The Collected Essex County by Jeff Lemire
Great Graphic Novels Without Superheroes
1,011 books — 444 voters
Foucault’s Pendulum by Umberto EcoThe Pleasure of the Text by Roland Barthes
Books about Books
1,385 books — 1,519 voters

Pilgrim at Tinker Creek by Annie Dillard
Pulitzer Winners: General Non-fiction
85 books — 343 voters
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran FoerEverything is Illuminated by Jonathan Safran Foer
Most Poetic Book Titles
1,996 books — 892 voters

The Glass Castle by Jeannette WallsI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouPersepolis by Marjane SatrapiFun Home by Alison Bechdel
Memoirs by Women
3,067 books — 3,093 voters
The Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiFun Home by Alison BechdelAsterios Polyp by David Mazzucchelli
Best Graphic Novels
3,452 books — 6,771 voters

Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe City and the Pillar by Gore Vidal
Best Gay Fiction
2,676 books — 3,883 voters
Running with Scissors by Augusten BurroughsThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique BaubyI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThe Autobiography of Malcolm X by Malcolm XChronicles, Volume One by Bob Dylan
Favorite Memoirs/Autobiographies
2,121 books — 1,970 voters

The Collected Essex County by Jeff Lemire
Canada Reads 2011 - Top 40 Novels
40 books — 125 voters
Lubiewo by Michał WitkowskiPrzekwitający mak  by Josef GabrielThe City and the Pillar by Gore VidalFun Home by Alison BechdelMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Best LGBTQIA literature
1,780 books — 2,176 voters

Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
The Most Frequently Challenged Books
243 books — 139 voters
Nausea by Jean-Paul SartreStory of the Eye by Georges BatailleA Lover's Discourse by Roland Barthes
Best Philosophical Literature
1,185 books — 2,763 voters

Les Fleurs du Mal by Charles Baudelaire
Best Poetry Books
2,996 books — 2,448 voters
Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
Weirdest Books Ever
1,184 books — 1,191 voters

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,913 books — 121,225 voters