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
890 books — 2,882 voters
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Historical Mystery
2,070 books — 4,532 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
1,383 books — 1,517 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
2,118 books — 2,488 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
2,735 books — 4,605 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
1,671 books — 1,388 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
913 books — 610 voters

The Call of the Wild by Jack LondonWhite Fang by Jack London
Alaska Tales
364 books — 304 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
771 books — 367 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
410 books — 232 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 — 1,017 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
7,807 books — 49,788 voters

Twilight by Stephenie MeyerBreaking Dawn by Stephenie MeyerNew Moon by Stephenie MeyerEclipse by Stephenie Meyer
The Worst Books of All Time
8,104 books — 19,876 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
4,317 books — 7,862 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
837 books — 638 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
3,357 books — 9,432 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
3,700 books — 3,733 voters
Night by Elie WieselJohn Adams by David McCulloughSurvival in Auschwitz by Primo Levi
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,814 books — 6,344 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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