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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonMidnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John Berendt
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,480 books — 16,398 voters
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe
Read These In School - Would Have Preferred A Root Canal
464 books — 1,589 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre Dumas
Books You Need to Read to be Considered Well-Read
730 books — 422 voters
Robinson Crusoe by Daniel DefoeOn the Road by Jack Kerouac
The Worst Books of All Time
8,115 books — 19,898 voters

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis StevensonDracula by Bram Stoker
Best Kindle Unlimited Audiobooks
74 books — 20 voters
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
Books about the rich, jet-set, leisure class
128 books — 100 voters

Florida Roadkill by Tim DorseyOrange Crush by Tim Dorsey
Best Dark Humor
743 books — 1,680 voters
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin Sloan
Books About Bookstores
654 books — 810 voters

The Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonAre You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea HandlerThe 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared by Jonas JonassonSkin Tight by Carl HiaasenThe Far Side Gallery by Gary Larson
Best Humorous Books
4,449 books — 8,327 voters
Mr. Penumbra's 24-Hour Bookstore by Robin SloanThe Dinner by Herman KochThe Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel BarberyOn the Road by Jack Kerouac
2016: What Women Born In The 1970s Read in 2016
6,038 books — 684 voters

Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird by Harold BloomA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books You Wish You Could Force All Your Friends to Read
1,784 books — 834 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Best Books of Your Lifetime
532 books — 167 voters

Selfish, Shallow, and Self-Absorbed by Meghan Daum
The "Can't Wait" Books of 2015 that are not part of a series
105 books — 149 voters
L.A. Requiem by Robert CraisThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
Best Detective/Mystery Series
2,337 books — 2,664 voters

Pym by Mat Johnson
2011's Best African American Literature
26 books — 99 voters
Dead Until Dark by Charlaine Harris
Best adult vampire romance novels
206 books — 115 voters

The Shadows by J.R. Ward
The "Can't Wait" Books of 2015
2,168 books — 11,505 voters
Nerds are Freaks Too by Koko Brown
Best multicultural / interrracial romances
514 books — 323 voters

Nerds are Freaks Too by Koko BrownFifty Shades of Jungle Fever by L.V. LewisThe Owner of His Heart by Theodora TaylorHer Viking Wolf by Theodora TaylorDelaney's Desert Sheikh by Brenda Jackson
Love Story (BW/WM)
626 books — 487 voters
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. RowlingA Storm of Swords by George R.R. MartinHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,165 books — 10,174 voters

Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtryThe Silence of the Lambs by Thomas HarrisThe Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,272 books — 2,437 voters
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie FordOdd Thomas by Dean Koontz
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,272 books — 28,374 voters

Devil in a Blue Dress by Walter Mosley
Best Murder Mysteries Of All-Time
1,071 books — 887 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinIt by Stephen KingRoots by Alex HaleyAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,878 books — 7,000 voters

The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Books that you wish had a sequel(s)
155 books — 99 voters
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-SmithBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
Best Pride and Prejudice Sequels/Variations/Adaptations
505 books — 980 voters

The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenIt by Stephen KingThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy
Best Books Without Sequels
728 books — 367 voters
Jaws by Peter Benchley
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,219 books — 6,116 voters

Casino Royale by Ian FlemingSex and the City by Candace BushnellThe Devil Wears Prada by Lauren WeisbergerThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsTwilight by Stephenie Meyer
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,138 books — 10,095 voters
The Godfather by Mario PuzoKilling Floor by Lee ChildThe Hunt for Red October by Tom ClancyDie Trying by Lee ChildOne Shot by Lee Child
Best Manfiction
2,276 books — 555 voters


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