Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Best Thrillers
1,776 books — 1,613 voters

Quiet by Susan Cain
Books for the INTJ
618 books — 214 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)
1,765 books — 1,646 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
2,085 books — 5,452 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
1,146 books — 2,719 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
1,786 books — 4,919 voters

Wool Omnibus by Hugh Howey
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,213 books — 8,956 voters
A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess1984 by George OrwellLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Best Transgressive Fiction
870 books — 967 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
3,060 books — 9,903 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
76,442 books — 284,325 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
3,027 books — 3,038 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
1,500 books — 2,674 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 — 2,062 voters
The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Books that Made You Cry!
3,356 books — 7,948 voters

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Disappointing Books
2,732 books — 4,603 voters
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
14,790 books — 16,526 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
2,084 books — 11,696 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
14,704 books — 18,556 voters

City of Bones by Cassandra ClareDead Witch Walking by Kim HarrisonClockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,408 books — 12,557 voters
The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,317 books — 15,591 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
1,561 books — 18,685 voters
Mythology by Edith Hamilton
Norse Mythology
293 books — 410 voters

The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin1984 by George Orwell
The Most Influential Books
1,461 books — 5,283 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)
4,204 books — 25,754 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Historical Fiction
7,433 books — 25,610 voters
Haunted by Chuck PalahniukThe Holy Bible by AnonymousTwilight by Stephenie MeyerThe 120 Days of Sodom by Marquis de SadeNew Moon by Stephenie Meyer
The Most Disturbing Books Ever Written
3,214 books — 11,324 voters



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