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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
927 books — 2,389 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
220 books — 283 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
8,041 books — 26,712 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
32,843 books — 124,671 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
7,877 books — 49,844 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...
12,224 books — 11,486 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
5,267 books — 9,832 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
872 books — 989 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

Goodnight Nobody by Jennifer Weiner
Most Disappointing Books by Some of My Favorite Authors
118 books — 70 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanPride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
Summer Reading Books!
83 books — 25 voters

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienJane-Emily by Patricia Clapp
Favorite book when you were a teen...
66 books — 22 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëSense and Sensibility by Jane AustenAll Creatures Great and Small by James Herriot
Best Books turned into a "Made for TV Movie"
211 books — 61 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 — 293 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 — 202 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettAtlas Shrugged by Ayn RandThe Boy in the Striped Pajamas by John BoyneThe Screwtape Letters by C.S. LewisFor Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
15,233 books — 15,908 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
1,654 books — 18,683 voters
The Devil in the White City by Erik Larson
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,624 books — 70,146 voters

Ulysses by James JoyceA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce
The Worst Books of All Time
8,115 books — 19,898 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
1,229 books — 3,952 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
9,843 books — 22,459 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
13,323 books — 80,578 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
5,418 books — 7,028 voters

A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James JoyceUlysses by James JoyceI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThe Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories by Franz KafkaBeloved by Toni Morrison
Read These In School - Would Have Preferred A Root Canal
464 books — 1,589 voters
The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden
Books I Became So Obsessed With I Stopped Everything Else in My Life to Finish.
12,933 books — 10,718 voters


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