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
967 books — 1,110 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 — 4,189 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!
1,222 books — 6,121 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
14,622 books — 18,462 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
3,196 books — 11,298 voters

Léon und Louise by Alex CapusDer Hals der Giraffe by Judith Schalansky
Deutscher Buchpreis, 2005–2011
133 books — 34 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
31,546 books — 120,134 voters

The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz ZafónThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,832 books — 21,956 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
12,418 books — 7,926 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
891 books — 2,886 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
76,194 books — 283,320 voters