The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsGood Omens by Terry PratchettGoing Postal by Terry PratchettBossypants by Tina FeyThe Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
Best Humorous Books
4,415 books — 8,075 voters

The Prophet by Kahlil Gibran1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienA Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan Doyle
The Most Influential Books
1,490 books — 5,294 voters
Rashomon and Other Stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa
Top Samurai Novels
78 books — 107 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Subtle Knife by Philip Pullman
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,511 books — 69,799 voters
Longitude by Dava SobelThe Pluto Files by Neil deGrasse TysonPhysics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,929 books — 3,625 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldMuch Ado About Nothing by William ShakespeareBeowulf by UnknownMacbeth by William ShakespeareHamlet by William Shakespeare
Best Books for Lit Majors
276 books — 46 voters
Confederates in the Attic by Tony Horwitz
Favorite Travel Books
2,047 books — 3,958 voters

I Am a Ghost Hunter by Mike    RobertsGhosts on the Battleship North Carolina by Danny BradshawHaunted Wilmington and the Cape Fear Coast by Brooks Preik
North Carolina Setting and/or Author
480 books — 199 voters
The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, Vol. 1 by Alan             MooreTarzan Alive by Philip José FarmerDoc Savage by Philip José FarmerThe Other Log of Phileas Fogg by Philip José FarmerPlanetary, Volume 1 by Warren Ellis
Crossover Fiction
164 books — 46 voters

Longitude by Dava SobelConfederates in the Attic by Tony HorwitzThe Communist Manifesto by Karl MarxThe Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr.All the President’s Men by Carl Bernstein
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,277 books — 8,084 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleMurder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieLes Misérables by Victor HugoWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
757 books — 1,831 voters
A Paranormal Casebook by Loyd AuerbachI Am a Ghost Hunter by Mike    RobertsChasing Ghosts, Texas Style by Brad Klinge
Paranormal Investigations
26 books — 55 voters

A Paranormal Casebook by Loyd AuerbachI Am a Ghost Hunter by Mike    RobertsChasing Ghosts, Texas Style by Brad Klinge
Ghost Hunting Diaries
14 books — 8 voters

1984 by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Cult Classics
1,576 books — 2,132 voters
1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,706 books — 25,640 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingAnimal Farm by George OrwellTolkien On Fairy-stories by J.R.R. Tolkien
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,506 books — 123,691 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsPaper Towns by John  GreenThe Complete Works by William ShakespeareRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom StoppardMuch Ado About Nothing by William Shakespeare
Best Books Ever
78,129 books — 291,233 voters