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
3,748 books — 25,990 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
7,189 books — 28,380 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Feminist Fiction
1,504 books — 2,673 voters
Tigana by Guy Gavriel KayThe Fionavar Tapestry by Guy Gavriel Kay
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,208 books — 25,720 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Best Books Ever
76,097 books — 282,757 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
3,600 books — 6,915 voters
City of Light by Lauren Belfer
Best Historical Fiction
7,396 books — 25,578 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan    Brown
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,689 voters
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,788 voters

Starring Sally J. Freedman as Herself by Judy BlumeRamona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly Cleary
Best Kids Books Ever
1,044 books — 749 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Chosen by Chaim Potok
Required Reading in High School
813 books — 1,288 voters

The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Best Young Adult Books
13,124 books — 80,173 voters