The Pearl by John SteinbeckOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckCannery Row by John SteinbeckTortilla Flat by John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
44 books — 210 voters
A Wish for Wings That Work by Berkeley BreathedYes, Virginia, There Is a Santa Claus by Francis Pharcellus ChurchThe Stupidest Angel by Christopher MooreThe Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
Best Christmas-Themed Books/Stories
842 books — 719 voters

The Suicide Collectors by David OppegaardBel Canto by Ann PatchettThe Faerie Queene by Edmund Spenser
Unpredictable Endings
51 books — 33 voters
Wormwood, Nevada by David OppegaardLove Medicine by Louise ErdrichTales of Burning Love by Louise ErdrichThe Suicide Collectors by David Oppegaard
Books That Should Be Listed More
250 books — 218 voters

The Suicide Collectors by David OppegaardI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard Matheson
Fiction About Epidemics
131 books — 112 voters
The Suicide Collectors by David OppegaardThe Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Mundane Science Fiction
49 books — 39 voters

Wormwood, Nevada by David OppegaardThe House of the Seven Gables by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroWhere Angels Fear to Tread by E.M. Forster
Covers showing House Fronts
448 books — 72 voters
Wormwood, Nevada by David OppegaardThe Pioneer Woman Cooks by Ree DrummondThe Year of the Flood by Margaret AtwoodFool by Christopher MooreThe Man Who Loved Books Too Much by Allison Hoover Bartlett
Best Books of 2009
1,764 books — 6,931 voters

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenBel Canto by Ann PatchettThe Blind Assassin by Margaret AtwoodThe Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,218 books — 16,840 voters

Of Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Pearl by John SteinbeckA Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
books to read in one-sitting
338 books — 273 voters
Goodnight Goon by Michael RexThe Miracle Letters of T. Rimberg by Geoff HerbachThe Pigeon Wants a Puppy! by Mo Willems
Best Books of 2008
1,643 books — 6,776 voters

The Missing Piece Meets the Big O by Shel SilversteinTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Read Them Twice...At Least
14,117 books — 11,582 voters
The Pearl by John SteinbeckShe’s Come Undone by Wally LambThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1984 by George OrwellWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,228 books — 3,920 voters

American Gods by Neil GaimanEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
What To Read Next
20,663 books — 24,496 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonNumber the Stars by Lois LowryAre You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
Best Young Adult Books
13,155 books — 80,228 voters

Division Street by Studs TerkelThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanNight by Elie WieselThe Death and Life of Great American Cities by Jane JacobsUnder the Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,285 books — 4,504 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Bridges of Madison County by Robert James WallerThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,563 books — 18,683 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Stand by Stephen  KingThe Man in the High Castle by Philip K. DickFlowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,534 books — 24,905 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Corrections by Jonathan FranzenThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,848 books — 22,129 voters