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The Book Thief by Markus ZusakMoloka'i by Alan BrennertThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerJohn Adams by David McCulloughSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,208 books — 28,382 voters
The Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Different Takes on Religion & Spirituality
1,444 books — 1,245 voters

My Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult
Best Tear-Jerking Books of all time
100 books — 158 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandYear of Wonders by Geraldine BrooksSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Books With Unforgettable Characters
9,529 books — 8,775 voters

John Adams by David McCulloughThe Road by Cormac McCarthyA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Best ALA Adult Notables
142 books — 53 voters
Twilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Secret by Rhonda ByrneNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerBreaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerEclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Popular Books that Annoy You
1,012 books — 2,009 voters

The Stand by Stephen KingThe Dead Zone by Stephen KingFirestarter by Stephen KingThe Shining by Stephen KingCarrie by Stephen King
Best of Stephen King
196 books — 3,924 voters
Honolulu by Alan BrennertThe Little Stranger by Sarah WatersTrue Women by Janice Woods WindlePeople of the Book by Geraldine BrooksGandhi by Yogesh Chadha
What To Read Next
21,120 books — 24,932 voters

Angle of Repose by Wallace StegnerThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerTales of the South Pacific by James A. Michener
Pulitzer Winners: Fiction & Novels
100 books — 951 voters
John Adams by David McCulloughThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerAngle of Repose by Wallace StegnerThe Color of Water by James McBride
Best Books Ever
79,746 books — 297,103 voters

Moloka'i by Alan BrennertSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Journeyer by Gary JenningsCity of Dreams by Beverly SwerlingThe Samurai's Garden by Gail Tsukiyama
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,232 books — 2,006 voters
How to Practice by Dalai Lama XIVThe Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama XIVPeace Is Every Step by Thich Nhat HanhMindfulness in Plain English by Henepola GunaratanaNo Time to Lose by Pema Chödrön
A Buddhist Reading List
939 books — 1,226 voters

My Secret Garden by Nancy FridayThe Women's Room by Marilyn FrenchA Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf
Best Feminist Books
3,047 books — 4,415 voters
The Shack by William Paul YoungThe Woman in White by Wilkie CollinsMason & Dixon by Thomas PynchonA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleThe Eight by Katherine Neville
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,735 books — 13,304 voters

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn RandThe Prophet by Kahlil Gibran102 Minutes by Jim DwyerThe Art of Happiness by Dalai Lama XIVSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
33,034 books — 125,316 voters
...And Ladies of the Club by Helen Hooven SantmyerThe Memoirs of Cleopatra by Margaret GeorgeSacajawea by Anna Lee Waldo
Thickest Books Ever
895 books — 2,495 voters

The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouLife and Death in Shanghai by Nien ChengGarlic and Sapphires by Ruth ReichlGorillas in the Mist by Dian Fossey
Memoirs by Women
3,492 books — 3,958 voters
Life of Pi by Yann MartelReading Lolita in Tehran by Azar NafisiA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Abandoned Books
1,473 books — 1,469 voters

Year of Wonders by Geraldine BrooksMoloka'i by Alan BrennertSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeCity of Dreams by Beverly SwerlingSacajawea by Anna Lee Waldo
Best Historical Fiction
8,290 books — 27,353 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenSphere by Michael CrichtonGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanThe Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,658 books — 18,680 voters

The Secret by Rhonda ByrneThe Host by Stephenie Meyer
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,641 books — 6,000 voters
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Must Reads in 2009
139 books — 265 voters

Garlic and Sapphires by Ruth ReichlComplications by Atul GawandeNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichAll Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
A Day in the Life: Work Memoirs
846 books — 459 voters
John Adams by David McCullough
Pulitzer Winners: Biographies & Autobiographies
123 books — 210 voters

My Life in France by Julia ChildTender at the Bone by Ruth ReichlComfort Me with Apples by Ruth Reichl
Best Memoirs/Autobiography/Travel
1,446 books — 1,636 voters
Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin
Most Inaccurate Historical Fiction
108 books — 163 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerYear of Wonders by Geraldine BrooksThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Best Literary Fiction
1,651 books — 1,699 voters