Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLes Misérables by Victor HugoThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,025 books — 121,598 voters

Inferno by Dan    Brown11/22/63 by Stephen  KingDoctor Sleep by Stephen  King
2013 NY Times Best-Sellers - Fiction
147 books — 615 voters

Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
Nobel Prize in ANYTHING BUT Literature
147 books — 58 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondStalingrad by Antony BeevorIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Fall of Berlin 1945 by Antony BeevorAn Army at Dawn by Rick Atkinson
Best History Books
3,786 books — 3,813 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond
Modern Science Nonfiction
452 books — 306 voters
Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerInto Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Best Nature Books
1,153 books — 793 voters

Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondMoonwalking with Einstein by Joshua FoerInto Thin Air by Jon Krakauer
Most Engaging Scientific Nonfiction
368 books — 285 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,867 books — 3,612 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThe Tipping Point by Malcolm Gladwell
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,237 books — 8,068 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyCloud Atlas by David  MitchellNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroThe Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael Chabon
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,266 books — 9,088 voters
Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondGhost Wars by Steve Coll
Pulitzer Winners: General Non-fiction
85 books — 343 voters

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Best Books of 2005
876 books — 640 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonWorld War Z by Max BrooksThe Absolute Sandman, Volume 1 by Neil Gaiman
Best Books of 2006
984 books — 745 voters

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DíazThe Yiddish Policemen's Union by Michael ChabonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonOn Chesil Beach by Ian McEwanI Am America by Stephen Colbert
Best Books of 2007
1,115 books — 992 voters
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
Best Books of 2008
1,643 books — 6,774 voters

Columbine by Dave CullenThe Lost City of Z by David GrannZeitoun by Dave Eggers
Best Books of 2009
1,764 books — 6,930 voters
Room by Emma DonoghueFreedom by Jonathan FranzenA Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
Best Books of 2010
1,575 books — 2,472 voters

A Dance with Dragons by George R.R. Martin11/22/63 by Stephen  King
Best Books of 2011
2,668 books — 6,698 voters
1984 by George OrwellLolita by Vladimir NabokovEast of Eden by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,886 books — 49,789 voters

Something Wicked This Way Comes by Ray BradburyThe Shining by Stephen  KingDracula by Bram Stoker
Best Horror Novels
2,090 books — 5,464 voters
Odd Thomas by Dean KoontzPhantoms by Dean KoontzIntensity by Dean KoontzThe Face of Fear by Brian Coffey
Best Dean Koontz Books
91 books — 903 voters

Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared DiamondFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Best Books To Frame Thinking
1,300 books — 1,427 voters
Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck KlostermanHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad1984 by George OrwellWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinMoby-Dick by Herman Melville
White as the Driven Snow
1,765 books — 256 voters


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