Bossypants by Tina Fey
Best Books of 2011
2,666 books — 6,694 voters
The Help by Kathryn Stockett
ONE DAY Best Summer Reads
1,666 books — 5,985 voters

Love in the Time of Cholera by Gabriel García Márquez
I Don't Understand All That Fuss
1,007 books — 2,624 voters
Kitchen Confidential by Anthony Bourdain
Best Non-Fiction (no biographies)
6,260 books — 8,103 voters

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  Smith
Books That Changed My World
3,288 books — 3,255 voters
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniLife of Pi by Yann MartelAtonement by Ian McEwanThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,216 books — 28,373 voters

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Books With Unforgettable Characters
9,528 books — 8,782 voters

A Christmas Carol by Charles DickensA Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  SmithAtonement by Ian McEwan
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
32,517 books — 123,797 voters
The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Unforgettables
12,216 books — 8,011 voters

Lord of the Flies by William GoldingThe Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
Forced to read in school, but hated
323 books — 561 voters
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  Smith
What To Read Next
20,912 books — 24,931 voters

House of Sand and Fog by Andre Dubus III
The Title is Better Than the Book
172 books — 68 voters
The Count of Monte Cristo by Alexandre DumasRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
Classics Library
635 books — 526 voters

The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar WildeThe Screwtape Letters by C.S. LewisThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Philosophical Literature
1,201 books — 2,835 voters
Godless by Ann CoulterHow to Talk to a Liberal (If You Must) by Ann CoulterIf Democrats Had Any Brains, They'd Be Republicans by Ann CoulterSlander by Ann Coulter
Books I Have No Intention of Reading
1,639 books — 5,992 voters

Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón
Best Historical Fiction
7,864 books — 26,190 voters
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  Smith
My Favorite Books
2,169 books — 580 voters

Can You Keep a Secret? by Sophie Kinsella
Books that Make you Laugh
3,516 books — 5,219 voters
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn by Betty  Smith
Must Read Classics
1,876 books — 4,711 voters