Desert Solitaire by Edward AbbeyCollapse by Jared DiamondCadillac Desert by Marc Reisner
Best Environmental Books
1,082 books — 1,226 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson
Abandoned Books
1,466 books — 1,465 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph HellerWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Books To Read Before I Die
145 books — 109 voters

The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonCollapse by Jared Diamond
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,264 books — 8,071 voters
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,134 books — 10,100 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthy
This Is the End...
1,003 books — 1,598 voters

Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Most Difficult Novels
593 books — 2,047 voters
1984 by George OrwellWe by Yevgeny ZamyatinWar with the Newts by Karel Čapek
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,925 books — 26,179 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,218 books — 28,368 voters
Truman by David McCullough
Best American History Books
2,192 books — 2,565 voters

The Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler WarnerWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson RawlsThe BFG by Roald DahlRobinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,933 books — 10,721 voters
Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling1984 by George OrwellA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Sun Also Rises by Ernest Hemingway
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,889 books — 49,796 voters