The Big Sleep by Raymond ChandlerThe Maltese Falcon by Dashiell HammettRed Dragon by Thomas  HarrisThe No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency by Alexander McCall SmithDouble Indemnity by James M. Cain
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,318 books — 15,598 voters
Never Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroFreakonomics by Steven D. LevittThe Year of Magical Thinking by Joan DidionOlive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,189 books — 28,369 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingAnimal Farm by George OrwellOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,787 voters
Animal Farm by George OrwellGreen Eggs and Ham by Dr. SeussFahrenheit 451 by Ray BradburyThe Giver by Lois LowryOne Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,640 books — 120,474 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyNever Let Me Go by Kazuo IshiguroSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,759 books — 25,993 voters