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 — 65 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
7,801 books — 49,782 voters
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman CapoteOf Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Great Short Short Books
581 books — 509 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
3,206 books — 11,302 voters
Brainjack by Brian FalknerKingpin by Kevin Poulsen
Hackers
151 books — 428 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
8,331 books — 24,664 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
3,751 books — 25,985 voters

Hyperbole and a Half by Allie BroshDamn You, Autocorrect! by Jillian Madison
Books That Made Me Laugh Out Loud
2,066 books — 2,387 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
31,575 books — 120,227 voters

Aloha from Hell by Richard Kadrey
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,405 books — 12,548 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Best Southern Literature
1,342 books — 2,573 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Best Love Stories
5,173 books — 9,634 voters
Angel Star by Jennifer Murgia
The Worst Books of All Time
8,105 books — 19,873 voters

Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist by Rachel Cohn
YA Music Books
571 books — 798 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
1,874 books — 6,995 voters

The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano
Food on the Cover
1,352 books — 434 voters
The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano
Nothing but Numbers
1,444 books — 210 voters

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertConfessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie Kinsella
Everyone's Read It But Me
800 books — 4,323 voters

Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Three Stories by Truman Capote
Quick Reads
1,065 books — 711 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
1,237 books — 3,910 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
708 books — 495 voters

The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldCell by Stephen  King
Wall Bangers!
754 books — 464 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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