Me Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsSantaLand Diaries by David SedarisAssassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell
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4,328 books — 7,867 voters
The New York Trilogy by Paul AusterDevil in a Blue Dress by Walter MosleyThe Big Sleep by Raymond Chandler
Detective Fiction
1,187 books — 1,082 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyMe Talk Pretty One Day by David SedarisFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
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1984 by George OrwellThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Trial by Franz Kafka
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,748 books — 25,991 voters

Oh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. Seuss
Best Book Cover Art
12,382 books — 7,091 voters
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussCurious George by H.A. ReyWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
Best Kids Books Ever
1,044 books — 749 voters

Oracle Night by Paul Auster
Tales of New York City
1,508 books — 1,217 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Martian Chronicles by Ray BradburyThe War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,351 books — 24,664 voters

The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsThe Stranger by Albert CamusThe World According to Garp by John IrvingFear and Loathing in Las Vegas by Hunter S. ThompsonWaiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,807 books — 49,790 voters