The Road by Cormac McCarthy
The Long and Winding Road
115 books — 44 voters

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerEast of Eden by John Steinbeck
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,997 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,696 books — 120,659 voters
The Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonA Lesson Before Dying by Ernest J. GainesBeloved by Toni MorrisonKindred by Octavia E. ButlerThe Coldest Winter Ever by Sister Souljah
Best African American Books
1,043 books — 1,139 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Road by Cormac McCarthyBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DíazThe Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Pulitzer Winners: Fiction & Novels
99 books — 951 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Best Love Stories
5,179 books — 9,640 voters

Godless by Ann CoulterThe Secret by Rhonda ByrneEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Book of Mormon by Joseph Smith Jr.The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,638 books — 5,990 voters
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeThe Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler WarnerWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteRamona the Pest by Beverly Cleary
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,848 books — 10,539 voters

Wicked by Gregory MaguireBreaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Disappointing Books
2,732 books — 4,602 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Road by Cormac McCarthyFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,187 books — 28,368 voters

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,687 voters