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The Wild Robot by Peter BrownHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton JusterA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Best Read-Aloud Chapter Books
1,216 books — 1,582 voters
The Wild Robot by Peter Brown
Middle Grade Novels of 2016
636 books — 1,024 voters

Poverty Creek Journal by Thomas GardnerThe Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances by Matthew InmanMy Best Race by Chris CooperTread Lightly by Peter LarsonBorn to Run by Christopher McDougall
Best Running (non-instructional) Books
236 books — 563 voters
In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonA Perfect Red by Amy Butler Greenfield
Microhistory: Social Histories of Just One Thing
1,876 books — 2,256 voters

Nickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichIn the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel PhilbrickUnder the Banner of Heaven by Jon KrakauerThe Ghost Map by Steven JohnsonThe Swerve by Stephen Greenblatt
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,271 books — 8,166 voters
The Stupidest Angel by Christopher MooreHolidays on Ice by David Sedaris
Favorite Christmas Books
1,519 books — 1,560 voters

The Stupidest Angel by Christopher MooreHolidays on Ice by David Sedaris
Best Christmas-Themed Books/Stories
842 books — 718 voters
The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman
Best Books of 2008
1,643 books — 6,770 voters

The Blind Watchmaker by Richard Dawkins
Life Changing Books
84 books — 79 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezThe Satanic Verses by Salman RushdieLittle, Big by John Crowley
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,356 books — 4,691 voters

Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Knight by Gene WolfeNeverwhere by Neil GaimanStardust by Neil Gaiman
Fantasy Books Set in Two Worlds
670 books — 632 voters
Light in August by William FaulknerOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezLove in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García MárquezThe Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerAs I Lay Dying by William Faulkner
Oprah's Book Club Picks
131 books — 2,206 voters

The Sandman, Vol. 1 by Neil GaimanWatchmen by Alan Moore
Best Graphic Novels
3,475 books — 6,783 voters
American Gods by Neil GaimanJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardRingworld by Larry Niven
Favorite Novels Which Won the Hugo Award
89 books — 1,625 voters

Salt by Mark Kurlansky
Food-Related Non-Fiction
1,348 books — 1,678 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card
Best Books for Teen Boys
1,452 books — 1,560 voters

The Road by Cormac McCarthyAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Corrections by Jonathan Franzen
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,839 books — 22,438 voters
Native Son by Richard WrightThe White Boy Shuffle by Paul BeattyTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Best African American Books
1,058 books — 1,159 voters

Midnight’s Children by Salman RushdieThe God of Small Things by Arundhati RoyThe Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie
Best South Asian Fiction
762 books — 1,929 voters
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezLight in August by William FaulknerCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyMoby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville
Best Books Ever
78,670 books — 293,155 voters

The Sound and the Fury by William FaulknerLight in August by William FaulknerA Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy TooleGo Down, Moses by William FaulknerTheir Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Best Southern Literature
1,386 books — 2,607 voters
American Gods by Neil GaimanJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Knight by Gene WolfeAnansi Boys by Neil Gaiman
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,163 books — 10,144 voters

Baking in America by Greg PatentIn the Sweet Kitchen by Regan DaleyThe Professional Chef by The Culinary Institute of A...The New Indian Cooking Course by Manisha Kanani
Best Cookbooks
1,467 books — 1,121 voters
The Knight by Gene WolfeMagician by Raymond E. Feist
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,694 books — 26,840 voters

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,330 books — 12,847 voters
The Road by Cormac McCarthyAmerican Gods by Neil GaimanJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Corrections by Jonathan FranzenPerdido Street Station by China Miéville
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,263 books — 28,373 voters

Light in August by William FaulknerOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García MárquezNative Son by Richard WrightInvisible Cities by Italo CalvinoLolita by Vladimir Nabokov
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,874 books — 49,843 voters
Galápagos by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Neuromancer by William GibsonSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,762 books — 25,714 voters