The Metropolitan Opera Murders by Helen TraubelThe "Canary" Murder Case by S.S. Van Dine
Library of Congress Crime Classics
17 books — 3 voters
The French Broad by Wilma Dykeman46 Days by Jennifer Pharr DavisBecoming Odyssa by Jennifer Pharr DavisCalled Again by Jennifer Pharr Davis
Asheville, NC Area Authors
20 books — 3 voters

Travels with Charley by John Steinbeck
Best Books About America
77 books — 28 voters
The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha ChristieHercule Poirot's Christmas by Agatha ChristieThe Three Coffins by John Dickson CarrThe Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha ChristieThe Judas Window by Carter Dickson
Locked Room Mysteries
188 books — 153 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Books that Change You
239 books — 70 voters

As I Lay Dying by William FaulknerTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAngle of Repose by Wallace StegnerThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerAll the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren
The Great American Novel
672 books — 1,090 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyAnimal Farm by George Orwell
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,729 books — 18,217 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Great Coming-Of-Age Books
862 books — 634 voters
Ava by Ava GardnerTracy and Hepburn by Garson KaninMy Autobiography by Charlie ChaplinHaywire by Brooke HaywardHotel California by Barney Hoskyns
Celebrity Biography
943 books — 330 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Required Reading in High School
815 books — 1,297 voters
The Fire Next Time by James BaldwinBlack Boy by Richard WrightBlack Like Me by John Howard GriffinThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm X
#BlackLivesMatter Reading List
626 books — 290 voters

The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club by Dorothy L. SayersFull Dark House by Christopher FowlerAt Bertram's Hotel by Agatha ChristieThe Water Room by Christopher FowlerMurder Must Advertise by Dorothy L. Sayers
Best London Mysteries
207 books — 112 voters

The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
The Hardscrabble Life
410 books — 118 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldFranny and Zooey by J.D. Salinger'Tis by Frank McCourtThe Thin Man by Dashiell Hammett
Tales of New York City
1,692 books — 1,261 voters

Up the Line to Death by Brian GardnerLeaves of Grass by Walt WhitmanThe Collected Poems of W.B. Yeats by W.B. YeatsThe Waste Land by T.S. EliotThe Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock and Other Poems by T.S. Eliot
Best Poetry Books
3,005 books — 2,487 voters
A Study in Scarlet by Arthur Conan DoyleBlack Beauty by Anna SewellThe Red Badge of Courage by Stephen CraneFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
A Kaleidoscope of Colors
2,421 books — 206 voters

Ulysses by James JoyceLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryTeam of Rivals by Doris Kearns GoodwinCentennial by James A. MichenerAn American Tragedy by Theodore Dreiser
The 800+ page Gorillaz
459 books — 518 voters
The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester
Histories of the Everyday
372 books — 341 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerDon't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight by Alexandra Fuller
favorite non-fiction
2,857 books — 1,267 voters
The Enchanted April by Elizabeth von ArnimChasing Lincoln's Killer by James L. SwansonFailure to Appear by J.A. JanceThe Eagle Catcher by Margaret CoelCODEBREAKERS by F.H. Hinsley
What we've read so far in...2014
9,438 books — 2,087 voters

Murder on the Orient Express by Agatha ChristieAnd Then There Were None by Agatha ChristieThe Alienist by Caleb CarrThe Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha ChristieDeath on the Nile by Agatha Christie
Best Murder Mysteries Of All-Time
1,019 books — 761 voters
Without Reservations by Alice SteinbachA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Lost Continent by Bill BrysonInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerTravels with Charley by John Steinbeck
Favorite Travel Books
2,033 books — 3,943 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainHamlet by William Shakespeare
Books With Unforgettable Characters
9,508 books — 8,647 voters
Cold Mountain by Charles FrazierShe Walks These Hills by Sharyn McCrumbA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Hangman's Beautiful Daughter by Sharyn McCrumbThe Songcatcher by Sharyn McCrumb
Best Books Set in Appalachia
800 books — 844 voters


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