The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Commonly Loved Books I Hate
392 books — 528 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeLolita by Vladimir NabokovOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezLord of the Flies by William Golding
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,284 books — 10,072 voters

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,575 books — 16,188 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Stories For Book Lovers
8,344 books — 8,293 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryVeronika Decides to Die by Paulo Coelho
Best Literary Fiction
1,542 books — 1,337 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
I'm glad someone made me read this book
10,616 books — 10,235 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Must Read Classics
1,853 books — 4,624 voters

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Best Love Stories
5,177 books — 9,618 voters
Midnight Sun [2008 Draft] by Stephenie MeyerHer Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
The "Can't Wait" Book of '09
443 books — 2,032 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
Books That Made You Cry
1,605 books — 3,267 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,241 books — 3,903 voters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Books You Can't Live Without
1,654 books — 1,183 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingBreaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,201 books — 28,369 voters
The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren WeisbergerThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,560 books — 18,693 voters