A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensHow the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. SeussThe Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke MooreThe Polar Express by Chris Van AllsburgA Charlie Brown Christmas by Charles M. Schulz
The Very Best Christmas Books List
357 books — 251 voters
A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensHow the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. SeussThe Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke MooreThe Polar Express by Chris Van AllsburgThe Gift of the Magi by O. Henry
Favorite Christmas Books
1,515 books — 1,565 voters

The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Two Towers by J.R.R. TolkienThe Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum
Jewels and Gemstones
622 books — 55 voters
Walden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauGathering Moss by Robin Wall KimmererDesert Solitaire by Edward AbbeyAmerican Wolf by Nate BlakesleeLab Girl by Hope Jahren
Best Nature Books
1,155 books — 778 voters

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthyThe Collected Stories of Katherine Anne Porter by Katherine Anne PorterNews of the World by Paulette JilesThe Liars' Club by Mary Karr
Most Essential Books About Texas
114 books — 8 voters
Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. JeromeAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryMy Family and Other Animals by Gerald DurrellAll Creatures Great and Small by James HerriotPippi Longstocking by Astrid Lindgren
The Best Mood-Boosting Books
126 books — 9 voters

The Secret History by Donna TarttLooking for Alaska by John GreenEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardA Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett
School Novels
106 books — 151 voters

Flour Water Salt Yeast by Ken ForkishThe Bread Baker's Apprentice by Peter ReinhartBread Alone by Daniel Leader
BREAD--Stars That Rise & Shine
144 books — 27 voters
My Life in France by Julia ChildJulie and Julia by Julie PowellGarlic and Sapphires by Ruth ReichlTender at the Bone by Ruth ReichlRelish by Lucy Knisley
Cooking Memoirs
406 books — 64 voters

Art of the Pie by Kate McDermott
Cookbooks on Baking
276 books — 35 voters
The Bread Baker's Apprentice by Peter ReinhartFlour Water Salt Yeast by Ken Forkish
Best Breadmaking Books Ever
139 books — 62 voters

The Other Side by Jacqueline WoodsonAmazing Grace by Mary HoffmanHenry's Freedom Box by Ellen LevineTar Beach by Faith RinggoldGoin' Someplace Special by Patricia C. McKissack
African American Picture Books
460 books — 195 voters

Regarding the Fountain by Kate KliseThis Is Not a Book by Keri SmithEncyclopedia of an Ordinary Life by Amy Krouse RosenthalAnd the Pursuit of Happiness by Maira KalmanThe Gold Bug Variations by Richard Powers
Quirky, One-of-a-Kind Books
82 books — 34 voters
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth StroutMrs. Bridge by Evan S. ConnellMrs. Palfrey at the Claremont by Elizabeth TaylorFlorence Gordon by Brian MortonThe Stone Angel by James W. Nichol
Good Books for Old Broads (Like Me)
119 books — 31 voters

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryHoles by Louis SacharFriday Night Lights by H.G. BissingerThe Original Adventures of Hank the Cowdog by John R. EricksonLone Star by T.R. Fehrenbach
Books Set in Texas
954 books — 329 voters
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Enchanted April by Elizabeth von ArnimA Long Way from Verona by Jane Gardam
Uplifting Fiction
332 books — 284 voters

The Road Not Taken and Other Poems by Robert FrostStopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening by Robert FrostThe Emperor of Ice-Cream and Other Poems by Wallace StevensComplete Poems of Emily Dickinson by Emily Dickinson
Goodreads Top 100 Poems of All Time
260 books — 233 voters
One Day by David NichollsOne for the Money by Janet EvanovichThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
ONE DAY Best Summer Reads
1,666 books — 5,992 voters


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