The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Commonly Loved Books I Hate
389 books — 526 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...
12,320 books — 11,270 voters

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,646 books — 17,720 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Stories For Book Lovers
8,496 books — 8,887 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
1,614 books — 1,651 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
I'm glad someone made me read this book
11,397 books — 11,032 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Must Read Classics
1,881 books — 4,731 voters

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Best Love Stories
5,260 books — 9,816 voters
Midnight Sun [2008 Draft] by Stephenie MeyerHer Fearful Symmetry by Audrey Niffenegger
The "Can't Wait" Book of '09
443 books — 2,029 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Notebook by Nicholas Sparks
Books That Made You Cry
1,609 books — 3,293 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,229 books — 3,948 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
1,653 books — 1,190 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
7,263 books — 28,374 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
1,651 books — 18,686 voters