To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeePride and Prejudice by Jane AustenThe Memory Keeper's Daughter by Kim EdwardsThe Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank1984 by George Orwell
Best for Book Clubs
14,675 books — 18,542 voters
Seekers at the Wulfrock by William Horwood
Best Animal Books in Fantasy
279 books — 504 voters

Rebecca by Daphne du MaurierThe Pelican Brief by John Grisham
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,317 books — 15,588 voters
The Remains of the Day by Kazuo IshiguroNumber the Stars by Lois LowryThe Ruby in the Smoke by Philip PullmanAn Artist of the Floating World by Kazuo IshiguroThe Power of One by Bryce Courtenay
Best Books of the Decade: 1980s
2,259 books — 2,433 voters

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone by J.K. RowlingThe Lord of the Rings by J.R.R. TolkienAnne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen Fielding
Books With Unforgettable Characters
9,434 books — 8,414 voters
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeNight by Elie WieselThe Giver by Lois LowryCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyCatch-22 by Joseph Heller
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,621 books — 120,396 voters

The Giver by Lois LowryTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeNumber the Stars by Lois Lowry
Best Young Adult Books
13,113 books — 80,181 voters
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. MontgomeryCrime and Punishment by Fyodor DostoevskyThe Princess Bride by William GoldmanThe Chronicles of Narnia by C.S. LewisDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Best Books Ever
76,439 books — 284,280 voters