A Beautiful Mind by Sylvia Nasar
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,133 books — 10,101 voters
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroEverything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran FoerTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Stories For Book Lovers
8,343 books — 8,392 voters

The City of Falling Angels by John Berendt
Books Set in Venice
310 books — 272 voters
My Life in France by Julia ChildParis to the Moon by Adam GopnikSarah's Key by Tatiana de Rosnay
Books About Paris
718 books — 571 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,653 books — 120,516 voters
Let the Great World Spin by Colum McCann
Best Books of 2009
1,766 books — 6,931 voters

The Bonfire of the Vanities by Tom WolfeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisWashington Square by Henry James
Tales of New York City
1,519 books — 1,227 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsAngela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,847 books — 6,371 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingThe Cider House Rules by John Irving
Best Male Character
3,165 books — 2,967 voters
Unaccustomed Earth by Jhumpa LahiriThe Hour I First Believed by Wally LambNetherland by Joseph O'NeillAmerican Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
Best Books of 2008
1,643 books — 6,780 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,786 voters

The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
Favorite World Fiction & Literature
733 books — 434 voters
Anna Karenina by Leo TolstoyTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Blind Assassin by Margaret Atwood
Best Female Lead Characters
4,842 books — 5,899 voters

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Everyone's Read It But Me
766 books — 4,322 voters