Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingWater for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann BrasharesBossypants by Tina FeyThe Friday Night Knitting Club by Kate Jacobs
Chick Lit for the Beach
1,387 books — 1,786 voters
A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave EggersMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisLook Me in the Eye by John Elder Robison
Best Strange and Twisted Memoirs
714 books — 1,090 voters

Harry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingThe Hunger Games Trilogy Boxset by Suzanne CollinsThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardSpeaker for the Dead by Orson Scott Card
Best Young Adult Book Series
324 books — 653 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Giver by Lois LowryAnimal Farm by George Orwell1984 by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,281 books — 123,046 voters

Watership Down by Richard  Adams
Best Standalone Fantasy
383 books — 474 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Best Books Ever
77,509 books — 289,392 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Grapes of Wrath by John SteinbeckThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
929 books — 2,386 voters