The Silence of the Lambs by Thomas  HarrisSchindler’s List by Thomas KeneallyFried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie FlaggThe Godfather by Mario PuzoThe Shining by Stephen  King
I Only Watched the Movie!
1,221 books — 6,122 voters
A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill BrysonA Brief History of Time by Stephen W. HawkingCosmos by Carl SaganGödel, Escher, Bach by Douglas R. HofstadterFreakonomics by Steven D. Levitt
Best Science Books - Non-Fiction Only
1,867 books — 3,612 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerFrom Time to Time by Jack FinneyTime and Again by Jack FinneyThe Forever War by Joe Haldeman
The Best Time Travel Books of All Time
853 books — 1,777 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerTime and Again by Jack FinneyFrom Time to Time by Jack FinneyThe Forever War by Joe HaldemanThe Little Book by Selden Edwards
Best Time Travel Fiction
2,020 books — 5,331 voters

The Blind Side by Michael   LewisMen at Work by George F. WillLet Me Tell You a Story by Arnold Jacob Red AuerbachThe Ultimate Baseball Road-Trip by Josh Pahigian
Top reads for sports fans
952 books — 767 voters
Men at Work by George F. WillBaseball Between the Numbers by Baseball ProspectusIs This a Great Game, or What? by Tim KurkjianLiving on the Black by John FeinsteinBaseball by Geoffrey C. Ward
Best Baseball Books
750 books — 654 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakWater for Elephants by Sara GruenMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Best Books of the Decade: 2000s
7,187 books — 28,370 voters
The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerThe Kite Runner by Khaled HosseiniThe Book Thief by Markus ZusakWater for Elephants by Sara GruenMiddlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Best Books of the 21st Century
9,850 books — 22,163 voters

The Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerEnder’s Game by Orson Scott CardLord of the Flies by William GoldingWater for Elephants by Sara Gruen
Best Books Ever
77,132 books — 287,328 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardLord of the Flies by William GoldingTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeHarry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling
Best Books of the 20th Century
7,886 books — 49,792 voters

Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Time Traveler's Wife by Audrey NiffeneggerRingworld by Larry NivenThe Mote in God's Eye by Larry Niven
Best Science Fiction & Fantasy Books
8,549 books — 24,980 voters
Ender’s Game by Orson Scott CardThe Road by Cormac McCarthyOryx and Crake by Margaret AtwoodThe Hunger Games by Suzanne CollinsThe Giver by Lois Lowry
Best Dystopian and Post-Apocalyptic Fiction
3,855 books — 26,117 voters