The Book Thief by Markus ZusakMarley and Me by John GroganA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch AlbomThe Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Books That Made You Cry
1,606 books — 3,279 voters
Twilight by Stephenie MeyerA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Fault in Our Stars by John Green
Books You Could Not Put Down
11,391 books — 7,622 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodA Room of One’s Own by Virginia WoolfThe Awakening by Kate ChopinPresumed Incompetent by Gabriella Gutiérrez y MuhsThe Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Top Feminist Books
173 books — 113 voters

Let the Right One In by John Ajvide LindqvistHeart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
Creepy Halloween Reads
101 books — 46 voters
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled HosseiniThe Light Between Oceans by M.L. StedmanWonder by R.J. PalacioGone Girl by Gillian FlynnThe Signature of All Things by Elizabeth Gilbert
Read or Like to Read
259 books — 389 voters

Divergent by Veronica Roth11/22/63 by Stephen  KingThe Fault in Our Stars by John GreenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Your Top 5 Reads in 2012
715 books — 798 voters
The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettEast of Eden by John SteinbeckThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsI Know This Much Is True by Wally Lamb
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 6,996 voters

The Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakKatherine by Anya SetonDaughter of Fortune by Isabel AllendeThe House of the Spirits by Isabel Allende
Best Historical Fiction
7,433 books — 25,613 voters
Gone Girl by Gillian FlynnAnd the Mountains Echoed by Khaled HosseiniOn the Island by Tracey Garvis Graves
Hot Reads for Summer
3,256 books — 975 voters

And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled HosseiniUnder the Dome by Stephen  King
Books I'm going to read this summer
13 books — 4 voters
And the Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini
Summer 2013 To Read
37 books — 47 voters

The Forgotten Garden by Kate MortonThe Winter Sea by Susanna KearsleyEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Best Beach Reads 2013
2,203 books — 4,188 voters
The Stranger by Albert CamusThe Awakening by Kate ChopinLittle Bee by Chris Cleave
Most Difficult Novels
589 books — 2,043 voters

Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy1984 by George OrwellThe Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldThe Divine Comedy by Dante AlighieriThe Woman in White by Wilkie Collins
The Great Classics You Have Not Read Yet
746 books — 1,812 voters
Into the Wild by Jon KrakauerWalden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauSavage Inequalities by Jonathan KozolEndurance by Alfred Lansing
Must Read Non-Fiction
5,266 books — 4,460 voters

Endurance by Alfred Lansing
Best History Books
3,712 books — 3,753 voters
Like Water for Chocolate by Laura EsquivelDaughter of Fortune by Isabel AllendeThe Particular Sadness of Lemon Cake by Aimee Bender
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,306 books — 4,535 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Help by Kathryn StockettA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
Books You Would Recommend to Strangers
12,521 books — 8,016 voters
And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Vacations from Hell
152 books — 66 voters

And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
Best Agatha Christie Book
114 books — 1,379 voters
WISHBONE...Be Careful What You Wish For by Brooklyn HudsonGhosts by Noel HyndSuffer the Children by John SaulA Room for the Dead by Noel Hynd
Best horror books
492 books — 361 voters

The Girl Next Door by Jack Ketchum
Most Disturbing Books
253 books — 240 voters

Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriKeeping Corner by Kashmira ShethSiddhartha by Hermann Hesse
Books Set in India
496 books — 413 voters
Little Women by Louisa May AlcottHow the Grinch Stole Christmas! by Dr. SeussThe Cat in the Hat by Dr. SeussThe Accidental Tourist by Anne TylerHelter Skelter by Vincent Bugliosi
Books Really Worth Re-Reading
716 books — 294 voters

Fast Food Nation by Eric SchlosserNickel and Dimed by Barbara EhrenreichA Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonThe Omnivore's Dilemma by Michael PollanStiff by Mary Roach
Interesting and Readable Nonfiction
4,053 books — 2,054 voters
Under the Banner of Heaven by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerNight by Elie WieselA Walk in the Woods by Bill BrysonThe End of Faith by Sam Harris
favorite non-fiction
2,798 books — 1,168 voters


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