The Fountainhead by Ayn RandTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellAnimal Farm by George OrwellFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Best Banned, Censored, and Challenged Books
924 books — 2,376 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAnimal Farm by George OrwellLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Color Purple by Alice Walker
Best of Banned and Challenged Books
214 books — 277 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensWorld Without End by Ken Follett
Best Historical Fiction
7,432 books — 25,619 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandWatership Down by Richard  AdamsThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,701 books — 120,667 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,790 voters
The Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonVanity Fair by William Makepeace ThackerayThe Way We Live Now by Anthony TrollopeMrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,539 books — 10,300 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinA Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensHowards End by E.M. Forster
Best Love Stories
5,179 books — 9,640 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Madness of a Seduced Woman by Susan Fromberg Schaeffer
Most Recommended
49 books — 10 voters

Straight Man by Richard RussoMe Talk Pretty One Day by David Sedaris
Best Humor Writing
841 books — 891 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Books that influenced me
19 books — 13 voters

Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand1984 by George OrwellThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
Novels that Influenced Me
18 books — 10 voters
Night by Elie Wiesel
Non-Fiction that Influenced Me
32 books — 27 voters

The Purpose Driven Life by Rick WarrenTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Shack by William Paul Young
Why The Hype, Did I Miss Something?
287 books — 292 voters
The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Authors With Only One Novel
133 books — 120 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Banned Books 2007-2008
85 books — 201 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussThe Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. LewisInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca Wells
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,687 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,237 books — 68,669 voters

Ulysses by James JoyceA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
The Worst Books of All Time
8,096 books — 19,876 voters
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynThe Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956 by Aleksandr SolzhenitsynFall on Your Knees by Ann-Marie MacDonald
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,232 books — 3,913 voters

Life of Pi by Yann MartelThe Devil in the White City by Erik LarsonWorld Without End by Ken Follett
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,842 books — 22,013 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerLord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Best Books Everyone Needs To Read
103 books — 72 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryHoles by Louis SacharThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonBridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson
Best Young Adult Books
13,114 books — 80,188 voters
Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice SendakThe Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric CarleThe Giving Tree by Shel SilversteinGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussWhere the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
Best Children's Books
5,313 books — 6,713 voters



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