The Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonAmericanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Best Mentally Ill Characters
265 books — 264 voters
The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath
Mental Illness and Disorders
175 books — 127 voters

Bad Feminist by Roxane Gay
Nerdland 2014 Summer Reading List
11 books — 3 voters

An Unquiet Mind by Kay Redfield JamisonGirl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
Memoirs of Mental Illness
50 books — 53 voters

Freakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Sociology Books
564 books — 421 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellRoots by Alex HaleyBeloved by Toni Morrison
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,873 books — 4,109 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellRoots by Alex HaleyThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Best Historical Fiction
7,988 books — 26,573 voters
The Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz
Healing & Spirituality
999 books — 1,451 voters

If You Have to Cry, Go Outside by Kelly CutroneMy Horizontal Life by Chelsea HandlerBelly Laughs by Jenny McCarthy
Celebrity Books
185 books — 84 voters
How to Win Friends & Influence People by Dale CarnegieThink and Grow Rich by Napoleon HillEmotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis BradberryThe Four Agreements by Miguel Ruiz
Best Self Help Books
2,346 books — 2,476 voters

Twilight by Stephenie MeyerSex and the City by Candace BushnellGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
The MOVIE was BETTER than the BOOK
1,137 books — 10,098 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellTwilight by Stephenie Meyer
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,220 books — 6,117 voters

Gone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,874 books — 49,842 voters

Charlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussBaby-Sitters Club Boxed Set #1 by Ann M. Martin
Favorite books from my childhood
4,507 books — 7,689 voters
The Souls of Black Folk by W.E.B. Du BoisThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerEarly Novels & Stories by James Baldwin
African American Cultural Studies
185 books — 62 voters

Something Borrowed by Emily GiffinPride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-SmithThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Dark Fields by Alan Glynn
2011 Books To Movies List
51 books — 54 voters
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick DouglassBeloved by Toni MorrisonCane River by Lalita TademyRoots by Alex HaleyThe Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman by Ernest J. Gaines
Slavery
183 books — 116 voters

Freakonomics by Steven D. LevittNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichLies My Teacher Told Me by James W. LoewenA People’s History of the United States by Howard ZinnThere are No Children Here by Alex Kotlowitz
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,270 books — 8,165 voters
Blogging for Dummies by Brad HillGrant Writing For Dummies by Beverly A. Browning
For Dummies Series
338 books — 96 voters


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