Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Best Thrillers
1,886 books — 1,886 voters

Quiet by Susan Cain
Books for the INTJ
618 books — 215 voters

Mistborn by Brandon Sanderson
Favorite Main Characters
238 books — 55 voters
Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieInfidel by Ayaan Hirsi AliThings Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,829 books — 1,708 voters

Let the Right One In by John Ajvide LindqvistThe Vampire Lestat by Anne RiceThe Witching Hour by Anne RiceThe Turn of the Screw by Henry JamesThe Queen of the Damned by Anne Rice
Best Horror Novels
2,119 books — 5,503 voters
The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Wise Man's Fear by Patrick RothfussMistborn by Brandon SandersonWool Omnibus by Hugh Howey
New Speculative Fiction Stars
1,200 books — 2,837 voters

The Historian by Elizabeth KostovaInterview with the Vampire by Anne RiceLost Souls by Poppy Z. BriteThe Strain by Guillermo del Toro
Best Adult Vampire Books
1,840 books — 4,980 voters
Wool Omnibus by Hugh Howey
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,363 books — 9,549 voters

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess1984 by George OrwellLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Best Transgressive Fiction
894 books — 974 voters
The Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussThe Wise Man's Fear by Patrick RothfussMistborn by Brandon Sanderson
Best Fantasy Books of the 21st Century
3,125 books — 10,076 voters

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeMemoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenBrave New World by Aldous HuxleyThe Help by Kathryn StockettA Game of Thrones by George R.R. Martin
Best Books Ever
78,129 books — 291,235 voters
A Piece of Cake by Cupcake BrownStolen Lives by Malika OufkirThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne FrankI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
Memoirs by Women
3,226 books — 3,337 voters

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodThe Bell Jar by Sylvia PlathThe Awakening by Kate ChopinThe Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Best Feminist Fiction
1,521 books — 2,685 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee1984 by George OrwellThe Hobbit, or There and Back Again by J.R.R. TolkienCharlotte’s Web by E.B. WhiteA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
Best School Assigned Books
766 books — 2,057 voters

The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Books that Made You Cry!
3,358 books — 7,982 voters
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Disappointing Books
2,770 books — 4,607 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,516 books — 17,354 voters
A Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinHis Dark Materials by Philip PullmanThe Name of the Wind by Patrick Rothfuss
Best Fantasy Series, Trilogies, and Duologies
2,188 books — 12,252 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Help by Kathryn StockettTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Best for Book Clubs
15,283 books — 19,468 voters
City of Bones by Cassandra ClareDead Witch Walking by Kim HarrisonClockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,442 books — 12,896 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,440 books — 16,325 voters
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. RowlingHarry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,579 books — 18,688 voters

Mythology by Edith Hamilton
Norse Mythology
300 books — 413 voters
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin1984 by George Orwell
The Most Influential Books
1,490 books — 5,294 voters

His Dark Materials by Philip PullmanJ.R.R. Tolkien 4-Book Boxed Set by J.R.R. TolkienA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. Lewis
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,610 books — 26,728 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Historical Fiction
7,860 books — 26,172 voters



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