Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellNine Stories by J.D. SalingerPippi Longstocking by Astrid LindgrenThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainThe Complete Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Watterson
Unputdownable Favorites
145 books — 66 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellFranny and Zooey by J.D. SalingerBreakfast of Champions by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,878 books — 49,825 voters
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Great Short Short Books
584 books — 525 voters

American Psycho by Bret Easton EllisGuts by Chuck PalahniukThe Wasp Factory by Iain BanksThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,287 books — 11,631 voters
Brainjack by Brian FalknerKingpin by Kevin Poulsen
Hackers
153 books — 430 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard MathesonFlatland by Edwin A. Abbott2001 by Arthur C. ClarkeThe Martian by Andy Weir
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,714 books — 25,762 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Road by Cormac McCarthyThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsI Am Legend and Other Stories by Richard Matheson
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,992 books — 26,644 voters

Hyperbole and a Half by Allie BroshDamn You, Autocorrect! by Jillian Madison
Books That Made Me Laugh Out Loud
2,078 books — 2,439 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckThe Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,547 books — 123,918 voters

Aloha from Hell by Richard Kadrey
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,295 books — 12,873 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Best Southern Literature
1,380 books — 2,604 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Best Love Stories
5,243 books — 9,775 voters
Angel Star by Jennifer Murgia
The Worst Books of All Time
8,120 books — 19,893 voters

Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn
YA Music Books
573 books — 801 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,875 books — 6,998 voters

The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano
Food on the Cover
1,359 books — 437 voters
The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano
Nothing but Numbers
1,445 books — 212 voters

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertConfessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
Everyone's Read It But Me
782 books — 4,671 voters

Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman Capote
Quick Reads
1,079 books — 717 voters
The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Books I had to muscle my way through.
79 books — 27 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthy
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,229 books — 3,942 voters
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesNine Stories by J.D. SalingerEast of Eden by John SteinbeckGirl, Interrupted by Susanna KaysenClaudius the God and His Wife Messalina by Robert Graves
Suicide
733 books — 498 voters

The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldCell by Stephen  King
Wall Bangers!
748 books — 503 voters
The Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyGirl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
The Mind
436 books — 462 voters


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