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
15,525 books — 17,446 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
724 books — 384 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
417 books — 437 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
321 books — 299 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
392 books — 259 voters

Cleopatra's Daughter by Michelle    MoranThe Heretic Queen by Michelle    Moran
Best Books About Egypt
490 books — 575 voters
Goodbye, Columbus by Philip Roth
Best Lighthearted Literature
634 books — 502 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
915 books — 2,960 voters

Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyFahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
Books that make you think.
1,147 books — 1,154 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
1,766 books — 6,927 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
12,756 books — 8,534 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
1,058 books — 1,714 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniWomen of Sand and Myrrh by Hanan Al-ShaykhThe Lover by A.B. Yehoshua
Best Middle East Fiction
439 books — 485 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerOutlander by Diana Gabaldon
Best Love Story
1,635 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
2,032 books — 900 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
1,290 books — 3,463 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
3,987 books — 26,600 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)
427 books — 658 voters

Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances MayesEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,176 books — 1,905 voters



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