The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Best Graphic Novels
3,454 books — 6,776 voters
1984 by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka
100 Books to Read in a Lifetime: Readers' Picks
15,699 books — 18,071 voters

Dune by Frank HerbertFoundation by Isaac AsimovThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsA Scanner Darkly by Philip K. Dick
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,549 books — 24,978 voters
Just Kids by Patti SmithTape Delay by Charles NealSongs in the Key of Z by Irwin ChusidBowie In Berlin by Thomas Jerome SeabrookThe Rocklopedia Fakebandica by T. Mike Childs
Best Books on Rock and Roll
895 books — 1,279 voters

Revelations by Diane ArbusAdolf Wölfli by Manuel AnceauThe Polaroid Book by Barbara Hitchcock
Best Coffee Table Books
593 books — 292 voters
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Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,935 books — 6,469 voters

The Heart is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullersLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
Books to Read On a Rainy Day
768 books — 454 voters
Confessions of a Mask by Yukio MishimaQueer by William S. BurroughsThe Wild Boys by William S. BurroughsKitchen by Banana Yoshimoto
Best LGBTQIA literature
1,783 books — 2,178 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,020 books — 5,330 voters
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Read Them Twice...At Least
14,145 books — 11,630 voters

1984 by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,044 books — 121,703 voters
The Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownThe Twilight Collection by Stephenie MeyerFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesDianetics by L. Ron HubbardFifty Shades Freed by E.L. James
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,638 books — 5,991 voters

Steppenwolf by Hermann HesseThe Trial by Franz Kafka
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
765 books — 1,131 voters

The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Best Book to Screen Interpretation
579 books — 480 voters