Where'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria SempleGone Girl by Gillian Flynn
Best Books of 2012 - Patron Choices
45 books — 50 voters
Bossypants by Tina FeyIs Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? by Mindy KalingI Know I Am, But What Are You? by Samantha Bee
Funny Women Memoirs
456 books — 1,554 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card1984 by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,447 books — 24,722 voters
Insurgent by Veronica RothPandemonium by Lauren OliverFever by Lauren DeStefanoThe Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Can't Wait Books of 2012
2,516 books — 15,080 voters

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth SteinWe Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel ShriverIncendiary by Chris CleaveLucky by Alice Sebold
Books That Made You Cry
1,606 books — 3,279 voters
Paper Towns by John Green
ONE DAY Best Summer Reads
1,666 books — 5,988 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  Smith
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,678 books — 120,622 voters
The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerAnna Karenina by Leo TolstoyThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Most Difficult Novels
589 books — 2,042 voters

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Stories For Book Lovers
8,358 books — 8,425 voters
Best Books Ever
76,554 books — 284,788 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniLife of Pi by Yann MartelMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesWater for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,829 books — 22,009 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,187 books — 28,368 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryIsland of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'DellTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeJacob Have I Loved by Katherine PatersonUglies by Scott Westerfeld
Best Young Adult Books
13,114 books — 80,185 voters