The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,110 books — 16,754 voters
Beneath a Scarlet Sky by Mark T. SullivanMan's Search for Meaning by Viktor E. FranklThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
A WWII Reading List
719 books — 380 voters

Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerWest with the Night by Beryl MarkhamThree Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson
Vicarious Thrills
394 books — 422 voters
The Chosen by Chaim PotokThe Red Tent by Anita DiamantThe Dovekeepers by Alice HoffmanThe Golem and the Jinni by Helene WeckerExodus by Leon Uris
Jewish Historical Fiction non-Holocaust
312 books — 285 voters

Into Thin Air by Jon KrakauerInto the Wild by Jon KrakauerThe Right Stuff by Tom WolfeOut of Africa by Isak Dinesen
True Life Adventure
386 books — 252 voters

Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle    MoranThe Heretic Queen by Michelle    Moran
Best Books About Egypt
490 books — 574 voters
Goodbye, Columbus by Philip Roth
Best Lighthearted Literature
619 books — 484 voters

Holes by Louis SacharEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Giver by Lois LowryThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare
Best Books of All Time for Teens
906 books — 1,113 voters
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankNight by Elie WieselSarah's Key by Tatiana de RosnaySophie’s Choice by William Styron
Well-Written Holocaust Books
896 books — 2,891 voters

Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Books that make you think.
1,131 books — 1,096 voters
Cutting for Stone by Abraham   VergheseHotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie FordShanghai Girls by Lisa SeeZeitoun by Dave Eggers
Best Books of 2009
1,764 books — 6,931 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas AdamsTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsOutlander by Diana Gabaldon
All-Time Awesome Books
12,284 books — 7,954 voters
The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down by Anne FadimanCutting for Stone by Abraham   VergheseThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Joy Luck Club by Amy TanHotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
Immigrant Experience Literature
1,014 books — 1,455 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniWomen of Sand and Myrrh by Hanan Al-ShaykhThe Lover by A.B. Yehoshua
Best Middle East Fiction
431 books — 472 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerOutlander by Diana Gabaldon
Best Love Story
1,636 books — 1,945 voters

Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil by John BerendtNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Most Poetic Book Titles
1,996 books — 892 voters
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Stand by Stephen  KingDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickNever Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro
Best Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
1,244 books — 3,416 voters

Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Stand by Stephen  KingNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,786 books — 26,047 voters
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferThose Who Save Us by Jenna Blum
Amazing WWII fiction (some with romance)
407 books — 628 voters

Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances MayesEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,139 books — 1,866 voters



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