The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,467 books — 69,779 voters
The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Bibliomystery Books
238 books — 108 voters

Blue Highways by William Least Heat-Moon
Favorite Travel Books
2,046 books — 3,957 voters
Emma by Jane AustenHowards End by E.M. ForsterJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëLittle Women by Louisa May AlcottPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Novels of Domestic Life
424 books — 140 voters

The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Godfather by Mario PuzoGone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
Best Movie Adaptations
439 books — 265 voters
Wuthering Heights by Emily BrontëJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeDracula by Bram StokerDavid Copperfield by Charles Dickens
Victorian Novels
214 books — 508 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg Larsson
Best for Book Clubs
15,262 books — 19,448 voters

Harry Potter Series Box Set by J.K. RowlingThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisEmma by Jane AustenLittle Women by Louisa May Alcott
What Book Would You Like To Live In?
8,760 books — 8,972 voters
Jane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëHowards End by E.M. ForsterEmma by Jane AustenThe Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
The Upper Classes
381 books — 143 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniCatching Fire by Suzanne CollinsMockingjay by Suzanne Collins
2011: What the Over 35s Have Read So Far
1,801 books — 439 voters
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg Larsson
Books I Read in 2011
274 books — 30 voters

Of Mice and Men by John SteinbeckRomeo and Juliet by William ShakespeareMacbeth by William ShakespeareThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel HawthorneThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Books I was Forced to Read in School
137 books — 70 voters
The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas  HarrisRed Dragon by Thomas  HarrisThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Shining by Stephen  King
Thrillers
4,870 books — 6,188 voters

The Beekeeper's Apprentice by Laurie R. KingGaudy Night by Dorothy L. SayersThe Tin Roof Blowdown by James Lee BurkeA Great Deliverance by Elizabeth  GeorgeMallory's Oracle by Carol O'Connell
Best Detective/Mystery Series
2,293 books — 2,527 voters
Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Best Gothic Books of All Time
635 books — 3,572 voters

Wayside School Is Falling Down by Louis SacharBorders of Infinity by Lois McMaster BujoldA Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving
Best Books of 1989
380 books — 230 voters
A Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Historian by Elizabeth KostovaLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Best Historical Fiction
7,855 books — 26,166 voters

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,893 books — 49,819 voters
Mystic River by Dennis LehaneThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Complete Stories and Poems by Edgar Allan PoePresumed Innocent by Scott Turow
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,440 books — 16,319 voters

Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildePersuasion by Jane Austen
Best Books of the 19th Century
1,749 books — 6,905 voters