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
484 books — 1,622 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
8,735 books — 25,626 voters
Insurgent by Veronica RothPandemonium by Lauren OliverFever by Lauren DeStefanoThe Fault in Our Stars by John  Green
Can't Wait Books of 2012
2,526 books — 15,073 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
1,609 books — 3,292 voters
Paper Towns by John  Green
ONE DAY Best Summer Reads
1,666 books — 5,985 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
32,579 books — 124,035 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
600 books — 2,063 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
8,478 books — 8,824 voters
Best Books Ever
78,410 books — 292,256 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
9,833 books — 22,390 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
7,215 books — 28,375 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
13,221 books — 80,496 voters