Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
The Worst Books of All Time
8,096 books — 19,872 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
11,014 books — 10,538 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
76,915 books — 286,189 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Humor Writing
841 books — 890 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
2,070 books — 2,426 voters
Maus I by Art SpiegelmanThe House of the Spirits by Isabel AllendeRabbit Is Rich by John Updike
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,259 books — 2,432 voters

Harry Potter and the Philosopher'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
3,140 books — 3,677 voters
Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittPersepolis by Marjane SatrapiBlink by Malcolm Gladwell
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,188 books — 28,370 voters

The Life and Death of Anne Boleyn by Eric Ives
Best Books about Anne Boleyn
86 books — 183 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
2,990 books — 1,154 voters

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
I Don't Understand All That Fuss
989 books — 2,580 voters
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtOn Writing by Stephen  KingNaked by David Sedaris
Memoirs by Men
1,723 books — 680 voters

The Perfect Mile by Neal Bascomb
Best Running (non-instructional) Books
228 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 — 629 voters

Naked by David SedarisWhat the Dog Saw and Other Adventures by Malcolm Gladwell
Best Book of Essays
402 books — 183 voters
Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingThe Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs
Light but not (too) dumb
850 books — 840 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingBridget Jones by Helen Fielding
Best Lighthearted Literature
619 books — 484 voters
Heidegger and a Hippo Walk Through Those Pearly Gates by Thomas Cathcart
Best Humorous Non-Fiction
584 books — 241 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
1,464 books — 1,464 voters
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Favorite Poorly Rated Books
1,519 books — 262 voters

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneAngels & Demons by Dan    Brown
Books So Bad I Couldn't Finish...
640 books — 577 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken Kesey
Best Dark Humor
727 books — 1,635 voters

Female Chauvinist Pigs by Ariel Levy
Best Feminist Books
2,605 books — 3,586 voters
Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,175 books — 2,015 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
2,896 books — 2,041 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
15,592 books — 17,921 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
2,730 books — 4,599 voters


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