Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculo... by Fyodor DostoevskyA Hero of Our Time by Mikhail LermontovThe Road by Cormac McCarthy1984 by George OrwellFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Darkest Books of All Time
1,302 books — 1,718 voters

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann BrasharesThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonRoll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. TaylorGo Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks
Must Read YA Fiction!
1,954 books — 2,863 voters
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Worst Ending
269 books — 561 voters

The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullersJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëPersuasion by Jane AustenMansfield Park by Jane Austen1984 by George Orwell
Books on Loneliness
514 books — 496 voters

Our Band Could Be Your Life by Michael AzerradFargo Rock City by Chuck KlostermanSongbook by Nick HornbyThe Replacements by Jim WalshCash by Johnny Cash
Best Non Fiction About Music
1,444 books — 1,344 voters
Baby-Sitters Little Sister Boxed Set #1 by Ann M. Martin
Best loved Series for K-3rd grade
112 books — 60 voters

Notes from Underground, White Nights, The Dream of a Ridiculo... by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Heart Is a Lonely Hunter by Carson McCullersThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,232 books — 3,916 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Crying of Lot 49 by Thomas Pynchon
Best Ending
8,042 books — 6,116 voters

Cathedral by Raymond CarverThe Road by Cormac McCarthyNaked by David SedarisHigh Fidelity by Nick HornbyA Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave Eggers
Entertainment Weekly New Classics
104 books — 258 voters
Someone Like You by Sarah DessenGo Ask Alice by Beatrice Sparks
YA Sex & Pregnancy Novels
329 books — 602 voters

The Snowman by Raymond Briggs
Wordless Picture Books
424 books — 387 voters
Please Don't Kill the Freshman by Zoe TropeThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
LGBTQ for YA
1,242 books — 2,149 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNumber the Stars by Lois Lowry
Best World War Two Books
70 books — 50 voters
Northanger Abbey by Jane Austen
Stories For Book Lovers
8,362 books — 8,477 voters

The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara Kingsolver
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,244 books — 68,910 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerA Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius by Dave EggersMe Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,864 books — 6,387 voters
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
I Wish I Could Read it Again for the First Time
11,560 books — 7,544 voters

Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. TaylorDear Mr. Henshaw by Beverly ClearyCaddie Woodlawn by Carol Ryrie Brink
The Most Deserving Newbery
107 books — 2,991 voters
Sloppy Firsts by Megan McCaffertyThe Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
Favorite Chick-Lit
2,400 books — 4,619 voters

Number the Stars by Lois Lowry
Teen Historical Fiction
1,399 books — 3,097 voters
The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger1984 by George OrwellFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Best for Book Clubs
14,939 books — 18,807 voters

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesSchoolgirls by Peggy Orenstein
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,678 voters

Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,239 books — 8,069 voters


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