Me Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Last Lecture by Randy PauschThe Audacity of Hope by Barack Obama
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,201 books — 28,367 voters
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisNaked by David SedarisI Am America by Stephen ColbertWhen You Are Engulfed in Flames by David SedarisDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris
Books that Make you Laugh
3,486 books — 5,006 voters

Cell by Stephen        King
What Kind of Ending Was That?
63 books — 77 voters
The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
Books that Made You Cry!
3,356 books — 7,852 voters

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,398 books — 12,540 voters
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisI Am America by Stephen ColbertHolidays on Ice by David Sedaris
Best Humorous Books
4,297 books — 7,862 voters

Wicked by Gregory MaguireThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldRunning with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerThe Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
Disappointing Books
2,734 books — 4,607 voters
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Holy Bible by AnonymousTolkien On Fairy-stories by J.R.R. TolkienThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,370 books — 119,306 voters

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe BFG by Roald DahlThe Velveteen Rabbit by Margery Williams BiancoGoodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
What Book Got You Hooked?
3,826 books — 10,365 voters
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Best Historical Fiction
7,292 books — 25,489 voters

Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Best Book Cover Art
12,388 books — 7,099 voters
The Worst Books of All Time
8,090 books — 19,869 voters