The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha ChristieAbby Cooper, Psychic Eye by Victoria LaurieThe Secret of the Mansion by Julie  CampbellThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith
Cozy Mystery Series - First Book of a Series
1,151 books — 2,465 voters
East of Eden by John SteinbeckGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,814 books — 49,784 voters

The Tale of Hill Top Farm by Susan Wittig AlbertCrewel World by Monica FerrisAbby Cooper, Psychic Eye by Victoria LaurieEggs in Purgatory by Laura ChildsPies and Prejudice by Ellery Adams
Best Cozy Mystery Series
2,499 books — 2,669 voters
Me Before You by Jojo MoyesThe Husband's Secret by Liane MoriartyDivergent by Veronica RothThe Comfort of Lies by Randy Susan MeyersGone Girl by Gillian Flynn
52 Books In 52 Weeks - 2013
158 books — 210 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Thorn Birds by Colleen McCulloughA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithThe Shell Seekers by Rosamunde PilcherThe Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer
Best Family Sagas
618 books — 674 voters
Saving CeeCee Honeycutt by Beth Hoffman
Best Book Covers of 2010
182 books — 256 voters

The Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownThe Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy ChevalierRebecca by Daphne du MaurierGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierPossession by A.S. Byatt
Art & Artists in Fiction
928 books — 1,103 voters
Vanity Fair by William Makepeace ThackerayOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Abandoned Books
1,474 books — 1,465 voters

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery
GoodReads Read in 2009
64 books — 23 voters
Angela’s Ashes by Frank McCourtSophie’s Choice by William StyronThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David Wroblewski
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,241 books — 3,906 voters

The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaWicked by Gregory MaguireLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Disappointing Books
2,735 books — 4,608 voters
The Secret by Rhonda ByrneDianetics by L. Ron HubbardA New Earth by Eckhart TolleMein Kampf by Adolf Hitler
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,637 books — 5,996 voters

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtHelter Skelter by Vincent BugliosiColumbine by Dave Cullen
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,227 books — 8,065 voters
Curious George by H.A. ReyMrs. Piggle-Wiggle by Betty MacDonaldGo, Dog. Go! by P.D. EastmanThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Best Children's Books
5,305 books — 6,695 voters

The Stand by Stephen        King’Salem’s Lot by Stephen        KingIt by Stephen        KingThe Shining by Stephen        King
Best horror books
491 books — 361 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
Best Female role Models for Young Girls
361 books — 194 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Secret of the Old Clock by Carolyn KeeneThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Best Female Character
1,025 books — 449 voters
If I Did It by O.J. Simpson
1001 Books I'd Rather Die than Read
965 books — 865 voters

War and Peace by Leo TolstoyAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Fountainhead by Ayn RandA Moveable Feast by Ernest Hemingway
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,289 books — 10,021 voters
The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde PilcherThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerThe Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,258 books — 2,434 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenPersuasion by Jane AustenSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenMansfield Park by Jane AustenEmma by Jane Austen
Best Jane Austen Novels
20 books — 478 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Classics Library
634 books — 523 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Most Difficult Novels
588 books — 2,044 voters