A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  Smith
Best Books Ever
78,330 books — 292,006 voters
The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Wall Bangers!
748 books — 503 voters

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
The Worst Books of All Time
8,120 books — 19,897 voters
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
Best Humorous Books
4,421 books — 8,095 voters

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
Funniest Novels of All Time
1,438 books — 2,390 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
8,473 books — 8,740 voters

Unwind by Neal ShustermanLife As We Knew It by Susan Beth Pfeffer
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,993 books — 26,646 voters
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-ExupérySophie’s World by Jostein GaarderThe Phantom Tollbooth by Norton Juster
Best Philosophical Literature
1,204 books — 2,843 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
32,550 books — 123,956 voters
Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Best Historical Fiction
7,915 books — 26,323 voters