Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraOn the Road by Jack Kerouac
Best Books Ever
78,688 books — 293,228 voters
The Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienInto the Wild by Jon Krakauer
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,182 books — 3,684 voters

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
16,005 books — 18,780 voters
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
Best Philosophical Literature
1,206 books — 2,878 voters

The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienEast of Eden by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,874 books — 49,841 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
(good!) Hipster Literature
129 books — 247 voters

Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerThe Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienOn the Road by Jack Kerouac
Adventure Books
44 books — 63 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger1984 by George OrwellThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
926 books — 2,389 voters

The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin
The Most Influential Books
1,497 books — 5,304 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Read Them Twice...At Least
14,442 books — 12,002 voters

Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,300 books — 11,656 voters