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The Tiger's Wife by Téa Obreht
Deferred Gratification: 2011's Most Eagerly Awaited New Books
126 books — 375 voters
Duma Key by Stephen KingThe Host by Stephenie MeyerThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldThe Help by Kathryn StockettFreedom by Jonathan Franzen
Best Audio Books
322 books — 297 voters

Katherine by Anya Seton
Historical romances with more substance than your average wallpaper setting
545 books — 866 voters
The Kitchen House by Kathleen Grissom
Most Depressing Book of All Time
1,229 books — 3,951 voters

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Best Books Ever
78,991 books — 294,122 voters
Night by Elie WieselThe Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankLittle Princes by Conor Grennan
Best Memoir / Biography / Autobiography
6,589 books — 7,856 voters

Revolution by Jennifer DonnellyThe Raising by Laura KasischkeI'd Know You Anywhere by Laura LippmanThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Golden Prince by Rebecca Dean
What We've Read So Far In 2011
5,351 books — 1,366 voters
The Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldAtonement by Ian McEwanRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Host by Stephenie MeyerThe Firm by Robin Waterfield
Best Twists
8,704 books — 9,833 voters

Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldIn the Woods by Tana FrenchThe Firm by Robin WaterfieldCase Histories by Kate Atkinson
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,481 books — 16,405 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverThe Virgin Suicides by Jeffrey EugenidesWhite Oleander by Janet FitchAngela's Ashes by Frank McCourt
Best Books of the Decade: 1990s
3,182 books — 3,685 voters

Night by Elie WieselRebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane SetterfieldA Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Books that Blew Me Away and that I Still Think About
15,233 books — 15,908 voters
Vixen by Jillian Larkin
New YA historical fiction in 2010-2011
102 books — 424 voters

Angela's Ashes by Frank McCourtThe Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest by Stieg LarssonAtonement by Ian McEwanThe Girl Who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson
Top 100 New Classics
262 books — 417 voters
Scavenger Hunt by Christopher PikeRemarkable Creatures by Tracy ChevalierJurassic Park by Michael Crichton
Best Dinosaur Books
191 books — 318 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenGone with the Wind by Margaret MitchellThe Pillars of the Earth by Ken FollettThe Other Boleyn Girl by Philippa Gregory
Best Historical Fiction
8,038 books — 26,712 voters
Twilight by Stephenie MeyerPride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-SmithThe Gargoyle by Andrew DavidsonThe Monsters of Templeton by Lauren GroffTorment by Lauren Kate
Best Book Cover Art
12,394 books — 7,091 voters

The Executioner's Song by Norman Mailer
True Crime
743 books — 654 voters
The Help by Kathryn StockettDuma Key by Stephen KingThe Devil's Queen by Jeanne KalogridisThe Other Queen by Philippa GregoryThe Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
Best Audiobooks
1,634 books — 1,163 voters

The Abstinence Teacher by Tom PerrottaIn the Woods by Tana French
Best Books of 2007
1,123 books — 991 voters
People of the Book by Geraldine BrooksDuma Key by Stephen KingThe Host by Stephenie MeyerThe Likeness by Tana French
Best Books of 2008
1,647 books — 6,768 voters

Freedom by Jonathan FranzenThe Paris Wife by Paula McLainMy Reading Life by Pat ConroyThe Kitchen House by Kathleen GrissomApe House by Sara Gruen
Fall into Reading 2010
37 books — 19 voters
The Red Queen by Philippa Gregory
Characters you just want to smack
468 books — 297 voters

The Passage by Justin CroninFaithful Place by Tana FrenchThe Red Queen by Philippa GregoryThe Distant Hours by Kate Morton
Can't Wait Books of 2010
1,223 books — 10,121 voters
The Red Queen by Philippa GregoryThe Distant Hours by Kate Morton
You Want to Read in 2010
1,079 books — 1,972 voters

The Swimming Pool by Holly LeCrawThe Things That Keep Us Here by Carla BuckleyWinter Garden by Kristin HannahThe Passage by Justin CroninRoom by Emma Donoghue
Best Books of 2010
1,576 books — 2,470 voters
The Host by Stephenie MeyerHush, Hush by Becca FitzpatrickA Reliable Wife by Robert GoolrickSouth of Broad by Pat ConroyWinter Garden by Kristin Hannah
What We've Read So Far In 2010
4,982 books — 1,780 voters

Cutting for Stone by Abraham VergheseLit by Mary Karr
Best Books of 2009
1,771 books — 6,926 voters
Under the Tuscan Sun by Frances Mayes
Best Traveling Vicariously
2,208 books — 1,970 voters

The Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverDuma Key by Stephen King
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,620 books — 70,142 voters
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie FordA Reliable Wife by Robert GoolrickCleopatra's Daughter by Michelle MoranThe Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie by Alan BradleyThe Lost City of Z by David Grann
Books for 2009
582 books — 2,398 voters