Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferDracula by Bram StokerThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyThe Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
Epistolary Novels
189 books — 274 voters

The Bees by Laline Paull
Book Group Worthy Titles for 2014
243 books — 1,192 voters
The Trial by Franz KafkaLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Road by Cormac McCarthyAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Dystopia!
1,232 books — 2,789 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerDead Until Dark by Charlaine HarrisKindred by Octavia E. Butler
Quirky Southern Fiction
981 books — 1,929 voters
A Woman in Berlin by AnonymousAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarquePerfume by Patrick SüskindBuddenbrooks by Thomas Mann
Best German/Austrian/Swiss Literature
988 books — 966 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,531 books — 17,460 voters
ALEX AND THE RING by Jeffrey Afiouni
Hidden Gems: YA-Fantasy Novels
2,244 books — 2,853 voters

Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukRebecca by Daphne du MaurierI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar Wilde
Best Twists
8,625 books — 9,673 voters

The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonHoles by Louis SacharThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Best Teen Books About Real Problems
3,021 books — 12,501 voters
The Crimes Of Billy Fish by Sarah Hopkins
Books You Wish More People Knew About
17,392 books — 10,174 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Best Historical Fiction
7,888 books — 26,296 voters
The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce
2013 Tournament of Books Watch List
64 books — 379 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Brain that Changes Itself by Norman Doidge
How To Help a Christian 'Out'
96 books — 54 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Break Out
2,127 books — 3,999 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Color Purple by Alice Walker1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellBrave New World by Aldous Huxley
Books for and About Activists
325 books — 308 voters

Atonement by Ian McEwanAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Abandoned Books
1,465 books — 1,462 voters
People of the Book by Geraldine BrooksMadame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Books I Wish I Had Never Started
244 books — 55 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerWool Omnibus by Hugh HoweyThe Chrysalids by John WyndhamA Woman in Berlin by AnonymousRocks in the Belly by Jon Bauer
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,533 books — 69,877 voters
A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,154 books — 5,436 voters

Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Best African American Books
1,055 books — 1,156 voters
A Woman in Berlin by AnonymousThe Forgotten Soldier by Guy Sajer
Best World War II History (nonfiction)
695 books — 514 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakTomorrow, When the War Began by John MarsdenLooking for Alibrandi by Melina MarchettaDoes My Head Look Big In This? by Randa Abdel-FattahDeadly, Unna? by Phillip Gwynne
Best Australian YA Books
363 books — 517 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily Brontë
Best Books with Rural Settings
1,151 books — 1,032 voters


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