The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselNumber the Stars by Lois LowryMaus I by Art Spiegelman
Well-Written Holocaust Books
894 books — 2,890 voters
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Historical Mystery
2,090 books — 4,550 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyMatilda by Roald DahlLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Books about Books
1,384 books — 1,519 voters
The History of Love by Nicole Krauss
books i briskly fell in love with
28 books — 47 voters

A People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnJohn Adams by David McCullough
Best American History Books
2,138 books — 2,503 voters
The Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim EdwardsThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonThe Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy FowlerEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertStranger in a Strange Land by Robert A. Heinlein
Disappointing Books
2,731 books — 4,600 voters

All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria RemarqueSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniLes Misérables by Victor Hugo
Best War Novels
1,680 books — 1,438 voters
Snow Falling on Cedars by David GutersonThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieThe Orchardist by Amanda CoplinThe Last Town on Earth by Thomas MullenThe Jump-Off Creek by Molly Gloss
Pacific Northwest Books
916 books — 610 voters

The Call of the Wild by Jack LondonWhite Fang by Jack London
Alaska Tales
373 books — 312 voters
Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter HøegLife of Pi by Yann MartelCat’s Cradle by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Oceans, Water, Ice
715 books — 171 voters

Little Women by Louisa May AlcottPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenThe Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler Warner
Best Sibling Books
772 books — 368 voters
This House of Sky by Ivan DoigDancing at the Rascal Fair by Ivan DoigThe Whistling Season by Ivan DoigEnglish Creek by Ivan Doig
Best Montana Books
412 books — 233 voters

The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainThe Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
Best Books with Rural Settings
1,137 books — 1,016 voters

The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman AlexieReservation Blues by Sherman AlexieCuster Died for Your Sins by Vine Deloria Jr.Indian Killer by Sherman AlexieThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Native American Writers
73 books — 33 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Giver by Lois LowrySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,790 voters

Twilight by Stephenie MeyerBreaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerEclipse by Stephenie Meyer
The Worst Books of All Time
8,096 books — 19,873 voters
The Outlander by Gil AdamsonIce Station Zebra by Alistair MacLeanThe Last Town on Earth by Thomas MullenThe Red Scarf by Kate FurnivallThe People's Act of Love by James Meek
Best Books on the North
287 books — 138 voters

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanAmerica (The Book) by Jon   StewartThe Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonThe Gashlycrumb Tinies by Edward Gorey
Best Humorous Books
4,347 books — 7,949 voters
The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven by Sherman AlexieThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieReservation Blues by Sherman AlexieThe Toughest Indian in the World by Sherman AlexieTen Little Indians by Sherman Alexie
Native American Fiction
838 books — 640 voters

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryLittle Men by Louisa May AlcottThe Little Match Girl by Hans Christian Andersen
Little Books
336 books — 38 voters
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Series
3,378 books — 9,467 voters

John Adams by David McCulloughA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThe Rape of Nanking by Iris ChangGhost Soldiers by Hampton Sides
Best History Books
3,727 books — 3,769 voters
Night by Elie WieselJohn Adams by David McCulloughSurvival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,869 books — 6,390 voters

Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman MelvilleLolita by Vladimir NabokovFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyOthello by William ShakespeareThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde
Best Anti-heroes in Books
600 books — 430 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Favorite Books with 100,000 + Ratings
143 books — 146 voters


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