voters

The Voyage of the Narwhal by Andrea Barrett
Tales of Adventure
516 books — 477 voters

The Miracle at Speedy Motors by Alexander McCall SmithSwan Peak by James Lee Burke
Best Books of 2008
1,642 books — 6,772 voters
Tolkien On Fairy-stories by J.R.R. TolkienEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,391 books — 123,415 voters

Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Best Books Ever
77,839 books — 290,425 voters
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryJurassic Park by Michael CrichtonCircle of Friends by Maeve BinchySphere by Michael Crichton
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,578 books — 18,686 voters

The Joy of Cooking by Irma S. RombauerCookWise by Shirley O. Corriher
Best Cookbooks
1,458 books — 1,113 voters
The Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownThe Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
Popular Books that Annoy You
1,009 books — 2,008 voters

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourtLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Accidental Tourist by Anne TylerI Know This Much Is True by Wally LambThe Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,228 books — 3,937 voters
Wicked by Gregory Maguire
Abandoned Books
1,465 books — 1,464 voters

The Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch AlbomThe Shack by William Paul YoungWicked by Gregory MaguireThe Accidental Tourist by Anne TylerI Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb
Book I Should've Liked
251 books — 151 voters
Godless by Ann CoulterEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertMy Life by Bill Clinton
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,638 books — 5,991 voters

Wicked by Gregory MaguireThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    Brown
Disappointing Books
2,770 books — 4,606 voters
Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryMoloka'i by Alan Brennert1776 by David McCullough
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,215 books — 28,370 voters

The Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerMy Ántonia by Willa CatherMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. Frankl
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,888 books — 49,805 voters
Drinking by Caroline Knapp
Best Strange and Twisted Memoirs
722 books — 1,098 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregorySnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeePope Joan by Donna Woolfolk Cross
Best Historical Fiction
7,797 books — 26,113 voters
Congo by Michael CrichtonThe Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
The Worst Books of All Time
8,103 books — 19,883 voters