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Alias Grace by Margaret AtwoodHigh by Brian O'Dea
Prison Books
528 books — 248 voters
United Artists by S.X. Rosenstock
Your Favourite Book of Poetry.
962 books — 686 voters

United Artists by S.X. Rosenstock
Best Poets
529 books — 415 voters
United Artists by S.X. Rosenstock
Best Poetry Books
3,086 books — 2,620 voters

Alias Grace by Margaret AtwoodThe Sense of an Ending by Julian Barnes
Books with Unreliable Narrators
504 books — 494 voters
Shadow Divers by Robert Kurson
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,337 books — 8,175 voters

Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha PesslBastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy AllisonThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
Juvenile Narrators in Books for Grown-Ups
231 books — 157 voters
The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DíazThe Secret History by Donna Tartt
Unique Narrators
402 books — 349 voters

Tijuana Straits by Kem NunnThe Dogs of Winter by Kem NunnTapping the Source by Kem Nunn
Down by the Sea
746 books — 566 voters
I Am the Cheese by Robert Cormier
Books with endings I honestly didn't see coming
675 books — 638 voters

2030 by Albert Brooks
Deferred Gratification: 2011's Most Eagerly Awaited New Books
126 books — 375 voters
2030 by Albert Brooks
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,775 books — 25,812 voters

2030 by Albert Brooks
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
4,039 books — 26,782 voters
2030 by Albert BrooksPacazo by Roy Kesey
Can't Wait Books For 2011
1,227 books — 6,619 voters

2030 by Albert Brooks
Best Dark Humor
744 books — 1,686 voters
2030 by Albert Brooks
Funniest Novels of All Time
1,446 books — 2,411 voters

Perfume by Patrick SüskindThe Secret History by Donna TarttThe Godfather by Mario Puzo
Rooting for the Bad Guy
686 books — 1,480 voters
The Silver Palate Cookbook by Julee RossoThe Zuni Cafe Cookbook by Judy RodgersThe Vegetarian Epicure Book Two by Anna ThomasThe New Best Recipe by Cook's Illustrated
Best Cookbooks
1,468 books — 1,127 voters

Little Bee by Chris CleaveCutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Díaz
Foreign Lands
2,380 books — 2,270 voters
A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole
Writers who committed suicide
538 books — 291 voters

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourtWhite Oleander by Janet Fitch
Best Coming of Age Stories
1,412 books — 1,301 voters
The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,138 books — 10,095 voters

The Namesake by Jhumpa LahiriEverything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran FoerThe Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot DíazThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe History of Love by Nicole Krauss
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,843 books — 22,459 voters
Point Dume by Katie Arnoldi
Best Books about Marijuana
40 books — 55 voters

The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldPresumed Innocent by Scott TurowRed Dragon by Thomas HarrisThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldIn the Woods by Tana French
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,482 books — 16,416 voters
The History of Love by Nicole KraussCutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David WroblewskiWater for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Best Audiobooks
1,634 books — 1,163 voters

The History of Love by Nicole KraussShutter Island by Dennis LehanePresumed Innocent by Scott Turow
Best Twists
8,704 books — 9,834 voters
A Very Long Engagement by Sébastien JaprisotThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Story of Edgar Sawtelle by David WroblewskiLittle Bee by Chris Cleave
Books That Made You Cry
1,609 books — 3,292 voters


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