The Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,876 books — 7,000 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Reader by Bernhard Schlink
Dramatic Love Stories
455 books — 726 voters

The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,005 books — 26,667 voters
The Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa GregoryThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakRoots by Alex Haley
Best Historical Fiction
7,940 books — 26,425 voters

The Weight of Water by Anita Shreve
Best Twists
8,655 books — 9,624 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Books for twelve-year-old children
1,742 books — 1,215 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
32,598 books — 124,068 voters
The Fountainhead by Ayn Rand
Must Read Classics
1,882 books — 4,723 voters

Night by Elie WieselThe Red Tent by Anita Diamant
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,229 books — 3,942 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!
3,367 books — 7,998 voters

Animal Farm / 1984 by George Orwell
Best Philosophical Literature
1,208 books — 2,847 voters

The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
Best Books of the Decade: 1920s
779 books — 1,135 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,157 books — 3,683 voters

Night by Elie Wiesel
Best Books of the Decade: 1950s
1,199 books — 1,517 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
1,434 books — 1,777 voters

’Salem’s Lot by Stephen  King
Best Books of the Decade: 1970s
1,949 books — 1,888 voters
The Color Purple by Alice WalkerBeloved by Toni Morrison
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,255 books — 2,434 voters

The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim Edwards
Book Club List
745 books — 778 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
7,214 books — 28,376 voters

Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M. Pirsig
The Worst Books of All Time
8,121 books — 19,899 voters
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Best Books Ever
78,432 books — 292,367 voters