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
4,160 books — 27,052 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
7,207 books — 28,379 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Feminist Fiction
1,543 books — 2,812 voters
Tigana by Guy Gavriel KayThe Fionavar Tapestry by Guy Gavriel Kay
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,897 books — 27,139 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Best Books Ever
80,179 books — 299,006 voters
Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Hours by Michael Cunningham
Pulitzer Winners: Fiction & Novels
100 books — 950 voters

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
Best Young Adult Fiction
3,655 books — 7,121 voters
City of Light by Lauren Belfer
Best Historical Fiction
8,407 books — 27,594 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan    Brown
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,657 books — 18,680 voters
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,801 books — 49,896 voters

Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself by Judy BlumeRamona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
Best Kids Books Ever
1,070 books — 999 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Chosen by Chaim Potok
Required Reading in High School
826 books — 1,324 voters

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Best Young Adult Books
13,019 books — 80,528 voters