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
7,189 books — 28,380 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
3,505 books — 5,009 voters

Cell by Stephen  King
What Kind of Ending Was That?
64 books — 79 voters
The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
Books that Made You Cry!
3,357 books — 7,916 voters

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,404 books — 12,551 voters
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisI Am America by Stephen ColbertHolidays on Ice by David Sedaris
Best Humorous Books
4,328 books — 7,867 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
2,735 books — 4,605 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
31,479 books — 119,923 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?
3,843 books — 10,496 voters
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Best Historical Fiction
7,392 books — 25,577 voters

Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Best Book Cover Art
12,382 books — 7,091 voters
The Worst Books of All Time
8,104 books — 19,875 voters