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
7,215 books — 28,373 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Boleyn Inheritance by Philippa Gregory
Best Historical Fiction
7,888 books — 26,296 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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32,541 books — 123,901 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
1,579 books — 18,688 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
15,531 books — 17,460 voters
The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
Best Young Adult Books
13,210 books — 80,460 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
6,420 books — 7,391 voters
The Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareThe Odyssey by Homer
Best Books Ever
78,233 books — 291,780 voters