Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,535 books — 17,464 voters
The Notebook by Nicholas SparksCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Walk to Remember by Nicholas SparksThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Books that Made You Cry!
3,366 books — 7,988 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Best Female Lead Characters
4,895 books — 5,940 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldHamlet by William Shakespeare
Best Male Character
3,174 books — 3,042 voters

The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThree Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
Life Changing Books
84 books — 79 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Best Historical Fiction
7,897 books — 26,300 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Best Books of the Decade: 1840s
280 books — 389 voters
Hamlet by William ShakespeareThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeThe Crucible by Arthur MillerRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom StoppardMacbeth by William Shakespeare
Best Play Ever
522 books — 457 voters

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
YA "Brain" Novels
210 books — 232 voters
Night by Elie WieselThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
29 Books for 2009
32 books — 20 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Notebook by Nicholas SparksJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,579 books — 18,688 voters
Watchmen by Alan Moore
Required Reading Graphic Novels
1,175 books — 2,017 voters

Atonement by Ian McEwan
The Worst Books of All Time
8,120 books — 19,893 voters
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyJust Listen by Sarah DessenThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon
Best Young Adult Books
13,215 books — 80,464 voters

Best Books Ever
78,245 books — 291,833 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,878 books — 49,825 voters