The Long Walk by Richard  BachmanBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodLord of the Flies by William Golding
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,925 books — 26,179 voters
Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,218 books — 28,368 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Feminist Fiction
1,503 books — 2,672 voters
Tigana by Guy Gavriel KayThe Fionavar Tapestry by Guy Gavriel Kay
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,411 books — 26,360 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Best Books Ever
77,423 books — 288,992 voters
Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Hours by Michael Cunningham
Pulitzer Winners: Fiction & Novels
99 books — 951 voters

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Best Young Adult Fiction
3,605 books — 6,920 voters
City of Light by Lauren Belfer
Best Historical Fiction
7,710 books — 25,959 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan    Brown
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,578 books — 18,686 voters
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,889 books — 49,796 voters

Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself by Judy BlumeRamona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
Best Kids Books Ever
1,053 books — 778 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Chosen by Chaim Potok
Required Reading in High School
815 books — 1,297 voters

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Best Young Adult Books
13,196 books — 80,292 voters