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
1,229 books — 3,942 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
3,248 books — 3,358 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
3,175 books — 2,066 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
5,377 books — 4,922 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
78,245 books — 291,833 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
32,548 books — 123,920 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
8,475 books — 8,723 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
8,152 books — 6,319 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
969 books — 1,132 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
7,878 books — 49,825 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
3,992 books — 26,645 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
2,700 books — 8,902 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
3,095 books — 10,084 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
105 books — 253 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
4,499 books — 7,705 voters

His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,646 books — 26,785 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
816 books — 1,074 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
828 books — 307 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,348 books — 4,668 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
1,516 books — 1,559 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
5,374 books — 6,975 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
1,007 books — 512 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 — 2,840 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
7,897 books — 26,300 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
8,120 books — 19,893 voters