Stiff by Mary RoachThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsNaked by David SedarisHow to Survive the End of the World as We Know It by James Wesley, Rawles
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,227 books — 8,061 voters
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyHow I Live Now by Meg RosoffFlowers in the Attic by V.C. AndrewsSummer Sisters by Judy Blume
Best Young Adult Books
13,096 books — 80,178 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottLes Misérables by Victor Hugo
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,703 books — 6,872 voters
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Books that make you think.
1,116 books — 1,047 voters

Divergent by Veronica RothThe Night Circus by Erin MorgensternLies That Chelsea Handler Told Me by Chelsea HandlerCraft Wisdom & Know-How by Amy RostJust Being Audrey by Margaret Cardillo
Best Books of 2011
2,669 books — 6,705 voters
Mockingjay by Suzanne CollinsRoom by Emma DonoghueOrange Is the New Black by Piper KermanChelsea Chelsea Bang Bang by Chelsea HandlerFull Dark, No Stars by Stephen  King
Best Books of 2010
1,574 books — 2,471 voters

Catching Fire by Suzanne CollinsWomen, Food and God by Geneen RothThe Sartorialist by Scott SchumanThe Best American Poetry 2009 by David WagonerNatural Healing Wisdom & Know How by Amy Rost
Best Books of 2009
1,769 books — 6,935 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsStuff White People Like by Christian LanderSerena by Ron RashThe Silver Linings Playbook by Matthew QuickGothic Art Now by Jasmine Becket-Griffith
Best Books of 2008
1,631 books — 6,783 voters

Nineteen Minutes by Jodi PicoultGarden Spells by Sarah Addison Allen
Best Books of 2007
1,114 books — 993 voters
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonWorld War Z by Max Brooks
Best Books of 2006
985 books — 746 voters

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsMarley and Me by John GroganA Long Way Down by Nick Hornby
Best Books of 2005
875 books — 639 voters
The Fault in Our Stars by John GreenInsurgent by Veronica Roth
Best Books of 2012
3,523 books — 9,203 voters

Stop Dressing Your Six-Year-Old Like a Skank by Celia RivenbarkBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingAre You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea HandlerHolidays on Ice by David SedarisMy Horizontal Life by Chelsea Handler
Best Humorous Books
4,328 books — 7,892 voters

The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsOrange Is the New Black by Piper KermanPersepolis by Marjane SatrapiThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankLucky by Alice Sebold
Memoirs by Women
3,015 books — 3,030 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachSex Tips For Girls by Cynthia HeimelSkinny Bitch by Rory Freedman
You Read a Book about What?
4,049 books — 2,110 voters

The Vintage Book of Contemporary American Poetry by J.D. McClatchyThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldGreat Expectations by Charles Dickens
Very Favorite Books
663 books — 469 voters

The Holy Bible by AnonymousEmily Post's Etiquette by Peggy PostInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,264 books — 17,473 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonAtonement by Ian McEwanNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroEats, Shoots & Leaves by Lynne Truss
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,832 books — 21,948 voters

Marley and Me by John GroganMockingjay by Suzanne CollinsThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsNight by Elie Wiesel
Books that Made You Cry!
3,359 books — 7,921 voters
Atonement by Ian McEwanGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Best Historical Fiction
7,405 books — 25,585 voters

The Collected Poems by Langston HughesThe Poetry of Pablo Neruda by Pablo NerudaThe Complete Collected Poems by Maya Angelou
Favorite Poets of Color
600 books — 199 voters

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,537 books — 120,053 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
the ultimate Heroine
436 books — 517 voters



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