A Tale of Two Cities by Charles DickensThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Scarlet Pimpernel by Emmuska OrczyGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Recommended Historical Fiction
3,795 books — 3,802 voters

The Golden Compass by Philip PullmanThe Old Man and the Sea by Ernest HemingwayHis Dark Materials by Philip PullmanThe Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy FowlerThe Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Books You Wish You Could Forget
436 books — 123 voters
The Scrambled States of America by Laurie KellerOpen Wide by Laurie Keller
Best Children's Nonfiction
277 books — 132 voters

A Year Without "Made in China" by Sara BongiorniAnimal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara KingsolverSo Many Books, So Little Time by Sara Nelson
Memoirs of Experiments
240 books — 109 voters
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen R. CoveyThe 8th Habit by Stephen R. CoveyEmotional Intelligence by Daniel GolemanThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Self-help and advice
1,973 books — 1,309 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakNumber the Stars by Lois LowryThe Devil's Arithmetic by Jane YolenThe Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom
Best Holocaust Novels
189 books — 262 voters
Affluenza by Oliver  JamesThe Elegant Universe by Brian GreenePhysics of the Impossible by Michio Kaku
Most Engaging Scientific Nonfiction
369 books — 285 voters

The Hiding Place by Corrie ten BoomThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankThe Other Side of Heaven by John H. Groberg
Inspiring True Stories
300 books — 385 voters
The Hiding Place by Corrie ten BoomThe Story of My Life by Helen KellerNarrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass by Frederick DouglassLook Me in the Eye by John Elder Robison
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,353 books — 7,087 voters

Walden or, Life in the Woods by Henry David ThoreauMere Christianity by C.S. LewisJames Herriot by James Herriot
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,267 books — 8,081 voters
Pride and Prejudice by Jane AustenJane Eyre by Charlotte BrontëThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Murders in the Rue Morgue by Edgar Allan Poe
I Will Read Absolutely Anything S/He Writes
1,026 books — 341 voters

The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Best Historical Fiction of the 21st Century
1,484 books — 2,488 voters
The Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Eyre Affair by Jasper FfordeThe Princess Bride by William Goldman
Stories For Book Lovers
8,463 books — 8,658 voters

The Goose Girl by Shannon HaleTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsEmma by Jane Austen
Authors you'd most like to meet
462 books — 279 voters

The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane by Kate DiCamilloThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeThe Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Albom
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,848 books — 22,316 voters
Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourtHis Dark Materials by Philip PullmanWicked by Gregory MaguireThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler
Disappointing Books
2,770 books — 4,608 voters

Chocolat by Joanne Harris
Favorite Magical Realism Novels
1,344 books — 4,636 voters
The Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoNumber the Stars by Lois LowryEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,257 books — 2,436 voters

Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Giver by Lois LowryElla Enchanted by Gail Carson LevineThe True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle by AviGirl with a Pearl Earring by Tracy Chevalier
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,156 books — 3,682 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoLittle House on the Prairie by Laura Ingalls Wilder
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,889 books — 49,814 voters


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