Watchmen by Alan             MooreMaus I by Art SpiegelmanV for Vendetta by Alan             MooreCalvin and Hobbes by Bill WattersonMaus II by Art Spiegelman
Best Graphic Novels and Comic Books
992 books — 598 voters
Barefoot Gen, Volume One by Keiji NakazawaBarefoot Gen, Volume Two by Keiji Nakazawa
Japanese History Through Manga
18 books — 20 voters

Brave New World by Aldous HuxleyDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickI, Robot by Isaac AsimovThe Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,330 books — 24,581 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony BurgessFight Club by Chuck PalahniukThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Watchmen by Alan             Moore
Best Experimental Books Ever
1,105 books — 1,719 voters

Requiem for a Dream by Hubert Selby Jr.
Substance Abuse & Addiction
717 books — 1,315 voters
The Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. Tolkien
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,874 books — 7,002 voters

Lolita by Vladimir NabokovSlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.Dune by Frank HerbertLife of Pi by Yann MartelAtonement by Ian McEwan
I Should Probably Read This Sometime...
11,289 books — 10,021 voters
The Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisThe Hobbit by Chuck DixonThe Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Best Illustrated Book Covers
779 books — 507 voters

Return to Paradise by Simone Elkeles
Worst Sequel Cover
45 books — 112 voters
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott FitzgeraldAnimal Farm by George OrwellFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyHeart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
I'm glad someone made me read this book
10,635 books — 10,203 voters

Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. DickI Was Told There'd Be Cake by Sloane CrosleyAre You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea HandlerThe Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan KunderaTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Best Book Titles
11,369 books — 7,751 voters
Sharp Teeth by Toby BarlowWhen You Are Engulfed in Flames by David SedarisThe Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction by Walter BenjaminMy Most Excellent Year by Steve Kluger
Best Book Covers of 2008
134 books — 100 voters

Sailor Moon, Vol. 1 by Naoko TakeuchiOuran High School Host Club, Vol. 1 by Bisco Hatori
The Anime was better than the Manga
55 books — 57 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu
Japanese Fiction
411 books — 331 voters

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. RowlingBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonMarley and Me by John GroganThe Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldCharlotte’s Web by E.B. White
Books that Made You Cry!
3,356 books — 7,912 voters

Coraline by Neil GaimanThe Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark HaddonA Million Little Pieces by James Frey
Best Book Cover Art
12,388 books — 7,098 voters
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Books That Should Be Made Into Movies
32,198 books — 68,030 voters

Rant by Chuck PalahniukSurvivor by Chuck PalahniukTrainspotting by Irvine WelshChoke by Chuck Palahniuk
Best Dark Humor
731 books — 1,634 voters
The Two Towers by J.R.R. TolkienThe Time Machine by H.G. WellsOliver Twist by Charles DickensThe Princess Diaries by Meg CabotThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Bo Hampton
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,222 books — 6,122 voters