Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyDr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
Best Gothic Books of All Time
635 books — 3,572 voters
Harry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankCatching Fire by Suzanne Collins
Unforgettables
12,196 books — 7,974 voters

Kitchen Confidential by Anthony BourdainColumbine by Dave CullenThe Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto Che GuevaraGeneration Kill by Evan WrightThe Art of War by Sun Tzu
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,267 books — 8,083 voters
Silence by Becca FitzpatrickImaginary Girls by Nova Ren SumaDarkest Mercy by Melissa MarrShine by Lauren Myracle
Best Book Covers 2011
743 books — 2,834 voters

Alice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass by Lewis CarrollRobinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeThe Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo
Best Collector’s Library Books
115 books — 38 voters
Fight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Twists
8,606 books — 9,565 voters

Brokeback Mountain by Annie ProulxBondage by Chris Owen
Favorite Gay Couples
3,813 books — 4,239 voters
Generation Kill by Evan WrightBand of Brothers by Stephen E. AmbroseOne Bullet Away by Nathaniel FickFlags of Our Fathers by James D. Bradley
Best Modern Day Military Accounts
451 books — 615 voters

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Best Books with Rural Settings
1,150 books — 1,031 voters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
I'm glad someone made me read this book
11,209 books — 10,887 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenShōgun by James ClavellThe Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio MishimaMasks by Fumiko EnchiThe Wild Geese by Ōgai Mori
Japanese Fiction
417 books — 334 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Geisha
47 books — 135 voters

Strangers by Taichi YamadaMasks by Fumiko EnchiThe Wild Geese by Ōgai Mori
Japanese Literature
310 books — 388 voters
Strangers by Taichi YamadaSnakes And Earrings by Hitomi KaneharaRashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories by Ryūnosuke AkutagawaNorwegian Wood by Haruki MurakamiThousand Cranes by Yasunari Kawabata
Japanese authors
236 books — 173 voters

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea by Yukio MishimaRashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories by Ryūnosuke AkutagawaSnakes And Earrings by Hitomi KaneharaThe Sound of Waves by Yukio Mishima
Best Japanese Books
778 books — 3,253 voters
The Complete Fairy Tales by Hans Christian AndersenLet the Right One In by John Ajvide LindqvistThe Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian AndersenThe Emperor's New Clothes by Hans Christian AndersenThe Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen
Best Scandinavian and Nordic Literature
1,222 books — 1,247 voters

American Gods by Neil GaimanAngels & Demons by Dan    Brown
Books with Angels, Gods, or Demons
2,349 books — 3,444 voters
Brokeback Mountain by Annie ProulxThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeAngels in America by Tony KushnerA Single Man by Christopher IsherwoodOranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
Best Gay Fiction
2,697 books — 3,902 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,491 books — 123,671 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. CoveyOne Bullet Away by Nathaniel Fick
Books That Could Change Your Life
2,879 books — 1,581 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Life coaching books (Dutch)
23 books — 3 voters
Bossypants by Tina Fey
Best Books of 2011
2,667 books — 6,695 voters

With the Old Breed by Eugene B. SledgeGeneration Kill by Evan WrightThe Art of War by Sun TzuHelmet for My Pillow by Robert LeckieOne Bullet Away by Nathaniel Fick
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,203 books — 2,539 voters
Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingBrokeback Mountain by Annie Proulx
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,136 books — 10,101 voters

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Best Books Ever
78,121 books — 291,196 voters
The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas  Harris
Fearless Females
778 books — 930 voters