Sarah's Key by Tatiana de RosnayThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Historical Fiction
7,686 books — 25,956 voters

Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenMe Before You by Jojo MoyesHotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie FordWhere'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple
2013: What the Over 35s Have Read So Far
2,622 books — 326 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,217 books — 28,368 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,316 books — 17,088 voters
Life of Pi by Yann MartelNight by Elie WieselA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingAutobiography of a Face by Lucy GrealyAbraham Lincoln by Seth Grahame-Smith
What To Read Next
20,737 books — 24,715 voters

The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
Best Books of 2005
874 books — 639 voters

A Million Little Pieces by James FreyThe Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim EdwardsThe Road by Cormac McCarthy
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,855 books — 22,249 voters
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingNight by Elie Wiesel
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,889 books — 49,797 voters

The Hours by Michael CunninghamThe Awakening by Kate ChopinTuesdays with Morrie by Mitch AlbomNumber the Stars by Lois LowrySchindler’s List by Thomas Keneally
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,228 books — 3,934 voters
Romeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Best Books Ever
77,396 books — 288,803 voters