The Way of Kings by Brandon SandersonCephrael's Hand by Melissa McPhailThe Name of the Wind by Patrick RothfussDune by Frank HerbertEragon by Christopher Paolini
Most Interesting Magic System
2,651 books — 8,774 voters
Dracula by Bram StokerThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferDear Committee Members by Julie Schumacher
Epistolary Fiction
855 books — 849 voters

Ramona by Helen Hunt JacksonThe Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman AlexieWalk Two Moons by Sharon CreechLonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry
Native American Fiction
838 books — 640 voters
Hyperbole and a Half by Allie BroshThe Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances (... by Matthew InmanHabibi by Craig ThompsonThe Complete Maus by Art SpiegelmanPersepolis by Marjane Satrapi
Best Graphic Novels
3,452 books — 6,771 voters

Candide by VoltaireCutting for Stone by Abraham   VergheseThe Dirty Girls Social Club by Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez
Authors Starting With "V"
237 books — 25 voters
The Lost and Forgotten Languages of Shanghai by Ruiyan Xu
Authors Starting With "X"
74 books — 41 voters

My Enemy's Cradle by Sara YoungThe American Black Chamber by Herbert O. YardleySorry Please Thank You by Charles YuAmerican Born Chinese by Gene Luen YangSaints by Gene Luen Yang
Authors Starting With "Y"
254 books — 38 voters
The Great Book of Amber by Roger ZelaznyThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakSeed by Rob ZieglerWe by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Authors Starting With "Z"
272 books — 37 voters

The X in Sex by David BainbridgeXanadu by John ManYear of Wonders by Geraldine BrooksYou Are Not So Smart by David McRaneyZ by Therese Anne Fowler
Titles that start with X, Y, or Z
872 books — 244 voters

Unbroken by Laura HillenbrandWicked by Gregory MaguireWhere'd You Go, Bernadette by Maria SempleWater for Elephants by Sara GruenWarriors Don't Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals
Titles that start with U, V, or W
1,724 books — 148 voters
The Imperfectionists by Tom Rachman
Journalism in Fiction
235 books — 54 voters

Armor by John SteakleyEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe War of the Worlds by H.G. WellsStarship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein
Best Military Science Fiction Books
713 books — 879 voters
The Great Book of Amber by Roger ZelaznyCryptonomicon by Neal StephensonJonathan Strange & Mr Norrell by Susanna ClarkeLes Misérables by Victor Hugo
Over a 1000 Pages
234 books — 232 voters

Cryptonomicon by Neal StephensonCatch-22 by Joseph HellerThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakThe Invisible Bridge by Julie Orringer
World War II Fiction
1,397 books — 2,029 voters

Cryptonomicon by Neal StephensonA Storm of Swords by George R.R. MartinA Game of Thrones by George R.R. MartinDune by Frank HerbertDon Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
Big Fat Books Worth the Effort
1,873 books — 6,996 voters

The Best Christmas Pageant Ever by Barbara Robinson
Best Christmas Holiday Books
701 books — 671 voters
The X in Sex by David Bainbridge
Titles That Begin With X
181 books — 127 voters

The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants by Ann BrasharesBridget Jones’s Diary by Helen FieldingThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferConfessions of a Shopaholic by Sophie KinsellaRebecca by Daphne du Maurier
ONE DAY Best Summer Reads
1,666 books — 5,987 voters
The Giver by Lois Lowry1984 by George OrwellWe by Yevgeny Zamyatin
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,787 books — 26,048 voters

Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan SwiftWuthering Heights by Emily BrontëThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerFrankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyEat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
Disappointing Books
2,730 books — 4,599 voters
The Great Book of Amber by Roger Zelazny
The Best Epic Fantasy (fiction)
4,248 books — 25,892 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardCatch-22 by Joseph HellerAnne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery
Best Books Ever
76,891 books — 286,152 voters