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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
1,453 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
7,754 books — 14,423 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
2,064 books — 2,686 voters

Outlander by Diana Gabaldon
The Best Time-Travel Romance Novels
1,060 books — 4,295 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
3,693 books — 9,884 voters

The Holy Bible by Anonymous
The Most Influential Books
1,497 books — 5,309 voters
Hyperion by Dan Simmons
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,182 books — 5,465 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
13,323 books — 80,577 voters
The Monstrumologist by Rick Yancey
Forgotten Frights: Overlooked and Underappreciated Horror
814 books — 416 voters

Cold Mountain by Charles FrazierThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,182 books — 3,685 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
1,773 books — 2,319 voters
Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
Best Historical Fiction Books that Are Actually Historical Fiction
2,694 books — 3,292 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 — 1,233 voters

On Writing by Stephen KingRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,591 books — 7,860 voters
The Stand by Stephen KingWorld War Z by Max BrooksBattle Royale by Koushun Takami
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,039 books — 26,780 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
3,165 books — 10,179 voters

Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,733 books — 26,972 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
2,132 books — 5,527 voters

Cold Mountain by Charles Frazier
American Civil War Books (fiction and nonfiction)
454 books — 298 voters
Assassin's Apprentice by Robin Hobb
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,223 books — 12,271 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
32,843 books — 124,663 voters