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Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,753 books — 6,913 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardHyperion by Dan SimmonsThe Forever War by Joe HaldemanThe Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
Favorite Novels Which Won the Hugo Award
89 books — 1,627 voters

Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayA Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson
Best Nature Books
1,156 books — 920 voters
Foundation by Isaac AsimovFoundation and Empire by Isaac AsimovSecond Foundation by Isaac AsimovI, Robot by Isaac AsimovThe Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Classic Science Fiction - 1950-1959
255 books — 269 voters

Children of Dune by Frank HerbertThe Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Classic Science Fiction - 1970-1979
315 books — 251 voters
Dune by Frank HerbertSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Classic Science Fiction - 1960-1969
295 books — 250 voters

Gates of Fire by Steven PressfieldThe Winter King by Bernard CornwellLord of the Silver Bow by David GemmellThe Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell
A&M Historical Fiction Group Recommended Reading
198 books — 505 voters
Dark Disciple by Christie Golden
Best Star Wars Books
470 books — 1,311 voters

Lost Stars by Claudia GrayBloodline by Claudia GrayDark Disciple by Christie GoldenSmuggler's Run by Greg RuckaStar Wars by Alan Dean Foster
Best New Star Wars Canon Books
162 books — 585 voters
Altered Carbon by Richard K. MorganOld Man's War by John ScalziPerdido Street Station by China Miéville
Classic Science Fiction - 2000-2009
332 books — 239 voters

Neuromancer by William GibsonHyperion by Dan Simmons
Classic Science Fiction - 1980-1989
325 books — 257 voters
The Historian by Elizabeth KostovaPride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-SmithSon of a Witch by Gregory Maguire
Disappointing Books
2,775 books — 4,663 voters

The Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty by Buster OlneyMoneyball by Michael LewisYou Gotta Have Wa by Robert Whiting
Best Baseball Books
759 books — 659 voters
In a Sunburned Country by Bill BrysonA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonInto Thin Air by Jon KrakauerA Year in Provence by Peter Mayle
Favorite Travel Books
2,048 books — 3,981 voters

Catch-22 by Joseph HellerUlysses by James JoyceMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
The Most Begun "Read but Unfinished" (Started) book ever
2,710 books — 13,275 voters
The Last Time I Saw Paris by Lynn Sheene
World War Two Paris Fiction
18 books — 19 voters

We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Ou... by Philip GourevitchGuns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond1776 by David McCulloughThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerThe Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,331 books — 8,174 voters
The Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg LarssonThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Fifth Woman by Henning MankellSidetracked by Henning MankellThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
Scandinavian/Nordic Mysteries
339 books — 697 voters

The Great Influenza by John M. Barry
Books for a Pandemic
705 books — 579 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthyThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael Pollan
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,272 books — 28,374 voters

Altered Carbon by Richard K. MorganOld Man's War by John ScalziPerdido Street Station by China MiévilleThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,199 books — 9,111 voters
Moneyball by Michael LewisFriday Night Lights by H.G. BissingerThe Last Night of the Yankee Dynasty by Buster Olney
Top reads for sports fans
963 books — 807 voters

Dune by Frank Herbert1984 by George OrwellSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,771 books — 25,806 voters
1984 by George OrwellOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,875 books — 49,843 voters

The Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienThe Two Towers by J.R.R. TolkienNo Country for Old Men by Cormac McCarthyHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingCoraline by Neil Gaiman
I Saw the Movie & Read the Book
1,907 books — 1,762 voters
Perdido Street Station by China Miéville
Best Steampunk Books
1,302 books — 4,142 voters