The Help by Kathryn StockettTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Best for Book Clubs
15,226 books — 19,369 voters
Girl on the Golden Coin by Marci JeffersonBecoming Josephine by Heather  Webb
Historical Fiction 2014
401 books — 2,011 voters

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Bridge of Scarlet Leaves by Kristina McMorris
World War II Fiction
1,431 books — 2,062 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeMoloka'i by Alan Brennert
Best Historical Fiction of the 21st Century
1,479 books — 2,476 voters

Across the Universe by Beth RevisEntwined by Heather Dixon Wallwork
Beautiful Book Covers of 2011
724 books — 4,065 voters

Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,141 books — 5,398 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
“Sister” Novels
629 books — 217 voters

Reached by Ally CondieThe Flower Reader by Elizabeth LoupasThe Queen's Vow by C.W. Gortner
Anticipated Books of 2012
542 books — 999 voters
Writing the Breakout Novel by Donald Maass
Best Books on Writing
801 books — 1,333 voters

Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
Best Gothic Books of All Time
631 books — 3,549 voters
Pope Joan by Donna Woolfolk CrossPeony in Love by Lisa SeeMoloka'i by Alan BrennertLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Best Historical Fiction
7,818 books — 26,126 voters

The Phantom of the Opera by Gaston Leroux
Beauty and the Beast
725 books — 1,968 voters

Beloved by Toni MorrisonGilead by Marilynne Robinson
Pulitzer Winners: Fiction & Novels
99 books — 951 voters
The Book of Mormon by Joseph Smith Jr.The Hiding Place by Corrie ten BoomThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,414 books — 123,452 voters

Stardust by Neil GaimanForrest Gump by Winston GroomThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisA Walk to Remember by Nicholas SparksPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,135 books — 10,099 voters

Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonYou Are Special by Max LucadoOh, the Places You’ll Go! by Dr. SeussMy Many Colored Days by Dr. SeussAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
Best Children's Books
5,345 books — 6,938 voters
The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston
Asian-American Books
545 books — 329 voters


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