The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,873 books — 6,998 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Dramatic Love Stories
452 books — 723 voters

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,769 books — 26,025 voters
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakRoots by Alex Haley
Best Historical Fiction
7,440 books — 25,628 voters

The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve
Best Twists
8,365 books — 9,024 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Books for twelve-year-old children
1,715 books — 1,115 voters

Night by Elie Wiesel
Best Books to Teach in high school
297 books — 336 voters
Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred D. Taylor
Best Middle School/Young Adult Novels
179 books — 89 voters

Night by Elie WieselAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,758 books — 120,820 voters
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Must Read Classics
1,865 books — 4,660 voters

Night by Elie WieselThe Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,232 books — 3,915 voters
Night by Elie WieselThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniShe’s Come Undone by Wally LambOld Yeller by Fred GipsonEllen Foster by Kaye Gibbons
Books that Made You Cry!
3,357 books — 7,957 voters

Animal Farm / 1984 by George Orwell
Best Philosophical Literature
1,170 books — 2,727 voters

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
765 books — 1,129 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,129 books — 3,678 voters

Night by Elie Wiesel
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,182 books — 1,510 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Best Books of the Decade: 1960s
1,360 books — 1,778 voters

’Salem’s Lot by Stephen  King
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,955 books — 1,880 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerBeloved by Toni Morrison
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,258 books — 2,433 voters

The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
Book Club List
739 books — 773 voters
The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Pact by Jodi PicoultThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    Brown
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,187 books — 28,370 voters

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
The Worst Books of All Time
8,096 books — 19,876 voters
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Best Books Ever
76,715 books — 285,146 voters