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
8,398 books — 27,557 voters
Openly Straight by Bill Konigsberg
Best GLBT books for teens
367 books — 438 voters

Lightning by Dean Koontz
Best Dean Koontz Books
92 books — 910 voters
The Green Mile by Stephen  KingThe Talisman by Stephen  KingDifferent Seasons by Stephen  King
Best of Stephen King
197 books — 3,926 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
705 books — 752 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
15,749 books — 20,574 voters

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
Favorite World Fiction & Literature
734 books — 436 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
33,241 books — 126,089 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
4,512 books — 8,377 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
1,658 books — 18,678 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
9,804 books — 22,847 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
7,801 books — 49,897 voters

Snow Flower and the Secret Fan by Lisa See
Best Novels That Take Place in China
437 books — 1,110 voters

The Monster at the End of this Book by Jon Stone
Best Children's Books
5,601 books — 7,100 voters
The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein
Best Books of 2008
1,649 books — 6,772 voters

The Alienist by Caleb Carr
Best Crime & Mystery Books
7,594 books — 16,840 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
3,574 books — 5,142 voters
The Alchemist by Paulo CoelhoA Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Best Books Ever
80,125 books — 298,533 voters