Dune by Frank HerbertOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov2001 by Arthur C. ClarkeThe Andromeda Strain by Michael Crichton
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,404 books — 1,785 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Complete Works by William Shakespeare1984 by George OrwellEmma by Jane Austen
Clifton Fadiman's Lifetime Reading Plan
182 books — 111 voters

The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas AdamsThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoFirestarter by Stephen  KingCongo by Michael Crichton
Best Books of 1980
392 books — 219 voters
Asterix in Switzerland by René Goscinny
Best Books 1970
310 books — 85 voters

Down to a Sunless Sea by David        GrahamAnathem by Neal StephensonFarnham's Freehold by Robert A. HeinleinThe Stand by Stephen  KingThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,316 books — 3,609 voters
The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankAmelia Bedelia by Peggy Parish
Favorite books from my childhood
4,531 books — 7,735 voters

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee WilliamsThe Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel SparkGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellMadame Bovary by Gustave FlaubertThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo Ishiguro
Unrequited Love
370 books — 196 voters
To Sail Beyond the Sunset by Robert A. HeinleinThe Black Dahlia by James EllroyLittle, Big by John Crowley
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,320 books — 2,451 voters

Awakenings by Oliver Sacks
Scientists and Philosophers
240 books — 166 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasRebecca by Daphne du MaurierA Prayer for Owen Meany by John IrvingWatchmen by Alan Moore
Best Ending
8,174 books — 6,376 voters

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver SacksThe Discoverers by Daniel J. Boorstin
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,522 books — 8,217 voters
Betty Crocker's Cookbook by Betty CrockerArtisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day by Jeff HertzbergDiners, Drive-ins and Dives by Guy FieriCooking Light Annual Recipes 2009 by Cooking Light
Best Cookbooks
1,487 books — 1,175 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellA Room with a View by E.M. ForsterRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe English Patient by Michael Ondaatje
Best Love Stories
5,280 books — 9,897 voters

Goodbye to All That by Robert GravesStorm of Steel by Ernst Jünger
Best Non-fiction War Books
2,284 books — 2,632 voters
Maus I by Art SpiegelmanInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerBorn Standing Up by Steve  MartinMargot Fonteyn by Meredith Daneman
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,814 books — 8,598 voters

A Passage to India by E.M. ForsterThe Shipping News by Annie ProulxDaughter of Fortune by Isabel AllendeOutlander by Diana Gabaldon
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,241 books — 2,027 voters
The Mists of Avalon by Marion Zimmer BradleyVanity Fair by William Makepeace ThackerayWar and Peace by Leo TolstoyCryptonomicon by Neal StephensonThe Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkien
Thickest Books Ever
896 books — 2,496 voters

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Favorite Book in the Harry Potter Series
35 books — 1,838 voters
My Name Is Asher Lev by Chaim PotokThe Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving StoneLust for Life by Irving StoneCat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
Art & Artists in Fiction
1,013 books — 1,214 voters

In Watermelon Sugar by Richard BrautiganOut of Africa by Isak DinesenSiddhartha by Hermann HesseSoulless by Gail CarrigerWar and Peace by Leo Tolstoy
Abandoned Books
1,473 books — 1,469 voters
The Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonThe Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales by Oliver Sacks
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
2,034 books — 3,673 voters

Carrie by Stephen  KingWhat Is the What by Dave EggersLullaby by Chuck PalahniukThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Shining by Stephen  King
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,278 books — 11,746 voters
If on a Winter's Night a Traveler by Italo CalvinoHouse of Leaves by Mark Z. DanielewskiThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Neverending Story by Michael Ende
Metafiction
446 books — 584 voters

Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Best Gothic Books of All Time
680 books — 3,661 voters

The Swan Thieves by Elizabeth KostovaWolf Hall by Hilary MantelLittle Bee by Chris CleaveThe Zookeeper's Wife by Diane AckermanNick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn
You Want to Read in 2010
1,079 books — 1,972 voters

Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas  HarrisGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellBreakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteBUtterfield 8 by John O'Hara
Best Female Lead Characters
4,941 books — 6,179 voters


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