Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
The Worst Books of All Time
8,104 books — 19,875 voters
The Crucible by Arthur MillerEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
I'm glad someone made me read this book
10,707 books — 10,310 voters

Old School by Tobias WolffRabbit, Run by John UpdikeSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Rabbit Is Rich by John UpdikeInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Best Books Ever
76,126 books — 283,005 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Humor Writing
841 books — 841 voters

Hyperbole and a Half by Allie BroshNaked by David SedarisBonk by Mary RoachPacking for Mars by Mary RoachBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
Books That Made Me Laugh Out Loud
2,066 books — 2,368 voters
Maus I by Art SpiegelmanThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeRabbit Is Rich by John Updike
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,257 books — 2,433 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesFight Club by Chuck PalahniukInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,677 voters
Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittPersepolis by Marjane SatrapiBlink by Malcolm Gladwell
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,379 voters

The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn by Eric Ives
Best Books about Anne Boleyn
87 books — 185 voters
Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi AliTouching the Void by Joe SimpsonReligion Explained by Pascal BoyerNothing to Envy by Barbara DemickBonk by Mary Roach
The Last 10 Nonfiction Books I Read
2,987 books — 1,156 voters

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
I Don't Understand All That Fuss
1,025 books — 2,567 voters
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtOn Writing by Stephen  KingNaked by David Sedaris
Memoirs by Men
1,703 books — 670 voters

The Perfect Mile by Neal Bascomb
Best Running (non-instructional) Books
227 books — 555 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.If This Isn't Nice, What Is? by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.A Man Without a Country by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Vonnegut's Best
37 books — 631 voters

Naked by David SedarisWhat the Dog Saw and Other Adventures by Malcolm Gladwell
Best Book of Essays
399 books — 179 voters
Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingThe Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs
Light but not (too) dumb
845 books — 838 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingBridget Jones by Helen Fielding
Best Lighthearted Literature
618 books — 477 voters
Heidegger and a Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates by Thomas Cathcart
Best Humorous Non-Fiction
582 books — 239 voters

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn RandThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldZen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. PirsigIshmael by Daniel Quinn
Abandoned Books
1,473 books — 1,465 voters
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Favorite Poorly Rated Books
1,519 books — 261 voters

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneAngels & Demons by Dan    Brown
Books So Bad I Couldn't Finish...
644 books — 578 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Best Dark Humor
729 books — 1,631 voters

Female Chauvinist Pigs by Ariel Levy
Best Feminist Books
2,515 books — 3,517 voters
Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,173 books — 2,012 voters

Dubliners by James JoyceEinstein’s Dreams by Alan LightmanSelected Stories of Andre Dubus by Andre DubusRunaway by Alice MunroThe Snows of Kilimanjaro and Other Stories by Ernest Hemingway
Collections of Short Stories
2,895 books — 2,040 voters
Night by Elie WieselBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyEast of Eden by John SteinbeckIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,230 books — 17,465 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsAngels & Demons by Dan    BrownThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Disappointing Books
2,735 books — 4,605 voters


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