Sarah's Key by Tatiana de RosnayThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Best Historical Fiction
8,407 books — 27,586 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 — 325 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
7,207 books — 28,379 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
16,030 books — 18,745 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
21,316 books — 25,121 voters

The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
Best Books of 2005
888 books — 649 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
9,816 books — 22,876 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
7,801 books — 49,896 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
1,236 books — 4,034 voters
Romeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein
Best Books Ever
80,179 books — 298,993 voters