The Color Purple by Alice WalkerYear of Wonders by Geraldine BrooksAll the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr
Best Historical Fiction
7,589 books — 25,878 voters
Into the Woods by Stephen SondheimA Raisin in the Sun by Lorraine Hansberry
Best American Plays
250 books — 367 voters

The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,889 books — 49,792 voters
The Graveyard Book by Neil GaimanThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books That Had Me Bawling My Eyes Out
858 books — 1,595 voters

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Best Beach Reads 2013
2,204 books — 4,189 voters
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Fruits and Vegetables in Titles
965 books — 180 voters