A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  Smith
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79,323 books — 295,705 voters
The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Wall Bangers!
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Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
The Worst Books of All Time
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Good Omens by Terry PratchettThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Essential Calvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonThree Men in a Boat by Jerome K. JeromeCan You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella
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Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K. JeromeThank You, Jeeves by P.G. WodehouseAlice’s Adventures in Wonderland / Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Carroll
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1,458 books — 2,339 voters

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisThe Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson BurnettWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel SilversteinThe Boxcar Children by Gertrude Chandler WarnerWhere the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls
What Book Got You Hooked?
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Matilda by Roald DahlLost in a Good Book by Jasper FfordeA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeThe City of Dreaming Books by Walter Moers
Stories For Book Lovers
8,518 books — 9,048 voters

Unwind by Neal ShustermanLife As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
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The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupérySophie’s World by Jostein GaarderThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Best Philosophical Literature
1,215 books — 2,812 voters

Lord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupéryAnimal Farm by George Orwell
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,924 books — 124,939 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Best Historical Fiction
8,190 books — 27,138 voters