Salt to the Sea by Ruta SepetysMy Name Is Lucy Barton by Elizabeth StroutThe Wonder by Emma DonoghueGlory Over Everything by Kathleen GrissomHillbilly Elegy by J.D. Vance
Best Books of 2016
1,827 books — 2,781 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Help by Kathryn StockettLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,832 books — 22,354 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteHelter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiThe Night Stalker by Philip CarloThe Ultimate Evil by Maury Terry
Best True Crime
1,453 books — 2,094 voters
Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklThe Shack by William Paul YoungThe Power of Positive Thinking by Norman Vincent Peale
Motivational and Self-Improvement Books
3,133 books — 3,613 voters

Candide by Voltaire
Best Books of the 18th Century
376 books — 1,010 voters
The Cuckoo's Calling by Robert GalbraithThe Silkworm by Robert GalbraithThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Best Literary Mysteries
2,654 books — 4,915 voters

Wench by Dolen Perkins-ValdezIncidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Ann JacobsThe Kitchen House by Kathleen GrissomThe Book of Negroes by Lawrence HillGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Books about American slavery
415 books — 417 voters
Wonder by R.J. PalacioThe Fault in Our Stars by John  GreenThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Recommended by Reading Challengers
6,239 books — 4,832 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellNight by Elie WieselHamlet by William Shakespeare
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,887 books — 18,590 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensMadame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertThe Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Edgar Allan Poe
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,750 books — 6,905 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch AlbomThe World According to Garp by John Irving
Fantastic Dads and Father-figures
729 books — 739 voters

The Invention of Wings by Sue Monk Kidd
2014 New York Times Book Review
54 books — 34 voters
Deenie by Judy Blume'night, Mother by Marsha NormanThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Books Under 200 Pages
955 books — 432 voters

Allegiant by Veronica Roth
Best Books Published in 2013
3,586 books — 7,153 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,215 books — 28,372 voters
Books White People Need to Read
1,397 books — 1,669 voters

Candide by VoltaireWe Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryNight Flight by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Great Short Short Books
584 books — 524 voters
Allegiant by Veronica RothDoctor Sleep by Stephen  KingHollow City by Ransom Riggs
Can't Wait Books of 2013
2,490 books — 11,673 voters

Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Child Called "It" by Dave Pelzer
Books that Changed the Way You View Life
10,598 books — 6,008 voters
Harry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenA Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Books to Read On a Rainy Day
774 books — 462 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Green Mile by Stephen  KingThe Shack by William Paul Young
Favorite Books
14,977 books — 10,606 voters
We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley JacksonThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Best Gothic Books of All Time
636 books — 3,588 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter Collection by J.K. RowlingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Books You Hate To Put Down
1,524 books — 674 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,529 books — 123,861 voters
Stoner by John  WilliamsThe Inferno of Dante Alighieri by Dante Alighieri
New York Review Books - Classics
632 books — 901 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryMadame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertCandide by Voltaire
Best French Literature
884 books — 1,575 voters
The Exorcist by William Peter BlattyCarrie by Stephen  King
Scariest Books Ever Written
167 books — 196 voters


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