Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Neverending Story by Michael EndeThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryCoraline by Neil Gaiman
Best Children's Fantasy
975 books — 1,119 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettLife of Pi by Yann MartelThe Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen ChboskyThe Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Best Beach Reads 2013
2,203 books — 4,188 voters
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumThe Neverending Story by Michael EndeRing by Kōji SuzukiSchindler’s List by Thomas KeneallyThe Shining by Stephen  King
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,221 books — 6,122 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónLolita by Vladimir NabokovIn Cold Blood by Truman Capote
Best for Book Clubs
15,057 books — 18,976 voters
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaAlice in Wonderland & Through the Looking Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneThe Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales by Edgar Allan Poe
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,245 books — 11,542 voters

Léon und Louise by Alex CapusDer Hals der Giraffe by Judith Schalansky
Deutscher Buchpreis, 2005–2011
111 books — 33 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis CarrollThe Book Thief by Markus Zusak
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,016 books — 121,521 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,848 books — 22,141 voters
1984 by George OrwellThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniLife of Pi by Yann Martel
Books You Would Recommend to Strangers
12,879 books — 8,236 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakDer kleine Prinz by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryDie unendliche Geschichte by Michael EndeSchiffbruch mit Tiger by Yann Martel
books that mean everything!
64 books — 86 voters
The Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneThe Pianist by Władysław SzpilmanSuite Française by Irène NémirovskyEvery Man Dies Alone by Hans Fallada
Well-Written Holocaust Books
896 books — 2,892 voters

In Cold Blood by Truman CapoteThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoeThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank BaumAnd Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Best Books Ever
77,107 books — 286,898 voters