Invitation to a Beheading by Vladimir NabokovThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsMistress of the Art of Death by Ariana FranklinI Am a Genius of Unspeakable Evil and I Want to Be Your Class... by Josh LiebSorry I Ruined Your Orgy by Bradley Sands
Best Book Titles
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The Alienist by Caleb CarrMistress of the Art of Death by Ariana FranklinGrave Goods by Ariana FranklinThe 19th Wife by David Ebershoff
Best Historical Mystery
2,252 books — 4,735 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling
Unique Girl Names
72 books — 37 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Books for eleven-year-old children
1,033 books — 562 voters
Night by Elie WieselCannery Row by John SteinbeckThings Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeAnimal Farm by George OrwellThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Best Page-Turners with Redeeming Social Value
8,093 books — 5,810 voters

Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyPride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Best Books Ever
77,899 books — 290,569 voters
The Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. Tolkien
Fantasy Classics
303 books — 581 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Best Young Adult Books
13,248 books — 80,360 voters

J.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienThe Little House Collection by Laura Ingalls Wilder
The Best Omnibuses and Box Sets
672 books — 1,503 voters
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Disappointing Books
2,770 books — 4,607 voters

Heart of Darkness by Joseph ConradGreat Expectations by Charles DickensA Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess
Most Difficult Novels
595 books — 2,052 voters
Farmer Boy by Laura Ingalls Wilder
I've Read It More Than 5 Times
970 books — 436 voters

Little House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls WilderThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,888 books — 49,806 voters