Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenA Walk in the Woods by Bill  BrysonThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Read Them Twice...At Least
14,597 books — 12,452 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónAtonement by Ian McEwanThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaSuite Française by Irène Némirovsky
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,208 books — 28,383 voters

The Mother Tongue by Bill  BrysonNotes from a Small Island by Bill  BrysonIn a Sunburned Country by Bill  BrysonThe Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,485 books — 5,231 voters
Sense and Sensibility by Jane AustenThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Angel's Game by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
What To Read Next
21,262 books — 25,039 voters

The Way Things Ought to Be by Rush LimbaughCulture Warrior by Bill O'ReillyLet Freedom Ring by Sean HannitySee, I Told You So by Rush LimbaughThe O'Reilly Factor by Bill O'Reilly
Books not to read
319 books — 181 voters
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Best History Books
4,120 books — 4,743 voters

Northanger Abbey by Jane AustenMadame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,744 books — 6,933 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónIn the Woods by Tana FrenchThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Secret History by Donna Tartt
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,570 books — 16,746 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleThe Name of the Rose by Umberto EcoThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Books Ever
79,978 books — 297,703 voters
The Mother Tongue by Bill  BrysonThe Book of Tea by Kakuzō OkakuraIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Lost Painting by Jonathan HarrShakespeare by Bill  Bryson
Non-fiction - Something for Everyone
4,181 books — 1,604 voters

Parisians by Graham Robb
Best Books of 2010
1,580 books — 2,477 voters
Walden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Secret History by Donna TarttRun by Ann Patchett
New England Books
822 books — 405 voters

At Home by Bill  BrysonNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtThe Monster of Florence by Douglas PrestonSalt by Mark Kurlansky
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
4,826 books — 3,589 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill  BrysonMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,513 books — 8,216 voters

The Mother Tongue by Bill  BrysonAt Home by Bill  Bryson
Histories of the Everyday
380 books — 386 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DíazThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe White Tiger by Aravind Adiga
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,826 books — 22,776 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaPeople of the Book by Geraldine BrooksThe Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco
Stories For Book Lovers
8,530 books — 9,118 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Literary Fiction
1,652 books — 1,701 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,818 books — 49,896 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
The Worst Books of All Time
8,126 books — 19,914 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryGoodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
33,175 books — 125,649 voters

The Historian by Elizabeth KostovaThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Historical Fiction
8,312 books — 27,399 voters