Here Be Dragons by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay PenmanThe Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England by Ian MortimerLondon by Edward RutherfurdThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
British History from 1066
517 books — 130 voters
The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,232 books — 3,912 voters

Just Kids by Patti SmithThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Memoirs by Women
3,032 books — 3,038 voters
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakHairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy by Lynley DoddGoodnight Moon by Margaret Wise BrownRichard Scarry's Best Word Book Ever by Richard ScarryThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle
Best Picture Books
3,087 books — 1,989 voters

Just Kids by Patti SmithThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanIn Cold Blood by Truman CapoteAlive by Piers Paul ReadThe Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,266 books — 4,460 voters
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Best Books Ever
76,479 books — 284,530 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,653 books — 120,512 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Stories For Book Lovers
8,342 books — 8,388 voters

Perfume by Patrick SüskindPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWatership Down by Richard  AdamsWater for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Best Ending
8,031 books — 6,086 voters
Girl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy ChevalierWhat I Loved by Siri HustvedtDer Seidenfächer by Lisa SeeThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    Brown
Art & Artists in Fiction
945 books — 1,107 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,786 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins1984 by George OrwellThe Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,760 books — 25,997 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Golden Compass by Philip PullmanJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeCity of Bones by Cassandra ClareThe Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan Stroud
Most Interesting Magic System
2,650 books — 8,769 voters
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingA Storm of Swords by George R.R. MartinThe Amulet of Samarkand by Jonathan StroudThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,060 books — 9,905 voters

The Blind Assassin by Margaret AtwoodAlias Grace by Margaret AtwoodThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodOryx and Crake by Margaret Atwood
Best of Margaret Atwood
101 books — 251 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteLittle House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls WilderRamona Quimby, Age 8 by Beverly ClearyThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Favorite books from my childhood
4,420 books — 7,429 voters

His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,207 books — 25,759 voters
The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. TolkienThe Two Towers by J.R.R. TolkienThe Return of the King by J.R.R. TolkienThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna Clarke
The Best Books about Elves or Faeries
814 books — 1,055 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienCapital by Karl MarxDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes SaavedraThe Magic Mountain by Thomas MannJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Best European Literature
807 books — 305 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,306 books — 4,535 voters

The Sweet Smell of Christmas by Patricia M. ScarryThe Night Before Christmas by Clement Clarke MooreHow the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. SeussA Christmas Carol by Charles DickensBear's First Christmas by Robert Kinerk
Favorite Christmas Books
1,517 books — 1,564 voters
Love You Forever by Robert MunschThe Paper Bag Princess by Robert MunschPhoebe and the Hot Water Bottles by Terry FurchgottPippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenThe Mouse and the Motorcycle by Beverly Cleary
Best Children's Books
5,310 books — 6,709 voters

Dracula by Bram StokerJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Twilight Collection by Stephenie MeyerThe Vampire Lestat by Anne RiceDead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Best Supernatural Fiction
983 books — 474 voters

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-SmithThe Owl Killers by Karen MaitlandCensoring an Iranian Love Story by Shahriar MandanipourWhite Is for Witching by Helen OyeyemiDelicate Edible Birds and Other Stories by Lauren Groff
Best Book Cover 2009
333 books — 2,841 voters
The Sunne in Splendour by Sharon Kay PenmanMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenI, Claudius by Robert GravesHere Be Dragons by Sharon Kay Penman
Best Historical Fiction
7,433 books — 25,614 voters

Feuchtgebiete by Charlotte RocheWorld Without End by Ken FollettFifty Shades of Grey by E.L. JamesBreaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerThe Tin Drum by Günter Grass
The Worst Books of All Time
8,096 books — 19,877 voters