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
1,384 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
3,058 books — 3,085 voters
The Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanThe Complete Persepolis by Marjane SatrapiFun Home by Alison BechdelAsterios Polyp by David Mazzucchelli
Best Graphic Novels
3,451 books — 6,769 voters

Middlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesThe City and the Pillar by Gore Vidal
Best Gay Fiction
2,673 books — 3,878 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
2,116 books — 1,960 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
1,776 books — 2,173 voters

Naked Lunch by William S. Burroughs
The Most Frequently Challenged Books
243 books — 138 voters
Nausea by Jean-Paul SartreStory of the Eye by Georges BatailleA Lover's Discourse by Roland Barthes
Best Philosophical Literature
1,182 books — 2,747 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
1,192 books — 1,190 voters

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Jean-Dominique Bauby
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,853 books — 121,126 voters