The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,430 books — 16,269 voters

Glenn Beck's Common Sense by Glenn BeckTen Stupid Things Couples Do to Mess Up Their Relationships by Laura SchlessingerTen Stupid Things Women Do to Mess Up Their Lives by Laura SchlessingerThe Proper Care and Feeding of Husbands by Laura SchlessingerGodless by Ann Coulter
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,638 books — 5,991 voters
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael ChabonMatilda by Roald DahlWater for Elephants by Sara GruenMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Favorite Books
14,900 books — 10,477 voters

Tess of the D’Urbervilles by Thomas HardyThe Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa BankHouse of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus IIISpecial Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
The Worst Books of All Time
8,105 books — 19,883 voters
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret AtwoodOne Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest by Ken KeseyThe Fountainhead by Ayn RandCharlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,889 books — 49,808 voters

Waiting for Godot by Samuel BeckettYou Can't Take it With You by Moss HartWit by Margaret EdsonRosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead by Tom StoppardDoubt, a Parable by John Patrick Shanley
Best Plays Ever
856 books — 1,132 voters
The Historian by Elizabeth KostovaSpecial Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl
Disappointing Books
2,770 books — 4,607 voters