Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Best Historical Fiction
7,433 books — 25,613 voters
Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg
Best GLBT books for teens
366 books — 439 voters

Lightning by Dean Koontz
Best Dean Koontz Books
91 books — 902 voters
The Green Mile by Stephen  KingThe Talisman by Stephen  KingDifferent Seasons by Stephen  King
Best of Stephen King
178 books — 3,874 voters

The Help by Kathryn StockettThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferMiddlesex by Jeffrey EugenidesSnow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa SeeThe Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Top Book Club Recommendations
676 books — 687 voters
Life of Pi by Yann MartelThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
Best for Book Clubs
14,712 books — 18,579 voters

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Favorite World Fiction & Literature
733 books — 434 voters
Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur GoldenThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Books That Everyone Should Read At Least Once
31,653 books — 120,509 voters

Lamb by Christopher MooreA Dirty Job by Christopher MooreIf Life Is a Bowl of Cherries What Am I Doing in the Pits? by Erma BombeckGods Behaving Badly by Marie PhillipsThe Cracker Factory by Joyce Rebeta-Burditt
Best Humorous Books
4,337 books — 7,943 voters
It by Stephen  KingDivine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood by Rebecca WellsAngels & Demons by Dan    BrownThe Firm by Robin WaterfieldThe Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann Brashares
The Book Was Better Than the Movie
1,561 books — 18,684 voters

The Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled HosseiniThe Help by Kathryn StockettThe Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,828 books — 21,996 voters
The Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoDune by Frank HerbertThe Stand by Stephen  KingThe Cracker Factory by Joyce Rebeta-Burditt
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,899 books — 49,787 voters

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Best Novels That Take Place in China
414 books — 1,097 voters

The Monster at the End of this Book by Jon Stone
Best Children's Books
5,310 books — 6,709 voters
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Best Books of 2008
1,643 books — 6,780 voters

The Alienist by Caleb Carr
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,318 books — 15,606 voters

Lamb by Christopher MooreIf Life Is a Bowl of Cherries What Am I Doing in the Pits? by Erma BombeckAre You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea by Chelsea HandlerA Dirty Job by Christopher MooreThe Idiot Girls' Action-Adventure Club by Laurie Notaro
Books that Make you Laugh
3,499 books — 5,076 voters
The Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Best Books Ever
76,478 books — 284,522 voters