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Assassin's Apprentice by Robin HobbMy Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead GeorgeThe Gunslinger by Stephen KingThe Dark Is Rising by Susan Cooper
Best Books for Teen Boys
1,452 books — 1,560 voters
The Martian by Andy WeirReady Player One by Ernest ClineThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternUnbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Best Books of the Decade: 2010s
7,722 books — 14,377 voters

Cold Mountain by Charles FrazierWorld War Z by Max BrooksThe Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht
Major Award-Winning Fiction Since 1990
253 books — 568 voters
Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Is It Just Me? Books You Disliked That Everyone Else Seems To Love
2,063 books — 2,684 voters

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
The Best Time-Travel Romance Novels
1,048 books — 4,249 voters
The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Series
3,541 books — 9,623 voters

The Holy Bible by Anonymous
The Most Influential Books
1,496 books — 5,301 voters
Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,158 books — 5,438 voters

The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George SpeareLife of Pi by Yann MartelA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty SmithMy Side of the Mountain by Jean Craighead GeorgeThe Thief by Megan Whalen Turner
Best Young Adult Books
13,218 books — 80,480 voters
The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
Forgotten Frights: Overlooked and Underappreciated Horror
810 books — 414 voters

Cold Mountain by Charles FrazierThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,155 books — 3,684 voters
Shōgun by James ClavellThe Stand by Stephen KingThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettOutlander by Diana GabaldonThe Terror by Dan Simmons
Long Books
12 books — 4 voters

World War Z by Max BrooksThe Stand by Stephen KingHyperion by Dan SimmonsJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeWatership Down by Richard Adams
S&L Top-100 Science Fiction, Fantasy Titles
1,765 books — 2,250 voters
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Best Historical Fiction Books that Are Actually Historical Fiction
2,655 books — 3,171 voters

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil GaimanDoctor Sleep by Stephen King
2013 NY Times Best-Sellers - Fiction
147 books — 615 voters
The Rosie Project by Graeme Simsion
Books I Kind of Wanted to Snuggle After Reading
977 books — 1,231 voters

On Writing by Stephen KingRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,437 books — 7,418 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingWorld War Z by Max BrooksBattle Royale by Koushun Takami
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,993 books — 26,645 voters

The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
Best book covers of 2013
265 books — 511 voters
Fool's Fate by Robin HobbFool's Errand by Robin HobbJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,097 books — 10,090 voters

Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,659 books — 26,685 voters
The Terror by Dan SimmonsThe Shining by Stephen KingWorld War Z by Max BrooksSomething Wicked This Way Comes by Ray Bradbury
Best Horror Novels
2,121 books — 5,510 voters

Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
American Civil War Books (fiction and nonfiction)
459 books — 292 voters
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,193 books — 12,175 voters

The Spider and the Fly by Mary Botham Howitt
Greatest Children's Books of All Time
220 books — 132 voters
The Education of Little Tree by Forrest CarterPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Holy Bible by AnonymousLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,550 books — 123,957 voters