Bridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
Humorous Romance Books
3,163 books — 6,702 voters
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
YA Novels of 2012
1,243 books — 10,179 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Road by Cormac McCarthyWorld War Z by Max Brooks
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,793 books — 26,053 voters
Vampires in the Lemon Grove by Karen RussellFangirl by Rainbow RowellEleanor & Park by Rainbow RowellThe Rosie Project by Graeme SimsionLexicon by Max Barry
Best Books Published in 2013
3,585 books — 7,158 voters

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Best Books of 2012
3,524 books — 9,194 voters
Mere Christianity by C.S. LewisTill We Have Faces by C.S. LewisBlue Like Jazz by Donald Miller
The Christian Intellect
1,282 books — 845 voters

The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Best Children's Books
5,329 books — 6,712 voters
The Giver by Lois LowryA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'EngleThe Golden Compass by Philip Pullman
Best Young Adult Books
13,150 books — 80,224 voters

The Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Booker Prize Winners
63 books — 1,992 voters

The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksMusicophilia by Oliver Sacks
Radiolab Suggested Readings
181 books — 241 voters
On Writing by Stephen  King
A Day in the Life: Work Memoirs
830 books — 418 voters

Little Bee by Chris CleaveCutting for Stone by Abraham   VergheseThe Help by Kathryn Stockett
Best Books of 2009
1,764 books — 6,931 voters

The Complete Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan DoyleA Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories by Flannery O'ConnorInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriFragile Things by Neil Gaiman
Collections of Short Stories
2,897 books — 2,042 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale HurstonThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldMere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,889 books — 49,787 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyAtonement by Ian McEwanDress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David SedarisUnaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,853 books — 22,121 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksOn Writing by Stephen  KingBird by Bird by Anne Lamott
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,236 books — 8,067 voters

Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DíazUnaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa Lahiri
Best Reading for the Contemporary Writer
127 books — 226 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeI Capture the Castle by Dodie SmithJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Jezebel's Books All Women Should Read
772 books — 1,399 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingThe Road by Cormac McCarthyAtonement by Ian McEwanBel Canto by Ann PatchettThe Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,188 books — 28,369 voters
Stiff by Mary RoachThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
Medicine and Literature
1,874 books — 2,029 voters