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
7,216 books — 28,373 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
3,516 books — 5,219 voters

Cell by Stephen  King
What Kind of Ending Was That?
62 books — 80 voters
The Return of the King by J.R.R. Tolkien
Books that Made You Cry!
3,366 books — 7,984 voters

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,291 books — 12,862 voters
Me Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisI Am America by Stephen ColbertHolidays on Ice by David Sedaris
Best Humorous Books
4,421 books — 8,081 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
2,770 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
32,520 books — 123,811 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?
3,963 books — 10,849 voters
Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood
Best Historical Fiction
7,868 books — 26,208 voters

Coraline by Neil Gaiman
Best Book Cover Art
12,395 books — 7,093 voters
The Worst Books of All Time
8,119 books — 19,891 voters