Water for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesAtonement by Ian McEwanThe Host by Stephenie Meyer
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,207 books — 28,384 voters

The Giver by Lois Lowry1984 by George OrwellThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenMrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
Literary Fiction
42 books — 12 voters
Me Before You by Jojo Moyes
2013/2014 ♥ Most memorable♥
87 books — 107 voters

The Host by Stephenie MeyerThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Dystopian/Apocalypse With Romance
491 books — 925 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodHistoire d'O | Story of O by Pauline Réage1984 by George OrwellEmma by Jane Austen
Great Discussion Starters
198 books — 140 voters

Better Homes and Gardens New Cook Book by Better Homes and GardensBarefoot Contessa Family Style by Ina GartenThe Art of Simple Food by Alice WatersVeganomicon by Isa Chandra MoskowitzThe Professional Chef by The Culinary Institute of A...
Best Cookbooks
1,487 books — 1,175 voters
The Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanFast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserIn Defense of Food by Michael PollanUnder the Tuscan Sun by Frances MayesSkinny Bitch by Rory Freedman
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,388 books — 1,754 voters

Godless by Ann CoulterHow to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) by Ann CoulterIf Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans by Ann CoulterThe Secret by Rhonda ByrneSlander by Ann Coulter
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,641 books — 5,999 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim EdwardsTuesdays with Morrie by Mitch AlbomInterview with the Vampire by Anne Rice
Everyone's Read It But Me
783 books — 4,734 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,976 books — 125,120 voters
Dead and Gone by Charlaine HarrisDead Until Dark by Charlaine HarrisHigh Fidelity by Nick HornbyAmerican Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
Best Male Character
3,175 books — 3,048 voters

Sookie Stackhouse Boxed Set by Charlaine HarrisThe Host by Stephenie MeyerMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantAmerican Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
Best Female Character
1,028 books — 450 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Historical Fiction
8,251 books — 27,215 voters

Best Books Ever
79,566 books — 296,437 voters
Twilight by Stephenie MeyerHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellStargirl by Jerry Spinelli
Best Young Adult Books
13,357 books — 80,683 voters

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,818 books — 49,885 voters