The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Commonly Loved Books I Hate
389 books — 525 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...
12,104 books — 10,908 voters

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,466 books — 17,329 voters
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Stories For Book Lovers
8,462 books — 8,683 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
1,589 books — 1,532 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
I'm glad someone made me read this book
11,201 books — 10,882 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Must Read Classics
1,877 books — 4,710 voters

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami
Best Love Stories
5,229 books — 9,732 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
1,606 books — 3,290 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,229 books — 3,940 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
1,649 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
7,216 books — 28,372 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
1,579 books — 18,687 voters