A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithSloppy Firsts by Megan McCaffertyI Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Best Young Adult Fiction
3,595 books — 6,911 voters
Wicked by Gregory MaguireThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasLamb by Christopher MooreThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Best Books Ever
76,762 books — 285,667 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Best Woman-Authored Books
8,296 books — 5,261 voters
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer Bradley
Best Arthurian Fiction
477 books — 1,445 voters

Outlander by Diana GabaldonP.S. I Love You by Cecelia AhernPossession by A.S. ByattThese Happy Golden Years by Laura Ingalls WilderI Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith
Best Love Stories
5,182 books — 9,643 voters
Jurassic Park by Michael CrichtonThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    Brown
Best Action-Adventure Novels
2,568 books — 2,755 voters

The Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Three Musketeers by Alexandre DumasKatherine by Anya SetonNorth and South by John Jakes
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,676 books — 3,606 voters
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasGreat Expectations by Charles Dickens
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,540 books — 17,858 voters

Outlander by Diana GabaldonGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerSense and Sensibility by Jane Austen
All Time Favorite Romance Novels
5,607 books — 12,555 voters

The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Shack by William Paul Young
Books You Are Tired Of Hearing About
713 books — 1,012 voters
The World According to Garp by John Irving
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,956 books — 1,881 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Books to Read When the Snow Is Falling
13,931 books — 9,795 voters
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayPrep by Curtis SittenfeldThe Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank
The Worst Books of All Time
8,096 books — 19,873 voters

Written in My Own Heart's Blood by Diana Gabaldon
Historical Fiction 2014
383 books — 1,977 voters

Outlander by Diana GabaldonGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenNorthanger Abbey by Jane AustenThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
My Dream Leading Men...
2,469 books — 2,482 voters
Lamb by Christopher MooreThe Awakening by Kate ChopinWicked by Gregory MaguireThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,849 books — 121,089 voters

Sense and Sensibility by Jane AustenThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyWives and Daughters by Elizabeth Gaskell
Literary Love Triangles (Non-YA)
530 books — 1,886 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. TaylorThe Awakening by Kate Chopin
Glad my teacher made me read this book
339 books — 401 voters

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Contemporary British Novels
507 books — 389 voters

Lamb by Christopher MooreThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Books that Make you Laugh
3,501 books — 5,078 voters

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonSarah's Key by Tatiana de RosnayThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Clan of the Cave Bear by Jean M. Auel
Best Page-Turners with Redeeming Social Value
8,081 books — 5,764 voters
Lamb by Christopher MooreThe Pickwick Papers by Charles Dickens
Funniest Novels of All Time
1,424 books — 2,338 voters

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasOutlander by Diana Gabaldon
Hunks in History
209 books — 313 voters
The Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyThe Edible Woman by Margaret Atwood
Best Feminist Fiction
1,499 books — 2,671 voters



« previous 1 3 4