Sharp Objects by Gillian Flynn
Best Thrillers
1,820 books — 1,763 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)
1,783 books — 1,660 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
2,093 books — 5,468 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
1,160 books — 2,831 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
1,804 books — 4,938 voters
Wool Omnibus by Hugh Howey
Best Science Fiction of the 21st Century
1,271 books — 9,204 voters

A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess1984 by George OrwellLolita by Vladimir NabokovThe Stranger by Albert Camus
Best Transgressive Fiction
873 books — 970 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
3,091 books — 10,009 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
77,150 books — 287,579 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
3,106 books — 3,059 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
1,502 books — 2,672 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
765 books — 2,059 voters

The Lovely Bones by Alice SeboldThe Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
Books that Made You Cry!
3,357 books — 7,974 voters
Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
Disappointing Books
2,730 books — 4,601 voters

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Books That Exceeded Your Expectations
15,252 books — 16,939 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
2,115 books — 11,940 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
15,113 books — 19,076 voters
City of Bones by Cassandra ClareDead Witch Walking by Kim HarrisonClockwork Angel by Cassandra Clare
The Best Urban Fantasy
4,403 books — 12,603 voters

The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo by Stieg LarssonThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,353 books — 15,967 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
1,577 books — 18,682 voters

Mythology by Edith Hamilton
Norse Mythology
298 books — 412 voters
The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin1984 by George Orwell
The Most Influential Books
1,463 books — 5,291 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)
4,331 books — 26,101 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Historian by Elizabeth Kostova
Best Historical Fiction
7,589 books — 25,878 voters



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