Water for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk KiddMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi PicoultThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,187 books — 28,366 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
Best Historical Fiction
7,591 books — 25,881 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussNight by Elie Wiesel
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32,076 books — 121,875 voters
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. RowlingTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Da Vinci Code by Dan    BrownMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,577 books — 18,682 voters

Water for Elephants by Sara GruenThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,252 books — 16,942 voters
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
Best Young Adult Books
13,166 books — 80,258 voters

Night by Elie WieselThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth GilbertThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
5,964 books — 6,514 voters
The Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Odyssey by Homer
Best Books Ever
77,169 books — 287,628 voters