The Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussBlack Beauty by Anna SewellThe Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler WarnerWinnie-the-Pooh by A.A. MilneLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Favorite books from my childhood
4,421 books — 7,428 voters
Guilty by Ann CoulterThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownThe No Spin Zone by Bill O'ReillyAn Inconvenient Book by Glenn BeckLet Freedom Ring by Sean Hannity
The Worst Books of All Time
8,105 books — 19,873 voters

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyThe Odyssey by HomerThe Aeneid by VirgilThe Iliad by HomerDracula by Bram Stoker
Books I Read At University/College
1,010 books — 142 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Disappointing Books
2,735 books — 4,603 voters

The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings by Edgar Allan PoeThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
100 Best American Authors
751 books — 615 voters
Lies My Teacher Told Me by James W. LoewenBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee BrownThe Federalist Papers by Alexander Hamilton
Best American History Books
2,124 books — 2,495 voters

Les Misérables by Victor HugoThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasShōgun by James Clavell
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,995 voters
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensLes Misérables by Victor HugoGreat Expectations by Charles DickensThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Most Difficult Novels
588 books — 2,042 voters

Hamlet by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William ShakespeareThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeThe Crucible by Arthur MillerCyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand
Best Plays Ever
853 books — 1,129 voters
Madeline by Ludwig BemelmansOne Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish, Blue Fish by Dr. SeussThe World of Winnie-the-Pooh by A.A. MilneThe Little Engine That Could by Watty PiperGo, Dog. Go! by P.D. Eastman
Best Children's Books
5,307 books — 6,706 voters

Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss
Morning Things
653 books — 58 voters
The Daybreakers by Louis L'AmourDeath of a Gunfighter by Lewis B. PattenBury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown
Best Westerns
1,377 books — 1,501 voters

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams
Best Southern Literature
1,342 books — 2,573 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
Best Russian Literature
512 books — 2,276 voters

Inside the Third Reich by Albert SpeerThe Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
History as Literature
727 books — 535 voters
Cheaper by the Dozen by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr.
Humorous Memoirs and Non-Fiction
943 books — 1,247 voters

The Perfect Storm by Sebastian Junger
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,228 books — 8,060 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThe Odyssey by Homer
Best Foreign Language (non English) Book
1,078 books — 622 voters

Hamlet by William ShakespeareThe Importance of Being Earnest by Oscar WildeThe Crucible by Arthur MillerMacbeth by William ShakespeareThe Taming of the Shrew by William Shakespeare
Best Play Ever
520 books — 455 voters
The Crucible by Arthur MillerCat on a Hot Tin Roof by Tennessee Williams
Best American Plays
249 books — 366 voters

Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Five Stars
1,862 books — 326 voters
Les Misérables by Victor HugoAll Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,780 books — 16,484 voters

Twilight by Stephenie MeyerBreaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerEclipse by Stephenie Meyer
Popular Books that Annoy You
1,032 books — 2,011 voters
Cyrano de Bergerac by RostandThe Hunchback of Notre-Dame by Victor Hugo
The Greatest Books
500 books — 247 voters

The Perfect Storm by Sebastian JungerThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasThis Present Darkness by Frank E. Peretti
Couldn't Put The Book Down
16,852 books — 16,642 voters
Watership Down by Richard  AdamsOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyDon Juan by Lord Byron
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,433 books — 10,171 voters

The Constitution of the United States of America by Founding FathersThe Declaration of Independence / The Constitution of the Uni... by Founding Fathers
Best Books to Become an Informed Voter
935 books — 1,099 voters
Godless by Ann CoulterHow to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) by Ann CoulterIf Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans by Ann CoulterSlander by Ann CoulterThe Way Things Ought to Be by Rush Limbaugh
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,637 books — 5,993 voters

Spandau by Albert Speer
Memoirs by Men
1,703 books — 670 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasHamlet by William ShakespeareFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensLes Misérables by Victor Hugo
Must Read Classics
1,861 books — 4,650 voters


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